Romelu Lukaku refused to sign a new contract at Everton after a "voodoo message" told him to join Chelsea, according to the club's major shareholder Farhad Moshiri.
The Belgium international was in a meeting in March at which he was sch…
Antonio Conte has confirmed that he wanted to bring Virgil van Dijk to Chelsea prior to Liverpool agreeing to make the Dutchman the world's most expensive defender in a £75 million deal with Southampton.
Liverpool announced the signing …
Arsene Wenger has never particularly cared about the League Cup, generally considering it somewhere between an inconvenience and an irrelevance.
But now, for the second time in his long Arsenal career, it has taken on a greater meaning.…
Pep Guardiola insists Manchester City will face another "tough" test to secure a place in the Carabao Cup final when they travel to Championship side Bristol City.
City will go to Ashton Gate with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg afte…
England will implement the 'Rooney Rule' when appointing a successor to Gareth Southgate as part of new 2018 reform plans.
The FA announced a series of initiatives on Tuesday aimed to improve the culture at the governing body in 2018, w…
North Korea is to send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, officials from the South say.
The breakthrough announcement came as the countries met for their first high-level talks in more…
Pep Guardiola is often criticised for only winning at the highest level with the world’s best players. But his coaching career began with promotion from the Spanish fourth tier. Adam Bate talks to members of that Barcelona B squad to disco…
Mrs. Clar Weah, wife of President-elect of Liberia George Weah, has paid a courtesy call on Mr. Isaac Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports (MOYS), to bid him farewell after a short visit to Ghana.
Mrs. Weah, who used the visit to thank…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has claimed he has not had the credit he deserves from the Swedish media because his name "is not Andersson or Svensson."
Manchester United striker Ibrahimovic won 116 caps for Sweden and has lifted league titles in f…
Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte will escape censure by the Football Association over their increasingly acrimonious war of words, with the governing body currently having no plans to intervene in the row between the Manchester United and C…
It probably wasn't a handball. Or it might have been. It was difficult to tell. From one angle it looked fine, from another it was possible to see a hint of arm. After watching about 10 replays you could make some pretty strident arguments…
League Two side Yeovil will host Manchester United in the FA Cup for the second time in four seasons having been pitted against Jose Mourinho's men in the fourth round.
The Glovers were the lowest-ranked side in Monday night's draw and …
Manchester City are playing down talk of a quadruple. And it's mentioned so little that Ilkay Gundogan doesn't even know the meaning of the word.
City, who are 15 points clear at the top of the Premier League as well as still competing …
Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez could complete a move to Manchester City by the end of the week after the two clubs opened talks over a deal, sources have told ESPN FC.
The Gunners have given up on trying to persuade Sanchez, 29, to sign…
Former Ghana right-back, John Paintsil, says his focus is to build on his career as a coach and nothing would entice him to exchange the dug out for the pitch again.
According to him, he has successfully completed his coaching course in…
The Chelsea soap opera is once again proving to be ratings winner as viewers from all over the world tune in to follow the latest drama unfolding at Stamford Bridge.
Having guided the Blues to the Premier League title in his first seaso…
Philippe Coutinho has completed his transfer from Liverpool to Barcelona for a club-record fee but has been ruled out for around three weeks through injury, the Spanish club announced on Monday.
The 25-year-old Brazil international forw…
As his team were falling apart on the pitch against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Sunday, there was a telling shot of Arsene Wenger in the directors' box which epitomised just why his reign as Arsenal manager is fizzling out to a…
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has reiterated efforts to promote boxing in Accra to unearth and develop young talents for the nation.
He said unearthing and developing tal…
Isaac Dogboe made a strong statement last Saturday about his intent to capture the WBO Super Bantamweight title, taking out Mexican Cesar Juarez in five rounds after which he threw down the gauntlet to the Mexican champion, Jessie Magdalen…
Premier League champions, Aduana Stars, Ebusua Dwarfs, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko all made winning starts to their GHALCA-organised G8 campaigns at the weekend. Aduana laboured to beat newly-promoted side Dreams FC 1-0 at…
Remember the absolute brilliant best of Barcelona's golden era? Remember how intrinsically vital Carles Puyol was? Ditto Xavi, David Villa and Dani Alves?
Now, as you digest Barca's vast expenditure on Philippe Coutinho, try to recall h…
Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham might not be able to force Harry Kane to stay if he sought a move to Real Madrid, pointing to Philippe Coutinho's move to Barcelona as an example of the lure of Spain's top clubs.
Liverpool reluctantly…
Thursday's CAF awards ceremony in Accra was the first major statement by the confederation president Ahmad Ahmad in his quest to overhaul the African football governing body's longstanding traditions.
It wasn't a perfect event by any me…
Leicester boss Claude Puel has suggested Riyad Mahrez must wait until the summer if he wants to move away from the club as reports link him with a January transfer to Liverpool.
Liverpool dubbed the rumour as "complete fabrication" on S…
Antonio Conte said that earning a place in the England squad for this summer's World Cup should be Ross Barkley's target as he aims to make a positive impact for Chelsea in the remainder of this season.
