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JOSE MOURINHO is ready to break the bank – and lose his top players – in a bid to sign Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, sensational reports in Spain claim. Manchester United are set to splash the cash in the transfer window as they look to build a team capable of challenging Manchester City for the title next season. However, ...

Nigeria may have only one representative each in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup from 2019 after the country dropped down the CAF club rankings. The winners of the Premier League in 2018 and the winners of the Aiteo Cup will be the country’s representatives in the two competitions. The CAF five-year rankings is used by CAF to ...

Arsenal are split over who they want to replace Arsene Wenger as the club step up their search for his successor. This is expected to be Wenger’s final season in charge at the Emirates, even if Arsenal win the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League. Attention is now turning to how Wenger will be replaced, with head of ...

PAUL SCHOLES has warned Paul Pogba could sensationally quit Manchester United in the summer as a result of his clash with Jose Mourinho. Pogba has endured a difficult 2018 with poor form leading to a behind the scenes rift with Mourinho. Reports have suggested the pair aren’t on speaking terms and Mourinho is willing to let Manchester United’s record signing ...

Manchester United have been handed a boost ahead of future Champions League campaigns. New UEFA rules mean that finishing in fourth place in the Premier League will result in automatic qualification for the group stages of Europe’s top club competition. Under previous rules, any side which finished fourth in the league would have to qualify for the competition via a two-legged play-off. ...

Center Referee, Yakubu Nuhu Liman handling the game between Elmina Sharks and Medeama SC in the Ghana Premier League was believed to have been pelted with stones resulting to a cut on the head leading to an abrupt end of the game on Wednesday. According to Starr Sports sources, fans of the Elmina Sharks launched a brutal attack on the ...

Hello and welcome to matchday 8 fixtures of the Ghana Premier League. It has been a fantastic week for Karela United FC as they beat Berekum Chelsea 1-0 last Thursday and record their first ever away win in the elite division at Wa All Stars with a 1-0 scoreline last Sunday. The newcomers are in their best elements to tackle ...

Greek giants Panathinaikos will not face any points deduction after paying off debts owed to Ghana midfielder Michael Essien and two others. Currently 10th on the 16-team table, Panathinaikos were on the verge of losing points which could have ultimately seen them being relegated having failed to settle debt owed to their three former players. Essien together with Argentine winger ...

Thomas Muller scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed Bayer Leverkusen to book their place in the German Cup final in Berlin. Robert Lewandowski scored two early goals for Bayern before Leverkusen’s Lars Bender pulled one back. Muller was ruthless in the second half – first poking home a fine Thiago Alcantara pass before deflecting an Arjen Robben shot for ...

Ghana defeated their bitter rivals Nigeria by 7 wickets in their ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier ‘A’ at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval in Lagos on Tuesday. The Ghanaians fielded first, and courtesy of a superb bowling from David Ankrah, who got 3 wickets, 14 runs in 4 overs, the quartet of Koffi Bagabena, Vincent Ateak, Isaac and Michael Aboagye, ...