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Justice Adedayo Akintoye of a Lagos High court sitting in Igbosere, has again issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a former Super Eagles Captain, Augustine popularly known as Jay- Jay Okocha over alleged tax evasion. Justice Akintoye made the order following Okocha’s alleged failure to settle a 2017 income tax evasion case brought against him by the Lagos ...

Deputy Chairman of Parliamentary Select on Sports and Gomoa East MP, hon. Kojo Asemanyi has reiterated that there is no way Ghana’s Black Stars will underrate Cameroon, Benin and Guinea Bissau in their Group F pairings. According to the young legislature and football enthusiast he believes Ghana always pulls surprises when they are written off as trophy contenders. “The Black ...

Former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) super bantamweight champion, Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe, has warned Emanuel Navarrete to choose his words right ahead of their crunch rematch at the Convention Centre in Tucson, Arizona, on May 11. The 24-year-old Ghanaian advised the Mexican to be mindful of his utterances as he was in the best of conditions to avenge his painful ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United have the attacking players to frighten Barcelona at Camp Nou. United are looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, and the manager insists the Spanish giants will be wary of facing Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba with a place in the Champions League semifinals on the line ...

Mohamed Salah scored a wonderstrike as Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a crucial victory against Chelsea on Sunday. After a closely fought first-half, Sadio Mane headed the hosts in front shortly after half-time following a superb chipped cross from Jordan Henderson. Just two minutes later, Salah picked up the ball from 25-yards and unleashed a ...

Accra Hearts of Oak made it two wins on the bounce with an impressive 1-0 win over Liberty Professionals in Week 5 of the Normalization Committee Special Competition at the Carl Reindorf Park. In what was expected to be a cagey affair, Hearts dominated early possession and went close twice through captain Fatawu Mohammed. First, his powerful close range header ...

Hasaacas Ladies rallied from two goals down to beat Ampem Darkoa Ladies 3-2 to win the Women’s Special Competition at the El Wak Sports Stadium on Sunday. The Sekondi-based side scored first in the 10th minute but referee Joyce Appiah disallowed the goal for offside. Ampem Darkoa’s sent a long ball in that went past goalkeeper Faustina Nyamekye Owusu to ...

The team bus of Ghana Division One League side, Asokwa Deportivo, has been attacked by armed robbers around Jocobu, while the team was en route to Prestea to honour an NC Special Competition game. The robbery took place in the early hours of Sunday, April 14, 2019, the day of the game. The robbers took away money, mobile phones, two ...

Raheem Sterling scored twice against Crystal Palace to inspire Manchester City to a ninth straight Premier League win and send Pep Guardiola’s side to the top of the table – if only for a few hours. With title rivals Liverpool hosting Chelsea in the late kick-off (16:30 BST), City moved one point clear at the summit after a dominant performance ...

The Black Stars of Ghana are probable to get tough opponents in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations draw. Ghana have been seeded in Pot 2 alongside Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Mali, Guinea and Algeria. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opted to use the current FIFA Ranking of national teams to seed countries for today’s draw. Hosts Egypt, ...