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CAF and FIFA Presidents Ahmad Ahmad and Infantino have given their express backing to Ghana for the upcoming 2018 Total Women’s AFCON. The duo were present at the 2018 CAF Emergency General Assembly in Egypt where Dr Kofi Amoah, the President of the Ghana Normalisation Committee and Naa Odofoley Nortey took part in the event to elect CAF’s Anglophone representative ...

Deontay Wilder branded Anthony Joshua a “coward” live on television, talkSPORT reports. Appearing on Good Morning Britain alongside Tyson Fury to promote his December 1 fight, the American was asked about the possibility of meeting British heavyweight Joshua in the ring. Wilder, the WBC king, believes the Joshua camp don’t really want the fight. “Hey Joshua, me and Fury are ...

MANCHESTER UNITED scouts are worried the “toxic” atmosphere at Old Trafford means players no longer want to sign for the club. Staff charged with searching for potential targets are admitting within footballing circles the feedback they get is that players simply won’t consider a move in the current climate. Jose Mourinho swerved an opportunity to build bridges with his squad ...

MAN UTD NEWS – Express Sport brings you the latest news coming out of Old Trafford. Man Utd News – Paul Pogba fuels Jose Mourinho rift talk Paul Pogba has once again hinted that he and Mourinho aren’t on good terms with one another. Mourinho has repeatedly dispelled rumours of a falling out between himself and the France international, who criticised ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho gave a tetchy response to a question about Ed Woodward at his press conference this afternoon. Mourinho was asked when he had last spoke to the Manchester United executive vice-chairman at a press conference this afternoon. But Mourinho refused to reveal when amid mounting fears that he could be sacked this week. “That is a ...

JOSE MOURINHO refused to deny being called by Zinedine Zidane over the weekend. Mourinho was asked about the reports claiming the former Real Madrid boss had been in touch to discuss the job following the defeat to West Ham. And the Manchester United boss laughed at the suggestions but refused to deny they had spoken. Zidane is the hot favourite ...

LUKE SHAW has apologised to fans for Manchester United’s performance at West Ham, insisting the players were not fit to wear the famous shirt on Saturday. Question marks have been raised over the future of manager Jose Mourinho following a tepid 3-1 defeat on the back of damning images from the training ground which appeared to show a complete breakdown ...

Former Ghana Premier League champions, Asante Kotoko have named for Black Stars skipper Charles Kwablan Akonnor on a three-year deal. The former Dreams FC gaffer is expected to lead the technical bench till 2021. His signing was done at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi on Monday with Kotoko represented by Chief Executive Officer, George Amoako, with the backing of management ...

African nations would support Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president, the head of the continental football federation Ahmad Ahmad said on Sunday, AFP reports. “I feel it is my duty… to announce this support from Africa,” Ahmad said at a special meeting of the Confederation of African Football Executive Committee, which Infantino attended, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Infantino, a ...

FIFA/CAF Normalisation Committee and the Ghana League Clubs Association(GHALCA) met for the first time on Tuesday evening. This brainstorming meeting comes after football-related activities in Ghana came to a halt following the premiering of the Anas Aremeyaw Anas expose in June. However, in a joint statement released after the meeting, the two parties stated they “recognize the need to resume ...