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Fiorentina captain Davide Astori has died in his sleep ahead of their Serie A fixture against Udinese on Sunday. Astori, a 31-year-old Italy international central defender, had been with the club since 2016 having previously played for Milan, Cagliari and Roma. He had 14 international caps with Italy and was a member of the squad that played in the 2013 ...

American Deontay Wilder says he is ready for a heavyweight unification bout with Britain’s Anthony Joshua after beating Luis Ortiz to retain his WBC title. Wilder, 32, floored the previously unbeaten Cuban twice before knocking him out in the 10th round in New York. IBF and WBA champion Briton Joshua, 28, will fight New Zealand’s WBO champion Joseph Parker in Cardiff on ...

A STRING of Manchester United revelations have been made by MUTV pundit Gary Pallister. Pallister, who won four Premier League titles with United and is now employed by the club as a pundit, has revealed all on the supposed rows at Old Trafford, who could be leaving and the major problems with the club’s current players. At the heart of ...

REAL MADRID face PSG in a season-defining clash on Tuesday – but who will start? Zinedine Zidane is preparing for a make-or-break clash that could determine his future at Real Madrid. The La Liga giants travel to face PSG in the Champions League Last-16 with a 3-1 aggregate advantage. If Real Madrid are dumped out of Europe, it could be ...

JOSE MOURINHO has told Gareth Southgate if he trusts Marcus Rashford he should pick him for England’s World Cup regardless of his limited game-time with Manchester United. Southgate has expressed concerns that Rashford is not starting enough games for United and the 20-year-old’s minutes on the pitch have decreased following the arrival of Alexis Sanchez in January to improve Mourinho’s ...

Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) chairman Kudjoe Fianoo has lauded the Ghana Football Association for engaging Great Olympics to resolve the issues that has halted the start of the Ghana league. The 2017/18 Ghana Premier League which was due to kick-start this weekend has been postponed after Great Olympics served the Ghana Football Association with a court injunction in a ...

The Ghana FA Executive Committee has agreed to give Aduana Stars an amount of US$30,000 to boost their preparations for their upcoming CAF Champions League match against ES Setif. The Ghanaian League Champions will host their Algerian opponents in the first of the two-legged games at the the Nana Agyeman Badu I Park in Dormaa on Wednesday March 7. The ...

Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Randy Abbey says the verbal altercation that has ensued between the President of the FA and the Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), Kudjoe Fianoo is unfortunate and gives credence to those who say there are deep cracks with the top brass of Ghana Football. Speaking on the Joy Sports ...

Video assistant referees are set to be used at this year’s World Cup in Russia after football’s lawmakers voted to approve the technology. VAR has been trialled in some domestic English cup games this season and has been used in Germany and Italy. The International Football Association Board (Ifab) “unanimously approved” its introduction on a permanent basis after a meeting ...

LIONEL MESSI has reportedly been left gobsmacked after Gerard Pique told him Samuel Umtiti is considering leaving Barcelona for Manchester United. Umtiti has established a reputation as one of Europe’s top centre-backs since moving to the Nou Camp from Lyon in 2016. And his form has attracted plenty of admiring glances from across the continent, with Jose Mourinho eyeing him ...