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LIVERPOOL have been handed a boost in their pursuit of attacking midfielder Hakim Ziyech. The 25-year-old has been attracting interest from a number of European sides after impressing for Ajax in the Eredivisie last season. Ziyech was expected to complete a switch to Serie A outfit Roma this summer. However, the Italian side have since purchased Ajax team-mate Justin Kluivert ...

Nigeria have no sympathy for the struggles of Argentina striker Lionel Messi at the World Cup and will do everything they can to bring his tournament to a premature end when the teams meet in St Petersburg on Tuesday. Argentina, bottom of Group D, need victory to progress to the knockout stages and must also hope Iceland do not beat ...

The Chairman of Groupe Ndoum, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association Samuel Brew-Butler have been invited by FIFA as part of a five man delegation for a meeting in Zurich to put in place interim measures to allow the continuation of football in Ghana. Dr. Ndoum and Mr. Brew-Butler will represent the football clubs ...

Premier League side, Hearts of Oak have congratulated Ghanaian hip-hop artiste Kwesi Arthur despite failing to win the Best New International Act at the BET awards. Arthur got nominated for his ‘Grind Day’ song was alongside Prince Waly (France), Mc Soffia (Brazil), Take A Mic (France), Niniola (Nigeria), Sik-K (South Korea), Nailah Blackman (Trinidad And Tobago), Not3s (UK), Iamddb (UK) ...

CHELSEA last night agreed terms with Napoli for the £4.5 million release of Maurizio Sarri to become their new manager. The Stamford Bridge club are now expected to unveil the 59 year old as the successor to Antonio Conte in the next 48 hours. Talks in London yesterday saw the final details ironed out on a two year deal with ...

Government of Ghana has dissolved the five-member committee formed to reform football in the country after government decided to dissolve the FA following Anas’ video titled “Number 12”. The Ministry of Youth and Sports met FIFA on Friday and, following discussion with the World governing body, government decided to dissolve the interim committee due to the informal process it was ...

For a while, the smallest nation at this tournament had seemed comfortable with being named favourites to win only their second World Cup fixture in history. Yet in two moments of brilliance by Leicester City’s Ahmed Musa at the Volgograd Arena, Nigeria broke Icelandic hearts and lifted Argentinian spirits. A win for World Cup debutants Iceland would have left Lionel ...

LUIS SUAREZ makes his 100th appearance for Uruguay this afternoon against Saudi Arabia. The Barcelona forward was far from his best last week in Uruguay’s opener against Egypt but will be hoping to put that right when he becomes only the sixth man to win 100 Uruguay caps. Suarez has came in for some criticism after missing chances against the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his sensational start to the World Cup with the winner as Portugal knocked Morocco out of the tournament. ZIYECH AND AMRABAT SPARKLE Hakim Ziyech and Nordin Amrabat had a very good game. They were enterprising and tried their best to orchestrate something for their team. Amrabat won the battle against Rafael Guererro on the right flank and ...

WORLD CUP top scorers are pulling away from the pack – but who will win the Golden Boot in 2018? Cristiano Ronaldo bagged his fourth goal of the World Cup in just his second game of the tournament, sending the Portugal superstar to the top of the Golden Boot chart. The 33-year-old star notched a goal in the fourth minute ...