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Black Stars have arrived in Harare ahead of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifier against Zimbabwe on Tuesday. After securing an impressive 3-1 win over the Warriors in Cape Coast on Saturday, Black Stars departed Accra for Harare Sunday afternoon via Asky Airlines. The team is led by President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku. He was joined by Black ...

The pair will not feature in Sunday’s Nations League third-place play-off against Italy. Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard have been excused for the remainder of the international window due to concerns over their fitness, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez confirmed on Saturday. The Chelsea and Real Madrid stars both played in Belgium’s UEFA Nations League semi-final defeat to France on Thursday, ...

Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has accused football authorities of prioritising revenue over player welfare in a damning assessment of the global football calendar. Courtois, 29, was speaking after his country lost 2-1 against European champions Italy in UEFA’s Nations League third-place play-off on Sunday – a match he described as “pointless” in the build-up. Both countries made a number of changes to ...

Jamie Redknapp says the laws of the game surrounding offside need addressing after Kylian Mbappe’s contentious goal decided the Nations League final in France’s favour on Sunday. Spain took the lead when Mikel Oyarzabal latched on to a long pass from Sergio Busquets, held off Dayot Upamecano and fired into the bottom corner. The French response was swift, however, with ...

World champions, France have been crowned the second-ever UEFA Nations League winners after bouncing back from a goal down to claim a 2-1 victory over Spain at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. In a similar fashion as was in the semifinals last Thursday against Belgium, the French went behind but later turned the deficit upside to win after ...

Eric Ofosuhene and Leticia Amponsah Mensah were too on the course for their competitors to handle as they reign supreme on the at the Bok Nam Kin golf course at the Air Force Officers Mess on Saturday after the final MTN 2021 Invitational Golf Tournament. After a tough competition which saw about 88 top golfers exhibiting the stuff they are ...

KGL Foundation, a subsidiary of the KGL Group, has come to the aid of juvenile football development, spearheaded by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Speaking at the agreement signing event, Executive Chairman of KGL Group, Mr. Alex Dadey, disclosed that the KGL Foundation has been set up as a single-purpose vehicle to drive all corporate social responsibility activities of the ...

ll parties are hopeful an announcement can be made today confirming the takeover of NewcastAle United. Sky Sports News has been told the Saudi-led consortium, the Premier League and Newcastle are working hard to get the deal completed and announced as soon as possible. There was hope and speculation it was going to be announced on Wednesday night but certain ...

Italy’s world-record 37-game unbeaten run came to an end as Spain beat them in an enthralling encounter at the San Siro to reach the Nations League final. Albeit in Uefa’s secondary tournament, Spain got a measure of revenge for their Euro 2020 semi-final penalty shootout defeat by eventual winners Italy at Wembley. Manchester City’s Ferran Torres scored Spain’s goals in ...

Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach and renowned Ghanaian football scout, Didi Dramani has urged coaches in the second-tier league to take a keen interest in the emerging trends in scouting around the globe to help unearth more talent and develop them into world-class players. Coach Dramani was speaking at a seminar on scouting, sports science and social media management for ...