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DIDIER DROGBA has revealed he asked Jose Mourinho to let him leave Chelsea – but was convinced to stay. Drogba, who announced his retirement last night, admits his Chelsea career could have been over before it had even got started. Drogba joined Chelsea from Marseille and the meteoric rise from France’s second division to the bright lights of London left ...

LIVERPOOL have blocked Barcelona from raiding Anfield for top talent such as Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk as fresh details of their bizarre deal emerge. The Spanish giants can only sign one of the Reds’ stars if they pay an extra £89m (€100m) on top of any transfer fee until 2020. It has emerged Liverpool inserted the clause when ...

Ghana will play their Mexican counterparts in the quarterfinals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup. Ghana topped group A having won all their three matches against host Uruguay, Finland and New Zealand. Mexico on the other hand placed second in Group B behind Japan to set up a date with the 2012 bronze medalist. Ghana, ranked fifth in ...

Paris Saint-Germain forwards Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are both in a race against time to recover from injuries in time for the crucial Champions League clash with Liverpool, the French club said on Wednesday. PSG said a scan had showed that Neymar strained an adductor muscle in his groin in Brazil’s 1-0 friendly win against Cameroon on Tuesday. And Mbappe ...

Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter called Wednesday for the ethics body of world football’s governing body to investigate his successor Gianni Infantino. Blatter was speaking after the Football Leaks website alleged that Infantino had held meetings with Switzerland’s Attorney General Michael Lauber, possibly to obtain privileged information about a probe into corruption within FIFA. Lauber has dismissed the concerns, ...

Accra representative of Asante Kotoko Nana Kwame Dankwah says his outfit have rejected the plea by the Cameroonian Football Federation to postpone their forthcoming CAF Confederation Cup against one of its member club. Asante Kotoko are scheduled to play the winners of the Cameroonian FA Cup between Edding Sports and Lion Blesse in the preliminary stages of Africa’s second-tier club ...

Ghana finished as Group A winners at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 with a 2-0 victory over New Zealand in the final matchday of their group stage play, thanks to a brace from captain Mukarama Abdulai. The match was all about placement, with both having confirmed their quarter-final qualification last matchday out. The first half was played ...

Ghana’s semi-final qualification quest suffered a jolt after a shock 1-0 defeat to Mali on Tuesday in the second Group A 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations match. Ghana captain Elizabeth Addo climbed off the bench to level for Ghana through the spot after Mali had taken the lead in the first-half. But the Eagles scored midway through the second-half ...

Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has instructed the national football side not to lose a match against Tanzania, even if the Cranes have already qualified for next year’s African Cup of Nations (Afcon). Museveni, who was hosting the national team captain Denis Onyango and the football federation president, Moses Magogo, congratulated the team upon achieving qualification to the continent’s biggest football ...

Africa and Europe could jointly host the 2030 football World Cup, if a plan by Spain to jointly bid for the hosting rights with Portugal and Morocco is successful. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who held a meeting with Morocco’s king Mohammed VI, announced the plans on Monday. “I made the proposal, firstly to the government then to King Mohammed ...