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Antoine Griezmann looks ready to stay at Atletico Madrid for another season but revealed that his agent is set to hold talks with the club to discuss his future at the Vicente Calderon. Manchester United, Barcelona and even Real Madrid have been linked with his services in recent months but the France international says that he is very “happy” with ...

A member of the management team of the Black Stars, Ernest Thomson said targets set for Kwesi Appiah are realistic and achievable. The former Al Khartoum manager had been tasked to qualify and win AFCON 2019 in Cameroon and employ his possible best to qualify the team for the 2019 World Cup in Russia and to build a strong national ...

May 17 (UPI) — He has many more luxury vehicles, but the small collection Floyd Mayweather showed off Wednesday is still worth much more than most people can afford. The former professional boxer posted a video to social media displaying his array of Rolls-Royces. The six cars featured were: two Drop Heads, a Phantom limousine, a Phantom Limited Edition, an ...

Washington (AFP) – LeBron James delivered 38 points and Kevin Love had a career playoff high 32 as the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers opened their Eastern Conference final series with a blowout win on Wednesday. The Cavaliers were coming off a 10-day break but showed no signs of rust by going wire-to-wire to easily beat the Boston Celtics 117-104 at ...

(Reuters) – The long-rumored bout between undefeated American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor is halfway to becoming a reality after the Irish signed a deal for the fight, it was announced on Wednesday night. UFC President Dana White broke the news during a television interview for TNT following the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals matchup. ...

The organizers of World Cup 2022 in Qatar appear to be moving ahead of time as the first of the stadiums for the competition will officially be opened this Friday. This means this edifice is ready five years 186 days ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup 2022. Information gathered from Al Jazeera is that the new Khalifa Stadium ...

Silly Season is starting to shift into second gear. The general aims have been set, the multi-pronged attack on several positions in need of upgrading, replacing, or adding depth to, has begun. Undoubtedly the one that will drag on the longest is the center forward situation, where Diego Costa’s future is far from assured but that may not necessarily play ...

He’s been likened to a fine wine who gets better and better with age. Gianluigi Buffon recently played his 1,000th professional game and the 39-year-old’s cup could potentially runneth over in the coming weeks as Juventus chase the treble. The Turin club is almost certain to secure yet another Serie A title this weekend and face Real Madrid in the ...

Africa may have won only a single gold medal to date at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, but the continent has regularly provided teams for the latter stages of the competition, and will hope to do so again in South Korea this year. The 2017 tournament kicks off on Saturday in Jeonju, with Senegal, South Africa, Zambia, and Guinea representing ...

Photos of football fans wrestling a gun from the hands of a soldier was captured in Uganda recently. The incident happened after a football game between Onduparaka and Saints. Trouble reportedly started when host Onduparaka slotted in a winner in the 95th minute. To the chagrin of players and spectators, the soldier attached to the Saints cocked his gun and ...