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MANCHESTER UNITED may want Eric Dier but they know it will not be easy to prise him out of Tottenham. Manchester United have been offered encouragement by Dier himself – a boyhood Red Devils fan – who is understood to be open to a move to Old Trafford especially as he could double the £70,000-a-week wages he earns at Tottenham. ...

Former Sewe Sport and Asec Mimoas player Eugene Koffi Kouame has died after collapsing during a football match at Koumassi Stadium in Abdijan South. The 29-year-old Ivorian striker who turns for Turkish side Egirdirspor was playing the match with a group of friends,when he passed out and was rushed to hospital. But emergency treatment failed to revive him and was ...

A Ghanaian footballer Solomon Nyantakyi ,who is highly talented, has been arrested in Italy for the alleged murder of his mother and sister on Tuesday night in the city of Parma. The former football prodigy with Italian side Parma is the major suspect in the double murder of his mother and young sister who were killed by stabbing at home ...

MANCHESTER CITY pulled the plug on their pursuit of Dani Alves because they would not match Paris St Germain’s eye-watering £25m wage offer to the Brazilian veteran. City boss Pep Guardiola was confident of landing Alves, 34, on a free transfer from Juventus and the player himself was understood to be keen on a reunion with the manager he worked ...

Jose Mourinho earlier this week instructed executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to sign one of Dier or Nemanja Matic, but the hijacking of Chelsea’s bid for Romelu Lukaku has soured relations Manchester United have already had a bid of just under £25m for Eric Dier turned down, The Independent understands, and it is likely to take more than double that to ...

MARCO VERRATTI will NOT force an exit from PSG in a bid to join Barcelona this summer. Verratti is one of Barcelona’s top targets as Ernesto Valverde looks to overhaul his new side. Verratti is seen as the heir to Xavi and Andres Iniesta but PSG are desperate to keep him. The Italy international’s agent was trying to push a ...

Conor McGregor promised to knock out Floyd Mayweather inside four rounds when they faced off for the first time to promote their 26 August bout. The pair appeared in front of thousands of fans at a news conference in Los Angeles – the first of four events called to promote the Las Vegas fight. “The movement, power, ferociousness – he ...

The former Ghana Boxing Authority President, Samir Captan says Joseph Agbeko’s recent problems are spiritual, claiming that the former IBF Bantamweight champion could be under a “curse.” The 37-year-old boxer over the past three years has had two bouts against Colombian Luiz Melendes, Tanzanian Haji Juma organized by his own promotional syndicate, Fresh King Entertainment, postponed due to financial reasons. ...

Experienced Swedish lawyer Leif Silbersky has stepped in to help get Ghanaian international midfielder Kwame Bonsu from jail over rape charges. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday adjourned the case to the next 14 days partly because the prosecutor wants to call more witnesses for questioning, and that Bonsu has demanded to replace his lawyer. Reports emerging from Sweden are ...

ERIC DIER wants to leave Tottenham and sign for Manchester United this summer. United manager Jose Mourinho has already splashed £75million on Romelu Lukaku and now wants to test Tottenham’s resolve by bidding around £50m for Dier, after missing out on Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic. And United are also hoping to push through a £40m deal for Inter Milan winger ...