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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 ...

Neymar could be hit with a Champions League ban after UEFA opened an investigation on Wednesday into his foul-mouthed social media outburst about the refereeing during Paris Saint-Germain’s controversial exit to Manchester United last week. Injured Brazil forward Neymar told match officials to “Go fuck yourselves” on Instagram after watching on incredulous from the sidelines at the Parc des Princes ...

Ghana coach, Kwasi Appiah, has named a 24-man squad for the ultimate Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya, scheduled for Accra Sports Stadium. Coach Appiah has handed call ups to some debutants as he seeks to asses some new talents with Ghana already qualified for the tournament billed for Egypt mid year. The squad which includes three players from ...

Reports coming out of England confirm that a Manchester United fan was stabbed by a taxi driver in Paris last night. According to SkySports, the Red Devils supporter was knifed after Manchester United’s dramatic defeat of Paris Saint Germain at Parc des Princes. “A Manchester United fan is having emergency surgery in Paris after being stabbed in the chest by ...

Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged Marcus Rashford to be more ruthless in front of goal by following former United favourite Cristiano Ronaldo’s example. Rashford calmly converted the stoppage-time penalty that saw United complete an incredible comeback to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League on away goals by beating Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 away on Wednesday. ...

Ahead of Kotoko’s CAF Champions Cup on Sunday, Sports bookmarker, Mybet.africa is promising a 10% refund bonus win for the Porcupine Warriors should they record a win against their Sudanese counterparts, Al Hilal, on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium. Meanwhile the management and technical bench of Kumasi Asante Kotoko are poised to win all their home matches in the ...

Top Asian agent, Eksuri Sirachaiwong has been in Ghana since February 28 to scout players for both big Asian and European clubs. The Experienced agent as part of his scouting tour visited the Kasoa Odupong Kpehe Park to scout players from a match between Kakraba Sunday Stars and a selected side of Kasoa Monday Stars. The highly anticipated game saw ...

Jose Mourinho has explained why Liverpool superstar Mo Salah didn’t fit into his plans at Chelsea. Mourinho brought Salah to Stamford Bridge from Swiss side Basel in 2014 during his second spell as the Blues manager. The Egyptian, who was 21 at the time, only managed 19 appearances for the west London side before he was shipped out on loan ...

Italian striker Mario Balotelli is rarely out of the headlines, and this weekend was no exception. Balotelli scored the opening goal of the Ligue 1 match against Saint-Etienne with a spectacular overhead kick, but his celebration eclipsed the strike immediately. The much-maligned Olympic Marseille striker took celebrating with the fans to a new level by using his phone to post ...