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Kevin-Prince Boateng’s disappointing loan spell with FC Barcelona officially came to an end today, 1st July 2019. The Ghanaian international is heading back to Sassuolo as the La Liga champions have decided against making his stay permanent. The Former AC Milan forward is reported to have said is final goodbyes to his teammates and has already emptied his locker as ...

Genk defender Joseph Aidoo could partner John Boye in central defence in Ghana’s clash with Guinea-Bissau as Jonathan Mensah remains doubtful for the game. The former Inter Allies player Joseph Aidoo is line to make his first African Cup debut on Tuesday when Ghana face Guinea-Bissau in a must win Group F encounter. The Belgian League champion could partner John ...

Black Stars defender Kassim Nuhu has credited Kwesi Appiah for his outstanding performances at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Despite playing in his first major tournament with the senior national team, the 24 year old has been the first choice centre-back for the Black Stars boss. The hardworking defender has repaid the faith reposed in him with ...

Apparently, the tattletales have been focusing the attention on the crucial question of the 2020 running mate for the newly elected flagbearer, former President Mahama. As expected, a lot of names are making rounds, with the majority coming from the Central Region, the Western Region and the Western North Region. Somehow, some observers have been predicting that flagbearer Mahama will ...

Madagascar pulled off one of the great shocks of the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they upset Nigeria 2-0 on Sunday to finish top of Group B and advance to the knockout stages. A horrific defensive mistake and a wicked deflection from a free kick allowed the Indian Ocean islanders, making their tournament debut, to finish unbeaten ahead of ...

IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs) successfully defended his title with a hard-fought eighth round stoppage of former WBO lightweight champion Ray Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) in the main event at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, California. Although Commey knocked Beltran down four times in the fight, Beltran came back strong every time, even protesting after the final knockdown ...

Gabriel Jesus scored the decisive spot-kick as hosts Brazil beat Paraguay on penalties to reach the Copa America semi-finals. Paraguay had Fabian Balbuena sent off after 58 minutes for a foul on Roberto Firmino, but the match ended goalless. Gustavo Gomez and Derlis Gonzalez missed from the spot for the visitors as Brazil won the shootout 4-3. The eight-time winners ...

Max Verstappen gained the first of his two wins in 2018 at Red Bull’s home race in Austria last year Since the Austrian Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2014, Ferrari have not won any of the five races, with Mercedes taking four successive victories – 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Mercedes had a front-row lockout in ...

Can anyone stop Mercedes and can anyone stop Lewis Hamilton? We have had eight races in the 2019 season and Mercedes have won them all, Hamilton taking the chequered flag six times, including the last four in a row. After a routine and frankly dull start-to-finish victory in France, which finished with Hamilton 18 seconds clear of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, ...

Georgia Stanway Georgia Stanway provided an assist for Ellen White in England’s 2-0 victory over Japan in the group stages Fifa Women’s World Cup 2019 Host nation: France Dates: 7 June – 7 July 2019 Coverage: Live across BBC TV, radio and the BBC Sport website and app Glastonbury Festival organisers have agreed to show England’s Women’s World Cup quarter-final ...