Everton rejected an improved offer of £26.2m from Paris St-Germain for Idrissa Gueye as Yannick Bolasie joined Anderlecht on loan.
French champions PSG had an initial bid of £21.5m turned down by the Premier League club for 29-year-old …
England are "still in the game" despite being bowled out for 187 by West Indies in the second Test, says former captain Alastair Cook.
The hosts - 1-0 up in the series - reached 30-0 on a pitch showing variable bounce on day one in Anti…
Nigeria forward Asisat Oshoala has completed a loan move to Barcelona women until the end of the season.
The 24-year-old joins from Chinese champions Dalian Quanjian, while the league is in its off-season.
The former BBC Women's Foot…
Lazio beat Inter Milan in a penalty shootout to set up a two-legged Coppa Italia semi-final with AC Milan.
Goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha saved spot-kicks from Inter's Lautaro Martinez and Radja Nainggolan before ex-Liverpool midfielder Lu…
England collapsed once again as they were bowled out for 187 on day one of the second Test against West Indies.
The tourists, who were dismissed for 77 in the first Test, fell to 93-6 despite Jonny Bairstow hitting 52.
Moeen Ali stru…
Karim Benzema scored twice to move up to sixth in Real Madrid's all-time top goalscorers as his side beat Girona to reach the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Real won the first leg 4-2 and extended their lead in the 27th minute when Benzema c…
Preston North End expect to have captain Tom Clarke back for the visit of Derby County.
The defender has resumed training after a calf problem, but forward Louis Moult is out with a hamstring injury.
Derby are without goalkeeper Scot…
Sheffield Wednesday have signed Wolves defender Dominic Iorfa for an undisclosed fee and Newcastle's Rolando Aarons and Achraf Lazaar on loan.
The Owls have not disclosed the length of the deal that former England Under-21 international…
Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony has joined Qatari club Al-Arabi on loan until the end of the season.
The Swans have been looking to offload the 30-year-old Ivory Coast striker who is one of the club's highest earner.
Bony's contra…
Timothy Castagne, who scored as Atalanta beat Juventus 3-0 in the Coppa Italia quarter-final on Wednesday, has hinted he would be interested in a summer move to Celtic. (Sun)
Hibernian dramatically withdrew a six-month offer to Efe Ambr…
England's world number one Justin Rose is seven shots off the lead after the first day of the European Tour's inaugural Saudi International event.
Belgium's Thomas Pieters carded a seven-under-par 63 and leads by two from a six-man grou…
Wales midfielder Joe Ledley says he had to leave Derby County as he could not "sit and watch football".
The 32-year-old had his his contract cancelled on transfer deadline day.
Ledley, who helped Wales make the semi-finals of Euro 20…
West Bromwich Albion have completed a trio of loan signings with Jefferson Montero, Jacob Murphy and Stefan Johansen moving to The Hawthorns.
All three players have joined the Championship promotion hopefuls until the end of the season.…
The winter transfer window closed at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2019 in England and midnight in Scotland.
Germany's follows the same dates, Spain's opens on 2 January and Italy's runs from 3-18 January.
EFL clubs can still sign free age…
Great Britain's former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford will be the guest of honour at this year's Isle of Man sports awards.
Rutherford shot to fame at London 2012 when he became the first British man to win long jump gold si…
Welsh Team Sky cyclist Owain Doull is celebrating his first professional road victory after taking the third stage of the Herald Sun Tour in Australia.
He beat fellow Welshman and team-mate Luke Rowe into second at the finish in the Vic…
Eddie Jones says Ireland must cope with the pressure of being the best team in the world when his England side take on the Six Nations champions on Saturday.
Grand Slam champions Ireland are ranked second in the world, two places higher…
Mr. Princeworth K.D Anane, Technical Committee Chairman for the Ghana Technical Universities Sports Association (GHATUSA), has called on corporate bodies and individuals to assist in the organisation of the 2019 GHATUSA Games.
The games…
The Government, through the Ministry of Youth and Sports, has sent a goodwill message to Ghana’s male under-20 football team, the Black Satellites and boxer Richard Commey, ahead of their respective national assignments this weekend.
In…
Coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has named an 18-man team to travel out of Accra today for Ethiopia en route to Sudan to play against Al Hilal in their group encounter of the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday.
The squa…
Confederations Cup campaigners, Kumasi Asante Kotoko has signed three players to beef up their squad for the continental competition.
Information gathered by the GNA Sports, indicates that, Kotoko has secured the services of Ashgold ut…
Black Satellites deputy skipper, Maxwell Arthur, is looking to go all out with Ghana as they seek to excel at the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Niger and also qualify for the FIFA Under 20 World Cup in Poland.
The Satellites will batt…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko having booked a group stage berth of the ongoing Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup, after beating Coton Sport of Senegal has a daunting task against Sudanese champions Al Hilal, on Sunday, Febr…
Ms Monica Arko- Adjei, Eastern Regional Volleyball coach and Secretary of the Eastern Regional Volleyball Association, has called on Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCE’s) in the region, to build volleyball courts in their distri…
In the absence of reigning World Champion in Ghana, Richard Commey will be in the spotlight on Saturday, February 2, when he mounts the ring to face Isa Chaniev for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Lightweight title a…
The January transfer window can seem like an endless conveyer belt of the same old names being shuffled between clubs like human football stickers, but occasionally the winter trading zone genuinely introduces a newcomer who brings a seaso…
Like all players in a World Cup year, surviving the coach's cut is never far from Kyle Sinckler's mind.
