Al Ahly of Egypt and Tunisia's Esperance admit it will be a tough task to win this year's African Champions League title.
The Egyptian club are aiming for a ninth continental title while it would be a third for the Tunisians.
Alexand…
India thrashed West Indies by nine wickets, after bowling the tourists out for 104, to complete a 3-1 one-day series victory.
The tourists were dismissed in 31.5 overs at Thiruvananthapuram, captain Jason Holder top-scoring with 25.
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Antonio Conte is "reluctant" to become Real Madrid boss, with the club unlikely to meet his demands, according to former club president Ramon Calderon.
The former Chelsea manager has been linked with the European champions - who sacked …
Leicester manager Claude Puel says the result is "not important" when they play Cardiff on Saturday - their first match since the club's owner died in a helicopter crash at the weekend.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were kill…
Scotland head to Cardiff on Saturday for their first autumn Test seeking to end a poor recent record in the Welsh capital.
They also have the added incentive of playing for the inaugural Doddie Weir Cup, created in honour of the former …
Two of the Premier League's top four meet at Emirates Stadium on Saturday when in-form Arsenal take on unbeaten Liverpool, but who will come out on top?
"Arsenal have had a fabulous run, but I think Liverpool are a better team," BBC Spo…
Usain Bolt's trial with Australian football club Central Coast Mariners has come to an end.
The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion, 32, joined the A-League side for an "indefinite training period" in August.
He scored two go…
An injury to Kevin de Bruyne took the shine off a convincing win for Manchester City as the Carabao Cup holders eased past Fulham to advance to the quarter-finals.
Spanish teenager Brahim Diaz scored in each half with his first senior g…
Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah and former Black Stars Captain, Stephen Appiah have been named as ambassadors for the John Agyekum Kufuor Cup slated for December 2 at the Baba Yara stadium.
The JA Kufuor Cup will be contested by Kumas…
Yusif Abubakar, has been appointed as the head coach of the national U-23 team, Black Meteors.
The former Aduana Stars and Techiman City coach would be assisted by former player and coach of Asante Kotoko Micheal Osei, as they prepare f…
Nana Oduro Sarfo, a Director of Ghana Premier League (GPL) side, Berekum Chelsea, is unhappy with the life ban imposed on Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), by the Federation of International Fo…
Madam Juliet Appiah, a Ghanaian referee, would be action at this year's Women Africa Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by Ghana from November 17 to December 1, 2018.
The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), has announced 25 match…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko has submitted their 25-man squad for the 2018/19 Confederation of Africa football (CAF) Confederation Cup competition.
Kotoko submitted their list on Wednesday, October 31, the deadline set by CAF, after the decisio…
Mr. Rodney Swigelaar, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Africa Director, will be in Ghana from November 20-23, to commence plans to ensure a successful hosting of the All African Games in 2023.
Ghana was awarded the hosting rights last we…
Sri Lanka bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa has been charged with match-fixing by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Zoysa, who played 30 Tests and 95 one-day internationals, is accused of three breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code, i…
Chelsea knocked Derby out of the Carabao Cup in the fourth round as Frank Lampard's return to Stamford Bridge as a manager ended in a dramatic defeat.
Five goals were scored in a frantic first half, including two own goals from Derby de…
Mr. Majeed Bawah, Ag. Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), has dissociated himself from the "alleged" petition written to the Board Chairman of the Authority, Mr. Kwadwo Baah Agyemang by some Divisional Workers Union.
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Embattled former Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi has signalled his intent to appeal a lifetime ban from all football activities.
Nyantakyi was banished from the football community [Tuesday, October 30] after the …
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Mr Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr has described as harsh the decision of FIFA to hand a lifetime ban to former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Footba…
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has said he received racist abuse and death threats after winning a late penalty against Arsenal in Sunday's 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park.
Zaha was tripped in the box by Granit Xhaka, who was deputisin…
A German minor league player who bit off part of an opponent's nose has been banned for seven years.
The SV Preussen Eiberg player bit the opponent during a Kreisliga B game between Eiberg and ESG 99/06 II.
Neither the offe…
Hibs manager Neil Lennon was struck by a coin thrown from the crowd as Hearts had what would have been a stoppage-time winner disallowed in a ferocious Edinburgh derby.
Clevid Dikamona's header was ruled offside before a celebrating Len…
Ten Benin youth players and former football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou have been handed prison sentences for age cheating.
A Cotonou court found them guilty of lying about their ages, which saw them failing MRI tests in Ni…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will be forced to cough up the 500,000 Swiss Francs fine imposed on it's former President Kwesi Nyantakyi by FIFA if he fails to pay.
Mr Nyantakyi was handed a lifetime ban from all football activi…
Wales' record cap holder Gethin Jenkins is set to retire from rugby after playing in Sunday's home Pro14 match for Cardiff Blues against Zebre.
