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Mohamed Salah has achieved nothing with Egypt and must give more to his national team’s cause, according to ex-Pharaohs coach Hassan Shehata. Shehata, who took charge of Egypt between 2004-11 and led them to three successive AFCON titles between 2006 and 2010, did not mince his words when considering Salah’s contribution to his country in recent years. Salah most recently ...

Ryan Giggs has stepped down as Wales manager with immediate effect. Giggs has been on leave from his post since November 2020 and faces a domestic violence trial in Manchester on August 8. The 48-year-old former Manchester United player is accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against his former girlfriend Kate Greville between August 2017 and November 2020. Giggs is ...

Ghanaian defender, Gideon Mensah has described the French Ligue 1 as one of the toughest and best leagues in the world. The left back has been in France for a season after joining Bordeaux on loan from Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. The former WAFA defender made 23 appearances in the just-ended season for his club. Lands For Sale In ...

Former Asante Kotoko Board Chairman Herbert Mensah has challenged the current playing body to fight to reclaim the club’s lost glory in the African Football. The Porcupine Warriors have booked their place in CAF’s elite competition the Champions League following their 2021/22 Ghana Premier League success. In a congratulatory message to the club, Herbert Mensah advised the playing body to ...

Ghanaian sprinter Benjamin Azamati will take part in Thursday’s Oslo leg of the Wanda Diamond League athletics event in the men’s 100 meters. Azamati has run a personal best time of 9.90 seconds this year and that time earned him a spot in the event where he will come up against some of the best sprinters in the world including ...

Champions Manchester City face West Ham away on the opening weekend of a 2022-23 Premier League campaign that will include a mid-season break for the World Cup in Qatar. There will be no top-flight games after the weekend of November 12-13 until December 26, because of the World Cup. The first fixture takes place on Friday, 5 August when Crystal ...

European football is in “danger” unless “state-owned” clubs such as Manchester City and Paris St-Germain can be controlled, the president of Spain’s top league says. La Liga has filed a complaint to Uefa about what it believes to be Financial Fair Play breaches by the two clubs. It believes they are effectively run by wealthy countries and circumvent rules designed ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has mandated City Gate Travel and Tour to mobilize supporters for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. The Ministry is keen on streamlining activities in relation to sports tourism and hospitality hence the decision to officially mandate agencies to arrange for traveling fans for major championships. The Mandate given City Gate according ...

The Minister of Youth of Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, has paid a courtesy call on the Sports Minister for Qatar, His Excellency Salah bin Ghanim Al-Ahli to strengthen the relationship between the two nations. Hon. Ussif first took a tour of the 3-2-1 Olympic and Sports Museum where he was accompanied by His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Thani ...

Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Augustine Okrah have been named in a 33 man squad billed to play Madagascar and Central Africa Republic in the Afcon qualifiers as well as a four nation tournament in Japan. The Black Stars open their account against Madascar on June 1 at the Cape Coast stadium before taking on Central Africa Republic on matchday 2 ...