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The Member of Parliament for Gomoa East Constituency, Hon Kojo Asemanyi believes with the abundant football talents in his constituency he will make sure these talents are nurtured to get to the World Stage. Hon. Kojo Asemanyi took the opportunity to make this pronouncement during the maiden edition of the HBC/Corporate Kicks Kasoa Soccer Fiesta which saw many football talents ...

A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has ordered the arrest of former Super Eagles captain, Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha, to face charges of tax evasion. The presiding judge, Adedayo Akintoye, issued the bench warrant for his arrest on January 29 and thereafter adjourned until February 19. The prosecution failed to effect the arrest during sitting on February 19 prompting ...

Japan’s Olympics Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada, has publicly apologised after arriving three minutes late to a parliamentary meeting on Thursday. Opposition MPs said his tardiness showed disrespect for his office and boycotted a meeting of the budget committee for five hours in protest. They have been highly critical of Mr Sakurada after a series of gaffes. Last week, he said he ...

Ghana assistant coach Maxwell Konadu has been sacked from his position with just four months to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Ghanasoccernet.com insiders close to Ghana FA Normalisation Committee have revealed. His position will be taken by the assistant coach of Danish side Nordsjaelland, Masud Didi Dramani, who will join Ibrahim Tanko on the bench of the team at ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was fined £45,000 ($59,000) by the Football Association on Thursday for suggesting referee Kevin Friend had favoured West Ham in his side’s 1-1 draw at the London Stadium earlier this month. Klopp, whose side are currently second on goal difference in the Premier League behind Manchester City, said he thought Friend realised he should have ruled ...

The 2019/20 English Premier League season will begin on Saturday, August 10, officials announced Thursday, with the transfer window closing two days earlier. The transfer window will shut at 5:00 pm local time (1600 GMT) on Thursday, August 8 — the second successive year where the summer window will close before a new season starts. The 2019/20 English Premier League ...

Paris St Germain forward Neymar will continue treatment on his foot injury in Brazil under the supervision of the club’s medical team, the French Ligue 1 side have said. Brazilian international Neymar was ruled out for 10 weeks in January after he injured a metatarsal in his right foot during a 2-0 French Cup win over Strasbourg on January 23. ...

President Akufo-Addo says sports infrastructure will be upgraded ahead of the 2023 All Africa Games. The Sporting industry will receive a hike in terms of facilities as the country prepares to host the rest of Africa for the first time in the competition. Ghana was given the rights to host the next edition of the multi-sports competition after winning a ...

Ronaldo responded to Juventus’ loss against Atletico Madrid by reminding everyone he had won the Champions League five times, while the Spaniards are yet to lift the trophy. The former Real Madrid forward experienced an unhappy return to the Spanish capital as Diego Simeone’s Atletico claimed a 2-0 first-leg lead in their round-of-16 tie on Wednesday. At one point during ...

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has apologised for any offence caused by his celebrations against Juventus, but said: “I did it from the heart.” Simeone turned towards fans and grabbed his crotch after Jose Maria Gimenez opened the scoring in a 2-0 win. “It’s not a nice gesture, I admit, but I felt the need to do it,” he said. ...