But back in 2006, aged 13, he was helping make the calls, rather than being subject to them.
"We picked anyone absolutely massive…
Nantes players wore shirts bearing the name of former team-mate Emiliano Sala during their first match since the Argentine striker went missing.
Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were on board a light aircraft that disappeared over the Chan…
Paris St-Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi is set to join Uefa's executive committee, despite the French club being investigated by the organisation.
The 45-year-old Qatari has been elected by the European Club Association (ECA) to be…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes snow on the Anfield pitch contributed to a frustrating night for his Premier League leaders as they were held to a draw by mid-table Leicester City.
Liverpool extended their advantage over nearest…
Holders Juventus were knocked out of the Coppa Italia at the quarter-final stage, losing 3-0 to Atalanta.
The home team scored twice in the first half through Timothy Castagne and Duvan Zapata.
Colombian striker Zapata claimed his se…
England and France are expected to dominate the Women's Six Nations this year, with a potential championship-decider taking place in Doncaster in round two.
Scotland, Wales and Italy had thought they would be competing for the two remai…
Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha has apologised and says he will "learn" from his sending off for applauding a referee in a 1-1 draw at Southampton.
Zaha was dismissed for sarcastically clapping referee Andre Marriner, moments after…
Federico Chiesa scored a hat-trick as Fiorentina humiliated Roma 7-1 to reach the Coppa Italia semi-finals on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Italy forward hit the post early on and scored twice in the first 18 minutes in Florence.
Aleksa…
Former England captain Alastair Cook says the decision to drop Keaton Jennings in favour of uncapped Joe Denly for the second Test against West Indies is "brave".
Jennings, 26, who averages 25.86 in 16 Tests, was out for 17 and 14 as th…
Britain's Katie Boulter lost 7-5 4-6 6-1 to Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round of the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy.
The 22-year-old had failed to reach the main draw after being beaten in qualifying by Ysaline Bonaventure …
The Accra Turf Club (ATC), will continue with the New Year horse-racing on Saturday, February 2, with interesting pairings at the new race course at Borteyman, near Ashiaman.
The first race, will begin at 1330 hours with 13 crack horses…
Barcelona overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit as they thrashed Sevilla to reach the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Sevilla, 2-0 winners in the first leg, went behind through Philippe Coutinho's penalty, before Ever Banega had a spot-kick…
Mathew Vikuba Nantiere, the winner of the 2018 Kwahu Easter Mountain Marathon, will leave Accra on Friday, February 1, to participate in the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
The marathon slated for February 2, 2019, would see the p…
Professor Peter Twumasi, Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), has said, plans are far advanced to intensify the NSA’s Internally Generated Funds (IGF), to aid the maintenance of the various sporting facilities in the co…
England opener Keaton Jennings has been dropped in favour of uncapped Joe Denly for the second Test against the West Indies in Antigua.
Jennings, 26, who averages 25.86 in 16 Tests, was out for 17 and 14 as England lost the first Test b…
The Black Stars "B" will face west African neighbours, Burkina Faso in the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, qualfiers for the 2020 Championship African Cup of Nations (CHAN).
This was revealed in a draw conducted by the Confede…
Charles Kwabena Akonnor, head coach for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has named an 18-man squad for their upcoming Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup tie against Sudanese giants Al Hilal.
Kotoko, who are expected to leave…
Mr. Ben Tawiah, a former boxer and coach/manager of Seconds Out Boxing Gym, has passed on.
The renowned coach passed on Tuesday, January 29.
The late Tawiah 63, was a former National Light Middleweight boxing champion. He was known f…
England centre Emily Scarratt has recovered from a hamstring injury in time for Friday's Women's Six Nations opener against Ireland.
The 28-year-old, who recently switched from Sevens to 15-a-side rugby, played for the first time since …
France teenager Romain Ntamack will win his first cap against Wales in Friday's Six Nations opener in Paris.
The 19-year-old centre is the son of former Les Bleus wing Emile and he will play alongside Wesley Fofana with Mathieu Bastarea…
Robbie Henshaw could be a surprise inclusion at full-back when Ireland begin the defence of their Six Nations title against England on Saturday.
Rob Kearney's lack of recent rugby has led to speculation that Henshaw could be deployed in…
Scrum-half Tomos Williams will make his Six Nations debut for Wales against France in Paris on Friday night.
Despite injury concerns there are only three changes from the team that defeated South Africa in November 2018.
Head coach W…
The idea that winning the World Cup is not a priority for international rugby's most in-form team may not quite make sense.
But it is hard to argue against a culture which prides improving performance above all else - including results …
Mercedes have announced their new W10 Formula 1 car will have a shakedown run at Silverstone on 13 February.
The private event will come before the official start of pre-season testing in Barcelona from 18 February.
Mercedes have won…