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Baba Yara was born on the 12th of October, 1936 in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Baba Yara popularly called King Winger was one of Ghana’s legends in football; a foremost player, voted twice as Ghana’s Footballer of the year as a result of his fantastic goal scoring skill. Yara’s rise to fame was unprecedented as a result of his goal-scoring skills; ...

Paul Parker says ‘there’s a big, big problem’ with how the Old Trafford side are being run behind the scenes Former Manchester United defender Paul Parker has heavily criticised the way that the club is “discriminated” against from within, saying they’re hardly even a football club any more. Although United’s financial affairs remain strong, since Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure in ...

The Blues winger has suggested that a long-serving Brazilian will be departing the Etihad Stadium at the end of the current campaign Riyad Mahrez has inadvertently hinted that the 2019-20 campaign will be Fernandinho’s last at Manchester City. The long-serving Brazilian has been at the Etihad Stadium since the summer of 2013, when he was snapped up from Shakhtar Donetsk. ...

The former Red Devils and France star says watching Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team only ends in disappointment Eric Cantona says Manchester United play football like an old man having sex – it only leads to disappointment. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team continue to struggle with inconsistency this season, as they sit eighth in the Premier League after 18 games. United, who ...

Asante Kotoko ace Songne Yacouba is demanding a yearly salary of US$150,000 before signing a new deal with the Ghanaian giants. But the Porcupine Warriors have offered the Burkinabe a paltry GHc 50,000-a-year contract which was rejected by his representatives. Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM Sports also reports there will be a final meeting between the two parties next week to decide ...

Hearts of Oak are set to lose live-wire Joseph Esso after they agreed to a transfer fee of $100,000 with Sudanese giants Al Hilal Omdurman, according to a media report. Esso has been superb for both Hearts of Oak and the Black Stars B in the year under review. His performance for both club and country has aroused a lot ...

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has approved Kim Grant as the coach of giants Accra Hearts of Oak ahead of the start of weekend’s start of the league season in the wake of the controversy surrounding the coaching future of the former international striker. This shows that the former Black Stars player has all the necessary certificates and papers to ...

Kim Grant has been asked by the hierarchy of Hearts of Oak to step aside after a confrontation in a meeting held today over his coaching certificate issues. Local media reports indicate that the stage is now set for David Duncan to finally return to the Raibow fraternity to replace Kim Grant and complete his “unfinished business” at Hearts of ...

Edward Odoom has been promoted as interim coach of Hearts of Oak ahead of the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League. The veteran trainer was given the nod to handle the Accra-based giants after management of the club ordered head coach Kim Grant to step aside on Tuesday. Grant was told to step aside because he has not got the required coaching ...

Withdrawn Hearts of Oak coach Kim Grant is in trouble for lying about his coaching background on his résumé. The 47-year-old falsely claimed he had undertaken UEFA A Coaching certificate [the equivalent for a CAF A License] when he applied for the job in October, 2019. Grant’s undoing and humiliation happened when Hearts insisted on having his certificate, but it ...