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Medeama SC have signed a kit sponsorship deal with Mayniak ahead of the 2017/18 season. Mayniak, a fast-growing Ghanaian kits manufacturing firm agreed to become the official kit sponsor for the Ghana Premier League side after a fruitful negotiation. Medeama thus becomes the fourth Ghanaian Club to sign a deal with Mayniak after Liberty Professionals, Aduana Stars and Ashanti Gold. ...

The management of Hearts of Oak have settled two months outstanding salaries of GHC 230,000 for the playing body and technical team to pave way for its pre season training which started on Monday. Monday’s training session witnessed only three registered players with the rest coming from the junior side at the Legon Ajax Park. According to an impeccable source, ...

Hugo Bross, the Belgian coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon has been sacked. Bross’s dismissal on Monday by the country’s Football Normalization Committee was over a run of poor results by the Indomitable Lions who will miss out on the next football World Cup. The Belgian was hired to coach the Indomitable Lions on February 2016 and led the ...

Ghana head coach Kwesi Appiah has been honoured by Opoku Ware Old Boys Association for his tremendous contribution to the development of football in Ghana, both as a player and as a coach. Kwesi was given the award of Akatakyie Brand Ambassador for his contribution to Ghana Football during the Akatakyie Ball 2017 which took place at the Cove Event ...

NEMANJA MATIC was “immense” for Manchester United against Arsenal and he will be key to their title hopes. Those are the thoughts of BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks. Matic, who was originally a serious doubt to be fit for the Emirates showdown, marshalled the midfield well as United ran out 3-1 winners on Saturday. United are eight points behind Manchester ...

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has been named the PFA Player of the Month for November becoming the first Egyptian in history to win the award. Salah’s impressive form has been on a top level lately and especially in November as he helped the Reds remain unbeaten with three wins and a draw. The Egyptian was able to score seven times ...

Hearts of Oak Scottish coach, Frank Nuttal, is expected to arrive tonight and will later join the club’s pre-season training on Tuesday at the Legon Ajax Park. The Phobians returned to training today (Monday) to begin preparations for the coming season. Coach Nuttal went for a two week holiday but his absence is worrying over player recruitment as the Scot ...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is refusing to concede defeat in the Premier League title race even though his team are now 15 points adrift of Manchester City in top spot. Mauricio Pochettino has ruled Tottenham out of contention but Wenger is refusing to throw in the towel despite Saturday’s painful 3-1 loss to Manchester United. The Gunners, who last won ...

A statue of Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has been destroyed by vandals in Buenos Aires. Photographs of the sculpture taken after the attack show that it has been cut from the ankle up, leaving behind a pair of boots dribbling a football. The local authorities do not know who the perpetrators are but it is not the first time the ...

Miguel Cotto, who began boxing as an 11-year-old to lose weight, said farewell on Saturday night, closing out a glorious 17-year career, but not how most expected. Instead of an easy win over big underdog Sadam Ali, Cotto was nowhere near his best in what he said would be his final fight. Ali won a unanimous decision to take his ...