Elano was working as Santos assistant coach in early 2017 when he heard how much Liverpool were willing to pay for the club's new wonderkid Rodrygo. He was not impressed at all.
"I went to the board and said, 'No, no, we can't let him…
Jose Mourinho has enjoyed greater achievements in his glittering managerial career, but Roma's Europa Conference League triumph reduced him to tears after the 'Special One' delivered the Italian club their first major European trophy.
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St Johnstone's survival job against Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Monday brought an end to the football season in Scotland - or did it?
Blink and we'll be back into it with Scotland in a major way. June could be seismic in the sto…
Southampton have offered full-time contracts to their women's team after they won promotion to the Championship.
Saints beat Wolves 1-0 in Saturday's National League play-off final to go up to the second tier.
Players had been wo…
Chelsea manager Emma Hayes has been named FA Women's Super League manager of the season and striker Sam Kerr has been awarded player of the season.
Hayes, 45, received the award one day after being named WSL manager of the year by the…
Manchester City midfielder Caroline Weir is to leave the WSL club this summer when her contract expires.
The 26-year-old Scotland international, who joined City in 2018, has been heavily linked with a move to Spanish side Real Madrid.…
Fleetwood Town have signed St Johnstone defender Shaun Rooney on a two-year deal.
The 25-year-old helped Saints retain their Premiership status, with goals in both legs of their 6-2 play-off final win over Inverness.
He is n…
Trevor Carson has joined St Mirren from Scottish Premiership rivals Dundee United for an undisclosed fee.
The Northern Ireland goalkeeper, 34, has agreed a two-year deal, describing the Buddies as "ambitious".
Carson worked with …
The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has decided not to schedule warm-up friendlies for the 2022 World Cup-bound African champions in June to allow players to benefit from "a suitable rest period".
The Confederation of African Footb…
Uefa will not be told "what to do" after criticism over Kylian Mbappe's contract extension at Paris St-Germain, says its president Aleksander Ceferin.
French striker Mbappe signed a lucrative new deal at PSG having been strongly linke…
AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be out for up to eight months after having knee surgery.
The Swedish international, 40, recently helped Milan to their first Serie A title since 2011 but endured a stop-start campaign because o…
Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny has signed a new contract with Arsenal.
Elneny was set to become a free agent before the Gunners opted to re-sign the 29-year-old on a one-year deal with the option of a further 12 months.
He has m…
Liverpool's Champions League final against Real Madrid is not about revenge for the Spanish side's victory in 2018, says manager Jurgen Klopp.
Saturday's Paris showpiece is a repeat of the final four years ago in Kyiv, which Madrid wo…
Chelsea's new owners have "big ambitions" in the transfer market as they seek to close the gap on Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, say sources.
A £4.25bn takeover of the club led by LA Dodgers co-owner T…
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah says he will be at Anfield next season "for sure" but would not be drawn over whether he will sign a new contract.
Salah's deal ends in June 2023, leading to speculation he could be sold if he did not s…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has retained Borussia Dortmund Top Talent Trainer, Otto Addo as the coach of the senior national men's team, Black Stars until the end of December 2022.
Also retained are Chris Hughton, George Boaten…
National veterans table tennis champion, Emmanuel Daitey, has appealed to corporate bodies in the country to support the growth and development of the sport.
He said ping-pong was a great avenue that could be used to promote healthy l…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has recommended a one-week isolation of Accra Hearts of Oak players and officials after the club was hit by the outbreak of the Influenza A subtype H3N2 virus.
The decision by the GHS was to reduce the ris…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has appointed African Origin Travel and Sports Tourism as the official travel agent for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
The Ministry in a statement issued on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, …
Brighton and Hove Albion defender, Tariq Lamptey has asked to be left out of the England U-21 squad after being approached by Ghana to switch allegiances.
The 21-year-old was due to be in the Young Lions’ selection for their upcoming fo…
Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny has signed a new contract with Arsenal.
Elneny was set to become a free agent before the Gunners opted to re-sign the 29-year-old on what is reported to be a one-year deal
with the option of a fu…
When Luis Diaz walked around Wembley, balancing the FA Cup trophy lid on his head and with the man of the match award in his hand, he looked entirely comfortable, like a player who had been at the club for years.
The reality is that h…
Ten police officers were injured as supporters clashed in the build-up to the Europa Conference League final.
Italian club Roma take on Dutch side Feyenoord in Albania's capital Tirana on Wednesday.
Fans wielded glass bottles, st…
It is a rumour that has been spreading again in the basketball world, but to the sport's connoisseurs the possibility of Joel Embiid switching allegiance to France does not come as a surprise.
The move has been raised twice before, wi…
While sitting on the bench waiting to come on for Chelsea against an all-but-relegated Fulham, Tammy Abraham could have hardly envisaged how different things would be for him a year later.
