Weah’s Son Makes Waves For USA
The son of Liberia legend George Weah is helping the United States Under-17 team in their bid to qualify for the 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in India in October. A 17-year-old striker, Timothy Weah,...
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Crusaders Tame Bulls In Super Rugby New Zealand Rampage
The Canterbury Crusaders stacked up their 10th-straight win as New Zealand continued on a Super Rugby rampage at the weekend, leaving South African and Australian teams scattered in their wake. The...
Sonny Bill Joins All Blacks Injury Concerns
Sonny Bill Williams has become the latest addition to the All Blacks injury concerns, suffering possible concussion in the Auckland Blues' Super Rugby win over the NSW Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday....
FIFA Gathers In Bahrain Under A Fresh Cloud
Two years on from the corruption crisis which consumed FIFA, football's governing body meets for its latest annual Congress in Bahrain this week still far from free of suspicion. It was May 2015 in...
US Olympic Champion Bobsledder Holcomb Dies
Olympic gold medal-winning bobsledder Steven Holcomb was found dead Saturday in his room at the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, the US Olympic Committee said. "The entire Olympic...
Argentina Forward’s Ban Lifted After Appeal To Fifa
Messi was angered late in the game after being penalised for a foul Lionel Messi is free to represent Argentina in their World Cup qualifiers after his four-match international ban was overturned on...
Lionel Messi Ban Lifted After Appeal To Fifa
Lionel Messi is free to represent Argentina in their World Cup qualifiers after his four-match international ban was overturned on appeal. The 29-year-old Barcelona forward was suspended for...
Aravinda de Silva Quits Sri Lanka Cricket Role
Former Sri Lanka captain Aravinda de Silva has stepped down as chairman of the national board's cricket committee for personal reasons after roughly a year in the top post, the committee said Friday....
China’s Tianjin Deny Diego Costa Transfer Report
China Super League club Tianjin Quanjin have denied reports they signed Chelsea striker Diego Costa for a record-breaking 90 million euros ($99 million). In a statement posted to its Weibo social...
Daniel Agyei Reveals Reason For His Success In the Tanzanian League
Former Liberty Professionals and Medeama goalkeeper, Daniel Agyei, says that he is working hard to overcome the language barrier as he tries to build his career in Tanzania. The 2009 U-20 World Cup...
Fourth-Choice Baxter To Coach South Africa Again
England-born Stuart Baxter was named South Africa coach Thursday for a second time after a saga in which three preferred candidates dropped out of contention. Baxter, 63, who coaches Pretoria-based...
Kiwi Rugby League Team Have Spine To Test Australia
Strengthened New Zealand are bidding to end a losing four-match run against Australia while England pit their World Cup muscle against the bruising Samoans in a Test extravaganza Down Under this...
Ghana U-17 Coach Satisfied With Preparations Ahead of Gabon Tournament
Head Coach of the Black Starlets Paa Kwasi Fabin says he is pleased with his side’s preparations towards the African Under 17 Championship in Gabon. Fabin’s provisional 25 man squad will leave...
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...
U.S. To Face Ghana In Hartford In Gold Cup Tune-Up
Bruce Arena's side will face its World Cup nemesis as it gets ready for the CONCACAF showcase tournament U. S. Soccer has announced the U.S. men's national team will face Ghana in a friendly on July...
Penguins Lose Crosby To Head Injury, Game To Capitals
Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh's hopes for a repeat crown suffered a major setback on Monday with a head injury to NHL goals leader Sidney Crosby in a 3-2 overtime loss to Washington....
Crosby, McDavid, Bobrovsky Named NHL MVP Finalists
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky were named Monday as finalists for the National Hockey League's Most Valuable...
Has Mahama Ruined the Return of Mahama?
Has Mahama ruined the return of Mahama? I do not wish to find myself in the camp of those who harbour a fallacious view that highly qualified family members and friends of the elected president of...
Bologna’s Godfred Donsah Among Seven Best Young Players In Italy
Bologna midfielder Godfred Donsah has been among the seven best young footballers in Italy. The list compiled by portal www.italianfootballdaily.com includes three other African promising stars...
Emmanuel Adebayor Expects Egypt To Qualify To the World Cup Ahead of Ghana
Togo’s National team captain Emmanuel Adebayor has tipped Egypt to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ahead of the Black Stars. Ghana are currently five points behind Egypt in Group E of their...