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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has announced that former Real Madrid boss Carlos Queiroz will replace Hossam El Badry as coach of the Pharaohs. The EFA, who did not give any details about Queiroz’s contract, added that the new coach will be arriving in Egypt “at the end of next week.” Queiroz takes over a team that currently trails Libya ...

Accra Hearts of Oak SC will play CL Kamsar of Guinea in a single match on September 19, 2021 at the Accra Sports Stadium with the winner of the tie set to advance to the next stage of the 2021/22 Total Energies CAF Champions League. The Organising Committee of the Competition has decided that the match which was scheduled to ...

The leadership and Management of Zenith Bank Ghana Limited headed by the MD/CEO, Mr. Akindele Ogunranti has responded to H.E the President’s appeal to corporate Ghana to support the National teams especially the Black Stars with their widows mite to embark favourably on the the 2022 FIFA World cup qualifiers and next year’s AFCON Tournament. In a short ceremony to ...

Eight Premier League players will be stopped from playing for their clubs this weekend after Brazilian football authorities triggered a Fifa rule to prevent them appearing. Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Leeds United will all be affected. Players not released for an international window can be banned for five days after the window ends under the Fifa regulations. ...

England forward Jesse Lingard has rejected a contract offer from Manchester United. It is understood Lingard has concerns about how often he is likely to play this season, especially since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo. Lingard, who scored twice in Sunday’s World Cup win against Andorra, impressed during a loan spell at West Ham last season. The 28-year-old’s current United ...

Ghana National Gas Company Limited Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ben KD Asante, has reiterated his outfit’s quest to support sports in the country. To him, lack of funds has been the bane of sports development in Ghana, hence the nation’s premiere mid-stream gas business company decision to support sports. He believes his company’s sponsorship for the pugilistic sport (Fist of ...

Uefa has lifted a ban on away fans attending European club matches from next week. Fans will be allowed to attend away games in the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. However, attendance remains subject to national government coronavirus restrictions in host countries. The change will affect English and Scottish clubs who are preparing for away games in ...

South Africa struck late to beat Ghana 1-0 in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group G qualifier at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. Striker BongoKuhle Hlongwane scored in the 83rd minute to beat the Black Stars – their first since August 2010. The win takes South Africa to the top of the table with 4 points from ...

Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi has given his full backing to last month’s decision by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to issue stadium bans for various countries. The reigning African champions play Burkina Faso on Tuesday, but in the Moroccan city Marrakech and not the Stallions’ home stadium in Ouagadougou. This is after Caf, under new president Patrice Motsepe, ruled ...

Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor is disappointed with the performance of some ‘makeshift’ players who started against South Africa in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match on Monday. Akonnor was forced to make changes to the team that beat Ethiopia because a number of his key European players returned to their clubs, as South Africa is one of the ...