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WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he will be a “sad and lonely” person when he ends his boxing career. The unbeaten 33-year-old is defending his title against American Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas at the weekend — their third fight after a draw in 2018 and Fury’s 2020 victory. Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Boxing podcast, Fury ...

Ghana’s Richard Commey and Vasiliy Lomachenko have agreed to a deal for a December 11 fight at Madison Square Garden, multiple sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The clash of former lightweight champions will air following the Heisman Trophy presentation, one of the most coveted dates and time slots on Top Rank’s programming schedule. Lomachenko, the former three-division champion, lost his ...

Hearts of Oak say they are in the ‘final stages of negotiations for a unique partnership’ with German club TSG Hoffenheim and FC Cincinnati of United States. The partnership is dubbed as the “Common Value Club Alliance”, and it is the first of its kind with clubs from Africa, Europe and America coming together to share expertise. The Common Value ...

Twenty Seven players will open camp on Tuesday to begin preparations for this month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 double-header qualifiers against Zimbabwe. This follows the decision of the Technical team to excuse five players from the squad ahead of the qualifiers. The excused players include, Ismail Abdul Ganiyu, Tariqe Fosu Henry, Joseph Alfred Duncan, Mubarak Wakaso and Emmanuel Gyasi. ...

Brazil legend Pele has been released from hospital after undergoing surgery for a colon tumour. The 80-year-old had the operation at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo on 4 September. Pele, the only player to win the World Cup three times, left the intensive care unit 10 days later, but was readmitted soon after as a “preventative measure”. “I am ...

Ibrahim Yaro has signed a three-year contract to extend his stay as Medeama player until at least 2024, the club announced on Friday. Yaro, 25, has been rewarded with an improved contract after excelling heavily last season. The right-back, who operated as reliable centre-back three seasons ago, is expected to continue his career in Tarkwa. “Everyone knows how I feel ...

Liberian club LISCR FC have appointed Ghanaian trainer Samuel Quaye as their new head coach ahead of the upcoming season, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. The announcement was made on Thursday as the experienced coach replaces Gambian coach Tapha Manneh who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 campaign. Manneh was in charge of LISCR for five years where he ...

Hearts of Oak have reportedly been fined $5,000 by Confederation Football African (CAF) for hosting their last Champions League match on a ‘terrible pitch’. The Phobians, in the first qualifying round, hosted Guinean side CI Kamsar in a single leg match played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, September 19. But it is said that CAF were not pleased ...

Zimbabwe’s clash with Ghana in Harare will be played without fans following the latest decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF has denied Zimbabwe’s request to have a limited number of fans at the stadium for the World Cup qualifier scheduled for October 12. “The Confederation of African Football has once again turned down our request to allow ...

Hasaacas Ladies now know their group opponents for the next TotalEnergies Women’s Champions League. The Ghanaian club were accommodated in Group A alongside the tournament’s host club, Wadi Degla from Egypt, As Mandé from Mali and Malabo King’s from Equatorial Guinea. Responding to the draw, head coach Yusif Basigi was reassuring. “The grouping is okay. We were not looking to ...