Morocco and Tunisia completed CAF's line-up at the FIFA World Cup™, securing the last of Africa's berths at Russia 2018.
The Atlas Lions recorded an impressive 2-0 victory away to Côte d'Ivoire, while a goalless stalemate at home to Lib…
Rewind to July in Istanbul, and a little-known team from Sweden stand on the brink of history as the clock ticks down on the second leg of their Europa League qualifier against Turkish giants Galatasaray.
With five minutes remaining, Os…
Video Assistant Referees (VAR) are here. It isn't wishful thinking. It isn't pie-in-the-sky. It's real -- if you're in the Bundesliga, Major League Soccer, Serie A, Australia's A-League or the Portuguese Primeira Liga. We saw it at the Con…
Frank Lampard has reiterated that he would love to be involved with Chelsea "in some way" amid speculation that he could be chosen to succeed Michael Emenalo as the club's technical director.
Emenalo announced his surprise decision to r…
Eden Hazard has told RTL "it would be a dream" to play under Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and he would happily be reunited with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, although he stressed he is happy at Chelsea.
Zidane has praised H…
If Jose Mourinho starts next season as Paris Saint-Germain coach, Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward need look no further than this summer's failure to sign Ivan Perisic from Inter Milan as the moment that his manager's …
BRUSSELS -- Belgium manager Roberto Martinez believes Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne can reach the level of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Martinez said it will take time and consistency for him to get there, but suggested the B…
Unstoppable. Invincible, apparently.
Manchester City's start to the season has been remarkable, even record-breaking in places. They are on the joint best start to a top-flight English season since Tottenham won their first 11 games in …
PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain want to extend midfielder Adrien Rabiot's contract before the January transfer window, a source close to the club has told ESPN FC.
Rabiot, 22, has a deal which runs until the summer of 2019 but it does not …
Two members of Ghana's national under-17 team, Ibrahim Sulley and Emmanuel Gyamfi are scheduled to head out to the United Kingdom for trials with English Premier League giants Arsenal and Liverpool in the next four weeks.
The two young …
PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain's Julian Draxler is enjoying a new lease of life in the French capital after being reinvented as a central midfielder.
Because of the surplus of attacking talent the Ligue 1 giants now possess after the summ…
Jack Wilshere leads Roy Hodgson's shortlist at Crystal Palace as the beleaguered Eagles boss searches for January reinforcements, reports the Telegraph.
Wilshere has made steady progress at Arsenal since returning from injury, but doubt…
Manchester City are set to launch a bid for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, with Manchester United and Juventus also monitoring the Lazio attacking midfielder, reports Calciomercato.
Milinkovic-Savic has been in fine form this season, claiming…
In its long history, the French national team has only ever achieved great things in the way of one outstanding leader. In 1958, les Bleus had Raymond Kopa and finished third at the World Cup. Michel Platini guided his team to triumph at E…
Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi has reiterated his desire to become a coach once his playing career ends, while praising former teammate Lionel Messi as a "normal person" off the field.
Xavi, 37, is currently playing for Al Sadd in the…
Ghana Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan is likely to miss the World Cup qualifier against Egypt on Sunday after picking up an injury during the team’s training.
The Black Stars skipper, who trained separately on Monday during the opening…
One of the most memorable scenes from Christopher Nolan's 2010 film "Inception" is when Don Cobb, the thief, played by Leonardo di Caprio needs an architect "who is as good as I was." Michael Caine's character, Cobb's mentor Professor Step…
LONDON -- Chelsea held talks with a Chinese company last week over the possibility of a commercial partnership, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Some reports have suggested that the purpose of the meeting was to secure funding for Che…
Deportivo Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso admits he missed international football and says it feels good to be back after joining up with his Ghana teammates for the final 2018 World Cup qualifier against already-qualified Egypt.
Wakas…
A strike from Memphis Depay was enough for the Netherlands to beat Scotland 1-0 in an international friendly on Thursday evening.
Although neither side will feature at the 2018 World Cup, it was the fourth successive victory for Dick Ad…
Eddie Hearn says "there is a willingness" from Deontay Wilder's camp to agree a world title unification fight with Anthony Joshua in 2018.
Hearn held talks with Wilder's promoters in New York on Thursday and says they just are eager to …
Tottenham's Eric Dier will captain England for the first time when they play Germany at Wembley on Friday night.
Dier will become the sixth different man to captain the national team since Gareth Southgate took charge in September 2016,…
Ruben Loftus-Cheek admits he had a "vision" in the summer to leave Chelsea in order to speed up his career, a move which has seen him earn an England call-up.
The 21-year old midfielder joined Crystal Palace on a season-long loan deal i…
Northern Ireland's World Cup hopes hang by a thread after a contentious 1-0 defeat by Switzerland in the first leg of their play-off at Windsor Park.
The Swiss dominated the ball from start to finish but controversially took the lead on…
The Beast Pro Soccer Tournament would kick off on November 28 to December 2, this year, at Akosombo Akotex Park.
