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Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with rape and sexual assault. The 27-year-old defender is accused of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at his home in Cheshire. They relate to alleged attacks on three women, including one aged under 18, between October 2020 and August 2021. ...

Manchester United have reached an agreement with Juventus to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo. Juventus will reportedly receive €15m (£12.8m) plus €8m (£6.8m) in add-ons for Ronaldo, who is set to sign a two-year contract with United after personal terms are finalised. Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes said earlier in the day that a deal for the Portugal captain to return to Old ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been snapped touching down in Lisbon where he will soon be undertaking a medical to seal a sensational return to his former club Manchester United. With a surge of fans and photographers eager to get a glimpse of Ronaldo at the airport, the Portuguese superstar gave a cryptic clue while getting into a car and told broadcasters ...

Managers, officials and key stakeholders in women’s football in Ghana have been told to take sports nutrition and psychology seriously as these will help develop the game in Ghana and help the country to achieve greater success in the international arena. The advice came from Dr. Kweku Laast, a sports health expert, at a seminar in Accra for officials from ...

Francis Nii Obeng Shang, from the Stadium Badminton Club in Accra, won a silver medal in the Men’s Singles category of the All Africa U-15 Badminton Championship in Benin. Obeng Shang, in his debut appearance in an international competition, delivered an excellent performance in the finals against Egyptian Seif Omar, however lost with 21-16, 21-17 in the two sets. The ...

Former President John Mahama has donated GHS50,000 to Real Tamale United (RTU) to help them get ready for the Premier League. During his ‘Thank You’ tour of the Northern Region, the 2020 flag bearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), said: “I want to take this opportunity to congratulate RTU on qualifying to the Premier League and to ...

England captain Harry Kane says he will be “staying at Tottenham this summer” and is “100% focused on helping the team achieve success”. Manchester City had been keen to sign Kane who believed he had a gentleman’s agreement with chairman Daniel Levy to leave Spurs this summer. But Levy has refused to enter into negotiations for the striker, 28. Kane ...

Fifa will receive $201m (£146m) in forfeited funds seized during a corruption probe, the US Department of Justice has announced. More than 50 defendants have been criminally charged since the Department of Justice unveiled its corruption probe in 2015. Twenty-seven people and four corporate entities have pleaded guilty, with two people convicted at trial. The repayment will begin with an ...

Ghana winger Yaw Yeboah says he draws inspiration from football stars Lionel Messi and Neymar after his stunning solo goal in the Polish top-flight league. The former Manchester City man’s goal helped his side Wisła Kraków beat Gornik Leczna 3-1 on Saturday to move up to fourth on the league table. In the matchday 5 fixture, the Ghana U23 captain ...

Premier League sides are among leading European clubs set to prevent players from going to red-list countries for September’s international break. Unless quarantine exemptions are made, players would be forced to miss several domestic league matches because of the 10-day isolation period required on return to the UK. The Football Association and Premier League are in talks with the Department ...