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Spanish football is in mourning after former Spain striker Enrique Castro – known as ‘Quini’ – died of a heart attack at the age of 68. One of the finest strikers in Spanish football history, Quini scored 275 goals in 499 matches for Sporting Gijon and also 77 goals in 142 appearances for Barcelona. He won the Pichichi Trophy, awarded ...

REAL MADRID were handed a Champions League boost this week when Neymar was ruled out of their clash against Paris Saint-Germain. But Bernabeu ace Nacho Fernandez has surprisingly claimed he WANTS the Brazilian to be fit for the last-16 encounter. Neymar failed to perform when PSG travelled to Madrid for the first leg of the Champions League tie two weeks ...

MANCHESTER UNITED turned down the chance to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid because of Sergio Ramos, according to reports. Manchester United emerged as suitors for Ronaldo back in the summer when the 33-year-old expressed a desire to leave Real Madrid. The Portugal international was supposedly unhappy with Los Blancos’ refusal to back him in a tax evasion case with ...

PAUL POGBA is not good enough for Manchester United and should join Arsenal. That is the view of former Ireland star Eamon Dunphy, who was far from impressed with Pogba’s display against Chelsea at the weekend. United clinched a crucial 2-1 win over Antonio Conte’s side courtesy of goals from Romelu Lukaku and Jesse Lingard. Pogba returned to the starting ...

Twenty-time tennis grand slam champion Roger Federer has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year awards. The 36-year-old Swiss won the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in 2017 after seven years without a major. “I didn’t believe I would ever come back to this level,” said Federer. “The year I had was something ...

ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI is looking for a shock move away from Bayern Munich this summer – and Real Madrid could provide the way out. Bayern Munich superstar Robert Lewandowski is set to leave the club this summer with Real Madrid leading the chase to land his signature. Manchester United and Chelsea emerged as early favourites when news broke that Lewandowski is ...

Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has praised government’s decision to provide him with an official residence. The Sports ministry on Tuesday presented keys to the three bedroom house located at the Airport residential area to Appiah. The move brings to an end the era where government had to spend huge sums of money on hotel accommodation for coaches of the Black ...

Samir Nasri has been given a six-month ban from football by UEFA for violating anti-doping regulations. The 30-year-old received a drip treatment at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016, which UEFA says contravened rules laid down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Nasri has been suspended following a meeting by UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body although he does have ...

Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko striker Kojo Poku “Mahala” has made an astonishing revelation, labelling the newly appointed Coach, Paa Kwesi Fabin as a “bribe taker.” The former Ghana U-17 Coach, Paa Kwesi Fabin was handed a one year contract by the management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko following the sacking of English trainer Steve Pollack. Meanwhile, former striker of the club, ...

SERGIO RAMOS has reportedly told Real Madrid’s board that a dressing room war will start if Eden Hazard or Mohamed Salah moves to the Bernabeu. The Spanish giants are in the midst of a terrible season by their standards and currently sit third in La Liga. In a bid to ensure there isn’t a repeat of the 12-point deficit to ...