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FIFA’s ethics committee imposed life bans on three officials for bribery and corruption after they pleaded guilty in the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation of international football. Marketing executive Aaron Davidson, aide Costas Takkas and match agent Miguel Trujillo were also fined 1 million Swiss francs ($1.03 million). It is …

Liberia president George Weah played in an international friendly for his country on Tuesday – at the age of 51. Weah, the first African footballer to win Fifa’s World Player of the Year award, featured for 79 minutes of a 2-1 home defeat by Nigeria in Monrovia. Liberia arranged the …

Deputy Sports Minister, Perry Okudzeto, has assured Ghanaians prosecution will soon begin to ensure persons who were implicated in the Anas Number 12 expose, are brought to book. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Rainbow Radio’s Worlanyo Warlace, the Deputy Minister said, the police are still probing the matter and …

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has rubbished suggestions that his side could struggle against Kenya in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday due to the Black Stars’ injury situation. Hoffenheim centre-back Kassim Nuhu Adams and FC Metz new signing John Boye will not play a part in the …

The new La Liga season gets underway this weekend amid plenty of intrigue, especially for Real Madrid – as the three-in-a-row European champions begin life without iconic duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. Real are by no means the only team going through a period of change, however, with similar …

Former Ghana and Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien has tipped Thomas Partey for the Black Stars captain armband. The Atletico Madrid midfield kingpin have been very impressive since breaking into the team of Atletico Madrid and helped the Spanish giants to win the 2018 UEFA Europa League defeating Olympique Marseille in …

Liverpool winger Sadio Mane is one of the best players in the world, says his Senegal coach Aliou Cisse. Senegal will play their first World Cup match since 2002 when 26-year-old Mane and his countrymen take on Poland in Moscow on Tuesday. Cisse captained the 2002 team to the quarter-finals, …

A three member delegation is to travel to Switzerland to meet the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) officials over the recent attempt by the government to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA), after the controversial Anas Expose, which highlighted on corrupt practices within the local football controlling body. The …

Argentina legend Diego Maradona says the team’s draw with Iceland was a “disgrace” and warned manager Jorge Sampaoli “he can’t come back to Argentina” playing like that. Lionel Messi missed a penalty as his side were surprisingly held by debutants Iceland in their opening Group D game on Saturday. Maradona, …

Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has revealed the provisional list of 23 players in his squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. An as yet unnamed additional seven players will join the 23 for their pre-tournament preparations in the coming days. In a list which contains few shocks, Chelsea’s Alvaro …