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Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2017 UEFA Player of the Year award, as expected by the critics and journalists after a brilliant season where his team conquered the Champions League and the La Liga titles. This will most likely be Ronaldo’s first individual accolade of the year as he is also expected to win FIFA’s The Best and the Ballon ...

A whopping amount of Gh¢1,006,644.73 remains unaccounted for at the National Sports Authority. Out of the amount, a finance officer is expected to refund an unreceipted expenditure of Gh¢726,954.95. Investigations have revealed that the pay officer whose name is yet to be made public has no receipt covering 54 payment vouchers. Auditors are on the heels of management of the ...

Tottenham have been drawn against defending champions Real Madrid and German giants Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League group stages. Scroll down for Champions League 2017/18 groups Mauricio Pochettino’s side will welcome Real to Wembley, with Gareth Bale set to face his former employers twice before Christmas. Premier League champions Chelsea have been drawn against Atletico Madrid, with Roma and ...

Arsene Wenger has revealed unsettled Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez could return to action in this weekend’s Premier League clash at Liverpool. Sanchez has just one year remaining on his current Arsenal contract and is keen to leave the Emirates Stadium. He could walk away for free at the end of this season if no new deal is agreed but, amid ...

Ghana’s World Cup qualifier opponents; Egypt and Uganda will clash on August 31 but Coach Hector Cuper has heaped praise on Uganda Cranes defence ahead of their encounter. The Argentine whose side won 1-0 in the last minutes at the Afcon finals in Gabon early this year however says his technical team has taken notice on how Uganda play. “We ...

FIFA said Thursday it was investigating Brazilian superstar Neymar’s complaint about an unpaid loyalty bonus from Barcelona in the increasingly bitter feud with his former club since his move to Paris Saint-Germain. A FIFA spokesman said the complaint was “pending and being investigated” and he could not comment any further. Barcelona are refusing to pay a 26-million-euro ($30.6 million) bonus ...

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has agreed a one-year deal to return to Manchester United, it has been confirmed today. Ibrahimovic broke the news by posting a picture on Twitter of him arm-wrestling a devil. Alongside the post he wrote: “I UNITED it @ManUtd.” Minutes later, it was confirmed by United and the Swede will wear the No.10 shirt at Old Trafford vacated ...

Ahead of the double-header FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying games with Nigeria, the Executive board of the Cameroon football federation (FECAFOOT) may step aside any moment from now for a Normalisation Committee be appointed to run its affairs until a fresh election takes place. The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided wednesday to appoint a Normalisation Committee for the FECAFOOT ...

Neymar will be denied an immediate return to Barcelona when the Champions League draw is made in Monaco on Thursday. Both his Paris Saint-Germain team and the Catalan giants he left earlier this month for a world record €222 million have been placed in pot two — amongst the second seeds. Reigning champions and Spanish title-holders Real Madrid head the ...

  Defender Lalas Abubakar was named Man of the Match after his impressive showcase in Columbus Crew’s 1-1 draw with Orlando City FC in the MLS last week. Abubakar opened the scoring which was his first goal for the club and the American top-flight. The centre back invaded the Orlando City penalty box and wedge himself between two defenders before ...