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Heavyweight Champion Joshua Says Wembley Return A ‘Blessing’

World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has described a return to London’s Wembley Stadium for the latest defence of his title belts in front of a home crowd on Saturday as “a blessing”. The 28-year-old Londoner will put his World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organisation titles on the line against Russia’s Alexander Povetkin. “Coming back is a ...

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Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus star SENT OFF against Valencia in Champions League – WATCH

THIS is the moment Cristiano Ronaldo was dismissed for Juventus against Valencia on his Champions League debut. Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Juventus from Real Madrid this summer and was making his Champions League debut against La Liga victims Valencia tonight. However, the 33-year-old has endured a torrid evening with the Portugal international receiving a straight red card following a collision ...

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Juventus believe they can win the Champions League with Cristiano Ronaldo, but they had to start by beating Valencia 2-0 without him after he was controversially sent off on his debut in the competition for the Italian champions on Wednesday. A tearful Ronaldo left the pitch in disbelief in the 29th minute, having aimed a petulant, but seemingly harmless, kick ...

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Sports Ministry Rubbish Black Starlets’ “Slave Wages” Reports

The Ministry of Youth and Sports have denied reports circulating in the media that players and technical members of the Black Starlets team were paid peanut on their return after failing to qualify for the 2019 Africa Youth Championship. Ghana could not make it to next year’s competition in Tanzania after losing on penalties to perennial rivals Nigeria in the ...

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8 referees banned for life; 61 suspended for ten years each as RAG concludes investigations

Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to eight referees who were captured taking bribes in the investigative piece by ace journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas. Also 61 match officials who appeared in the documentary have been suspended for ten years each. This was after a full-scale investigation was launched into the matter. A RAG statement read: ”After Anas ...

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Ronaldo Ends Wait For First Juve Goal

Cristiano Ronaldo has ended a 320-minute wait for his first Juventus goal by netting against Sassuolo on Sunday, Goal reports. The Portuguese superstar secured a €100m move to Turin over the summer after opting to bring a nine-year stint with Real Madrid to a close. He arrived in Italy as one of the most prolific marksmen of all time, but ...

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Kipchoge Breaks Marathon World Record In Berlin

In a stunning display of distance running, Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge yesterday broke the world record at the BMW Berlin Marathon winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39. From the early stages of the race, the 33-year-old Kenyan had just a handful of pacemakers for company as they passed through five kilometres in 14:24 and 10 kilometres in ...

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Coach Akakpo Patron Takes Over Kotoko

Assistant Coach Akakpo Patron has temporary taken charge of Kotoko following the departure of head Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin. Paa Kwesi Fabin resigned from his duties as Kotoko Coach with claims indicating he is on his way to an unknown South African Club. Kotoko on Monday accepted the resignation letter of the Coach on the condition that he pays off ...

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