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Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops the end of season women’s tennis rankings released Monday, a day after her triumph in the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China. With 7,851 points, Barty, who has topped the rankings since early September, eclipsed second-placed Karolína Plíšková (5,940 points) by almost 2,000 points. Naomi Osaka (5,497) held on to third place from Simona Halep, who ...

Jose Mourinho has been heavily linked with the Arsenal job in recent days – but how could the side look under him? Unai Emery is reportedly on the brink at Arsenal following a poor start to the season which sees the Gunners six points adrift of top four. After 15 months in the Emirates Stadium hotseat, fans and, ostensibly, board members are ...

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has come under pressure after winning just three Premier League matches this season. These are the three most likely candidates to take over as manager if Old Trafford chiefs decide to sack Solskjaer, including Massimiliano Allegri and Mauricio Pochettino. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has come under increasing amounts of pressure since taking over as permanent ...

Owner of newly promoted Premier Club, King Faisal, Alhaji Abdul Karim Gruzah is seriously searching for a trainer for his club. The King Faisal bankroller wants his club to make a strong impact when the Ghana league resumes, hence the search for a credible trainer. Alhaji Gruzah has even contacted a Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Oti ...

The former Reds midfielder believes the form of a Senegalese forward has the Blues fearing the worst ahead of a crucial Premier League encounter Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has called out Liverpool forward Sadio Mane over a supposed penchant for going to ground because he “fears the threat” of the Senegalese, says Jamie Redknapp. The Blues coach has started the mind games ...

Chief Executive Officer of Databank Ghana, Kojo Addae-Mensah has implored management of Asante Kotoko to terminate the contract of coach Kjetil Zachariassen with immediate effect in the wake of the Porcupines defeat to San Pedro in the CAF Confederation Cup. The Reds hope of making a second successive return to the Group Stage of the CAF inter-club competition hit a ...

The Spaniard set his team up in a system which did nothing to suggest he had studied Saturday’s opponents as rumours regarding his future grow louder It’s as you were in the Premier League title race, though both Liverpool and Manchester City left it late to record come-from-behind victories on a dramatic weekend in the English top-flight. Pressure continues to build on Unai Emery, ...

An ex-midfielder who enjoys legendary status at Allianz Arena has suggested his old manager would be the ideal man to succeed Niko Kovac in Bavaria Bastian Schweinsteiger has welcomed the prospect of Jose Mourinho inheriting the managerial reigns at Bayern Munich having worked under the Portuguese at Manchester United. The German champions are on the lookout for a new head coach, after Niko Kovac ...

Niko Kovac has left Bayern Munich, the German club confirmed on Sunday evening. The announcement was made on their official Twitter account. Assistant Hansi Flick will take over first team duties in the short term, for the upcoming matches against Olympiacos in the Champions League on Wednesday and Borussia Dortmund in the league on Saturday. Kovac himself said it was the right thing to ...

Asante Kotoko failed to reach the Group stage of the 2019/20 CAF Confederation for the second successive year after a 2-0 defeat to Ivorian side FC San Pedro. The Porcupine Warriors crashed out 2-1 on aggregate to see their Africa campaign end miserable. Kotoko had to finish the game with ten men after defender Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu got sent off with ...