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Striker Tammy Abraham has completed a 40m euro (£34m) move to Italian side Roma from Chelsea. Abraham, Chelsea’s joint top scorer last season, joins the Serie A club – managed by former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho – on a five-year deal. It is understood the deal for the 23-year-old England international includes a buy-back clause set at £68m. “You can ...

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed the Spanish club is 1.35bn euros (£1.15bn) in debt, describing the situation as “very worrying”. The club’s wage bill currently accounts for 103% of total income. Laporta blames predecessor Josep Maria Bartomeu for the debt, accusing him of leaving a “terrible inheritance”. Extending Lionel Messi’s contract would have made the wage bill accountable for ...

Ghanaian international players, Frank Opoku Acheampong and Wakaso Mubarak have ensured Shenzhen FC’s qualification to the Chinese Super League title playoffs even before the final game of the first round is played this week. 21 points from 13 matches is enough to ensure Shenzhen finish in the top four in group A of the Chinese Super league. Shenzhen FC take ...

Lionel Messi has completed his move to Paris Saint-Germain after signing a two-year contract. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner arrived in Paris on Tuesday afternoon to complete a medical and seal his move to the French club on a two-year deal – with an option for a third – worth £25m per year after tax, plus bonuses. Messi will receive ...

Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero will be out for 10 weeks because of a right calf injury, say the La Liga club. In a statement, Barca say tests on the Argentine forward have confirmed a tendon injury. Aguero, 33, joined Barcelona from Manchester City on a two-year contract in June. He spent 10 years at City, during which time he became ...

After almost a month Hearts of Oak were crowned champions of the Ghana Premier League, they have been congratulated by sworn rivals Asante Kotoko. The Porcupine Warriors were mum when congratulatory messages poured in for the Phobians for winning the league for the first time in 12 years. Hearts beat Kotoko in the tight title race and, on Sunday, the ...

Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona and confirmed he was talking with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move. The 34-year-old Argentine’s emotional news conference followed Barca’s announcement last week that it could no longer afford him after a glittering two decades. French newspaper L’Equipe reported on Sunday that ...

Hearts of Oak are Ghana FA Cup champions after beating Ashanti Gold 7-8 on penalties in the final on Sunday. Following a 0-0 draw after extra-time, the game headed into a shoot-out where the Phobians emerged supreme at the Accra Sports Stadium. It was Kofi Mensah’s miss in what was a dramatic marathon shoot-out which handed the trophy to the ...

Harry Kane, a transfer target for Manchester City, has not returned to the Tottenham training ground as expected yesterday amid speculation over his future. The striker was scheduled to have coronavirus testing yesterday before starting training on Tuesday. Kane has had a three-week break after helping England reach the Euro 2020 final. Spurs have offered no explanation for why the ...

Rev Eben Denny Graceman, a pastor at Perez Chapel International, Techiman, has disclosed that he discovered Ghana’s Olympic medalist Samuel Takyi. According to Rev Graceman, he discovered Takyi when the young boxer was about 10 or 12 during a street boxing event for children at Bukom in the Greater Accra Region and adopted and groomed him to become the fighter ...