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Accra Great Olympics FC Limited and the Ghana Football Association are heading back to court after the former accused the latter of taking an entrenched position in dealing with the protest brought against Elmina Sharks FC. Olympics want the GFA to relegate Elmina Sharks and re-instate them or expand the league to 18 teams to accommodate them. An Accra High ...

Italian authorities have confirmed that they have opened manslaughter proceedings into the death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. The 31-year-old Italy international centre-back died on the night of Saturday into Sunday, on the eve of his team’s Serie A trip to Udinese, which was subsequently postponed. Police are now set to investigate the death, the cause of which is currently ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has vowed to reward some of the Aduana Stars players with Black Stars call up should they excel in the club’s two-legged clash against ES Setif in the second round of the preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League. The Ghana Premier League champions will host Algerian giants ES Setif at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park ...

Ghana international Kingsley Sarfo has been arrested again in Sweden after fresh rape charges were levelled against him. Graphic Sports can exclusively reveal that the Malmo FF offensive midfielder was apprehended by Swedish Police in Malmo on Monday morning and he is behind bars as investigations over the fresh defilement charges against him continue. The District Court of Gavle recently ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO’s rich vein of Champions League form continued as his second-half strike helped Real Madrid into the quarter-finals of the competition. Having held a 3-1 lead going into the Parc des Princes clash, PSG were expected to come out the quickest from the blocks. But without talisman Neymar, the Ligue 1 leaders could do little to find a way ...

While Crystal Palace was left stunned by Manchester United’s 3-2 comeback win at Selhurst Park, the Red Devils were left between waxing poetic about their resilience and ruing their deficit. “That disgraceful, childish second goal changed everything,” Jose Mourinho said, from the BBC:. “But the players kept an amazing attitude. Juan Mata was finding spaces inside, Marcus Rashford was open ...

Fiorentina captain Davide Astori has died in his sleep ahead of their Serie A fixture against Udinese on Sunday. Astori, a 31-year-old Italy international central defender, had been with the club since 2016 having previously played for Milan, Cagliari and Roma. He had 14 international caps with Italy and was a member of the squad that played in the 2013 ...

American Deontay Wilder says he is ready for a heavyweight unification bout with Britain’s Anthony Joshua after beating Luis Ortiz to retain his WBC title. Wilder, 32, floored the previously unbeaten Cuban twice before knocking him out in the 10th round in New York. IBF and WBA champion Briton Joshua, 28, will fight New Zealand’s WBO champion Joseph Parker in Cardiff on ...

A STRING of Manchester United revelations have been made by MUTV pundit Gary Pallister. Pallister, who won four Premier League titles with United and is now employed by the club as a pundit, has revealed all on the supposed rows at Old Trafford, who could be leaving and the major problems with the club’s current players. At the heart of ...

REAL MADRID face PSG in a season-defining clash on Tuesday – but who will start? Zinedine Zidane is preparing for a make-or-break clash that could determine his future at Real Madrid. The La Liga giants travel to face PSG in the Champions League Last-16 with a 3-1 aggregate advantage. If Real Madrid are dumped out of Europe, it could be ...