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Arsenal on Sunday lifted the much coveted Emirates Cup in spite of a 1-2 loss to Spanish side, Sevilla, in their final game at the Emirates Stadium in London. Arsenal came into the final game leading the group on eight points, ahead of German side, RB Leipzig, on five points, which had earlier in the day defeated Benfica 2-0. Sevilla ...

Hearts of Oak needed a second half penalty goal from defender Vincent Atingah to earn their place in the semi-final of the MTN FA Cup against Danbort FC Sunday. Phobians defeated their regional rivals to keep their hopes of landing a major trophy since 2009 alive. Elsewhere, Medeama are on track to claim a third FA Cup trophy this season ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are aiming to wrap up transfer deals ahead of the new Premier League season and Express Sport is here to take you through all the updates and gossip. Dendoncker available for £20m 08:00: Anderlecht will sell Leander Dendoncker if a £20million offer is submitted, according to sporting director Herman Van Holsbeeck. The Belgium international has been linked with ...

AshantiGold moved out of relegation zone with a 2-0 victory against title hopeful WAFA in an outstanding Ghana Premier League match played on Sunday at the Len clay stadium. The match day 21 fixture was rescheduled because as many as seven WAFA players were on national duty with the CHAN Black Stars in the friendly victory against Togo. The Miners ...

An Ethiopian athlete has been banned for two years for attacking his coach after learning he didn’t make the team for next month’s world championships in London. Ethiopian Athletics Federation spokesman Sileshi Bisrat says 21-year-old steeplechase runner Chala Beyo, who competed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, punched coach Yohannes Mohammed when the team was announced. The coach needed medical ...

MANCHESTER UNITED goalkeeper Sergio Romero has surprisingly claimed he hopes David De Gea stays at Old Trafford, amid talk the Spaniard could join Real Madrid. Romero has been at Manchester United since arriving on a free transfer from Serie A side Sampdoria in the summer of 2015. And, despite being Argentina’s No1, the 30-year-old has spent much of his time ...

It is being billed as the biggest (and possibly richest) fight in combat sports history – and tickets are on sale at eye-watering prices. When former five-weight boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight title-holder Conor McGregor step into the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on 26 August, some 20,000 people will be in the arena. ...

Ghana’s CHAN Black Stars team has been drawn against Gambia in their opening match of the WAFU tournament. The CHAN Black Stars are in zone A will face their Gambian counterparts at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi with Nigeria also set to face Sierra Leone at the same venue. Other Zone A matches are Mali vs. Mauritania and Guinea vs. ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have been given fresh hope of landing Real Madrid star Gareth Bale. United have coveted Bale since 2013 and failed with a bid of £100million when he decided to join Real from Tottenham instead. But executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has remained a long-time admirer of the Welshman – and United could now make a new move to lure ...

Parliament has ordered the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to stop spending resources on non-core activities, including sponsoring the Ghana Black Stars. GNPC pays $3 million annually to the national team as part of its sponsorship package, however, Parliament on Thursday approved a report by Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) which recommended that the state corporation re-focuses its resources ...