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Arsenal will face Atletico Madrid in the Europa League semi-finals, while RB Salzburg play Marseille. The Gunners will play the first leg at home on Thursday, 26 April, with the second leg a week later on 3 May. The final will be held in Lyon, France on Wednesday, 16 May, with the winner guaranteed a place in next season’s Champions ...

Liverpool will face AS Roma in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Jurgen Klopp’s Reds cruised past Manchester City to reach the semi-finals of the competition with a 5-1 aggregate victory, and they will face Italians Roma. Second-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino killed off any hopes of a City fightback after an early Gabriel Jesus strike, securing ...

Ghanaian athletes in Australia for the ongoing Commonwealth Games have threatened to boycott the event if their per diem are not immediately paid. According to the athletes, the officials have taken all per diem due them from government but have failed to pay them any amount. The athletes claim they are owed $400 per diem, each. This comes after President ...

Ghana moved up three places to 51st position in the latest Coca-Cola FIFA Ranking released on Thursday. The Black Stars had occupied the 54th position in the March rankings, but gained 602 points to tie with Cameroon in 51st position. The Black Stars, despite not playing a friendly game in March, move up to 7th on the continent, behind Tunisia, ...

MANCHESTER UNITED could be hunting potential stadiums to groundshare in with calls to redevelop Old Trafford mounting. United managing director Richard Arnold has admitted expanding Old Trafford is a priority but it could leave them temporarily “homeless”. While Tottenham were able to seamlessly move out of White Hart Lane to play at Wembley, Manchester United’s options are severely limited. The ...

Two-time African champions, Asante Kotoko S/C, laboured to beat a spirited visiting Ebusua Dwarfs 2-1in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) matchday six clash, at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Wednesday. The Porcupine Warriors drew the first blood 39 minutes into the game courtesy Obed Owusu, whose overall sterling performance won win him ‘Man of the Match’ award on the ...

MANCHESTER UNITED could yet sign Real Madrid star Gareth Bale but only if the Wales international is within their spending limits, according to reports. Bale’s Real Madrid future has taken a turn for the worse after struggling against Juventus in the Champions League last night. As the Serie A giants soared back into the tie, the wing wizard was hooked ...

League leaders Ashgold have lost their unbeaten run in the league to bottom side, Liberty Professionals at the Carl Reindolf Park after matchday six of the ongoing 2017/18 Ghana Premier League (GPL). A 90th minute goal by Kyei Baffour Emmanuel was enough to make the “Scientific Soccer Lads” become the first team to defeat Ashgold this season. In Sogakope, another ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO grabbed the glory in the Champions League last night – and still found the time to console Gianluigi Buffon after Real Madrid’s controversial victory. Buffon was sent off when protesting a very late penalty call in Real’s 3-1 victory over Juventus. Juve had battled back from their 3-0 first-leg deficit and looked set to take the quarter-final into ...

Michael Oliver gave Real Madrid a penalty which saw them edge past Juventus Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon was then sent off for his reaction to the decision Real converted the spot-kick to knock Juve out of Europe 4-3 on aggregate Juve chief Andrea Agnelli blasted Oliver, claiming he and UEFA were anti-Italian Juventus president Andrea Agnelli blasted Michael Oliver after ...