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Live football matches could be shown exclusively over the internet in the UK for the first time after Sky lost the rights to broadcast Spain’s La Liga. Eleven Sports, founded by the Leeds United owner, Andrea Radrizzani, has acquired exclusive rights to the Spanish top flight for three years, starting from 2018-19. It brings an end to an association with ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has made more Champions League appearances than any outfield player after helping Real Madrid to reach the final on Tuesday night. Ronaldo made his 152nd appearance as Real drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich at the Bernabeu to progress to the Kiev showpiece 4-3 on aggregate. It means he surpasses the record set by Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez and puts him second in ...

A Liverpool fan has said he and a friend were attacked in Rome ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg at Roma on Wednesday, urging travelling supporters to “stay in numbers.” Carl Johnson, of Prescot, Merseyside, told the Liverpool Echo the attack happened on Monday night. “We came out of the pub at around 10:30 p.m.” Johnson said. “Not many Liverpool ...

President of Sports Writers Association of Ghana [SWAG], Kwabena Yeboah has expressed optimism that Kwesi Nyantakyi will seek for a fourth term in office in 2019 as the president of the Ghana Football Association. The Wa All Stars CEO has been on record to have said that he will not seek re-election in 2019 when his term in ends in ...

Hello good afternoon and welcome to another match day in Ghana Premier League. It’s mid-week action in the Ghana Premier League and we are happy to be bringing you live text commentary from all the league centres across the country. New boys Karela United after beating Accra Hearts of Oak have hopes of killing another giant when they meet Kumasi ...

Hundreds of Ghanaians on Tuesday evening thronged the Kotoko International Airport to welcome home newly-crowned WBO Super Bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe. The supporters who were clad in the national colours and shirts with inscriptions of Isaac Dogboe sang, danced and chanted the name of the boxer who made history as the youngest Ghanaian boxer to have won a World title. ...

Augustine Boakye scored his debut goal in the ongoing Ghana Premier League after some 175days of his 17th birthday. WAFA were in thick of affairs after they manhandled Dawu based, Dreams FC, at the Sogakope Arena in match day 10. The game ended 5:0 in favour of WAFA after full throttle. The promising talent, Augustine Boakye, struck superbly in the ...

West Ham’s Andy Carroll was sent home from training yesterday following a furious bust-up with manager David Moyes, Sky Sports News understands. The striker was clearly frustrated during Sunday’s home defeat to Manchester City, remaining on the bench as an unused substitute before disappearing down the tunnel towards the end of the match. In his post-match interview, Moyes promised to ...

Roma head coach Eusebio Di Francesco says there are “rotten apples” within all football club fanbases and insists the Italian side are “united against all forms of violence”. Liverpool held an extraordinary meeting with their Italian counterparts last Friday after Reds supporter Sean Cox was left in a critical condition after he was attacked by a group of Roma fans ...

JURGEN KLOPP believes Roberto Firmino’s decision to sign a new deal with Liverpool is a clear signal to other stars the Reds are going places. The Brazil striker this week put pen to paper on an improved contract which will keep him at Anfield until 2023. But with the club involved in negotiations to secure both his strike partners Sadio ...