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Real Madrid Football Academy Takes Off In Port Harcourt

The President of Confederation of African Football, Mr Ahmad Ahmad on Monday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Real Madrid Football Academy in Port Harcourt. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the groundbreaking ceremony of the Academy was jointly performed by officials of Real Madrid Football Club and Confederation of African Football. NAN reports that the foundation laying ceremony, ...

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Thousands Rush For Tickets As Messi Set To Hit Jerusalem

Tickets for an Israel-Argentina friendly in Jerusalem next month with Barcelona star Lionel Messi expected in the line-up sold out within 20 minutes, the Israeli company handling sales said, AFP reports. The Le’an agency said on its website that nearly 100,000 fans applied for 20,000 tickets when they went on general sale on Sunday evening. “No sporting event has ever ...

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Chelsea Owner Abramovich Eligible To Be Israeli Citizen

The Russian-Jewish billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, has flown to Tel Aviv after being found eligible for Israeli citizenship. Immigration officials told the BBC that he was interviewed last week at the Israeli embassy in Moscow. He has faced delays in renewing his UK visa. His spokesman would not comment on reports citizenship had been granted. Mr ...

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CID ‘storms’ Nyantakyi’s house for more evidence

Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officials of the Ghana Police Service are on their way to a private residence of the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi, in search of more evidence as they investigate the GFA boss for corruption allegations. Mr Nyantakyi, in the company of at least four officials, was whisked away from the CID Headquarters ...

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Ghana’s Samuel Inkoom Banned By FIFA

Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom has been hit with a fresh one-year ban by FIFA after defaulting to pay an agent he cheated in a transfer deal back in 2014. In June 2017, the former Asante Kotoko right-back was ordered to pay Curtis Willet $65,000 or in default serve a one-year ban, Inkoom failed to pay the said money and he ...

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