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Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag, the club announced on Monday morning. The decision to axe the Dutchman after two-and-a-half years in charge came after Sunday’s defeat at West Ham left United in 14th place in the Premier League. Ten Hag’s new No 2 Ruud van Nistelrooy will step in on an interim basis while the club look for a ...

Barcelona’s league fixture against Atletico Madrid in December could be staged in Miami – with La Liga officials hopeful that Fifa will approve the plan. It would be the first time a La Liga match has been played in the United States. Fifa, football’s world governing body, will make the final decision on the proposal. The match is currently scheduled ...

Mohammed Kudus has been charged by the Football Association (FA) following his red card in West Ham’s 4-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. The Ghana international was sent off for pushing both Pape Matar Sarr and Micky van de Ven in the face during the closing stages of the match on Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Kudus now faces a ...

Days after he missed an absolute sitter for the Black Stars against Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers at the Accra Sports Stadium, Inaki Williams was in supreme form for Athletic Bilbao against Espanyol in the Spanish La Liga, scoring a brace for his side in a 4-1 trouncing of Espanyol. The win, a day before ...

Felix Tamakloe, head coach of Division One League side Swedru All Blacks, has tragically passed away following a battle with a mild stroke. Tamakloe was rushed to the hospital during his team’s Week 3 match against Future Stars in the Ashanti Region, where he was diagnosed with a mild stroke. Doctors advised him to rest for two weeks before returning ...

What looked to be a tensed build up to a crucial double header against Sudan in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers for Ghana’s Black Stars took a somewhat interesting turn with Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku eating up all the attention following his viral rant at the players. Many a football fan took turns breaking down the GFA President’s ...

Former Sheffield United defender George Baldock has died at the age of 31. The England-born Greece international was found dead in the swimming pool of his house in Glyfada, southern Athens. Initial coroner’s findings suggest he drowned and police sources say there are no indications of foul play. His body was found at 22:30 local time on Wednesday. Police attempted ...

Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, will retire from tennis at the end of this season. The 38-year-old will represent Spain in his final appearance at next month’s Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. Nadal has barely played over the past two seasons because of injuries and suggested last year he could retire at the end of the 2024 season. ...

Ghana finds itself in a precarious situation as the Black Stars return to the pitch for a significantly crucial doubleheader against Sudan in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The senior national team have contrived to make the road to their 11th consecutive AFCON finals a herculean task, after suffering a home defeat to Angola – first home defeat ...

Cristiano Ronaldo dedicated his goal that gave Al Nassr a 2-1 win against Al Rayyan in the AFC Champions League Elite on Monday to his late father. The Portugal captain scored the winner with 14 minutes remaining on what would have been his father Jose Dinis Aveiro’s 71st birthday. Ronaldo, 39, lifted both arms and looked up at the sky ...