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GARY NEVILLE has warned the next Manchester United manager they should not try to implement their own philosophy at Old Trafford. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has rejuvenated United since succeeding Jose Mourinho on an interim basis almost a month ago. The Red Devils had become stale under their divisive Portuguese boss, whose negative tactics began to backfire after two seasons of ...

Asante Kotoko produced a surprise 3-2 victory over Coton Sport in the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup playoff in Cameroon on Sunday. The victory puts the Porcupine Warriors in a good position to reach the knockout stage of the competition for the first time since 2008. Emmanuel Gyamfi was put through and the speedster raced forward before slotting ...

Arsenal’s inconsistency has dealt a blow to their hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League, manager Unai Emery said following a 1-0 defeat by West Ham United on Saturday. Arsenal, which failed to finish in the top four in the last two seasons to miss out on Champions League qualification, has 41 points, six behind fourth-placed Chelsea. “Now, ...

Britain’s Andy Murray says he plans to retire after this year’s Wimbledon but fears next week’s Australian Open could be the final tournament of his career. The three-time Grand Slam winner, who is struggling to recover from hip surgery, was in tears at a news conference in Melbourne on Friday. “I’m not sure I’m able to play through the pain ...

Egyptian Mohamed Salah on Tuesday won the 2018 CAF Player of the Year award at a colourful ceremony held in Dakar, Senegal. With the win, the Liverpool superstar retains the award he won last year to become the first North African to win the prestigious diadem back-to-back. Salah, who had earlier claimed the 2018 BBC African Footballer of the Year ...

Cardiff City have joined the race to sign Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses, reports Completesports.com. The retired Nigerian international has not made an appearance for Chelsea in their last 16 games across all competitions. Moses is expected to leave Stamford Bridge this month having barely featured under coach Maurizio Sarri. According to a report on English tabloid, The Standard, Crystal Palace ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Tuesday that Egypt will host the 2019 African Cup of nations. Ahead of the announcement, an Egyptian delegation led by Football Federation President Hany Abo Rida arrived on Monday in Dakar, Senegal capital, to attend CAF Executive Committee meeting. The Egyptian delegation includes Presentation Sports CEO, Mohamed Kamel, and Football Federation board member, ...

Former Black Queens captain Adjoa Bayor is among African football queens in Dakar, Senegal ahead of the 2018 AITEO CAF Awards. Bayor, 2003 African Women’s Footballer of the Year, was seen in the company of retired stars Mercy Akide, Perpetual Nkwocha just to mention a few The female queens visited the island of Gorée which lies off the coast of ...

It was Saturday night at the Golden Beam Hotel in Kumasi – the Ashanti Regional capital and the Ghanaian football fraternity gathered together at the fundraising dinner dance for the JAK Cup. Club owners, football administrators, corporate Ghana and some invited core of the media were all present to offer support to President Kufuor’s Foundation who had targeted raising GHS80 ...

Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan has described newspaper reports in the United Kingdom that he has squandered his fortune as ‘hype’. According to the reports by The Sun and Daily Mirror, the former Sunderland striker who earned a mega-money move to the UAE before moving to the Chinese Super League has fallen on hard times financially. The reports added: “The ...