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The Argentine superstar receives most of the praise for his team’s triumphs and should be assigned blame for their failures, believes the Brazil great Lionel Messi should be assigned as much blame for Barcelona’s failures as he is praised for their success, according to Brazil legend Ronaldo. The Argentine was near his brilliant best in the first leg of the ...

HARRY KANE’S “mental” half-time rant has emerged as the secret weapon that sparked Tottenham’s remarkable turnaround against Ajax on Wednesday. The injured England captain travelled with the squad despite his ankle ligament problem being several weeks away, and was in and around the dressing-room throughout the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Ajax. And when he saw his ...

Officials of Fitcom, a Turkish giant kit manufacturers paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah on Wednesday. The delegation led by Ghana Football Association’s presidential hopeful, Nana Yaw Amponsah, included Demirkaya Tunahan, General Manager of Fitcom and Ertemcoz Serdar, Fitcom Agent to Africa. The visit precedes the signing ceremony and launch of kit sponsorship ...

Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura is the latest high-profile personality to endorse the upcoming Africa Women’s Sports Summit. Samoura posted on her official Twitter handle Tuesday: “[Glad] to [hear] about Africa Women’s Sports Summit in Accra [Ghana] on May 15. This year’s focus on sports journalism & theme of ‘Take Your Place’ is [correct] for so many reasons. Best of ...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Bechem United played out a 1-1 drawn encounter at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a week 10 Normalisation Committee special competition game yesterday at the Baba Yara Stadium, yesterday. Bechem United scored the fastest goal of the tournament when Yaw Wadie Darkwa fired in the opener just 50 seconds into the game. But just three ...

The Black Queens of Ghana proved too strong for Senegal in the opening fixture of the 2019 Women’s WAFU Championship following a 2-0 victory on Wednesday. Following a cagey first half, the Black Queens took charge of the game in the second second stanza before making their dominance count on the score sheet through Evelyn Badu’s 74th minute strike. Mercy ...

The Brazil international was substituted an hour into his return to Anfield as he struggled to make an impact on the Champions League semi-final Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho has been slammed by former Real Madrid boss Fabio Capello for his performance in the Blaugrana’s shock Champions League defeat to Liverpool. Heading into Tuesday’s second leg at Anfield 3-0 up, the ...

The former Real Madrid boss believes that the Reds’ winning goal on the night was a perfect example of Barca’s mental state Jose Mourinho has questioned Barcelona’s mentality after the Spanish side collapsed against Liverpool in spectacular fashion on Tuesday, comparing their defending to that of an under-14 team. Barca entered the second leg of the Champions League semi-final with ...

Ghana’s market leaders in the construction and management of artificial football turf, Wembley Sports Construction Company Limited (WSCCL), together with the parent and teachers association of Ridge Church School in Accra on Friday 3rd May commissioned the latest artificial football Park for the school. The artificial turf which was constructed by Wembley Sports Construction Limited (WSCCL) and estimated to cost ...

The Blues could now take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after saying in March they were “astonished” the sentence was not delayed Chelsea have lost their appeal to FIFA over the club’s two-window transfer ban for breaching regulations relating to the international registration of players under the age of 18. The Blues were originally sanctioned in ...