SPORTS

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 ...

On Sunday, Eden Hazard suggested there was a chance he could finish the summer with the champion of Europe rather than England. The Belgian, who starred in Chelsea’s title-winning campaign this season, was on international duty when he answered questions over his future. Hazard has been constantly linked with a move to Real Madrid, and he refused to rule out ...

Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has been described by Steve McClaren as the “toughest player” he has ever seen – but also a man with “the most beautiful smile in football”. Ex-Magpies boss McClaren paid tribute after the Ivorian, 30, collapsed and died after training on Monday. “At Newcastle if [Papiss] Cisse and Cheick were smiling I knew the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated firing Real Madrid to Champions League glory by sporting a daring new hairstyle and the Portugal captain has revealed his reason for doing so. The prolific forward scored twice as Madrid became the first team in the Champions League era to defend the trophy thanks to a 4-1 victory over Juventus in Cardiff. Ronaldo’s spiky hairstyle has ...

Patrice Evra has defended Manchester United’s style of play under Jose Mourinho, insisting “this is not the circus”. The Marseille star returned to Old Trafford, where he played for eight-and-a-half years earlier in his career, for Michael Carrick’s testimonial on Sunday. Evra, a Champions League winner with United in 2008, spoke of his continuing love for the club after the ...

With the Champions League final complete, the club season has officially come to a close. One more month remains until the transfer window officially opens, leaving us to dig through all the rumors until then. The biggest rumor of Sunday morning saw The Times reporter Duncan Castles say that Manchester United’s priority this summer is to keep David De Gea, ...

Anthony Martial’s agent has poured scorn on speculation linking the Manchester United forward with an exit this summer. Signed from Monaco for £36m in 2015, Martial kicked his United career off with a scintillating first campaign at Old Trafford, scoring 17 goals in his debut season. But a testing second term, which yielded just eight goals and public criticism from ...

Liverpool look to have moved closer to signing Mohamed Salah after Sky in Italy reported personal terms have been agreed – although a fee is yet to be agreed with Roma. It is understood Salah met with Jurgen Klopp in Liverpool in the last few days and that an agreement in principle has been reached with the player and his ...

Former Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote has died at the age of 30 after collapsing during a training session in China. Ivory Coast international Tiote moved to China in February to play for second division side Beijing Enterprises and he was training with his club when he collapsed. He was taken to hospital but it has now been confirmed that he ...