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Former AshantiGold SC coach Charles Akunnor has emerged as the leading contender for the vacant manager’s job at Asante Kotoko, according to media reports. The Porcupine Warriors are searching for a new head coach after Paa Kwesi Fabin resigned when he was captured on a video, discussing a possible move to an unnamed club president in South Africa. A number ...

Real Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui has criticised plans to hold a La Liga match in the United States, saying it undermines the competition. On Tuesday Barcelona, Girona and La Liga asked the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for permission for the clubs to relocate a game to the US. The fixture, Girona’s ‘home’ match, would be held at Miami’s Hard Rock ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has defended his treatment of striker Marcus Rashford. Mourinho has been criticised for not playing the 20-year-old, who scored twice for England during the international break, enough in United’s opening four Premier League games. But the Portuguese said Rashford’s playing time compares favourably with young English players at rival teams. “People speaking about his minutes, they ...

Six Nigerians are among the 25 Coaches shortlisted for the WorldRemit Future Stars football coaching programme. The Nigerian coaches shortlisted include; Adegun Shola John, Ezindu Okay-Lawrence, Felix Ifeanyi Nwosu, Henry Uche Iwuanyanwu, Ogunmefun Jerry Olaide and Oluwasegun Adeniyi. The Future Stars programme is a new initiative set up by WorldRemit, the official online money transfer partner of Arsenal Football Club, ...

Australia is by most measures one of the world’s most successful multicultural societies, but a controversial cartoon of Serena Williams has rekindled accusations it is also inveterately racist. Australia should be a poster-child for diversity: One-in-two Australians has a parent born abroad. The economy has been growing for 27 straight years. Crime is barely a worry. Melbourne and Sydney dominate ...

MANCHESTER UNITED chief Ed Woodward has ensured he maintains a close rapport with Jorge Mendes for future transfers by arranging a work experience placement for his daughter, it has been claimed. Manchester United vice-executive chairman Woodward has dealt regularly with Mendes since succeeding David Gill in the role back in the summer of 2013. Manager Jose Mourinho is also represented ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Paul Pogba has always been a show off – but football needs him. That is the view of Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure, who will go up against Pogba on Saturday. Pogba, the £89million Manchester United star, has been criticised for too many tricks and not enough consistency ever since he returned to the club in the summer ...

Jose Mourinho is “real” and does not fake his emotions like other managers in the Premier League, says Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku. United boss Mourinho demanded respect from the media after an angry news conference following a 3-0 defeat by Tottenham at Old Trafford in August. But Lukaku says the Portuguese is a family man, makes the players laugh ...

Dr Kofi Amoah, who was the CAF/FIFA liaison team head will lead a four-member Normalisation Committee to run Ghana Football for the next six months following the announcement at the GFA Secretariat on Thursday. He will be deputized by former Airtel Chief Executive Officer Lucy Quist. Other members on the committee are Lawyer Duah Adonten, a former Kotoko Board member with Naa Odofoley ...

Asante Kotoko head coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has quit after seven months in charge of the club. His decision immediate effect and will not be on the bench for Sunday’s return leg against AshantiGold at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi. His resignation letter read: ”I write without any malice to inform you that I am tendering my resignation as ...