At 28, Emiliano Sala had just reached football maturity, and his move to Cardiff was shaping up to be a thrilling adventure.
The transfer marked belated recognition for a player who might be imperfect technically but who is physical, co…
Senegal international defender Moussa Wague has apologised after he was sent off during Barcelona B's 1-0 defeat at Ejea on Sunday.
The 20-year-old was shown a straight red card for what he claims was a reaction to 'numerous and repeate…
Middlesbrough are in talks to sign out-of-contract former Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi, reports BBC Tees Sport.
The 31-year-old is a free agent after leaving Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda this month.
Mikel made 249 Prem…
Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which went missing over the Channel Islands.
The £15m Argentine striker, 28, was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu which lost contact off Alderney in the Channel …
The prized elite world of South Korean speed skating has been mired in scandal following a wave of allegations from female skaters who say that they were sexually abused by their coaches and that it was covered up.
For a country that is…
South Africa midfielder Leandra Smeda has signed for Swedish side Vittsjo GIK after impressing at the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
The 29-year-old recently completed a six-month spell with Lithuanian side FK Gintra-Universitas
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Former Senegal international defender Omar Daf has extended his contact as coach of French club Sochaux until June 2021.
The 41-year-old was appointed coach of the second division side last November.
The former French champions are c…
Former Senegal and Chelsea striker Demba Ba has returned to play in Turkey this time with Istanbul Basaksehir.
France-born Ba joins the Turkish league leaders on loan until the end of the season from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.
Th…
The head coach of Ghana’s Under-20 side has pledged to lead the Black Satellites to book a place at this year’s FIFA World Youth Championship in Poland when the team competes at the African Under-20 Championship in Niger next month.
C…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko captain, Amos Frimpong, has acknowledged that his side will face tough opposition in the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup but remains positive that the Porcupine Warriors will qualify from the group to the quar…
Emiliano Sala was born in Santa Fe, Argentina - but it is in France that he has forged his reputation.
Among the top five goalscorers in Ligue 1 this season, Sala has netted 12 times at better than a goal every two games.
That prompt…
Maurizio Sarri’s scathing criticism of his Chelsea team following their defeat to Arsenal was the major news to emerge from the weekend’s football action in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.
The Blues succumbed 0-2 away to the Gu…
Ashleigh Barty will bid to become the first home female singles semi-finalist at the Australian Open for 35 years when she takes on Petra Kvitova in the last eight.
Barty hopes to make up for an "agonising" defeat by Kvitova in the fina…
Danielle Collins has reached the Australian Open semi-finals, having never won a Grand Slam main draw singles match prior to the tournament.
The American, 25, beat unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6 7-5 6-1 in two hours and 1…
Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets to continue his superb run in Melbourne and reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
At 20 years and 168 days, Tsitsipas is the youngest man to reach the last four of a Gr…
India captain Virat Kohli has been named the 2018 cricketer of the year as well as being voted Test and one-day international player of the year in the International Cricket Council awards.
It is the first time a player has won all thre…
Finally, it has arrived.
We have been talking about 2019 for so long, a year in which England have a home World Cup followed by an Ashes series. It might be the biggest year in England's cricketing history and they will hope that it tur…
Ulster lock Iain Henderson is set to miss Ireland's opening Six Nations games against England and Scotland because of a finger injury.
Henderson, 26, sustained the injury in Ulster's European win over Leicester on Saturday and the provi…
While there has been plenty of discussion about the European Tour playing second fiddle to its American counterpart, there is little doubt it leads the way in one vital element for the game.
The continental circuit comprehensively outgu…
A winnable World Cup and the chance to regain the Ashes, both on home soil - 2019 promises to be one of English cricket's biggest years.
It begins with a three-Test series in the West Indies and the first match in Barbados starts on Wed…
England's Test team face a "balancing act" because wicketkeeper Ben Foakes has "changed the dynamic of the side", says former captain Alastair Cook.
Foakes, 25, scored a century on debut against Sri Lanka in November and impressed behin…
Novak Djokovic is confident he will be ready to face Japan's Kei Nishikori in the Australian Open quarter-finals after a gruelling last-16 battle against Russia's Daniil Medvedev.
The 31-year-old Serb earned a 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-3 vict…
Warren Gatland says he has had no firm job offers as he nears the end of his tenure as Wales coach.
The 55-year-old New Zealander will step down after the 2019 World Cup in Japan.
Gatland said last week he had had "informal conversat…
Forty-two Russian athletes have been cleared to compete as neutrals this year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Athletics' world governing body banned Russia in November 2015 because of evidence of state-…
Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has expressed satisfaction, with the rate of work on the Multipurpose Youth and Sports Centre of Excellence, ongoing at Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region, despite some few ch…
There is "genuine concern" Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a flight missing off Alderney.
It is feared the Argentine striker was one of two people on board the Piper Malibu, which disappeared near the Casquets lighthouse …
West Bromwich Albion kept up the pressure at the top of the Championship as they eased past struggling Bolton Wanderers amid protests by home fans at the University of Bolton Stadium.
