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ZINEDINE ZIDANE insists his future at Real Madrid does not depend on winning the Champions League. Zidane has won the Champions League in each of the last two years and is on course for an incredible third in a row. Real Madrid lead Bayern Munich 2-1 after the first leg of the semi-final. But Zidane’s future remains in question after ...

Bayern Munich promising talent Kwasi Okyere Wriedt has announced his readiness to play for the Black Stars after talks with assistant national team coach Ibrahim Tanko. The Hamburg-born is eligible to play for the West African country. Wriedt, 23, is a promising prospect who has scored 20 league goals in 27 appearances in the in the Regionalliga Nord. He made ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has lavished adulation on Michael Essien, claiming that the Ghanaian midfielder’s work ethic made him fell in love with him during their time at Chelsea. The Portuguese manager purchased the powerful enforcer in 2005 from French side Olympique Lyon and the duo went on to enjoy success at the London Club. The pair have since ...

Following the successes of two German Bundesliga clubs in holding pre-season camps in South Africa, Ghanaian fans could see their favourite Bundesliga clubs in the country soon. The Bundesliga fever is steadily catching up with many football fans on the African continent, being fruits of the league´s partnership with StarTimes Media after the Chinese company signed a five-year contract as ...

ROMELU LUKAKU could make a swift return to action for Manchester United after an initial check on his ankle. Lukaku was forced off in Manchester United’s 2-1 win over Arsenal after a challenge with Konstantinos Mavropanos. But Belgian football expert Kristof Terreur has revealed Lukaku’s injury may not rule him out for too long. Terreur tweeted: “First diagnosis of Romelu ...

Former vice president of the Ghana Football Association says GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has not watched up to 40 league matches in the 13 years he has been in power as president. Afriyie was speaking for the first time after he was fired a week ago. The Liberty Professionals and Okyeman Planners chief have declared his intentions to contest for ...

The founder of New Edubiase Football Club, Abdul Salam Yakubu, has expressed concern about the absence of a stadium in the New Edubiase community, saying, it was one of the major causes of the demotion of the club from the Ghana Premier League (GPL) last year. He has, therefore, made a passionate appeal to the Sports Ministry to complete the ...

Former Ghana FA vice-president George Afriyie has promised not to burden club owners over officiating fees in all leagues in the country when he takes over the FA Afriyie has resisted calls from Kwesi Nyantakyi’s ‘cronies’ to rescind his decision to contest for the seat in 2019. Incumbent President Kwesi Nyantakyi has stated publicly he won’t seek re-election but it ...

BARCELONA will look to loan out starlet Ousmane Dembele if they sign Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann. The former Real Sociedad star has been heavily backed to join the Catalan side this summer, after resisting offers from elsewhere at the start of the season. Griezmann is said to be the biggest priority for Barcelona in the transfer market this summer after ...

MOHAMED SALAH looks to have escaped retrospective action after appearing to lash out at Stoke’s Bruno Martins Indi on Saturday. The Liverpool winger has been in sublime form for the Reds this season. But Salah had an unusually quiet afternoon against Stoke at the weekend. The Egyptian missed a guilt-edged chance to open the scoring in the first half. And ...