Muntari’s Suspension Upheld
The Ghana international will miss Saturday's clash with Napoli, after he failed to overturn a double booking picked up last weekend Sulley Muntari's double booking during a racist incident on Sunday...
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Kevin Boateng Lauds Sulley Muntari For Walking Off Pitch Over ‘racist Chants’
Las Palmas midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has praised Sulley Muntari for walking off the pitch, four years after he took a similar decision in Italy. Muntari, who plays for struggling Seria A side...
Ghana Midfielder Thomas Partey’s Atletico Madrid Humbled By Ronaldo and Co.
Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey was an unused substitute in Atletico Madrid 3-0 humbling against Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals at the Estadio Santiago...
CR7 Hat-Trick Gives Madrid 3-0 Advantage In UCL Semi-Final
Cristiano Ronaldo scored another Champions League hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed Atletico Madrid in the semi-final first leg to close in on a third final in four years. Real were utterly dominant...
Ronaldo Scores Hat-Trick As Real Hammer Rivals Atletico
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 103 Champions League goals - three more than Atletico Madrid have Cristiano Ronaldo scored another Champions League hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed Atletico Madrid...
Sulley Muntari Banned For Racism Protest
Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari has been banned for one game after he protested against racist abuse. He was booked for dissent after asking the referee to stop Sunday's Serie A match against...
Kwasi Appiah To Have Two Assistants – Nyantakyi Confirms
Kwasi Appiah with some of the men who could become his assistants The President of the Ghana Football Association has confirmed that returnee coach of the Black Stars, Kwasi Appiah will have two...
Sulley Muntari Gets One Match Ban For Walking Off the Pitch
Sulley Ali Muntari has been suspended by the Disciplinary Commission for walking off during Cagliari-Pescara due to racist insults,but Inter and Lazio have suspended bans. The incident caused huge...
Sulley Muntari Incident Shows How ‘RACISM’ Puts Footballers In Impossible Positions
Racism has been a stain on the soul of soccer for generations but last Sunday’s incident that rocked Italian football in the game between Cagliari and Pescara has prompted calls for tougher action...
UN Top Human Rights Official Hails Sulley Muntari For Leaving Pitch In Racism Protest
Sulley Muntari left the pitch in protest after being booked for complaining about racism The United Nations' top human rights official hailed Pescara's Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari as an...
Sulley Muntari Punished By Italian FA In Racism Probe
Sulley Ali Muntari has been suspended by the Disciplinary Commission for walking off during Cagliari-Pescara due to racist insults, but Inter and Lazio have suspended bans. The incident caused huge...
Players Union Want Muntari Yellow Quashed
World football players' union FIFPro urged Italian football powers Tuesday to quash Sulley Muntari's yellow card for leaving the pitch over the weekend, after fans hurled racial abused at the Ghanian...
CAS Reduces Year-Long Bans On Players Who Attacked Refs
Two players banned for a year for attacking referees in separate incidents in domestic Mexican games have had their suspensions reduced following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Muntari Defended By UN Following ‘racism Protest’
The head of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has backed Pescara’s Sulley Muntari after he walked off against Cagliari. The Ghanaian midfielder was subjected to racist abuse from the...
Dortmund To Offer Kagawa New Contract
Shinji Kagawa will be offered a new Borussia Dortmund contract, sporting director Michael Zorc has confirmed. The 28-year-old has enjoyed a strong run of performances for Thomas Tuchel's side after...
Anthony Baffoe Upset With Growing Racism In Football
FIFA and CAF match commissioner and General coordinator Anthony Baffoe has expressed his dismay at the prevalence of racism in football following an incident involving Ghanaian midfielder Sulley...
Andy Yiadom Named Barnsley Players Player of the Season
Ghana defender Andy Yiadom has been named Barnsley's Players Player of the Season award. The 25-year-old was among the top performers for the club this term and has already been named in the...
George Afriyie Confirms Changes Will Be Made To Black Stars Back Room Staff
The vice President of the Ghana Football Association George Afriyie has confirmed that some new faces will be added and some faces removed from the current Black Stars technical team set up. Reports...
Top Danish Coach Ove Pedersen Set To Takeover As Kotoko Boss
Top Danish coach Ove Pedersen has arrived in Ghana to holds talks with giants Asante Kotoko over the possibility of taking over as the boss of the Kumasi-based giants, Ghanasoccernet.com can...
Kwesi Appiah’s ‘second Coming’ For Ghana Demands Some Tough Calls
It was in one of the many Whatsapp groups where sports journalists share story ideas, interview clips and sometimes plain pointless stuff that one observed how Kwesi Appiah had been feted like a hero...