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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has expelled Egypt’s Ismaily from this season’s Champions League. Caf acted after crowd trouble brought an early end to Ismaily’s home game with Tunisia’s Club Africain. The match was called off in stoppage time after parts of the crowd threw water bottles and stones at an assistant referee and Africain players. Club Africain were ...

Manchester City reached the Carabao Cup final after completing a 10-0 aggregate win over League One Burton in their semi-final. The tie was already over after City’s remarkable 9-0 first-leg win but Pep Guardiola still named several first-team stars in a weakened line-up. Sergio Aguero scored the only goal of the night from Riyad Mahrez’s pass after good play from ...

US Open champion Naomi Osaka reached back-to-back Grand Slam finals with a hard-fought win over Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova at the Australian Open. The Japanese fourth seed won 6-2 4-6 6-4 and will face Petra Kvitova, another Czech, in Saturday’s showpiece. Osaka, 22, hit 15 aces and 56 winners in a confident display. The semi-final was played under the ...

Kevin-Prince Boateng made his Barcelona debut as his side fell to a 2-0 defeat against Sevilla in the quarter-final of the Copa del Rey first leg on Wednesday night. With Messi rested, Boateng was given the nod by coach Ernesto Valverde but he was replaced by Luis Suarez in the second half. Pablo Sarabia blasted home Quincy Promes’ cross to ...

Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova reached her first Australian Open final on Thursday as unheralded American debutant Danielle Collins wilted in intense heat at Melbourne Park. Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova stormed home 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 to set up a meeting with either fellow Czech Karolina Pliskova, seeded seventh, or Japanese fourth seed Naomi Osaka in the decider. Collins was matching ...

Cameroonian side Coton Sport Garoua have launched a protest against Asante Kotoko over claims of “irregularities” of Kwame Bonsu. Cotton Sport, after their two-legged encounter in the playoff phase of the Confederation Cup against Kotoko, alleges that the player was used in an unqualified jersey. Reports in Cameroon are that the Cameroonian Football Federation together with the leadership of the club have petitioned ...

Ghana Premier League giants Hearts of Oak have announced the departure of coach Seth Hofmann from the club. Hoffman took over the club’s coaching reins in the wake of the sacking of Henry Wellington in June last year. The soft-spoken trainer guided the Phobians to record wins in friendly games in the aftermath of the Anas Number 12 expose which ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is returning to Madrid for a court date on Tuesday in which he could be fined 18.8 million euros ($21.4 million) for tax fraud as part of a deal reached with the Spanish taxman. As part of an agreement arranged in June with the former Real Madrid hero’s lawyers, prosecutors are also asking that the Portuguese attacker, who ...

GONZALO HIGUAIN is set to arrive in London on Tuesday to complete his Chelsea move. The Juventus striker is set to join on loan until the end of the season with the option to extend the deal by a further 12 months. Higuain was left out of AC Milan’s squad for Monday’s game with Genoa and Gennaro Gattuso criticised him ...

Barcelona are close to completing the loan signing of Sassuolo forward Kevin-Prince Boateng, according to transfer guru Gianluca Di Marzio. The 31-year-old joined the Italian side from Eintracht Frankfurt this summer and has scored five goals in 15 appearances for the club. Barca are in need of attacking reinforcements following Munir El Haddadi’s departure to Sevilla earlier this month and ...