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CHELSEA’s over-reliance on Eden Hazard is one of three reasons why it would be a shock if they won the Premier League. That is the view of Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson. Chelsea are joint top of the Premier League with Manchester City and Liverpool after winning six of their opening eight league games. And on Saturday, they host Manchester ...

Asamoah Gyan’s Paradise Pac drinking water  signed a partnership deal with Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko in a ceremony held at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi on Thursday. Paradise Pac becomes the official water sponsor for the Porcupine Warriors with the total cash involved in the deal amounting to 120,000 which includes products for a year. The deal will also give the ...

The Normalization Committee has apologized to members of the media over the foul exchanges that ensued between a member of the committee and a journalist at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday October 17,2018. A freelance journalist Ekow Asmah queried why the journalists at the program were asked to clap for Lawyer Duah Adonteng – a member of the ...

Arsene Wenger has indicated he will be back in football management at the start of 2019, but he did not disclose where it will be. I believe that I’ll start again on January 1,” he told the German newspaper Bild . “I don’t know yet where I’m headed. I am rested, and I am ready to work again.” “There are ...

The Union of European Football Associations, on Thursday said that the Russian club Rubin Kazan has been banned from European competition for one season. The ban is for breaching restrictions placed on the club under break-even rules known as financial fair play. The European soccer body said in a statement that the ban would come into effect if the club ...

Usain Bolt has turned down a two-year deal from Maltese champions Valletta FC, as he continues his pursuit to become a professional footballer. The winner of eight Olympic sprinting titles, who retired from athletics in 2017, is currently on trial at Australia’s Central Coast Mariners. Bolt, 32, scored two goals in a recent pre-season friendly but has not been offered ...

Nigeria’s women’s team Head Coach, Thomas Dennerby has invited a total of 29 home –based and 19 overseas –based professionals for the first phase of camping of Super Falcons, ahead of next month’s 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations taking place in Ghana. In all, there will be 48 players in camp. They are enough to compose four football teams ...

Former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has assured defender Chris Odoi-Atsem of the support of DC United as he begins treatment for cancer. DC United revealed Tuesday that right back Odoi-Atsem has been diagnosed with Stage Two Hodgkin’s lymphoma and will soon begin four months of chemotherapy at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. The shock revelation about the 23-year-old who has ...

Football Kenya Federation (FKFF) has announced the Harambee Starlets have replaced Equatorial Guinea at the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The eight-team tournaments is set to kick off in Ghana on 17 November. Two-time winners Equatorial Guinea beat Kenya 3-2 on aggregate in the final round of qualifying before the Kenyans protested over the eligibility of six players. The ...

Ghana’s Normalization Committee leader, Dr. Kofi Amoah together with his team are waiting for FIFA’s response concerning Ghana’s suspended Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone. Ghana’s Nations Cup qualifier against their West African neighbours was called off after Sierra Leone were slapped with an indefinite ban by FIFA for “government interference”. The government of Sierra Leone decided to remove ...