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Parliament orders NC to apologise to clubs

Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee for Sports and Culture has ordered the bumptious Ghana FA Normalization Committee to swiftly apologise to Premier League clubs for describing them ‘greedy, selfish and braggadocios.’ In a meeting with the Parliamentary Select Committee on Tuesday, the Normalization Committee members, with their tails between their legs, were scolded and made to understand that their posture against ...

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Peace at last for ‘Special One’ and Wenger

Arsene Wenger received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement award on Monday but it was the glowing tribute from the unlikeliest of sources Jose Mourinho that caught the eye. The 69-year-old Wenger won the award on the back of his revolutionising English football especially in the first part of his over two decades in charge of Arsenal. The veteran former Gunners boss ...

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Breakdancing May Become Olympic Sport at Paris 2024

Breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing have been touted as the favourites to be included as additional sports on the Olympic Games programme for Paris 2024. French radio station France Info has claimed a final decision is expected to be made by organisers on Thursday (February 21). This has reportedly been denied by Paris 2024. Paris 2024 is due to ...

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Black Maidens forward Abdulai Mukarama receives World Cup awards

Black Maidens forward Abdulai Mukarama has finally received her awards from the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay last year. The striker received the golden boot award and the bronze ball at the secretariat of the Ghana Football Association on Tuesday. Mukarama led Ghana to the quarter finals of the tournament, where she scored seven goals before the team ...

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Academic requirement for GFA presidency nonsense – Hearts chief

Former Hearts of Oak management member Farouk Al Wahab says it will be nonsensical to restrict executive positions at the Ghana Football Association to those with certain academic qualifications. It is being rumoured at that the Normalisation Committee is proposing that all qualified candidates who want to contest for seats on Executive Committee must be degree holders. And for the ...

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Zidane gives Chelsea £200m condition plus Hazard

Zinedine Zidane is interested in becoming manager of Chelsea, provided the club can give him certain assurances. Current manager Maurizio Sarri is under mounting pressure after what has been a difficult season and Zidane is keen to talk to the club about coming in to replace him. However, the former Real Madrid boss would need the Blues to guarantee that ...

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UEFA CL: Lyon Hopes to Limit Messi’s Influence Tonight

Olympique Lyonnais will be out to ‘reduce’ the influence of Lionel Messi when they host Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 first leg without their talisman and captain Nabil Fekir tonight. Fekir will be suspended for the game, limiting Lyon’s striking power as Bruno Genesio’s side will rely on defender Ferland Mendy to contain Argentine forward Messi and French striker ...

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Ghana football will collapse if we introduce educational qualification – Sammy Adjei

Ex- Black Stars and Hearts of Oak goalkeeper, Sammy Adjei, says Ghana football will collapse if educational qualifications are introduced into the management and administration of Ghana football. There have been reports indicating that the an Ad-hoc committee of the Normalisation Committee are proposing that educational qualifications be introduced to persons who will want to contest for top positions at ...

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UEFA CL: Liverpool gets higher odds by Mybet.africa to beat Bayern

Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool gets higher odds in this evening’s champion’s league encounter with Bayern at Anfield with an odd of 2.09 in favour of Liverpool. According to mybet.africa even though the odds favour Liverpool, matches between these two sides have always been uncompromising. Statistics show that Bayern is a force to reckon with and judging from the current performance of ...

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