England boss Phil Neville said he was "ashamed" by Cameroon's behaviour after a World Cup last-16 victory he said "didn't feel like football".
The Lionesses booked a quarter-final spot against Norway after a 3-0 win.
But the game was…
England progressed to the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup with a 3-0 victory over an enraged Cameroon side who protested after two VAR decisions went against them.
Goals from Steph Houghton, Ellen White and Alex Greenwood sent E…
Andrew Dallas has retired as an international referee with immediate effect - but the 36-year-old will remain an official in the Scottish Professional Football League.
BBC Scotland has learned that Dallas notified other referees within …
Oran Kearney's future as St Mirren manager is in doubt after it emerged he is not expected to take charge of the first day of pre-season training.
The 40-year-old Northern Irishman was appointed manager in September, signing a three-yea…
Arsenal have returned with a second bid for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney, 22, but it is short of the Scottish champions' £25m valuation. (Times - subscription required)
The Premier League club are willing to offer Scotland defender T…
Toni Silva should be full of optimism heading to his second Africa Cup of Nations, but is instead questioning his future in the game.
The former Liverpool youth winger, now 25, is set to line up for Guinea-Bissau as they begin Group F a…
Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o has urged Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mo Salah to move to Barcelona.
Salah has been in stunning form for the Reds since joining in 2017, scoring 54 goals in 74 appearances.
He has been linked with…
Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez scored as Algeria moved level with Senegal at the top of Africa Cup of Nations Group C with a win over Kenya.
Baghdad Bounedjah converted from the penalty spot after 34 minutes in Cairo following a cl…
Senegal began their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a routine victory over Group C rivals Tanzania in Cairo.
Aliou Cisse's side - among the tournament favourites - went ahead through Inter Milan forward Keita Balde's low finish afte…
Asante Kotoko will represent Ghana at the 2019/2020 Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Champions League after defeating Karela United 4-1 on penalties in the finals of the Tier One Competition of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) No…
The Carthage Eagles of Tunisia will start their 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign against the Antelopes of Angola in Group E on June 24 at the Suez Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt.
In a group that houses, Mali and debutants Maurit…
Former Spain striker Fernando Torres says he is retiring after an 18-year career that included stints at Premier League sides Liverpool and Chelsea and Italy's AC Milan.
"I have something very important to announce. After 18 exciting ye…
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a biennial football tournament where national teams throughout the continent have an opportunity to compete for the cup title.
Established in 1937, AFCON gives African football teams the chance to co…
Mukarama Abdulai, the Golden Boot winner and second best Player at the 2018 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup (WWC), has been rewarded by the State with GH¢30,000 for her feat.
Mukarama, who captained Ghana’s Black Maidens to the tourname…
The Ashanti regional capital of Kumasi will host the next stage of the Eagle Extra Stout Armwrestling Challenge at Janet and Son's Spot, Krofuom, tomorrow.
The event, dubbed: ‘The Ashanti Challenge’, has already been to the Western, E…
The oldest player and youngest players in Ghana's 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad have been showing signs of a great off-the-pitch relationship if their social media posts are anything to go by.
Ghana's record goalscorer Asa…
Fans can coordinate their nails with friends to show their support together at Rugby World Cup 2019
Canon (www.Canon-CNA.com) has released nail sticker designs for all twenty teams competing in Rugby World Cup 2019 through its free Nail…
Another attempt to control the news regarding African football affairs
In another attempt to control the news regarding African football affairs, the journalist Nazim Bessol, working for Algerian newspaper Botola, has seen his accredita…
Former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has returned to the club as technical and performance advisor.
Cech, 37, spent 11 years as a player at Stamford Bridge, winning 13 trophies, including four Premier League titles and the Champions Leag…
Hannah Green holds a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Women's PGA Championship, as only 16 of the 154 players went under par on a wet day in Minnesota, USA.
Australian Green, 22, hit four birdies in a four-under 68 to earn h…
He has been moved to a rehabilitation unit in Monaco, eight days after a crash which left him seriously injured.
However, the Team Ineos rider, 34, says he is not yet well enough to return home to continue his recovery.
Froome was le…
I would like to play mixed doubles at Wimbledon next month and I have spoken to a couple of players about partnering up.
But I've been rejected a couple of times so far - in the nicest possible way, of course!
One of those people was…
After months of anticipation and preparation, the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off in Cairo this evening with 24 teams vying for the coveted trophy and a cash prize of $4.5million.
Over the next four weeks, the Egyptian citi…
Ghana’s Beach Volleyball team exhibited a spirited performance to beat arch rivals Nigeria at the first African Beach Games in Sal, Cape Verde.
Ghana’s pair of Kelvin Carboo and Sammy Essilfie won the first set by 22-20 and won the seco…
With nine trophies shared between Cameroon and Ghana, both countries head into Group F of this year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) as hot favourites to make it out of the group stages, though Guinea-Bissau and Benin have their chances to…
Celtic will begin their bid for a record-equalling ninth successive Scottish Premiership title at home to St Johnstone on 3 August.
