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Players and officials of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football Club suffered double agony Wednesday night when their properties were stolen by some heartless persons after their bus was involved in a gory accident at Nantia, about 300 meters to the main Nkawkaw bypass road. They were robbed off their belongings including laptops, mobile phones and undiclosed amount of money by persons ...

Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri has suffered severe and permanent brain damage after collapsing on Saturday, the Dutch club have reported. The 20-year-old was taken to hospital by helicopter after collapsing during the pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria. The match was abandoned. “Ajax are deeply saddened by the news that Appie Nouri has been diagnosed with serious and permanent ...

All the injured Asante Kotoko players, but one have been discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after the team bus crashed into a stationary truck at Nkawkaw. The assistant equipment officer of the club Kofi Asare died on the spot. The discharged players are Evans Kwaw, Eric Donkor, Saddick Adams, Frank Sarfo Gyamfi, Baba Mahama, Osei Agyeman, ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan and a host of sports personalities are commiserating with Ghana giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko after losing an official in a team bus crash Wednesday. Ghana was thrown into a state of shock when news broke that the team is involved in a fatal accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway at Nkawkaw in the late hours of ...

Manchester United and Real Madrid have been involved in a heated row over their summer tour arrangements in Los Angeles. Both clubs picked the city as their pre-season base, which has led to a series of arguments over everything from hotels to training pitches as they battle for supremacy. Relations between United and Real have even soured to the point ...

Manchester City have agreed a deal with Brazilian club Vasco da Gama to sign highly-rated teenage midfielder Douglas Luiz for £10.7 million. City have been tracking Luiz since last year and have now moved to secure the 19-year-old’s services. It is expected that Luiz will initially be loaned out, possibly to Spanish club Girona in whom City are about to ...

Tottenham Hotspur wants to keep its England international midfielder Eric Dier and will resist Manchester United’s attempts to buy the player. That is according to a report in the Daily Telegraph which says the north London club is determined “not to be bullied” over the future of Dier, 23, amid growing speculation that United manager Jose Mourinho will make a ...

Chuck Blazer, the former FIFA executive committee member who had pleaded guilty to racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering has passed away, his lawyers said on Wednesday. A statement by Blazer’s two lawyers did not provide details or the circumstances of his death. Blazer, 72, held the position of general secretary at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean ...

David and Victoria Beckham may have caused a royal stir after posting images to Instagram of their daughter Harper’s sixth birthday at Buckingham Palace. Former footballer David, who played for Manchester United and Real Madrid before spending five years at MLS club L.A. Galaxy, was at the palace in central London on Monday with his family. Beckham was joined by ...

CHELSEA have reportedly agreed a £39.9million move for Tiemoue Bakayoko. The Monaco midfielder is one of Antonio Conte’s top transfer targets as he looks to bolster his ranks ahead of next season. Conte has been left frustrated at the club’s lack of activity in the summer window after missing out on Romelu Lukaku, who signed for Manchester United in a ...