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Tottenham will take on Manchester City in an all-Premier League Champions League quarter-final, while elsewhere Manchester United take on Barcelona. The eight teams left in the competition learned their fate on Friday morning in Nyon, Switzerland, with the draw for both the quarter-finals and semifinals taking place. There is no longer any seedings or country protection for the last eight, ...

Fans have attacked Alex Iwobi after the Arsenal star held his nose following a stand-off on Thursday night with Rennes player, Hamari Traore, in an apparent way of telling him his breath stank The Arsenal midfielder faced off with his Rennes opponent late in the 3-0 win at the Emirates. Iwobi appeared to kick out at Traore before the two ...

Manchester United have seen their Champions League quarter-final tie with Barcelona switched around, meaning the first leg will take place at Old Trafford. The Red Devils were drawn to face the Spanish champions in the last eight on Friday, with Barca’s name initially coming out of the hat first. However, Manchester City’s presence in the draw and their own tie ...

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer,Dr Desmond Kofi Koduah Sarpong will head a five-member management team to lead the Black Stars to the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, the GFA Normalization Committee has confirmed. The GNPC boss will be deputized by the Hon. Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Perry Okudzeto. Other members of the committee are former Ghanaian footballer, ...

American Mark Noonan has delivered a major blow to Accra Hearts of Oak after he suddenly resigned as the CEO of Ghanaian giants, refusing to return to his $11,000-per month job just one week after the club said he was attending to some pressing family issues in his native country. The football marketing expert, who was on the verge of ...

Ghanaian striker Benjamin Acheampong has been sentenced to three years in prison in Egypt for refusing to pay an agent his commission over his transfer to the North African country, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The former Asante Kotoko player was also fined $570 over his transfer to the Egyptian top-flight side Zamalek two years ago. The judge also ordered the ...

Black Stars deputy coach Maxwell Konadu has been fired with immediate effect. Footballmadeinghana.com can exclusively reveal that the former Wa All Stars and Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach was shown the exit on Thursday following alleged threats by Kwesi Appiah that he will resign if Konadu continues. A closed-door meeting was held between Appiah, Tanko, Konadu and the Minister of Youth ...

Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association, George Afriyie is confident the country can win the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ghana is chasing a fifth Nations Cup trophy, but have been unsuccessful in recent years including losing two finals in the last decade. The last time the Black Stars won the Africa Cup of Nations was in ...

Africa’s leading football official, Ahmad Ahmad from Madagascar, has been refused a visa to travel to the US to attend the crucial FIFA Council meetings in Miami at the end of this week, according to African sources. Ahmad, president of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), is a key ally of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and would have been one ...

Two goals from Sadio Mane helped Liverpool see off Bayern Munich 3-1 at the Allianz Arena to book their spot in the Champions League quarter-finals for the second successive season. Neither side created many clear opportunities on a wet night in Munich and both sets of players were guilty of giving away possession too easily and too often. However, the ...