REVIEW: GPl’S Match Day 24
Away wins for teams that had been starved of them. Away wins are precious as they come. They make champions and hurt contenders who fail in a quest to pick up the points. Olympics are still 15th on...
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Barca Rubbishes Neymar Transfer Reports
Coach Ernesto Valverde reiterated his desire to keep Neymar at Barcelona after the Brazilian scored twice in a 2-1 friendly win over Juventus. Paris St-Germain have reportedly triggered the...
Shastri On Mission To Keep India At Number One
New India coach Ravi Shastri will Wednesday look to prove his team remains the world's best Test side when they take on Sri Lanka in the first of three matches. Shastri, who took over the demanding...
Maxwell Konadu Names CHAN Squad To Face Burkina Faso
Coach Maxwell Konadu has named 28 players to begin preparations for next month’s crucial CHAN 2018 qualifier between Ghana and Burkina Faso. The Black Stars ‘B’ have barely 20 days to face the...
Ghana Premier League: Fearsome Sharks Humble Bechem United
The Fearsome Elmina Sharks recorded their fourth consecutive win in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) with a pulsating 2-1 victory over Bechem United on match day 24 at the Nduom Stadium at Elmina in...
Injured Hunt To Miss Wallabies’ Bledisloe Cup Opener
Inside back Karmichael Hunt has been ruled out for eight weeks following ankle surgery and will miss the Wallabies' Bledisloe Cup opener with New Zealand next month, team officials said on Monday....
Jamaicans Stun Mexico To Reach CONCACAF Gold Cup Final With USA
Kemar Lawrence scored in the 88th minute to give Jamaica a shocking 1-0 upset of defending champion Mexico on Sunday in a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final match. The 24-year-old fullback for Major League...
China’s Sun Yang Beats Rival Mack Horton In 400m Freestyle World Title
China's Sun Yang awkwardly embraced arch nemesis Mack Horton on the podium after beating the Australian Olympian at the world championships on Sunday. Horton, 21, planted the seed for a rivalry for...
Syrian Refugee Mardini Returns To Hungary For World Swimming Champs
Two years on from sleeping rough in Budapest on a perilous trek from Syria to Germany, teenage refugee Yusra Mardini is back in the Hungarian capital competing in the world swimming championships. "I...
Raj Urges India To ‘keep It Simple’ In Women’s World Cup Cricket Final
India captain Mithali Raj has urged her side to embrace the challenge of playing hosts England in the World Cup final at a sold-out Lord's on Sunday. Raj's side won through to the final with a...
Kotoko Coach Steve Polack Discharged From Hospital
One week after being hospitalised at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi; following the tragic accident involving the team bus at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, Kumasi Asante...
SIC Insurance To Cover GPL
SIC Insurance Company and the leadership of the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) have revealed plans to provide insurance cover for all 480 players of the Ghana Premier League...
Eritreans Pursue Two-Wheeled Dreams In Exile
After representing Eritrea in cycling tournaments across Africa, Daniel Teklay took a journey of a different sort last year when he escaped across his country's militarised border to a new life as a...
Tearful Xie Lands China’s Seventh World Diving Gold
China's Xie Siyi burst into tears after winning the men's 3m springboard gold at the world aquatic championships on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Cao Yuan finished a lowly 10th. Having won...
Alvaro Morata: Chelsea Fans Will Be Punching the Air
Chelsea fans will be “punching the air” after the club agreed a deal to sign Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, says former Blues winger Pat Nevin. Morata, 24, will discuss personal terms and...
Barrett Back As Hurricanes Weigh Up Brumbies In Super Rugby
All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett's return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT Brumbies as New Zealand look to underline their dominance over Australian sides in...
Godoy Own Goal Sends Costa Rica Into CONCACAF Gold Cup Semis
Anibal Godoy headed agonizingly into his own net to give Costa Rica a 1-0 victory over Panama on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in Philadelphia. The Central American rivals...
Solanke Shines As Liverpool Beat Palace In Hong Kong
New signing Dominic Solanke came off the bench to score as Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 in a preseason game in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The 19-year-old suggested he could prove a summer bargain...
The Top 10 You Never Knew!
There are lots of black Hollywood actors and actresses who are making waves in the international movie scene. We are often proud to associate with them as blacks, but a lot of us do not know their...
SIC Announces Insurance Cover For Premier League Players
The Management of SIC Insurance, Ghana’s preferred insurer and the leadership of the Professional footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has announced an insurance cover for players of the Ghana...