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President of Sports Writers Association of Ghana, SWAG , Kwabena Yeboah has cautioned the country not to expect the Black Stars to reap success out of Kwesi Nyantakyi’s appointment as first vice president of the Confederation of Africa Football. Nyantakyi was appointed as the 1st vice president of CAF by Ahmad Ahmad in an Executive Committee in Bahrain last week ...

Jose Mourinho says he has no regrets about Manchester United’s failure to finish in the Premier League top four, insisting that trophies are more important to the club. United must win the Europa League final against Ajax in order to play in the Champions League next season after Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham in the last-ever match at White Hart ...

Tema Youth coach Edward Nii Odoom has expressed satisfaction with his side’s goalless draw with Asante Kotoko on match day 15 of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday. The Harbour Boys delivered one of their best performance in the ongoing campaign by holding Asante Kotoko to a 0-0 stalemate at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday. The results left ...

Newly-appointed CAF Technical Committee chairman Kalusha Bwalya has tipped Ghana to win the 2017 African Junior Championship in Gabon. The Zambia legend was enchanted by the ‘complete’ performance displayed by the Black Starlets in their 4-0 win over Cameroon on Sunday. Captain Eric Ayiah shot the Black Starlets into the lead in the 25th minute courtesy of a lively pass ...

Ghana made an electric start to their 2017 CAF U17 Nations Cup campaign after thrashing Cameroon 4-0 on Sunday in Port Gentil in their Group A clash. Captain Eric Ayiah and Ibrahim Sulley scored a pair of goals each to ensure the Black Starlets had resounding opener. Paa Kwesi Fabin’s side took the lead through Ayiah who connected home at ...

The fight for the La Liga title will go down to the last day of the season after Real Madrid and Barcelona beat Sevilla and Las Palmas respectively on Sunday to remain locked together on 87 points. Madrid remain in the driving seat after the European champions saw off Sevilla 4-1 as they have two games remaining to Barca’s one. ...

In their first match-up since the Rio Olympics, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson handily topped the U.S.’ Tori Bowie in the 100m at the second Diamond League meet of the season in Shanghai. Thompson, the 100m and 200m gold medalist in Rio, raced to 10.78 seconds. Bowie – who took the silver medal in Rio – clocked a season’s best, 11.04, for ...

“There are absolutely no plans [to sell].” In the year which marks the 50th anniversary since the release of The Beatles’ seminal album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band these words will have acted as glorious music to the ears of Liverpool supporters, after Jurgen Klopp swatted away suggestions the club were about to part ways with playmaker Philippe Coutinho. ...

Luis Suarez had admitted that he was so moved by Barcelona’s insistence on signing him following his scandalous 2014 World Cup showing that he broke down in tears. The Uruguayan was still a Liverpool player when he travelled to Brazil for the tournament, although Barca had been strongly linked with a move. He ended the World Cup in disgrace, however, ...

Real Madrid do not know when Gareth Bale will return from injury – with the Champions League final in his home city of Cardiff just three weeks away. The Wales international forward, 27, has not played since tearing a calf muscle against Barcelona on 23 April. La Liga title favourites Real face Juventus in the 3 June European final. “We ...