Up to 4,000 Bolton supporters congregated outside th…
Arsenal have ruled out the possibility of women's team manager Joe Montemurro taking up the newly-vacant Australia Women head coach role.
The 49-year-old was linked with the post after Alen Stajcic was sacked for an "unsatisfactory" tea…
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has arrived in court in Madrid amid a huge media presence to face tax evasion charges which could result in an €18.8m (£16.6m) fine.
A judge refused the player's request to appear by video or to ente…
Former England women's manager Mark Sampson says he will "forever regret" the situation following his sacking.
Sampson, 36, reached a settlement with the Football Association on 9 January, 16 months after he was fired.
An investigati…
Former Tottenham midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has joined Barcelona on loan for the remainder of the season.
The La Liga leaders have the option to sign the 31-year-old from Serie A side Sassuolo for a £7.1m fee in the summer.
Boat…
The Ghana Football Association is organising a five-day integrity course for 150 referees at the West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) complex in Sogakope from today Tuesday January 22 to Saturday January 26.
The course forms part of th…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have drawn two Zambian sides, Nkana FC and Zesco United FC, along with Sudanese side Al Hilal in Group C of the group phase of the Total CAF Confederation Cup 2019.
Kotoko who tumbled out Cameroon's Coton Sport from…
"It's the self doubt. Especially at Aston Villa - when you walk into the changing room you are not wanted, you don't feel a part of it, you don't feel good enough to be there."
Ross McCormack's life is far removed from the one he knew i…
A former Ipswich Town star has spoken of his pain after his FA Cup winner's medal was stolen in a raid on his home.
Mick Lambert, 68, and his wife Margaret, 66, found their home ransacked on Friday after a night away, as first reported …
Cheetah FC, as part of its 10-year anniversary celebrations, has donated an amount of Ghc2000 and assorted items to Ghana's Special School Olympics team, ahead of their games in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The equipment, includes, sets …
Walsall have signed defender Dan Scarr from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.
The 24-year-old centre-back, who made his name in non-league football with Stourbridge, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.
He made 26 appeara…
Yannick Bolasie has returned to Everton after the winger chose to cut short his loan at Aston Villa.
The 29-year-old started only nine games for Villa after moving on loan from Goodison Park last summer.
The former Crystal Palace win…
AC Milan's on-loan striker Gonzalo Higuain remains in Italy as the club attempts to secure a replacement for the Argentine before sanctioning his move to Chelsea.
The 31-year-old, on loan from Juventus, has not travelled with his team-m…
Birmingham City Women have appointed former Chile and Peru boss Marta Tejedor as their new manager.
Tejedor, 50, replaces Marc Skinner, who left Blues earlier in January to take over at American side Orlando Pride.
The Spaniard has a…
The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2019 and the first on DStv is UFC Fight Night 143, which will be staged at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday 20 January 2019. DStv Premium and Compact Plus customers…
Derby County have signed former England left-back Ashley Cole on a deal until the end of the season.
The 38-year-old, who has played 107 games for his country, is reunited with former Chelsea and international team-mate Frank Lampard, n…
Frenchman Nicolas Depuis will combine his job as coach of Madagascar with being part of the technical staff at French fourth-tier side Fleury 91.
His appointment came as the club moved coach Christophe Taine to a different role after a …
Kenya's Gor Mahia held on for a 0-0 draw at New Star in Cameroon on Sunday to reach the Confederation Cup group phase for the second successive season.
The Kenyan team won the play-off 2-1 on aggregate after their win in east Africa las…
All three Moroccan challengers for the Confederation Cup were drawn in the same group.
Holders Raja Casablanca, Renaissance Berkane and Hassania Agadir will compete for two quarter-finals places from Group A.
AS Otoho Oyo from Congo …
A sporting family siphoned off cash from their own charity set up to help African children, it can be reported.
Ex-footballers Efe Sodje, 46, and Stephen Sodje, 43, and ex-rugby player Bright Sodje, 52, were found guilty and jailed for …
Huddersfield have appointed Jan Siewert to succeed David Wagner as manager.
Siewert, 36, has left his position as coach of Borussia Dortmund's second team to join the Terriers on a deal until summer 2021.
Wagner, who held the same po…
Coach Charles Kwabena Akonnor of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has said, he and the entire team planned on qualifying for the group stages of the ongoing Confedration of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup, by securing a good result in first l…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko has been housed in Group C, alongside two Zambian sides, in the group stages of the Confederations Cup competition.
Kotoko, has been paired alongside Nkana FC and Zesco United, all from the Zambian league, with Al H…
Obuasi based Ashgold S.C, put up a splendid performance to beat Medeama S.C 4-0, to win the maiden edition of the Betway Cup held at the Len Clay Stadium, Obuasi on Sunday.
Liberty Professionals F.C clinched the third position after bea…