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Three of Africa’s stars could add their names to the list of the continent’s Champions League winners when Juventus and Real Madrid in Cardiff on Saturday. But who are the African greats who have won Europe’s grandest prize? In this feature, KweséESPN present a complete history of Africa’s Champions League winners. 1984: Africa’s first European champion was Zimbabwe international Bruce ...

Senegal’s Salif Diao has told BBC Sport he felt unwanted by some senior players when he joined Liverpool in 2002. Diao, who joined Liverpool with compatriot El Hadji Diouf after the 2002 World Cup, said he struggled to settle because of their attitude. “They didn’t understand the importance of making other players welcome into the club,” he said “Not the ...

Kevin Durant scored a game-high 38 points and Stephen Curry hit six three-pointers as the Golden State Warriors cruised to a lopsided 113-91 win in the first game of the NBA Finals on Thursday. The highly-anticipated meeting between the defending champion Cavaliers and the top-seeded Warriors did not disappoint initially, with sensational dunks by LeBron James and Durant during a ...

Former Ghana and Juventus midfielder Stephen ‘Tornado’ Appiah believes his former side will shock the world by defeating a star-studded Real Madrid in the final of the Uefa Champions League at the Millennium Stadium in Wales on Saturday. Madrid and Juventus will both be looking to add continental glory to their domestic titles after seeing off Atletico Madrid and Barcelona ...

Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila says he is happy to be back in the Black Stars team since 2014. Sumaila who is on holidays in Ghana ahead of the Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia visited the launch of the 3rd annual Sheik Shaributu Ramadan Cup at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra. The Al Qadsia defender who has not been ...

Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham have been backed to challenge for Champions League honours by Lothar Matthaus. The former Germany international is expecting “big transfers” to be completed by Premier League clubs this summer as they prepare to splash the cash once again. With their ranks bolstered ahead of the 2017-18 campaign, Matthaus believes the leading lights ...

Andre Rami Morgan Ayew, the deputy captain of the senior national team, Black Stars, has urge the team, to start the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation qualifiers on a good note. Speaking to the press on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium, after the Black Stars training session, Ayew revealed that, their main motive is to qualify to Cameroon for ...

Jorge Sampaoli has been confirmed as the new Argentina coach after agreeing to part ways with Sevilla. The Casilda native has been linked with the job for months, and speculation only heightened when Edgardo Bauza was relieved of his duties in April after less than a year in charge. On the eve of his announcement, however, there were reports that ...

Ghana international, Kwadwo Asamoah could be €820,000 richer if his Juventus side manage to clinch the UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid on Saturday. It has been 21 years since Juventus last lifted the European Cup and for that reason, the president of the Turin club, Andrea Agnelli, will fork out a massive sum if his side are able to ...

Arsenal have confirmed that manager Arsene Wenger has extended his contract at the club until 2019. The Gunners made the announcement on Wednesday after Goal had earlier revealed that the Frenchman had agreed to two more seasons at the helm. The new deal for the man who has spent over 20 years at the club was approved after a private ...