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Tottenham walked out at Wembley with sights set on the Champions League quarter-finals – but ended the night beaten by the greater experience and ruthlessness of old campaigners Juventus. Spurs controlled large portions of the last-16 tie but paid the price for switching off twice inside three minutes during the second leg to give last season’s beaten finalists the chance ...

Hearts of Oak have unveiled 11 players for the new season including Burkinabe striker Aboubacar Traore. The striker has been described as ‘a tireless fighter and a fox-in-the-box’ by the club’s official Twitter handle. Defender Radji Okemba from Congo has been registered after passing a trial with the capital club. The lanky midfielder Camara Nguessan is from Ivory Coast. Ex-Asante ...

Serena Williams says she frequently wondered how she would keep going after returning to the practice courts following the birth of her first child. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion will return to the WTA Tour at Indian Wells in California this week. In an interview with BBC Sport, the 36-year-old American said she is motivated by the thought of ...

Fiorentina have retired the shirt number worn by Davide Astori, the Italian defender who died on Sunday at the age of 31. Astori’s former club Cagliari, where he spent eight years from 2008, have also retired the number 13 shirt – which he wore at both teams. Capped 14 times by Italy, Astori joined Fiorentina from Cagliari in 2016. An ...

Accra Great Olympics FC Limited and the Ghana Football Association are heading back to court after the former accused the latter of taking an entrenched position in dealing with the protest brought against Elmina Sharks FC. Olympics want the GFA to relegate Elmina Sharks and re-instate them or expand the league to 18 teams to accommodate them. An Accra High ...

Italian authorities have confirmed that they have opened manslaughter proceedings into the death of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. The 31-year-old Italy international centre-back died on the night of Saturday into Sunday, on the eve of his team’s Serie A trip to Udinese, which was subsequently postponed. Police are now set to investigate the death, the cause of which is currently ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has vowed to reward some of the Aduana Stars players with Black Stars call up should they excel in the club’s two-legged clash against ES Setif in the second round of the preliminary stage of the CAF Champions League. The Ghana Premier League champions will host Algerian giants ES Setif at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park ...

Ghana international Kingsley Sarfo has been arrested again in Sweden after fresh rape charges were levelled against him. Graphic Sports can exclusively reveal that the Malmo FF offensive midfielder was apprehended by Swedish Police in Malmo on Monday morning and he is behind bars as investigations over the fresh defilement charges against him continue. The District Court of Gavle recently ...

CRISTIANO RONALDO’s rich vein of Champions League form continued as his second-half strike helped Real Madrid into the quarter-finals of the competition. Having held a 3-1 lead going into the Parc des Princes clash, PSG were expected to come out the quickest from the blocks. But without talisman Neymar, the Ligue 1 leaders could do little to find a way ...

While Crystal Palace was left stunned by Manchester United’s 3-2 comeback win at Selhurst Park, the Red Devils were left between waxing poetic about their resilience and ruing their deficit. “That disgraceful, childish second goal changed everything,” Jose Mourinho said, from the BBC:. “But the players kept an amazing attitude. Juan Mata was finding spaces inside, Marcus Rashford was open ...