The striker is coming towards the end of a st…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has been named the League Managers Association's manager of the year.
The German, 54, collected the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy, which is voted for by the full membership of managers across all the divisions.
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The government has approved the £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea by a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.
The London club was put up for sale in March before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned over his links to Russian pres…
As Real Madrid's ageing stars watched on from the touchline while their younger counterparts saw out a remarkable Champions League semi-final victory, it was evidence that the club's immediate and longer term future may be in better shape …
The Executive Council (ExCo) of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is due to meet the Management Committee and technical handlers of the Black Maidens this week to address the threat of protest raised by Morocco against some alleged unqu…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Thursday, June 2, as the date for the Ghana Premier League matchweek 29 outstanding match between leaders Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium.
The crucial reg…
Anderlecht forward and Black Stars target Francis Amuzu has pledged his international football future to the Red Devils of Belgium.
Amuzu, 22, moved to Belgium at an early age and developed as a footballer there, representing Belgium at…
West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has pleaded guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat in a video that also showed him saying "I swear I'll kill it".
The 27-year-old admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act at a hearing …
Jayson Tatum rediscovered top form to help the Boston Celtics level their Eastern Conference play-off final with the Miami Heat.
The Celtics forward, 24, scored 31 points in a 102-82 win that levelled the best-of-seven series at 2-2.
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Alycia Baumgardner and Mikaela Mayer have agreed terms on a super-featherweight unification bout later this year.
Mayer, 31, is the WBO, IBF and Ring magazine champion while Baumgardner, 28, holds the WBC and IBO titles.
Unbeaten…
West Ham United have enquired about Manchester United's Jesse Lingard, who becomes a free agent next month.
Hammers boss David Moyes has a long-standing interest in the England attacking midfielder, 29, after a successful loan spell las…
Cardiff City defender Oliver Denham has received a first Wales call-up - but uncapped Nathan Broadhead has been forced to withdraw from the squad for June's World Cup play-off final and four Nations League matches.
Denham, 20, has pla…
Batter Wayne Madsen has signed a one-year contract extension with Derbyshire until the end of the 2023 season.
Madsen, 38, is one of the club's most prolific batters, having scored more than 18,000 runs in all formats since signing hi…
Former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori has been named assistant coach of the Australia men's team.
Vettori, 43, will assist Andrew McDonald, who took over as head coach when Justin Langer left in February.
The pair worked in t…
Women's football academies have grown hugely in England over the last few years but the pressures facing young players have also increased, as scrutiny on the game intensifies.
One of the people tasked with improving the support for y…
Rangers' finest hour started in France and ended on a milk float. Or was it a coal lorry?
A European Cup Winners' Cup run that claimed Sporting Lisbon, confused a referee, infuriated a battered and bruised German icon and was aided by…
Rangers need to "get going again and try again" in Europe following their Europa League final disappointment, says Ibrox great Dave Smith.
Smith was part of Rangers' 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup-winning team and one of four players …
Kenya will not take part in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, whose qualifying campaign starts in early June, BBC Sport Africa understands.
Kenya is unable to take part because of its ongoing ban from football by world governing body Fi…
Pep Guardiola's Manchester City arrival in 2016 was greeted by many with a scepticism that the methods that made him so successful in Spain and Germany might not work in England.
A fourth Premier League title in five seasons, confirme…
As the Etihad erupted in celebration at the final whistle, Pep Guardiola's face crumpled and tears began to flow down his cheeks.
That is what three goals in six remarkable minutes to seal the Premier League title at the end of an emo…
Manchester City are champions again but clearly this Liverpool team is not going away and will be back to try to take the Premier League title off them next season.
We need to give Liverpool credit for staying in the race until th…
West Ham defender Kurt Zouma will appear in court after being accused of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act for allegedly harming his cat.
Zouma's brother Yoan, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, has been accused of two of…
Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has entered not guilty pleas to nine charges of sexual offences against six women.
Mendy, 27, of Prestbury, Cheshire, denied all the charges, which include seven of rape, at Chester …
Kieran Tierney has been omitted from Scotland's squad for the World Cup play-off semi-final with Ukraine on 1 June, but Nathan Patterson is included.
Both defenders are recovering from surgery and have not played since the end of Marc…
Liverpool have signed Fabio Carvalho from Fulham with the forward set to officially join on 1 July.
The 19-year-old played a key role in the Cottagers' promotion to the Premier League, scoring 10 goals and providing eight assists.
Th…
Erik ten Hag says he is not risking his managerial reputation by taking the Manchester United job.
The Dutchman, 52, is United's fifth permanent boss since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
"I don't see it as a risk," he said. "…
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