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Lionel Messi wept on Sunday as he bade farewell to his boyhood team FC Barcelona and confirmed he was talking with French club Paris St Germain over a possible move. The 34-year-old Argentine’s emotional news conference followed Barca’s announcement last week that it could no longer afford him after a glittering two decades. French newspaper L’Equipe reported on Sunday that ...

Hearts of Oak are Ghana FA Cup champions after beating Ashanti Gold 7-8 on penalties in the final on Sunday. Following a 0-0 draw after extra-time, the game headed into a shoot-out where the Phobians emerged supreme at the Accra Sports Stadium. It was Kofi Mensah’s miss in what was a dramatic marathon shoot-out which handed the trophy to the ...

Harry Kane, a transfer target for Manchester City, has not returned to the Tottenham training ground as expected yesterday amid speculation over his future. The striker was scheduled to have coronavirus testing yesterday before starting training on Tuesday. Kane has had a three-week break after helping England reach the Euro 2020 final. Spurs have offered no explanation for why the ...

Rev Eben Denny Graceman, a pastor at Perez Chapel International, Techiman, has disclosed that he discovered Ghana’s Olympic medalist Samuel Takyi. According to Rev Graceman, he discovered Takyi when the young boxer was about 10 or 12 during a street boxing event for children at Bukom in the Greater Accra Region and adopted and groomed him to become the fighter ...

Unfortunate news reaching Ghanasoccernet.com is that popular Hearts of Oak supporter Paa Kofi Sumsum is dead. Sumsum is said to have died yesterday afternoon as he was unable to recover from a brief illness. This comes less than 24 hours after Hearts of Oak booked their place in the MTN FA Cup final with an impressive 3-0 victory over Medeama. ...

Forty-three players have been invited, as the Black Stars ‘B’ team commence camping ahead of their upcoming assignments. The invited players are expected to report to the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram on Wednesday, 4 August 2021. Below are the invited players: Goal Keepers Richard Attah, Razak Abalora, Danlard Ibrahim, Stephen Kweku, Richard Baidoo Right Back Fatawu Mohammed, ...

Real Tamale United have officially been crowned champions of the just-ended Division One League in Zone One after skipping past Bofoakwa Tano for the title. The Pride of the North engaged town folks Steadfast FC in their coronation game which ended 1-1 in an entertaining fashion. The Blue and Whites finished on top of the Zone One table with 65 ...

Former Ghana international defender and Asante Kotoko legend Godfred Yeboah, popularly known as TV3, has died. Yeboah played for Asante Kotoko for nine seasons and left the club in 2008 to Wa All Stars after winning the 2007/08 Ghana Premier League trophy with Kotoko. The 41-year-old is said to have been unwell for some time now and was taken to ...

Samuel Takyi has won a boxing bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Ghana’s first podium finish in 29 years, but his incredible Olympic journey came to an end in the semi-final at the hands of the USA’s Duke Ragan. “The Golden Ring Warrior” up against a more experienced boxer in 23-year-old Ragan, Takyi once again left it all in ...

Ghana’s Hasaacas Ladies have secured qualification to the maiden edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League after reaching the final of the WAFU Zone B Championship on Monday. The Dooo Ladies posted a 2-0 win over Burkina Faso’s USFA in the semi-final clash in Abidjan. Veronica Appiah steered Yussif Basigi’s ladies ahead in the first-half before attacker Doris Boaduwaa sealed ...