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(Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes Bayern Munich and Barcelona would have sacked him if he had overseen a similar campaign to the one his Manchester City team have had at either of the European powerhouses. Guardiola took over at the Etihad at the start of the season after trophy-laden spells in Spain and Germany had confirmed his ...

Manchester United is preparing for a “record summer” of transfer activity, according to a report. The Manchester Evening News claims the Premier League giant will sanction two transfers of more than £80 million—Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid and Romelu Lukaku from Everton. That would give United a revamped strikeforce, with the future of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Old Trafford unclear. The ...

The Ghana Football Association have confirmed Ibrahim Tanko as the first assistant of Kwesi Appiah as they make alternations to the backroom staff of the Black Stars. The former Ghana striker who had a stint as assistant to Thomas Finke at Cameroon enriches the technical team with his great tactical knowledge and great understanding of new technology being introduced into ...

Head coach of Ashgold CK Akunnor has pointed out management of the club is part of the dwindling fortunes of the team. The former captain of the Black Stars is therefore calling on all hands to be on deck to help the Obuasi lads survive in the elite league. The Miners are second from bottom on the log after managing ...

The Ghana Football Association has announced 13-member team for the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup Local Organizing Committee. FA Vice President George Afriyie will co-chair the LOC with Francis Asenso, whose deputy chief of staff at the presidency. They will be deputized by the immediate past Vice President of the GFA Mr. Fred Crentsil with PLB Chairman Ashford Tetteh Oku and ...

Chelsea icon John Terry scored in what is likely to be his penultimate game for the newly-crowned champions and suggested unless a good offer came along he might retire after Sunday’s final Premier League match. The 36-year-old — who has spent 22 years at the club winning 15 trophies including this season’s title — opened the scoring in the 4-3 ...

Reports had suggested that the Real Madrid forward has a pre-contract agreement with the Red Devils but Colombia’s captain will reportedly not arrived at Old Trafford unless United qualify for the UCL via winning the UEFA Europa League. James, 25, has fallen way down the pecking order at Real Madrid and it is believed Zinedine Zidane will allow him to ...

The Ghana Football Association will name the new backroom staff for the Black Stars team tomorrow. The Nation’s football governing body (GFA) have settled on their backroom staff after the appointment of new Coach Kwesi Appiah. The naming of the new backroom team will be done during the unveiling ceremony of Kwesi Appiah at the FA secretariat in Accra. “Yes ...

Liberty Professionals Director, George Afriyie has described the performance of his outfit as unimpressive after their humiliating 3-0 defeat at home to Hearts of Oak. The Dansoman side have been poor by their own standards this season winning only four games out of 15.This has been compounded by the fact that they are only two points and a place above ...

Asante Kotoko confirms the recruitment of striker, Richard Arthur and defender, Augustine Sefa in a bid to fortify the team ahead of the second round of the 2016/17 Premier League. The two players were at the club’s secretariat in Kumasi on Monday morning with their managers to append their signatures to contract documents. They would head straight to training at ...