Arsene Wenger has said he believes the Champions League has become less of an attraction than it was, with many now watching "only one or two games."
Wenger, whose Arsenal side missed out on qualification for this year's tournament afte…
Leandra Smeda scored a 90th minute winner as South Africa claimed the 2017 Cosafa Women's Championship title with a 2-1 victory over Zimbabwe at the Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on Sunday.
It is South Africa's fourth title from the…
Kenya has been stripped of the right to host the 2018 African Nations Championship.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) cited "accumulated delays" in the country's preparations for the tournament, the continental championship fo…
Ghana defeated Nigeria 4-1 in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations final on Sunday, avenging an earlier group stage defeat to the Super Eagles and winning $100 000 in prize-money.
Patrick Razak proved to be an inspired substitution for the Blac…
Arsene Wenger says modern sports science includes a lot of treatments "that nobody knows if it's really efficient or not" and admitted his team will not sacrifice any competitions this season.
Arsenal play West Brom on Monday night befo…
After some very unexpected results in the opening weeks of the season, normal service has been resumed in the Premier League with wins for every member of the big six. Yes, Watford, this is the esteem in which we hold you now. And to think…
Who were the best Premier League players from the weekend games? We take a look at the man-of-the-match performances in our hotlist.
West Ham 2-3 Tottenham - Harry Kane
It was another match-winning performance from the Tottenham stri…
A ban on players displaying poppies is expected to be lifted before international games in November.
Football's lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), are expected to rubber-stamp the change next month following…
Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool’s ongoing defensive struggles this season have been "really hard" for him.
The Reds have conceded 11 goals in six Premier League games - only Crystal Palace, West Ham and Leicester City have conceded more -…
Ghana's Bernard Tekpetey has been given a two-match ban after he was sent off for his reaction to alleged racist insults during an Austrian Cup tie.
The 20-year-old Altach striker gestured towards Union Gurten's fans after scoring his s…
Premier Futsal's opening night in Bengaluru had been a bit of a damp squib. As the league's MD Dinesh Raj explained on Wednesday, heavy rainfall at the previous venue, Mumbai, delayed the marquee players' arrival in the city, forcing Mumba…
With so much emphasis placed on young attacking talent, it's easy to forget there are plenty of impressive defenders out there too. Here are 10 of Europe's best defenders under the age of 25.
10. John Stones, 23, Manchester City
The …
"It's difficult for me to live without titles. I need to feed myself with titles. This is important for me and the boys. For the club it's one more, but it's the first one of a new team" -- so said Jose Mourinho after clinching the 2015 Le…
LONDON -- Arsene Wenger says he is not sending a message to Alexis Sanchez by starting him in cup competitions, adding he is only trying to get the Chile international back to full fitness.
Wenger acknowledged that Sanchez was "not real…
Uganda caretaker coach Moses Basena has recalled two instrumental midfielders to the squad that will battle Ghana in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier next month.
Tony Mawejje and Geoffrey Kizito, who missed the double-header against Egyp…
Manchester United and Manchester City have started the season in blistering goalscoring form. Both have a goal difference of +17, and if they keep up the current pace then they'll finish the season north of +100. That would be a record, so…
Augustine Arhinful, former member of the Black Stars says Ghana and Nigeria are worthy finalists of the 2017 FOX WAFU Cup of Nations.
The local Black Stars emerged 2-0 winners over Niger, a few hours after Nigeria had recorded a 1-0 win…
Samuel Sarfo, central defender of the Black Stars B has promised that his side will leave no stone unturned as they face their arch rivals, Nigeria in the grand final of the 2017 Fox WAFU Cup of Nations.
The Black Stars won 2-0 against …
Tammy Abraham has underlined his commitment to having an international career with England, amid Nigeria's efforts to convince him to switch allegiance.
The Nigeria Football Federation revealed earlier on Thursday that Abraham recently …
LONDON -- Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says the club is carefully managing Mousa Dembele and explained that keeping the creaking midfielder fit is crucial to the team's success.
Dembele, who turned 30 in July, has a longstandin…
The likes of Amazon and Facebook will "absolutely" enter the bidding war when the next round of television rights come up for tender, according to Manchester United's executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.
Premier League football has been…
Klopp, Liverpool in need of win at Leicester
Jurgen Klopp is in the most vulnerable position yet of his tenure at Liverpool. September so far has failed to bring a single victory, and on Tuesday, Liverpool's 2-0 loss at Leicester was th…
Romelu Lukaku knows Manchester United fans "meant well with their songs" but hopes everyone can move on from chant Kick It Out called "racist".
The 24-year-old has swiftly established himself as a fans' favourite since his big-money sum…
Liverpool defender Joel Matip has backed Jurgen Klopp’s brand of high-pressing football, despite an indifferent start to the season.
Klopp's side are eighth in the Premier League going into the weekend's fixtures but have not won since …
Accra Hearts of Oak say it would take more than a fortune for arch-rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko to price out their revered midfielder, Winful Cobbinah, from the club.
Cobbinah, together with teammate Thomas Abbey, have become the main ta…
Two titles, 59 goals and lots of fireworks - assessing Diego Costa's impact at Chelsea and the task facing successor Alvaro Morata...
