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The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) Mr.Ben Nunoo Mensah, led a high level delegation of the GOC board to meet His Excellency President Akufo-Addo. The meeting came off at the Jubilee House on Wednesday 5th May 2021 with a number of key issues discussed. Key amongst them, was the assurance by President Akufo-Addo that the government will support ...

Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has controversially left out Asamoah Gyan, who is currently Ghana’s all-time top scorer as he named his top five players to have played for the Black Stars since 1992. The former Juventus star named himself alongside Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah, Michael Essien and Richard Kingson. The 40-year-old compiled his list of best Ghanaian players since ...

President Akufo-Addo has assured Herbert Mensah and executives of the May 9 Foundation that his administration will offer them it’s support to ensure that it goes about its activities aimed at supporting the families of the victims of the May 9th Accra sports stadium disaster. President Akufo-Addo gave this assurance when he received a delegation from the foundation at the Jubilee ...

A game-worn jersey belonging to Michael Jordan from his second season at the University of North Carolina sold for a record $1.38m (£1m) on Saturday. It is the only known shirt photo-matched to the basketball legend’s 1982-83 season with the Tar Heels. It sold for more than three times the previous record for a Jordan jersey. “As the final price ...

Arsenal’s Europa League hopes were dashed as Villarreal sealed a semi-final victory that will almost certainly end the Gunners’ unbroken 25-season run of appearing in European competition. Trailing 2-1 from the first leg in Spain and knowing that victory in this tournament represented their only realistic route back into the Champions League, Mikel Arteta’s side could not find a way ...

Executive Council Member, Dr. Tony Aubynn will retain his post as chairman of the Black Stars Management Committee. The Medeama SC Board Chairman will continue to steer affairs for the next one year. Dr. Aubynn has over 20 years of senior Management experience spanning the mining industry. Alhaji Yahaya Sadugu who chairs the Upper East Regional Football Association will serve ...

Former Arsenal and Germany keeper Jens Lehmann has been sacked from his role on Hertha Berlin’s board after sending a Whatsapp message to pundit Dennis Aogo calling him a “quota black guy”. Aogo, who works for Sky in Germany, posted a screenshot of the message from Lehmann on Instagram and wrote: “Wow you’re serious? The message was probably not for ...

Manchester United’s owners are ready to sanction a £90m bid for Tottenham and England captain Harry Kane, 27, as they attempt to quell the recent fan unrest. (Sun) United have also joined Premier League rivals Tottenham and West Ham in the race to sign West Brom’s English goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 28, in preparation for the departure of Spanish stopper David ...

Neymar Out’ as Man City claim another record. Man City 2-0 Paris St-Germain (Agg 4-1). Another Spanish newspaper, Sport, reads simply “Neymar Out”. The former Barcelona star cut a forlorn figure as his Paris St-Germain were beaten again by Manchester City. Tuesday’s win meant that Pep Guardiola’s side set another record – for the longest winning run by an English ...

“You don’t win three Champions Leagues, two La Liga titles and 13 out of 14 European knockout ties if you are not a good manager, this is crazy.” When French football journalist Julien Laurens frames Zinedine Zidane’s managerial CV like that on the Euro Leagues podcast, it is hard to disagree. People do, though. And plenty of them. Despite seven ...