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A new octopus is in town and this time it’s a COW and it has predicted that Ajax will beat Manchester United to win the Europa League on Wednesday. The freakishly accurate cow named Sijtje, who has an 85% success rate and yet to lose a prediction in the Europa League so far believes that the Dutch team will be ...

Inspired by manager Antonio Conte’s manic exhortations, Chelsea cantered to the Premier League title it lost to Leicester City last season. Chelsea had sealed the title before the final day of the season, when it defeated a bedraggled, bottom-of-the-league Sunderland 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. Now, the task for Conte is to do what Jose Mourinho managed with Chelsea in 2004-05 ...

A place in the Champions League next season, as well as European glory, is on the line on Wednesday night in Stockholm when Manchester United and Ajax meet in the Europa League final. United’s route to Friends Arena has rarely been straightforward, but it finds itself 90 minutes away from a second major trophy of the season. Here’s how Jose ...

Manchester United has the chance to win the Europa League for the first time ever at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, on Wednesday evening. But in Jose Mourinho’s way stands a deliciously talented young Ajax team, which is seeking to restore the reputation of Dutch football in Europe. To the winner, the prize of Champions League football next season. United ...

Former Ghana international Anthony Yeboah says he has no immediate plans to return to football administration after being frustrated out of football a few years ago due to alleged underhand dealings by referees whom he accused of undermining his team’s effort in the second-tier league. The 50-year-old legend, who scored 29 goals in 59 matches for Ghana between 1985 and ...

Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid’s five-year wait to win La Liga came to an end on Sunday as they edged out rivals Barcelona by beating Malaga 2-0. Here, AFP Sports looks at five key fixtures that tilted the title race in the European champions’ favour. Atletico Madrid 0 Real Madrid 3, November 19 Zinedine Zidane’s men travelled across the Spanish ...

Ghana’s Under-17 team have been hit by an outbreak of malaria rendering more than five key players as doubts for the semi-final clash against Niger in the ongoing CAF U17 Championship. Head coach Paa Kwesi Fabian is reportedly struggling with the continent’s common disease. Wideman Edmund Ako-Mensah, left-back Gideon Acquah and Abdul Razak Yusif have all been knocked back by ...

Kylian Mbappe will be allowed to decide his own future, with Monaco owner Dmitry Rybolovlev insisting he will not block any bids for the club’s top talent. The teenage striker has emerged as one of European football’s most sought-after talents, with his 26-goal haul helping to secure Ligue 1 title glory and a run to the Champions League semi-finals. Monaco ...

“The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed unless you create your own tomorrow”. These words from him were unremitting throughout the hour chat, and he was fully disposed to look on the bright side of it. Dodzie is a very familiar name in the annals of ...

Manchester United teenager Angel Gomes made Premier League history on the last day of the season, becoming the first Premier League player to be born in the 2000s. The 16-year-old replaced Wayne Rooney with two minutes left in United’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace to enter his name in the record books. Gomes follows up his selection in the NxGn ...