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Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has joined United Soccer League side Phoenix Rising as a player and co-owner. Drogba, 39, has not played since leaving Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact in November. He will start out as a player but has also joined Phoenix’s “MLS expansion franchise ownership group”. “To own a team and be a ...

Manchester United are ready to make it hard for Real Madrid if the Spanish giants make a move to take David de Gea to the La Liga in the summer. The Red Devils are reluctant to allow a key player to leave the club, but if forced to sell they are ready to take a hard stance and ensure they ...

Jurgen Klopp believes Champions League qualification would represent a huge success for Liverpool and would consider anything else an unsatisfactory season. Liverpool sit third in the Premier League and are on track for a return to European club football’s elite competition after missing out in each of the last two campaigns. They face stiff competition for a top-four finish, though, ...

José Mourinho doesn’t just want to sign Antoine Griezmann to solve Manchester United’s goal issues, according to a report. The Manchester Evening News claims Mourinho continues to pursue Griezmann, United’s £85-million rated top target. But he would also like the English Premier League’s top scorer this season, Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, who would cost at least £65 million. There is no ...

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 ...