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Ghana captain Andre Ayew has paid tributes to former Marseille President Pape Diouf, who died on Tuesday night in Senegal. Pape Diouf died after suffering from the coronavirus. He was 68. Ayew took to Twitter to expressed his grief after hearing of the death of one of Africa’s leading football executive. “MON PAPA, GRAND PERE, MON MENTOR, RIP PAPE DIOUF,” ...

The man who believes that he beat Tyson Fury now works on the railways, fixing overhead cables. He watches Fury from afar with interest but rarely tells his mates about the day he flustered the world heavyweight champion. As he now says: “What’s the point?” John McDermott will forever be a small footnote in history because of the controversial points ...

Chairman Daniel Levy is one of 550 non-playing staff at Tottenham taking a pay cut to “protect jobs” amid the coronavirus crisis. Spurs have also followed Newcastle in furloughing – a scheme in which an employee does not work but gets 80 per cent of their salary paid for the next two months by the government – some staff “where ...

Football is suspended in the UK and across most of world because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic – but the game rolls on in Belarus. The Belarusian Premier League rarely gets a mention in normal circumstances yet it is attracting attention from foreign fans as one of the few places around the globe – and the only place in Europe ...

Xavi believes he is ready to manage Barcelona but insists there cannot be any “toxicity” in the dressing room. The midfielder spent the majority of his playing career with Barcelona, from 1998 to 2015, playing more than 700 matches. During his time at the club he won eight La Liga titles and lifted four Champions League trophies and also played ...

Jose Mourinho and his Tottenham Hotspur camp have decided to conduct live training video sessions with the players, as social distancing has been advised by the Premier League during the coronavirus pandemic. The league is set to resume on April 30 and clubs are trying to ensure that all players stay fit while home. The players have been working from ...

Communications Director of Asante Kotoko, Kennedy Boakye Ansah has accused former captain of the club Yussif Alhassan Chibsah of seeking public sympathy from the tussle surrounding Kwame Bonsu’s deal to Esperance. Chibsah, who is the agent that brooked the deal for Kwame Bonsu’s transfer to Esperance Sportive de Tunis has denied any wrongdoing for the refusal of the Tunisian club ...

Asante Kotoko have agreed to settle the $180,000 fine slapped on Emmanuel Clottey by FIFA for a breach of contract with Esperance. Kotoko communicated the latest development on Emmanuel Clottey’s saga to Esperance through Offside Oku Consult, managed by renowned football administrator Ashford Tetteh Oku whom they hired to help them retrieve the transfer fee regarding the sale of Kwame ...

Former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor’s hopes of arriving in Ghana this week have been dashed after being quarantined in Benin. The Togo international was put in quarantine on his way to Lome before the journey to Accra and will be locked up for 14 days as fight against the global pandemic coronavirus intensifies. Even though the former Manchester City ...

Former Ghanaian footballer, Charles Taylor has mentioned Stephen Appiah as the best player he played with in his career. The Ghanaian footballer who played for Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko said this when speaking on a interview on Tru 92.5fm eastern region based radio station. He said Stephen Appiah was not only good on the pitch but his ...