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The Association of Manchester United Fans in Ghana has announced its plans to organize an All-Night service and Friday prayers to thank God for their Europa League success and qualification for the Champions league next season. President of the Association Hussein Hassan in an exclusive interview with sportsxtra.com.gh indicated that the all night service will take place at the ICGC ...

Manchester United are now hopeful of keeping David de Gea after qualifying for the Champions League, Sky sources understand. Champions League finalists Real Madrid are understood to be interested in Spain international De Gea, who was left on the bench for United’s Europa League final win as No 2 Sergio Romero kept his starting berth throughout the competition. Jose Mourinho ...

Coach Kwesi Appiah has announced a 30-man squad for Ghana’s upcoming 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ethiopia. Seven Ghana-based players have been handed call ups into the senior national team in Kwesi Appiah’s first major call up since he returned as head coach of the Black Stars. Wa All Stars goalie Richard Ofori, Kotoko’s Felix Annan and ...

Ghana’s Black Starlets beat Niger 6-5 on penalties to make it to the final of the ongoing Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Gabon. Niger had held the Starlets to a goalless draw in regulation time at Stade de Port-Gentil after they were pinned to their half for almost the entire duration of the game. Gabriel Leveh had the early ...

Diego Costa has been linked with a move to Chinese Super League club Tianjin Quanjian since January, with some reports going as far as to claim that a pre-agreement has been made with the Chelsea striker to make him the highest paid player in the world. And while Costa himself had recently hinted that such a move is far from ...

The Football Association (FA) has confirmed that “enhanced” security measures will be in place for Saturday’s FA Cup final, following the terror attack at Manchester Arena on Monday evening. “Fan safety is of paramount importance and we have robust security measures in place at Wembley Stadium,” an FA spokesman told Business Insider ahead of the match between Arsenal and Chelsea ...

UFC president Dana White thinks a boxing rules showdown between Floyd Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor could be the Irishman’s last ever fight. “Conor could make $75 million (£57.5 million) [but] how do you come back [to UFC] and fight [for] $10 million (£7.6 million)? He may never fight again,” White said during an interview with Snoop Dogg for ...

Whether Jose Mourinho’s first season at Manchester United is deemed a success seemingly hinges on Wednesday’s Europa League final against Ajax. But former Chelsea and England midfielder Joe Cole, who played for Mourinho, believes the manager has already achieved success in his first season in Manchester, with or without a trophy to add to the EFL Cup his team already ...

Manchester United are heavy favourites to win the Europa League final. Jose Mourinho’s team have been fancied for the competition since the start; in contrast, even the Dutch journalists who follow Ajax regularly admitted at a prematch news conference last week they are surprised Peter Bosz’s side have made it to Stockholm. All the pressure is on United. There is ...

A 21-month jail term handed down last year to Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi has been confirmed by Spain’s Supreme Court, but he is unlikely to go to prison. Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his finances, were both convicted in 2016 of defrauding Spain of €4.1m (£3.5m; $4.6m) in taxes. Jorge Messi’s jail term was reduced because ...