Barkley was announced as the firs…
Joe Hart thanked West Ham fans for using their heads after he borrowed a hat to help keep the Hammers in the FA Cup.
The goalkeeper had to take a cap from the travelling supporters in the first half of Sunday's 0-0 FA Cup draw at old cl…
Steven Davis has demanded Southampton use their FA Cup victory at Fulham to revive a season undermined by supporter unrest and Virgil van Dijk's departure for Liverpool.
Van Dijk has finally left for £75 million, months after becoming u…
Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker blasted his teammates after Sunday's 4-2 FA Cup loss at Nottingham Forest, saying not one of them justified their selection for the game.
Mertesacker himself scored Arsenal's first goal to level it 1-1 in…
So out, for an eye-watering £142m, goes Philippe Coutinho. And in, sooner than expected, comes ... Naby Keita?
With Liverpool having agreed to sell Coutinho to Barcelona, the Telegraph reports that they could try to bring Keita in this …
Just as he was in the summer, Antoine Griezmann is being linked with Manchester United -- but they will have to dig very deep to sign him from Atletico Madrid, according to the Sun.
It reports that Griezmann "will demand a staggering £4…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitted to being "angry" with his team's performance after they dropped two more points in Sunday evening's 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo to slip even further behind runaway La Liga leaders Barcelona.
Madrid …
It's that time of year when I look forward to what I'd like to see in 2018. Some of it is pie-in-the-sky, some of it less so and some of it you've probably seen before in 2014, 2015, 2016 or 2017. But, I hope, you'll agree that these are w…
Lyon forward Mariano Diaz has said he may return to Real Madrid one day but is focused only on continuing his record-breaking run with Lyon.
Mariano moved to the Ligue 1 side in an €8 million summer deal and has scored 13 goals in 19 Li…
The Daily Mail is suggesting Jose Mourinho is not a happy man at Manchester United. In addition to the claim there is "growing concern" that Mourinho could leave in the summer as he is having "third season syndrome a year early," the paper…
It has been a gruelling festive period for the Premier League's 20 clubs, with Tottenham's Wembley clash with West Ham on Thursday night clocking up the 40th game in 13 days in England's top flight.
There have been shock results, wonder…
Konstantinos Mavropanos has become Arsenal's first January signing, with a £2 million deal for the PAS Giannina centre-back completed on Thursday.
The 20-year-old is relatively unknown in England, so ESPN FC asked football writer Chris …
Thibaut Courtois has revealed that he is "close" to signing a new contract at Chelsea, adding that he and Eden Hazard are encouraging each other to extend their current deals at Stamford Bridge.
The two Belgium internationals were Chels…
Football fans are a pessimistic sort at the best of times, but few scenarios during a match elicit such pure dread as watching your team's No. 9 go one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper.
On the evidence of his last two-and-a-half hour…
Barcelona want to sign Colombia international defender Yerry Mina in January, according to Palmeiras sporting director Alexandre Mattos.
The La Liga leaders have first option to buy the towering 23-year-old centre back after this summer…
With the January transfer window now open for business, it has unsurprisingly led to vast speculation suggesting comings and goings at AC Milan.
This season has not gone to plan thus far, and that fact is painfully reflected in the Ross…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is being lined up for a return to Borussia Dortmund as he searches for an exit route from Manchester United.
The midfielder has struggled to make an impact during his 18 months at Old Trafford, and now The Sun clai…
It seems a new left-back is the top priority for Manchester United this month, with Jose Mourinho reportedly frustrated with the club's hierarchy for refusing to sanction a £50 million bid for Danny Rose.
Rose may still end up leaving T…
A 25 year old footballer, has died on the field of play after suddenly falling unconscious during an inter-community football gala competition in Kumasi on Wednesday, January 3. The player whose name was given to the GNA sports as Akwasi P…
Philippe Coutinho believes a move to Barcelona is "imminent," reports The Times, as Liverpool look set to lose the Brazilian midway through the season.
Barcelona have increased their offer to around £142 million, £106m of which will be …
Mr. Ibrahim Saani Daara, Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), in charge of communications, has described changes made by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), to its annual awards scheme as ‘good, exciti…
Steven Pollack, head Coach of Asante Kotoko, has said, he is not worried about the departure of two of his most important players – Ahmed Adams and Awal Mohamed. The Porcupines would miss the services of the two key defenders in the local …
Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Techiman Eleven Wonders have expressed readiness to rub shoulders with each other in the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) Top Eight tournament, scheduled for Sunday, January 7, 2018.
In a pre-match press …
Eden Hazard will face no disciplinary action from the Football Association over the penalty he won and converted in Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Wednesday, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Chelsea had fallen behind to an emphati…
Paris Saint-Germain are considering Antonio Conte and Andre Villas-Boas as potential summer replacements for Unai Emery, with Jose Mourinho a distant third, a source close to the French capital outfit has told ESPN FC.
However, Emery's …
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