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Spain’s impressive start to the Nations League continued as they thrashed World Cup runners-up Croatia. Luis Enrique’s side – who beat England at Wembley in their opener in the competition on Saturday – never looked back after Saul Niguez’s headed opener. Marco Asensio fired in from 20 yards and then, shortly after, saw another rifled effort hit the bar and ...

Uefa plans to introduce a third European club competition alongside the Champions League and Europa League from 2021. Head of the European Club Association, Andrea Agnelli, said “the green light has been given”, pending approval. He did not give any more details on how the tournament would be organised or when it would be staged. Agnelli, who is also chairman ...

Assistant coach of the Black Stars, Maxwell Konadu has emphasized the need for the government to pay attention to grassroots football in the country. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Accra edition of the Betway Talent Search tryouts, Maxwell Konadu who expressed excitement with the talents discovered by the initiative made a passionate appeal to the government to ...

Ronaldo and Modric both helped Real Madrid to Champions League glory prior to the former’s move to Juventus, with Salah scoring an incredible 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool. That means that there’s no place in the final three for Barcelona sensation Lionel Messi, despite his exploits in helping the Catalan giants win the Liga title last season. Modric ...

Betway Ghana Limited, one of the leafing betting companies in Ghana, over the weekend, organized a special football competition for the youth dubbed “Betway Talent Hunt” in the Northern region. The competition, was aimed at hunting for football talents, between the ages of 18 to 25 and nurture them to become professional footballers in future. Stephen Appiah, former Black Star’s ...

Chelsea have confirmed they have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for the transfer of Thibaut Courtois. Courtois will sign a six-year contract at the Bernabeu subject to agreeing personal terms and passing a medical. Croatia international Mateo Kovacic will join the Blues on a season-long loan as part of the deal. A statement released by Chelsea on Wednesday read: ...

Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has thrown his support behind Liverpool to overcome AS Roma in the UEFA Champions League semifinal tie. Essien, who faced the Merseysiders on countless occasions during his time at Chelsea, has thrown his bet behind them to pick the sole ticket to the grande finale. The 35-year-old believes Jurgen Klopp’s side victory over Manchester City ...

Arsene Wenger is to leave Arsenal at the end of the season, ending a near 22-year reign as manager. The Frenchman departs a year before his latest contract was due to expire. The Gunners are sixth in the league and set to miss out on a top-four spot for the second straight season, with their hopes of reaching the Champions ...

A two- day football competition dubbed ,  Sabon –Zongo Inter Area Football Competition  has ended at Nsawam  in the Eastern  Region with a call on zongo communities to  eschew violence and ensure peaceful coexistence among their neighbours. The gala competition which was organized by the Chief Abdul MajidYakubu of Sabon- Zongo, Nsawam   and his able lieutenants Galadima Alhassan Suleman and ...

Ghanaian sprinters Sean Safo Antwi and Gemma Acheampong are raring to go at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Safo-Antwi who made the final of the men’s 60metre event (at the just-ended IAAF Indoor Athletics Championships) finishing in seventh place took to his social media handles yesterday to reveal that he has been selected to represent Team Ghana ...