The prop, 37, played 129 times for Wales and made five Test appearances for the British and …
Leicester City fan Mark Selby says he wants to win the International Championship in China to dedicate it to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Foxes owner Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people killed in a helicopter crash outside the King Pow…
Conor Murray has not been ruled out of Ireland's autumn international against New Zealand on 17 November.
The Munster scrum-half has not played this season because of a neck injury but he is training with the Irish team.
Murray is am…
On Wednesday, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori face the curious case of playing against the club who employ them.
Both are on loan at Championship side Derby County from Chelsea, who meet in the Carabao Cup fourth round, and - if selected …
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy and his wife have laid a wreath in memory of club boss Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after his death in a helicopter crash.
The aircraft came down in a car park moments after taking off from the King Power …
Leicester City's Premier League match at Cardiff on Saturday will go ahead following the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash.
Srivaddhanaprabha and four others were killed in the crash outside the King Power St…
If Eddie Jones is feeling the pinch given England's poor form in 2018, his demeanour at their warm-weather training camp in the Algarve gives a different impression.
As Ben Youngs and Manu Tuilagi sit down for the Rugby Union Weekly pod…
Nigel Clough said it is "special" to have guided League One Burton to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the first time after a thrilling victory over Championship opponents Nottingham Forest.
After a goalless first half, Saidy J…
"I'm still here, boys," announces Doddie Weir as he strides into a bar within Murrayfield Stadium wearing a smile even brighter than his signature tartan suit.
Rarely can anyone, anywhere have countered a disease as devastating as Motor…
Ben Stokes retired hurt on day two of England's warm-up match in Sri Lanka after being struck on the left arm.
The all-rounder's workload is being managed before the Test series and he did not bowl on day one against a Sri Lanka Board P…
Wayne Rooney's impact at DC United; Bob Bradley's redemption with new boys Los Angeles FC; the Serie A reject breaking goal records; a Scotland winger making a name for himself in the US midwest and a certain Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Major L…
To win five Formula 1 world titles, as Lewis Hamilton has now done, is a phenomenal achievement.
Winning one World Championship is what every young driver dreams about, but very few would understand the amount of hard work, dedication a…
Staff of the National Sports Authority (NSA) have accused Dr Kofi Amoah, the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee and sports consultant, Rex Danquah of initiating clandestine moves to privatise the mana…
He is yet to score a goal for Crystal Palace, but Jordan Ayew says he is confident that his reward will come.
The Ghanaian international has not yet found the net in a Palace shirt since joining the Eagles on loan from Swansea City in…
Lewis Hamilton's successful quest for a fifth world title, I suggest to him, can be distilled down to one simple phrase: Ferrari dropped the ball and he knocked it out of the park.
Hamilton chuckles a little at the suggestion, and then …
Novak Djokovic broke off from serving for victory against Joao Sousa to help a spectator who was taken ill at the Paris Masters.
The match came to a stop as the spectator was attended to, with Djokovic providing him with a towel before …
FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has banned former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi for life from all football-related activities with immediate effect.
The adjudicatory…
Riot police had to protect referee Andres Cunha as River Plate beat Gremio with a late penalty in an incredible Copa Libertadores semi-final.
Gonzalo Martinez scored the spot-kick, given via the video assistant referee, in the fifth of …
British number one Kyle Edmund will not play again this season after an MRI scan revealed a small amount of fluid behind his left knee.
The injury is not thought to be serious, but he has been advised to rest and as a result has withdra…
England have a "pretty special" rugby league team who want to "rattle the cages of Australia and New Zealand", head coach Wayne Bennett says.
The hosts held firm to narrowly defeat the Kiwis 18-16 in the opening match of the three-game …
"It's like a double-chessboard with 120kg pieces. You've got to find ways of being smarter than the opposition. In Test rugby, 1-2% might be the difference between a win and a loss."
This is how Gavin Vaughan, Scottish Rugby's lead perf…
England's three-Test series in Sri Lanka begins in Galle on 6 November, with Joe Root's side facing plenty of questions over the make-up of their starting XI.
With the team having failed to win any of their past four away series, lining…
The inevitable has happened.
After a dreadful start to a season in which they have lost four of their first 10 La Liga games and dropped to ninth in the table, Real Madrid have sacked Julen Lopetegui.
The identity of the man replacin…
The World Anti-Doping Agency needs urgent reform following its reinstatement of Russia, says a group of leading national anti-doping bodies.
In September Wada lifted a three-year ban on Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) that had been…
It took the Cleveland Browns 635 days to finally win a game again but only 39 days since then to sack head coach Hue Jackson.
The Browns became only the second side to go through a 16-game NFL season without winning last year, having go…
Former England captain Will Carling is set to join head coach Eddie Jones' management team as a leadership mentor.
Carling led England in 59 of his 72 caps after being named captain aged just 22, winning three Grand Slams in 1991, 1992 …