Rangers visit Kilmarnock the following day in Angelo Alessio's league debut as Rugby Park manager.
Am…
Daniel Lartey, Ghanaian Welterweight boxer, will fight British boxer, George McIlroy in a Professional Boxing Council (PBC) World Championship Boxing contest, on July 27 in the United Kingdom.
The Championship bout scheduled to take pla…
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has appointed Cameroonian referee Alioum Alioum to handle the opening match between host Egypt and Zimbabwe at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday, June 21, at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations…
As the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) commences on Friday in Egypt, one of the major characters that would be at play are the technical brains of each of the national teams at the competition.
In all 24 coaches would be managing th…
Max Verstappen has defended race stewards after they received abuse on social media for issuing a penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Vettel's five-second penalty elevated Lewis Hamilton to first place…
With the World Cup at the slightly-past-halfway point, it seems an appropriate time to dish out some awards.
The tournament has been a mixed bag, as all tournaments in all sports tend to be.
Although it appears the authorities failed…
As a world and Olympic champion, children's book author and three-time cover star of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit magazine, United States forward Alex Morgan possesses a unique combination of talents and experience.
The 29-year-…
All-rounder Moeen Ali says England "can't miss" the opportunity to win the World Cup for the first time.
The hosts, who entered the tournament as favourites and top of the world rankings, will move to the brink of the semi-finals with v…
Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro will have surgery after re-fracturing his right kneecap during his victory over Denis Shapovalov at Queen's.
The world number 12 slipped as he slid for a volley in the second set and later withdrew from…
Another race completed. Another race win for driver number 44.
Lewis Hamilton tightened his grip on a sixth world championship following the eventful scenes at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel will feel his name should be e…
World number one Naomi Osaka followed up her early French Open exit with a shock second-round loss to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in Birmingham.
The Japanese 21-year-old lost 6-2 6-3 to her world number 43 opponent.
US Open and Aus…
Britain's Kyle Edmund was knocked out of Queen's 6-3 7-5 in the first round by Greek top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Trailing 6-3 3-3 when bad weather ended play on Wednesday, Edmund was unable to turn the match around on Thursday as Briti…
Former Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has been named on the European Tour's Ryder Cup committee.
The position is Scudamore's first paid role since leaving the Premier League at the end of 2018.
The new committee has…
Three games, nine points and the prospect of a relatively easy last-16 tie; so far Phil Neville has passed his World Cup debut with flying colours.
The England head coach, who missed out on three World Cups as a player, is relishing his…
Formula 1 officials will meet on Friday to hear Ferrari's attempt to overturn the penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Ferrari have lodged a request for stewards to review the decision to penalise the …
The Normalisation Committee of the GFA congratulates Ashantigold and Nzema Kotoko for the great feat of making it to the grande finale of the NC Special Competition Tier 2 finals.
It has been an exhausting journey to the finals for th…
Former England Sevens star Ruaridh McConnochie and Harlequins' back rower Alex Dombrandt are two of the uncapped players included in England's preliminary World Cup training squad.
Northampton's Lewis Ludlam and Gloucester prop Val Rapa…
Hosts Egypt play Zimbabwe in the first match of the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday - the first time the tournament has been held in Europe's summer.
Egypt were only awarded the competition in January after it was taken away from origin…
Scarlets have signed three new players, including lock Danny Drake from New Zealand province North Harbour.
The 24-year-old's signing came at the same time Scarlets announced two recruits who are moving from Welsh rivals.
Scrum-half …
Black Stars assistant coach, Ibrahim Tanko, says the inclusion of new sensation, Samuel Owusu, will enhance Ghana’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Egypt.
The nimble-footed Owusu made his debut for the Black Stars in their pre-AFCON f…
The NPP Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has redeemed GH¢10,000 out of a pledge of GH¢15,000 he promised his alma mater, Adisadel College, for winning the 2019 inter-school hockey fiesta.
Moments after Adisad…
Football's world governing body has confirmed that its secretary general Fatma Samoura has been appointed 'Fifa General Delegate for Africa' in a bid to improve governance on the continent.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) ha…
Obuasi-based Ashantigold (Ashgold) yesterday denied Kumasi Asante Kotoko the chance to relish a special double victory in thenation’s capital, by coming from behind to record an emphatic 3-1 win in their semi-final clash in the Tier Two of…
Everton are close to completing the signing of Portugal midfielder Andre Gomes on a permanent deal after a successful loan spell at Goodison Park last season.
Reports in Catalonia say Everton have now agreed a £22m fee with Barcelona fo…
New Real Madrid signing Ferland Mendy says he was told he might never play football again after hip surgery as a 15-year-old left him in a wheelchair.
The France defender, 24, joined Real on a six-year contract from Lyon last week in a …