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WAFA coach Klavs Rasmussen has made a mockery of Hearts of Oak claiming his side could have scored more in the 5-0 thumping of the capital club. Hearts suffered their heaviest defeat in league history as the Academy Boys clobbered them by five unanswered goals at the Red Bull Arena, Sogakope on Sunday. Hearts are yet to recover from the ...

Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has opened the doors for a move to Arsenal in the summer, claiming that playing in the Champions League is not the most important yardstick for choosing his next club. The Gunners have been heavily linked with a move for the player in the last few windows but a concrete offer has never materialised from the ...

Ghana assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko wants Ghana to play possession based football reminiscent of the glorious Barcelona and Spanish teams. The Black Stars are set for new beginnings under Kwesi Appiah after a stale two year period under Avram Grant and the style of play has come under consideration. The new technical team, comprising of former players, want the team ...

Wembley Sports Complex Construction Limited’s (WSCCL) ‘One Constituency, One Artificial Turf’ project is expected to take off in 270 constituencies in Ghana. The construction of the first batch of Artificial Turfs is expected to commence later this year after its official launch this month. The Chief Executive Officer of Wembley Sports Complex Construction Limited, Robert Tetteh Coleman, has assured that ...

Black Stars goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey has joined Norwegian top-flight side Valerenga, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. The 29-year-old shot stopper has signed a three-year-deal with the Norwegian team from Danish side Bröndby IF. He signed a contract with his boyhood club which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2020. Kwarasey also links up with his former coach Ronny ...

Pepe has written a heartfelt farewell note to Real Madrid after confirming his 10-year Santiago Bernabeu stay will soon come to an end. The combative central defender revealed on Monday he would not be extending his stay when his contract expires this month, having only been offered a deal for one more year instead of the two he was hoping ...

Borussia Dortmund have appointed Peter Bosz as their new head coach, a week after the departure of Thomas Tuchel. Bosz, 53, joins on a two-year contract after having led Ajax to the Europa League final, with Dortmund reportedly having agreed to pay the Eredivisie side €5 million. Dortmund were said to have made Nice coach Lucien Favre their top target ...

Arsenal have confirmed the arrival of Bosnian defender Sead Kolasinac from Bundesliga side Schalke on a free transfer. The 23-year-old had seen his contract at Schalke run down and he had been heavily linked with a move to the Gunners. On Tuesday morning the club’s Twitter account tweeted out a list of ten players signed by Arsene Wenger that spelt ...

The sudden death of Ivory Coast midfielder Cheik Tiote on Monday increased the number of high-profile African players who have collapsed and died while playing football, almost all of them suffering a form of cardiac arrest. There has been no official confirmation of the cause of the former Newcastle United player’s fatal collapse while training with his Beijing Enterprises club ...

League Leaders Tesano Spinners edged out SmartLine at Emefs 3-2 in a top-of-the-table, all-Nigerian affair clash at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday. Fast spinner Rilwan Akanbi and Ahmed Bello of Tesano Spinners were a mouthful for fellow Nigerians Favour Ayobame and Ayodele Sunday as they dug deep to come at par with them in ...