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Manchester City control their own destiny in the Premier League’s race to finish inside the top-four this season. With five games to go, Man City sit fourth in the league table — just a point back of third-place Liverpool (with a game in hand), and a point ahead of fifth-place Manchester United after the two sides drew 0-0 on Thursday ...

Ghana President His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo will be at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday when Kotoko and Hearts play in Ghana’s 60th Independence Day celebration match. The two teams will commemorate the celebration of Ghana’s Independence which runs through the year. Speaking at the Press launch on Tuesday, deputy Sports Minister Hon Pius Hadzide pledged government ...

Manchester United starlet Tim Fosu-Mensah suffered an injury in the dying moments of his side’s goalless draw with Manchester City on Thursday (27 April), Jose Mourinho has confirmed. The versatile Dutchman seemed to land awkwardly when jumping for a corner and Mourinho was downbeat regarding the significance of the problem, but praised his players for showing resilience at The Etihad ...

Wa All Stars General Manager, Seth Panwumi, has told exclusively Sportscrusader.om that Richard Arthur will join Asante Kotoko on a short-term deal. The Kumasi giants have been in the transfer market in search of a striker and they have managed to beat other clubs for Arthur’s signature. “We have agreed with Kotoko and Richard Arthur will be joining them soon. ...

Former Ghanaian football international, Alhaji Mohammed Polo popularly known as “Dribbling Magician” has disclosed the recent seemingly decline of the senior national team, the Black Stars is spiritually motivated. The four times Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) champions have failed to add up to the numbers since the last triumph in 1982. The team failed to progress beyond the semi ...

Manchester United will have their players wear black armbands on Sunday when they face Swansea City at Old Trafford in honour of Nigerian fans who died recently in Calabar. The fans lost their lives after a high tension cable fell and electrocuted them while watching the Europa League match between Manchester United and Anderlecht at a football viewing centre on ...

Guam’s football supremo Richard Lai, who pleaded guilty in the United States to taking nearly $1 million in bribes, was on Friday provisionally suspended by FIFA for 90 days. The 55-year-old US citizen, who has been president of Guam’s football federation since 2001, pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York on Thursday to accepting nearly $1 million in ...

Ghanaian football legend, Abedi “Pele” Ayew, says he is not interested in becoming the next president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) but will be keen to see a former footballer take over from Kwesi Nyantakyi after 2019. According to the former Black Stars captain, the new order is for former footballers who are competent and capable to assume the ...

English football clubs were raided early on Wednesday morning by United Kingdom tax officials as part of a wide-sweeping probe, with several men arrested for suspected income tax and national insurance fraud. British media reported that West Ham United and Newcastle United were targets of the investigation. The London club did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment, while ...

New Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah continues to demonstrate his desire of promoting players from the Ghana top-flight as he was monitoring his third match in just five days on Wednesday. Appiah, who arrived in the country last week Friday, continued his monitoring of the Ghana Premier League by watching WAFA SC play Liberty Professionals on Wednesday in Sogakope. The ...