So it ended in acrimony. Of course it did. Diego Costa's Chelsea career dies as it was lived, after an…
Neymar will not be in the Paris Saint-Germain squad for the trip to Montpellier on Saturday because of a minor foot injury, according to multiple reports in France.
PSG are expected to confirm their squad for the Ligue 1 match later on …
Which of the continent's star men could be set for a big weekend across Europe's major leagues?
Mohamed Salah: Liverpool are in desperate need of a big result after going winless in their last four matches. The absence of Sadio Mane arg…
Ghana's U-17 coach, Paa Kwesi Fabian has named a strong 21man squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in India next month. .
Fabian named his final squad on Thursday morning just hours after losing 2-1 to Mali in a pre-World Cup fr…
Cristiano Ronaldo could be named Best FIFA Men's Player for the second year running after being included the final shortlist for the 2017 award along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.
The trio had been named in an initial 24-man list of nom…
The Accra Turf Club is ready to start horse racing at its new site, Borteyman, on Saturday, September 23.
Mr Samuel Nii Armah Turkson, the Secretary to the Club, who made this known to the Ghana News Agency, urged horse owners to train …
This year’s Volta Regional sub-middle league will commence on Friday, September 22 for qualified teams from the Central, Southern “A” and Northern zones of the Regional Division two league.
A release signed by Mr Promise Ahiagba, Secret…
When Everton released a 62-second video clip on 9 July announcing Wayne Rooney's return after 13 years, optimism levels at Goodison Park were scaling heights unheard of in years.
Everton's board had moved swiftly and efficiently to secu…
Manchester United travel to Swansea City in one of three all-Premier League ties in the fourth-round draw of the Carabao Cup.
Tottenham will also host West Ham in a derby at Wembley, with the two teams also playing each other at the Lon…
Atletico Madrid have finally announced that Diego Costa is on the verge of rejoining the club three-plus years after he left for pastures new in England. It might not be the return of the prodigal son, but Costa's homecoming is a significa…
Nigeria battled into the final of the WAFU Cup of Nations after claiming narrow 1-0 win over 10-man Benin, following Rabiu Ali's 11th-minute strike.
The Eagles failed to put away a plethora of goal-scoring opportunities and were lucky n…
Tiemoue Bakayoko was involved in a minor car accident on the way home from Chelsea training on Thursday, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
The accident took place around 3:30 p.m. BST near the Premier League champions' Cobham training …
Everton manager Ronald Koeman has said suggestions his side should finish in the Premier League's top four are "ridiculous."
Last Sunday, Koeman called for realism after Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho said Everton, having s…
Gennady Golovkin could box until he is 40, his promoter has claimed, but Floyd Mayweather has been warned to remain in retirement.
Golovkin, aged 35, was left disappointed with the scoring of last weekend's draw against Saul 'Canelo' Al…
The Chairman of Bechem United, Kingsley Owusu Achau, believes Ghana’s league is endowed with talents, but poor management undermines the perfomance of outstanding players.
According to him, Black Stars B’s performance in last Saturday’s…
Diego Costa says he holds no animosity towards Chelsea manager Antonio Conte as he prepares to complete his return to Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea announced on Thursday that they had agreed to sell the Spain international back to Atletico f…
Organisers of the maiden edition of the Head of State Invitational Golf Tournament slated for October 6 at the Achimota Golf Course have vowed to contribute towards the development of the country by bringing together business leaders to la…
Jose Mourinho needs one more League Cup winners' medal to become the most successful manager in the competition's history. But the son of the man whose record he is trying to break stands in his way...
The Manchester United manager is …
Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Marcus Rashford and Christian Pulisic have been named among the 25 nominees for the 2017 Golden Boy award.
Manchester United forward Rashford finished runner-up last year to Swansea's on-loan midfielder R…
Mexican clubs have rallied to aid the relief effort after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake caused devastation in Mexico City and surrounding states on Tuesday.
More than 200 people died as buildings collapsed, with all midweek Copa MX matches…
Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi has said there is no rift between Neymar and Edinson Cavani.
Neymar and Cavani had a dispute over a second-half free kick in the 2-0 win over Lyon on Sunday, with Dani Alves backing Neyma…
LEICESTER, England -- Jurgen Klopp will celebrate his second anniversary as Liverpool manager early next month, although "celebrate" is probably not the word he will choose. Two years on from his appointment, the wait for a trophy continue…
Carlo Ancelotti praised James Rodriguez's performance as Bayern Munich cruised back to the top of the Bundesliga table with a comfortable 3-0 win over Schalke on Tuesday.
James moved to Bayern this summer on a two-year loan deal from Re…
Inter Milan rejected Manchester United's offer for Ivan Perisic this summer because they are convinced they can be as successful as Manchester United, the club's sporting director Piero Ausilio has said.
Perisic, 28, was a major target …
Alfie Mawson and Jordan Ayew struck second-half goals as Swansea progressed to the Carabao Cup fourth round with a comfortable 2-0 win at Reading.
Former England Under-21 defender Mawson turned home Renato Sanches' 52nd-minute corner to…