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AFCON 2019: Nigeria’s Coach stops Government Delegation from Super Eagles’ Camp

With less than 24 hours to the second round knockout encounter between Nigeria and Cameroon, the Super Eagles’ Head Coach Gernot Rohr, has barred his players from all forms of activities that could distract the team from underperforming during the match tomorrow. The action which took effect from yesterday will most likely affect the large delegation of Federal Government entourage ...

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Tunisia will be cool chop for Ghana – Dan Kweku Yeboah

Spokesperson of the Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association, Daniel Kweku Yeboah claims that the round of 16 game between the Black Stars of Ghana and the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia will be a walkover for the Stars. Ghana will lock horns with Tunisia on Monday at 19:00 GMT in the round of 16 of the ongoing African Cup ...

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Cup of Nations knockout stage offers intriguing pairings

Permutations for the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations were up in the air until Tuesday’s close of the group phase and delivered some intriguing pairings for the weekend’s knockout-stage matches. The failure of holders Cameroon to beat Benin in their last Group F game on Tuesday saw them usurped at the top of the standings and condemned ...

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Hoffenheim salute Ghana’s Kassim Nuhu for reaching knockout stage

Hoffenheim salute Ghana’s Kassim Nuhu for reaching knockout stage

German top-flight club, TSG Hoffenheim have congratulated their defender Kassim Nuhu for helping Black Stars qualify to the knockout stages of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Kassim has been one of Ghana’s standout players at the ongoing continental showpiece but missed Tuesday’s clash with Guinea-Bissau after receiving two bookings in the opening two group games. The four-time champions inflicted ...

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Ghana can rely on Jordan in attack – Ex Captain Kwesi Owusu

Ghana can rely on Jordan in attack - Ex Captain Kwesi Owusu

Kwesi Owusu, former captain of the Black Stars, has described striker Jordan Ayew as the solution to the striking problems in the national team, having netted two goals in the competition for Ghana at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. He said, Ayew had been Ghana’s best player in the ongoing AFCON, after scoring two goals in ...

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Atletico Madrid sign 19-year-old Joao Felix for 126 million euros

Atletico Madrid sign 19-year-old Joao Felix for 126 million euros

Atletico Madrid on Wednesday signed 19-year-old Portuguese striker Joao Felix from Benfica for 126 million euros ($142 million), the clubs announced. The fee is a record for a Portuguese club and for Atletico Madrid and makes the teenager one of the five most expensive players in history. Atletico tweeted a video of the player in the Prado gallery in Madrid ...

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