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ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger says positives can be taken despite his side losing 2-1 to Manchester United. Wenger took a makeshift squad to Manchester with the focus on Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid. It meant a club debut for Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos while youngsters Reiss Nelson and Ainsley Maitland-Niles also started. And the Gunners produced ...

ARSENAL star Ainsley Maitland-Niles has apologised to fans after losing to Manchester United on Sunday. The Gunners’ youthful side almost left Old Trafford with a point before Marouane Fellaini popped up in the closing minutes to head home the winner. Arsene Wenger failed to get a desired result on his final trip to the Theatre of Dreams, and Arsenal are ...

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has hailed Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho for their pre-match presentation to him. Wenger will leave Arsenal at the end of the season after 22 years at the club. And before his Arsenal side faced Manchester United, Ferguson gave Wenger a gift in tribute. Wenger then posed for pictures with Mourinho and Ferguson before former ...

Barcelona have won La Liga in manager Ernesto Valverde’s first season in charge after a Lionel Messi-inspired victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Messi scored a hat-trick at the Riazor to give Barca an unassailable lead at the top of the table. Barcelona had led 2-0 with goals from Philippe Coutinho and Messi but Depor bravely fought to 2-2 with goals ...

Arsene Wenger was honoured by Manchester United on his final visit to Old Trafford as Arsenal manager, but left beaten once more on the field as Marouane Fellaini’s stoppage time header handed the hosts a 2-1 win. Wenger was greeted by former United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and current manager Jose Mourinho before kick-off and even presented with a glass ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Isaac Dogboe for his victory in the WBO Junior Featherweight / Super Bantamweight bout against American Jessie Magdaleno. Dogboe, 23, staged a brave come-back from a round one knock down to defeat champion Magdaleno in Philadelphia on Saturday night. The Royal Storm becomes the youngest Ghanaian to have ever won a world title ...

Accra Hearts of Oak continued their dominance at the Babayara Sports Stadium when they defeated Kotoko 1-0 in match-day 10 of the Ghana Premier League. It is the first victory for the Phobians in four matches. The Porcupine Warriors head coach Paa Kwesi Fabin handed new recruit Songne Yacouba a debut whilst the opposite trainer gave Kojo Obeng Junior his ...

Isaac Dogboe has become Ghana’s youngest ever boxing champion after knocking out Jessie Magdaleno in Philapdelphia to become the new WBO super bantamweight title holder. In a fight that sashayed, both boxers were unafraid of giving punches, the Ghanaian won by TKO in eleven rounds. Full report to follow. Here’s how Gary Al-Smith called it. ROUND BY ROUND (All scores ...

A private legal practitioner says the ongoing debate about whether or not the government has cleared debts it owes the National Health Insurance Scheme is not of any importance to Ghanaians. For Dr Eric Oduro Osae, all Ghanaians want is for the Scheme to be able to run without any hindrance and are not interested in the throwing around figures ...

FIFA’s ethics committee has banned top Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero for life for bribery and corruption. FIFA says Del Nero, the former Brazilian Football Confederation president and one-time FIFA executive committee member, is also fined 1 million Swiss francs ($1 million). Del Nero was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015 in its sprawling investigation ...