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Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare said he “has never had any falling-out” with former manager Claudio Ranieri. Ranieri was sacked by the Premier League champions in February and said on Monday night that “someone behind” him may have been working against him. Shakespeare said: “We have never had any arguments or hard feelings. “Free speech is there for everybody. I ...

President of the Ghana Rugby Federation Herbert Mensah has been appointed as the chairperson of the Media Relations sub-committee of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC). This formation comes as part of measures to re-brand the GOC as well as spearhead the agenda of effective communication. Mensah will be supported by some renowned sports journalists from some recognized media institutions nationwide. ...

Ghana boxing legend, Azumah Nelson, is unperturbed by the seemingly smart schemes by Australian boxer Jeff Fenech 9 years after their bout in Melbourne. In what was the last of three meetings between the pair, the Australian gained victory over the “Boxing Professor” by majority decision. Fenech had to visit the hospital with broken ribs after the big exhibition bout. ...

The shareholders of Accra Great Olympics FC have formally appointed Swedish Tom Marcos Christian Strand as the new Head Coach of the club and will be assisted by two coaches Godwin Attram and Stephen Botchway. Strands appointment was part of a five-point Rescue Plan proposed by the Global Village Group, following the poor performance of the team in the ongoing ...

Spanish side Las Palmas are optimistic that they can sign former AC Milan and former Schalke midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng for another season. Boateng has scored 9 goals this season more than any midfielder for Las Palmas this season. According to the president of the club he is optimistic that the Ghanaian will prolong his stay at the club at ...

The Ghana Football Association has donated a sum of Thirty Two Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢32,000) to the University of Ghana for re-grassing of the ongoing refurbishment of the Main Football Field. This step by the GFA forms part of the partnership fostered in October 2016 between the Sports Directorate and the GFA. In the partnership pact, the GFA is to ...

University of Ghana (UG) has retained the Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship by beating Marshalls University College 41-23 in the final game of the 2017 edition. UG won last year’s edition beating record winners Accra Technical University in a crunch game. Marshalls University College made it to the final game with a series of heart stopping plays but ...

Asante Kotoko legal head, Yaw Boafo, has ruled out an immediate return for Michael Osei to coach the team following the sack of Zdravko Logarusic. The former player has been linked to the role three months after losing the role to the Croatian and after a string of poor results, his successor has been shown the exit despite winning 5 ...

Barcelona star Neymar has been handed a three-match ban after that he was shown the red card during Barcelona’s 2-0 defeat to Malaga on Sunday night. The Brazilian ace ironically clapped the referee’s assistant on his way out of the pitch on Sunday night and the Spanish FA has decided to hand him a one-match ban for the red card, ...

FIFA could seal a major partnership deal with Qatar Airways within weeks, a source has said, the same day football’s corruption-tainted world body announced a $369 million loss. “We hope to confirm it in the next few months, perhaps before the congress in Bahrain (May 10-11),” the source close to FIFA said on Friday in Zurich. The contract between FIFA ...