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Asante Kotoko coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has revealed striker Saddick Adams will be out of action for over a month. Adams did not feature in Kotoko’s fine 2-0 friendly win at the expense of New Edubiase at the Baba Yara stadium on Sunday. In his absence, Federick Boateng and Obed Owusu grabbed the goals. “Saddick Adams is nursing an injury. ...

MAURICIO POCHETTINO has bemoaned Tottenham’s Champions League exit, insisting his side “deserved more”. Tottenham exited Europe’s elite competition at Wembley after a 2-1 defeat to Juventus. Pochettino’s men looked to be in control of the tie when Son Heung-Min gave them the lead in the 39th minute when he scrambled home from Kieran Trippier’s cross. But the game turned on ...

Ghana winger Christian Atsu is optimistic all the African countries that will be competing at this year’s FIFA World in Russia will leave their marks at the tournament. 2002 quarterfinalists Senegal, Egypt, Nigeria, Morocco and Tunisia will represent the continent at this year’s global football mundial, which starts from 4 June to 15 July 2018, in Russia. And Atsu, who ...

The former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Abdul Nasiru Issahaku, recently announced a take over of Division One club Guan United which he subsequently renamed Tamale City Football Club (FC). Dr Issahaku acquired a 50% stake in the team with owner of renamed Guan United Lepowura Alhaji M.N.D Jawula retaining a 10% stake in the team with Jones ...

PREMIER LEAGUE clubs should dial down their approach when signing young players to their academies. That’s according to Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who says that the way English clubs deal with youngsters is ‘alarming’. Players in England are often at professional clubs from a very young age. Only a very small percentage ever progress to the first team, with ...

ROMELU LUKAKU thinks Jose Mourinho sees him as ‘his sergeant on the pitch’. Lukaku joined Manchester United for £75m from Everton in the summer. The Belgium ace has repaid Mourinho’s faith with 24 goals so far this term. Lukaku has missed just one Premier League game all season and has been an ever-present in the Champions League. His goal against ...

MANCHESTER UNITED are a bigger club than Liverpool. That is according to former England manager Steve McClaren. The Premier League giants are set to clash this weekend in a match which will go a long way in determining the battle for the top four. Liverpool travel to United on the back of their Champions League progression, while Jose Mourinho’s men ...

THIS is the moment Manchester United ace Anthony Martial announced himself to the Premier League. Martial was a surprise deadline day arrival to Manchester United back in September 2015 and it didn’t take long for the Frenchman to make a name for himself at Old Trafford. United paid a whopping £36million for the then 19-year-old forward, the highest fee paid ...

Stars from across Italian football and beyond are in Florence for the funeral of Davide Astori, the Fiorentina captain who was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday. The 31-year-old was discovered hours before his team were scheduled to play Udinese in a Serie A match. He is believed to have died from a cardiac arrest. His team-mates were ...

Ghana international Kwadwo Asamoah prominently featured in the post-match talks as Juventus beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 on aggregate to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The Italians came into Wednesday’s fixture on the back of a 2-2 first leg home draw, and it had to take an overwhelming team effort to steal a 2-1 comeback victory at Wembley. With ...