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Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he feels “fixed and stronger” following a successful knee operation in the United States. Ibrahimovic, 35, suffered cruciate knee-ligament damage in a Europa League win over Anderlecht on 20 April. The former Sweden forward thanked fans for their support after the surgery. His agent Mino Raiola said United’s top scorer would make a “full ...

Former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, currently training in Marbella, Spain, says he’s happy to accept a fight with WBA and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua after Joshua called him out in the ring following his TKO win over Wladimir Klitschko. “It is the only one the world wants to see and I am here, I am the lineal champion, I ...

World number one Andy Murray expects Maria Sharapova to receive a wildcard for Wimbledon qualifying if she does not make it through her ranking. The Russian, 30, returned to action in Stuttgart last month after a 15-month doping ban. She needs an invitation to compete at this month’s French Open and, with her ranking of 262, at Wimbledon in July. ...

The Ghana international will miss Saturday’s clash with Napoli, after he failed to overturn a double booking picked up last weekend Sulley Muntari’s double booking during a racist incident on Sunday has been upheld by Italian football authorities, effectively mandating a one-match suspension. While in Serie A away action against Cagliari, the Pescara midfielder was shown a yellow card by ...

Las Palmas midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has praised Sulley Muntari for walking off the pitch, four years after he took a similar decision in Italy. Muntari, who plays for struggling Seria A side Pescara, walked off the pitch during a league match against Cagliari on Sunday having been booked after reporting racist abuse to the referee. The 32-year-old said he heard ...

Real Madrid has thrashed Atlético Madrid at the first league clash of the quarter final of the 2017 UEFA Champions League campaign. Christiano Ronaldo who looked very poised for action after gathering momentum from a brilliant goal in the 10th of first half. He later doubled the score line in the 73rd minutes and crown the game with a hat-trick ...

  Say No to racism! Kill Racism! and many other myriad campaigns in World football as far back as I could remember have tumbled on death ears by some fans across the world. Yet, the game which preaches against racism suffers major setbacks when it comes to participation by “people in colour”. The tool which has proven to be the ...

The Ghana FA on Tuesday named James Kwasi Appiah as coach of the Black Stars, making him one of the few to have made a return to the position. Appiah, 57, who left the job three years ago, has been announced to begin a new two-year journey from May 1, 2017. However, sources have revealed the ex-defender also has an ...

Sulley Ali Muntari has been suspended by the Disciplinary Commission for walking off during Cagliari-Pescara due to racist insults, but Inter and Lazio have suspended bans. The incident caused huge controversy in Serie A and beyond, as the midfielder was booked by the referee for dissent. The Ghana international then became angry and walked off the field, as the official ...

The Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) has commenced preparations for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations qualifying match with South Africa in Uyo next month. A minimum of 19 foreign-based professionals are expected to participate in a training camp in Corsica and Paris, France ahead of the clash with the South Africans. The invited professionals have been instructed to arrive in Paris ...