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The Spaniard retains the support of the board and will remain at Camp Nou despite speculation that the club were looking for a replacement First came the disastrous Champions League exit at the hands of Liverpool. Then there was Copa del Rey final loss. It seemed as though Ernesto Valverde was on the brink at Barcelona. That couldn’t, however, be ...

Antonio Conte has been named Inter Milan manager, replacing the sacked Luciano Spalletti. The 49-year-old returns to work in Italy after being dismissed by Chelsea at the end of last season. He spent two years at Stamford Bridge, where he won the Premier League and FA Cup, having previously claimed three Serie A titles as boss of Juventus. Under Spalletti, ...

The power of African football will be on display on Saturday, when Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), the world’s most prestigious club competition. The match billed for Atletico Madrid’s 67,000-capacity Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and scheduled for live broadcast on all DStv packages as well as GOtv Max and Plus packages, will ...

Germany coach Joachim Loew has been taken to hospital after suffering an injury while exercising, and will miss upcoming games against Belarus and Estonia, the German Football Association said Friday. In a statement, the association confirmed that Loew was receiving treatment for a crushed artery and would not be in the dugout for the upcoming internationals. Bild newspaper reported that ...

President Akufo-Addo says the reigning World Wrestling Entertainment Champion (WWE), Kofi Kingston, is an inspiration to the youth of Ghana, having worked hard to attain the top spot in the game. The President made the assertion when he received Mr. Kingston and his delegation at the Jubilee House as part of his four-day visit to Ghana. “I think that this ...

Jerome Boateng has hit back at his critics and insisted that he will “not run away” from Bayern Munich amid speculation that he will leave the German champions ahead of next season. “I won’t run away, situations can change quickly,” he said in an interview with Friday’s edition of Kicker magazine. Boateng, 30, lost his place in the starting eleven ...

General captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, has been installed as a chief in Hohoe in the Volta Region with the title, Ngoriya-Doemenyotor of the St. Francis College of Education and the Gbi Traditional Area. The installment is to recognize Gyan’s efforts in solving water crisis in the school. Gyan, through his foundation, funded the construction of a mechanized ...

President Akufo-Addo, has made a passionate appeal to the Ghana Black Stars to respect the authority of the national team coach, Akwasi Appiah and that of the team captain, Dede Ayew. Speaking during a meeting with the the national team, as well as the Management and technical teams of the Ghana Black Stars at the banquet hall of the Jubilee ...

Hearts of Oak made it through to the Round of 16 of the NC Special Tier II Competition with a hard fought 4-2 win over lower division side Uncle T Stars at the Accra Sports Stadium. Hearts Head Coach Kim Grant put out probably his strongest eleven, but they struggled to break down a very resilient Uncle T, and went ...

Antonio Conte will reportedly be announced as Inter’s new coach on Friday, and one of his first moves is said to be axing Mauro Icardi from his squad. The Nerazzurri secured Champions League qualification this past season, and while it seemingly won’t be enough for Luciano Spalletti to keep his job, it could be a huge boost for Conte in ...