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Former Ghana International, Laryea Kingston, says Black Stars Coach Kwasi Appiah has picked about the best performing Ghanaian players across the world in the 29-man provisional squad for the 2019 AFCON. However, Kingston says selecting a provisional squad of 29 players with only a month to the tournament will breed tension and uneasy calm in the team, considering 6 players ...

The Red Devils have made an initial approach to sign the Frenchman who they’ve been following since his youth days with Paris Saint-Germain Manchester United have made an offer in excess of €40 million (£35m/$45m) for Lyon striker Moussa Dembele, Goal understands. The French striker, who is being followed by several Premier League clubs, has enjoyed a productive first season with the Ligue 1 side, scoring 23 ...

The former Spurs man has revealed that his old club won’t be able to compete against the European giants in the transfer market Tottenham have been urged to make Ajax‘s Donny van de Beek their top transfer target by Darren Anderton, as he warns that the club will be able to sign Europe’s top players. Mauricio Pochettino’s side could win the Champions League next week ...

FIFA shelved a proposed expansion of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to 48 teams on Wednesday, dealing a blow to the world football body’s president Gianni Infantino. The 2022 tournament in the Gulf state will now be played with 32 nations taking part. FIFA said it had abandoned the expansion plans “following a thorough and comprehensive consultation process” which ...

The Benfica playmaker is said to be interesting those at Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium, but his current club will not let him go easily Benfica have warned those casting admiring glances in the direction of Joao Felix – with Manchester rivals United and City said to be among his suitors – that €100 million (£88m/$112m) will not be enough ...

A fellow Brazilian at Parc des Princes is convinced that a superstar forward generating talk of interest from afar will still be in France next season Dani Alves would “bet the Eiffel Tower” that Neymar remains at Paris Saint-Germain, with there no substance to talk of potential returns to Spain at either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Speculation regarding a switch to La Liga has bubbled away ever since ...

The Brazilian defender has committed to a new contract at Stamford Bridge after proving his worth to a coach who originally questioned his value David Luiz has penned a new contract to commit his immediate future to Chelsea, but the Brazilian has revealed that Maurizio Sarri told him he was free to leave in his first week as Blues boss. An ...

The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK. The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources. He was previously charged last month with one count of conspiring with ex-intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to the Pentagon network. Assange ...

Uganda’s capital Kampala has passed a law to ban giving money or food to children living on the streets. Kampala’s Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, said the law aimed to curb the commercial and sexual exploitation of children. According to government estimates, as many as 15,000 children live on the streets in Kampala, aged from seven up to the age of ...

The former Chelsea boss is expecting the Europa League to be a farewell outing for the Belgian, with a switch to Spain very much on the cards Jose Mourinho expects the Europa League final to be Eden Hazard’s “last match in blue” before he departs Chelsea and links up with Real Madrid. Speculation around the Belgian forward has been building for some time. He has ...