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Lionel Messi’s fifth-place finish in this year’s Ballon d’Or vote was absurd, his FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said of the Spanish champions’ Argentina forward on Tuesday. Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric took the prize Monday in Paris after winning the UEFA Champions League and being named the tournament’s player at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 33-year-old’s ...

Serena Williams will make her return to the Australian Open for the first time since winning in 2017 when eight-weeks pregnant, it was confirmed Wednesday, with virtually all the world’s top 100 players due at Melbourne Park. That includes injury-prone Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Williams returned from giving birth to her first child to reach the 2018 Wimbledon and ...

Manchester City lead the way with just over $5m as FIFA on Tuesday announced it has dished out $209m to clubs. The money paid to the clubs was for releasing their players for the 2018 World Cup held from June 14 to July 15 in Russia. The world football ruling body said 416 clubs from 63 federations received payments from ...

The Swedish striker, who spent the 2018 season with the LA Galaxy, is in advanced negotiations with the Rossoneri regarding a second spell at San Siro Zlatan Ibrahimovic is closing in on a return to AC Milan, with Goal of the understanding that talks are at an advanced stage. A second spell at San Siro for the Swedish striker has ...

The Borussia Dortmund playmaker is said to be attracting serious interest from Chelsea, but the Blues boss will not be drawn on the speculation Maurizio Sarri is unwilling to address speculation linking Chelsea with Borussia Dortmund star Christian Pulisic, believing discussing another club’s player to be unprofessional. Goal revealed on Saturday that Chelsea have been in talks with Dortmund over the United States ...

The outspoken Senegalese star has conceded that he made the wrong Premier League call in moving to Anfield ahead of the 2002 World Cup El Hadji Diouf has reiterated his regrets at having signed for Liverpool and admitted that he should have headed for Manchester United instead. The former Senegal international was hot property back in 2002, with Gerard Houllier ...

The Portuguese has failed to add a sixth Golden Ball to his collection in 2018, with former Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric taking the prize Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister, Elma, has reacted angrily to her brother’s Ballon d’Or snub, with “the mafia” blamed for the Juventus star being overlooked in a bizarre rant. The Portuguese had been hoping to land a ...

PAUL POGBA was spotted acting up to the cameras as he left Manchester United training on Tuesday. Paul Pogba had some fun with the waiting photographers as he left Manchester United training earlier today. The French midfielder was spotted making a bizarre gesture as he was driven out of the Carrington complex in his Rolls Royce. Pogba had been hard ...

Chief accountant at the National Sports Authority (NSA), Mr. Salisu Umaru has instructed its Northern Regional Director Madam Salamatu Alhassan to account for GH68, 000 plus monies accrued over a period of ten months. According to the letter dated 8th November 2018, sixty-eight thousand three Hundred and eighty-two Ghana Cedis (GH68, 382.00) was generated between January and October 2018. The ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says it will be a “miracle” if his side finish in the Premier League top four. They are seventh and eight points off a Champions League place after Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Southampton. United, whose last league win was on 3 November, host fourth-placed Arsenal on Wednesday. Before the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace on ...