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German footballer Jerome Boateng was ordered to pay a fine of €1.2 million ($1.17 million) on Wednesday after a German court upheld his conviction of assaulting his former girlfriend in 2018. Boateng was initially sentenced to a fine of €1.8 million in 2021. He had denied the accusation and appealed the sentence. The Munich court confirmed he was guilty of ...

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club has appointed club legend Bernard Dong Bortey as the team’s Under 14 Development Coach. The appointment comes as part of Hearts restructuring moves following the recent appointment of Bernard Nana Adu Gyebi as General Manager. Dong Bortey served in coaching roles at lower tier sides Techiman Gold Stars and Wa Yasin Football Club and ...

Tottenham forward Son Heung-Min is a major fitness doubt for the World Cup after Spurs confirmed the South Korea star will undergo surgery to stabilise a fracture around his left eye. Son was forced off during the first half of Tottenham’s crucial Champions League victory over Marseille on Tuesday following a challenge with defender Chancel Mbemba. The 30-year-old’s availability for ...

Former Ghana captain, Asamoah Gyan, has revealed that he has never been able to get over his penalty miss at the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Uruguay, which denied Ghana a first ever appearance at the semi finals of the competition. With the game deadlocked at 1-1 and deep into extra time, Luis Suarez handled a certain goal-bound effort from ...

The 27th edition of the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games is set to begin on Friday, November 4 2022, after being postponed due to the devastating effects of COVID-19. The competition will see 14 tertiary institutions battle for honours at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Premier League clubs will reject Argentina’s request to leave their players out of the final round of matches before the World Cup. It has been revealed that one English club have already been asked by the Argentinian FA to release a player early for the tournament in Qatar this month – and dismissed it out of hand. It is understood ...

Wilson Chuma Kiprugut, Kenya’s first Olympic medallist died on Tuesday at the age of 84, the Kenyan athletics federation announced on Wednesday. Wilson placed third in the 800m race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “Chuma was one of those athletes who put Kenya on the world map. This is a sad day for the country and for the world of ...

Ghana striker, Asamoah Gyan, has opened up on his infamous penalty miss at the 2010 FIFA World Cup that could have put Ghana into the semifinals of the World Cup. Speaking to FIFA +, the former Sunderland and Udinese forward talked through the penalty kick in the final moments of the game. Gyan stepped up to take the penalty after ...

Mohammed Kudus was named man of the match for his outstanding performance for Ajax, who beat Scottish side Rangers 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday night.  Kudus scored and assisted, as he did when the two teams met in the first round of group games in September. He was also named man of the match. The Ghana international set ...

Japan are the first team to name their final squad for the 2022 World Cup with head coach Hajime Moriyasu selecting 26 players for the upcoming event in Qatar. Japan are aiming to reach the quarter finals of the World cup for the first time in their seventh appearance as they take on Germany, Spain and Costa Rica in Group ...