The tournament is to select players and create an avenue for them to join some European soccer clubs. The organizers have i…
Representatives of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, France 2018, has set Thursday March 8, 2018, as the date for the final draw for the…
The race to win the only slot to represent the Eastern Region in the National Division One league next year, starts on Saturday November 11 at two designated centres. Four teams; Krystal Palace Academy, Kwahu Youth Academy, Koforidua Unite…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) would from Wednesday, November 29 to midnight of Friday, March 2, 2018 open the window for player registration for the 2017/18 league season.
According to a release signed by Alex Asante, GFA Deputy …
The Chief Executive Officer of Aduana Stars Mr Albert Aryeetey Commey says Coach Yusif Abubakar deserves credit for his technical abilities and competence which helped the team to win the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League title, their second …
The Executive Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Dr Kwame Kyei, is on a collision course with some aggrieved players of the club who were left out of the GH¢5,000 winning bonus package for winning the MTN FA Cup.
The afftected players ar…
Lionel Messi has told ESPN that it makes him angry when people claim he makes the big decisions for the Argentina national team.
Messi, whose hat trick took Argentina to the World Cup last month, has been accused of selecting coaches an…
Belgium manager Roberto Martinez is not worried about Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku's recent goal drought and is backing the 24-year-old to overcome his barren spell.
Lukaku scored seven goals in his first seven games in the P…
Paris Saint-Germain's Angel Di Maria has told ESPN that a summer move to Barcelona was a possibility after the French capital outfit signed Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
The Argentina international conceded that he hoped right up until the …
Fabio Cannavaro has been unveiled as the new head coach of seven-time Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande.
The Italian returns to the club almost two-and-a-half years after he was sacked and replaced by Luiz Felipe Scola…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been on the receiving end of plenty of criticism from Manchester United fans throughout the past month or more. Having assisted five goals in the opening weeks of the season, plenty were sneering at Jose Mourinho's d…
Mesut Ozil's Arsenal departure could be sealed in January if a club meets the £30m asking price for the Germany international, according to the Star.
The Gunners will need to be careful in negotiations with the risk of the former Real M…
Manchester City's all-time leading scorer Sergio Aguero is plotting a fairy-tale ending to his career with boyhood club Independiente with the Argentina international detailing his plan to leave the club in 2019.
City would lose Aguero …
The saga continues as Barcelona seemingly are set to rekindle their mischief and lure Philippe Coutinho away from Liverpool after last summer's squabble.
Sport reports the Blaugrana will make a new €120 million (£106m) offer for the Bra…
Antonio Conte will be backed in January by Chelsea for a double swoop involving Ross Barkley and one of their top striker targets, reports the Mirror.
The Everton midfielder nearly joined the Blues in the summer, but an injury forced hi…
Harry Kane will be fit to play for Tottenham in the north London derby against Arsenal, Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed.
Kane has been left out of England's World Cup warm-up matches against Germany and Brazil this week following disc…
Luis Suarez admits he and Lionel Messi are still hurting from Neymar's Barcelona exit after trying to convince the Brazil forward to stay.
Neymar formed a third of Barcelona's famous M-S-N attack alongside Messi and Suarez before a worl…
Jack Wilshere says Arsenal must bounce back from their defeat to Manchester City when they take on "great" Tottenham.
Tottenham are third in the Premier League, four points above sixth-placed Arsenal, and finished above their north Lond…
Sergio Aguero says he could leave Manchester City when his contract runs out in 2019 to return to former club Independiente in Argentina.
The Argentine joined City in 2011, signing from La Liga side Atletico Madrid, after having started…
Deontay Wilder has insisted that he is “ready now” to fight Anthony Joshua, and pleaded with his rival not to delay a potential meeting.
Sky Sports revealed on Wednesday that talks to pit Joshua against Wilder in a world heavyweight cha…
Ghana are already out of the running for the World Cup, but Kwesi Appiah still believes there's a lot at stake in their final qualifier
Kwesi Appiah has a tough task on his hands this weekend as Ghana host Egypt in their final World Cup…
Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II, the Paramount Chief of Dormaa Traditional Area has said each player of Aduana Stars, would be given a plot of land in Dormaa for winning the 2016/17 Ghana Premier League(GPL). In addition, the entire tea…
Aduana Stars FC, champions of the 2016/2017 Ghana’s Premier League has signed a contract with Amasco Consult, a local agent for Amasco Associates Limited, to expand and upgrade the Osagyefo Agyemang-Badu Sports Stadium into a standard sta…
Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey believes Ghana's failed World Cup qualification campaign was due to a lack of stability in the national team set-up.
Former Black Stars head coach Avram Grant resigned after an underwhelming Afri…
BRUSSELS -- You don't have to dig too far down to find a certain irony regarding Mexico's arrival at its Brussels hotel on Monday evening.
For friendly matches or group stage games of the Gold Cup in the United States, El Tri fans and t…
Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph and Jordan Henderson have become the latest withdrawals from England's injury-hit squad.
Gareth Southgate's men kick off their World Cup preparations with Wembley friendlies against Germany and Brazil on Fr…