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Kofi Kingston, a wrestler of Ghanaian descent made history after beating Daniel Bryan on Sunday, April 7 to become a world champion for WrestleMania 35. Kofi Kingston who has been wrestling for the past 11 years and he became the second African American (following Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) and first native to hold WWE’s signature title since it debuted in ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), has denied reports, which suggests that an amount of $8 million, has been budgeted for the senior national team, the Black Stars for their participation in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. According to the report, the Sports Ministry have approved the said budget to cater for the Black Stars ...

Tottenham beat Manchester City 4-4 on away goals to reach Champions League semi-finals UEFA Champions League results, semi-final match-ups Semi-finals, second leg At Manchester, England Manchester City (ENG) 4 (Sterling 4, 21, Bernardo Silva 11, Aguero 59) Tottenham (ENG) 3 (Son 7, 10, Llorente 73) 4-4 on aggregate; Tottenham win on away goals At Porto, Portugal Porto (POR) 1 (Militao ...

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri announced on Tuesday he would be staying on as coach with the Italian giants next season despite another Champions League disappointment. Cristiano Ronaldo’s side crashed out of the championship to Dutch side Ajax after a 2-1 loss on the night in Turin and 3-2 aggregate defeat. “I met the (club) president (Andrea Agnelli) a couple of ...

Heavyweight contender Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller has tested positive for the banned substance GW1516 ahead of his scheduled challenge of unified world titleholder Anthony Joshua, three sources with knowledge of the results told ESPN on Tuesday. The fight is scheduled to take place on June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York and to serve as the American debut ...

Former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super bantamweight titlist, Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe, has targeted finishing his career at welterweight before quitting. Dogboe explained in an interview with the Graphic Sports that he was looking forward to becoming a multiple-division world champion at the end of his career. Having pitched camp at Keta in the Volta Region, the 24-year-old is preparing ...

Ghana’s only Olympic gold medallist, Martha Bissah, has urged the Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, to back his words with action and get the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) to lift the ban placed on her four years ago. According to her, that was the only way authorities could show that they were interested in her competing ...

Ending an 11-year major drought, the 43-year-old American superstar — who underwent spinal fusion in 2017 fearing chronic back pain would deny him life’s simple joys much less golf wins — seized his first major title since the 2008 US Open. Woods fired a final-round two-under par 70 to finish on 13-under 275 for a one-shot victory to capture a ...

Justice Adedayo Akintoye of a Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere, has again issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a former Super Eagles Captain, Augustine popularly known as Jay- Jay Okocha over alleged tax evasion. Justice Akintoye made the order following Okocha’s alleged failure to settle a 2017 income tax evasion case brought against him by the Lagos ...

Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Select on Sports and Gomoa East MP, hon. Kojo Asemanyi has reiterated that there is no way Ghana’s Black Stars will underrate Cameroon, Benin and Guinea Bissau in their Group F pairings. According to the young legislature and football enthusiast he believes Ghana always pulls surprises when they are written off as trophy contenders. “The Black ...