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Barcelona have been charged by UEFA over an incident during their Champions League quarter-final clash with Roma at the Nou Camp. European football’s governing body has charged the club with an alleged breach of Article 16 (2) which deals with objects being thrown inside the stadium. The case will be dealt with by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body ...

Banking giant Standard Chartered Bank has launched its World Cup campaign to facilitate cashless transactions at the upcoming tournament in Russia. The campaign targeted at the bank’s Visa Credit and Debit Card customers will among other benefits afford them the opportunity to win a package to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This is a collaboration between the ...

Hearts of Oak star Winful Cobbinah has hit back at Sadick Adams over claims he doesn’t merit 2016/17 season MTN FA Cup most valuable player award. Cobbinah clinched the individual accolade ahead of the Kotoko talisman and that did not go down well with the latter. According to Adams, the FA Cup committee were absolutely wrong to crown Cobbinah, arguing that he had a ...

Excellence in Broadcasting (EIB) Network’s Nana Aba Anamoah has been appointed as the Head of Marketing, Sponsorship and Branding for the new Great Olympics management committee. The GHOne TV News Editor joins the new committee to oversee the successful restructuring of the club and to make a quick return to the premiership. The new committee has Olloboi Commodore as the Chief ...

Alexandre Lacazette, making his first start since January, and Aaron Ramsey netted doubles as Arsenal strolled to a 4-1 win over CSKA Moscow in their Europa League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates. Alexandre Lacazette and Aaron Ramsey scored two goals each as the Gunners hit four in 26 minutes before half-time. Arsenal were unable to add to their tally ...

Ghana’s Minority in Parliament is demanding a Presidential probe into the deportation of some Ghanaians who posed as journalists to cover the ongoing Commonwealth games in Gold Coast, Australia. According to the Minority, President Akufo-Addo should initiate a probe into the deportation to identify personalities who engaged in the visa fraud which has tarnished Ghana’s image internationally. Meanwhile, ranking member ...

UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Liverpool after its fans attacked Manchester City’s bus on the journey into Anfield for their Champions League quarterfinal. European soccer’s governing body charged Liverpool with acts of damage and crowd disturbances after cans and at least one bottle were thrown at the bus as it drove along Anfield Road on Wednesday. Liverpool was also charged ...

Gold Coast organisers apologised on Thursday after the public transport network failed its first major test of the Commonwealth Games, causing long delays for ticket-holders travelling to and from the opening ceremony. Hundreds of people had to wait up to two hours at an over-flowing bus station before Wednesday’s ceremony due to a shortage of shuttles, and hundreds more were ...

BARCELONA star Ivan Rakitic was full of praise for Cristiano Ronaldo after his wonder goal against Juventus. The Real Madrid man stole all the headlines after pulling off a sublime bicycle kick in the quarter-final clash in Turin. Ronaldo’s goal is being dubbed one of the greatest in Champions League history, and even Juventus fans were on their feet applauding ...

KEVIN DE BRUYNE says Manchester City will need a “special night” to turn round their Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool. The Belgium international admits City have left themselves a huge task after crashing 3-0 in the first leg at Anfield last night but insists the tiei s not over yet. And De Bruyne says clinching the Premier League title in ...