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Former Kotoko midfielder, Daniel Nii Adjei, is in search for a new club after confirming his departure from Congolese giants TP Mazembe. His time with the Ravens ended on December 4 and he has decided not to renew with the 2017 CAF Confederations Cup winners. “Glory glory hallelujah I came to Congo as a stranger and now I’m leaving as a ...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will reveal the final three-man shortlist for the 2017 African Footballer of the Year award in Ghana next week. A press conference will be held at the Kempiski Hotel in Accra on Monday, 18th December at 10am to reveal the names of the players who have made the final shortlist. CAF President Ahmad Ahmad ...

Egyptian Mohamed Salah has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. Following a record number of votes, the Liverpool star won ahead of Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Nigeria’s Victor Moses. “I am very happy to win this award,” the 25-year-old told BBC Sport. “It’s always a special feeling when you ...

MANCHESTER UNITED and Manchester City could be in hot water with the Football Association following the tunnel bust-up at Old Trafford yesterday. The Football Association have launched an investigation into the incident by writing to both clubs for their observations on the fracas that followed City’s 2-1 win. Up to 20 players and coaching staff were alleged to have been ...

The National Skate Soccer team, Rolling Rockets, lost 8-1 to Kano pillars of Nigeria in the return leg of the Afriglobal unity skate Soccer fiesta in Agege Lagos. The Ghanaians who were playing before a charged Nigerian Crowd drew first blood with a good goal that seems to have unsettled the Nigerian team briefly. But the Nigerians hit back in ...

Head coach of Black Princesses, Yusif Basigi, has invited twenty three (23) players to camp as the team prepares for the final round eliminator against Cameroon in the African qualifiers to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in France. The first leg will be played in Yaounde on 12 January, 2017 and the return encounter after two ...

Chelsea have been drawn against Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, while holders Real Madrid will face Paris-St-Germain. Manchester United have been drawn against Sevilla, Manchester City play Basel and Liverpool are up against Porto, but fellow group winners Tottenham Hotspur have a tough test in Italian champions Juventus. Bayern Munich, who finished second to PSG in ...

Jose Mourinho was not a happy man after Manchester United’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Sunday. One glance at his postgame comments tells us so. “They are protected by luck,” he said of his victorious opponents. He called their goals “disgraceful.” But before any of those words came out of his mouth, according to several reports Sunday night, Mourinho confronted City players at ...

Russia has been banned from competing at next year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee. But Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag. It follows an investigation into allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Games hosted by Russia in Sochi. “This should draw ...

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho ordered Antonio Valencia, Romelu Lukaku and Ander Herrera to head straight to the dressing room ahead of Sunday’s showdown with Manchester City. Manchester United geared up for their crunch Premier League clash with a 2-1 Champions League win over CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford last night. Moscow took a surprise lead early on but the ...