Greek Giants Panathinaikos Settle Essien Debts To Avoid Relegation

Greek Super League giants Panathinaikos have paid the debts owned Ghana midfielder Michael Essien in order to escape relegation punishment after they were ordered by court to settle the player. Essien, 35, signed a two-year deal with Panathaniakos in 2015 as a free agent in a deal that made him the club’s highest earner – … Read more

Kwadwo Asamoah Reveals Juventus Teammates Fighting For Veteran Goalie Buffon To Win the UEFA Champions League

Juventus left-back Kwadwo Asamoah says helping legendary goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to win the UEFA Champions League this season is the motivation behind their performance. The Old Lady of Italian football stormed Wembley Stadium and silenced thousands of English fans who had hoped to see Tottenham qualify for the last 8 of this year’s Champions League. … Read more

Argentina’s Sampaoli Banking On Messi For World Cup Revival

New manager Jorge Sampaoli says he is looking to superstar Lionel Messi to revive Argentina’s World Cup fortunes starting with Friday’s friendly with Brazil in Melbourne Sampaoli has been installed to kick-start the two-time world champions’ ailing South American campaign where they lag outside the automatic qualifying positions in fifth spot with four games left. … Read more

Simeone Refuses To Answer Questions On Future

The Atletico boss says his focus is entirely on his side’s chase for third place in La Liga, while questions over his future can be answered later Diego Simeone is tired of discussing his future as he focuses on securing a third-place finish for Atletico Madrid in LaLiga. Speculation over Simeone’s long-term future in Madrid … Read more

Cavaliers, Warriors Eye Third NBA Finals Showdown In A Row

Defending champion Cleveland and powerhouse Golden State enter Sunday’s start of the playoff semi-finals pushing toward an unprecedented third consecutive NBA Finals showdown, adding more sparks to an already historic rivalry. Golden State entertains San Antonio in Sunday’s best-of-seven Western Conference final opener while the LeBron James-led Cavaliers await Monday’s game-seven winner between Boston and … Read more

Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians

For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for a rare joyous respite. Despite fears of another jihadist attack, thousands of Catholics waited for hours on Saturday to enter a heavily guarded stadium in the Egyptian capital to pray with Pope Francis. It was, … Read more

Growing Concern For Missing Ship Crew

Rescuers say they have made little headway in finding survivors from a huge South Korean ship that sank in the South Atlantic. Only two sailors have been rescued from the Stellar Daisy, which is believed to have broken apart on Friday. Search efforts since then have only turned up fuel, debris, and empty lifeboats, South … Read more

Afriyie Acquah Scores For Torino In 11-0 Friendly Win Over Pinerolo

Ghanaian midfielder Ebenezer Afriyie Acquah was on the score sheet for Torino in their big win against lower tier side Pinerolo on Thursday afternoon. The Serie A outfit annihilated the Serie D club in a friendly game at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. Spanish attacker Iago Falque scored a hat-trick with Argentine forward Maxi Lopez … Read more

Late US Billionaire’s Record Land Gift Lays Chile Row To Rest

Douglas Tompkins’s widow vividly remembers the suspicions the late billionaire raised when he started buying up land in Patagonia, the natural paradise at the bottom of South America. Some accused him of preparing a storage site for American nuclear waste, she says. Others said he was starting a cult, still others that he wanted to … Read more

Pochettino Tells His Wife To Stay Away From White Hart Lane

The Spurs boss has also revealed that his wife is happy to give him advice about his team as they prepare to face Millwall in the FA Cup Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he has told his wife Karina to stay away from White Hart Lane in case she stops the side winning. Lincoln … Read more

Asia Demands More World Cup Places

Asia wants a significant increase in its allocation of places in the 48-nation 2026 World Cup, the head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) told AFP. Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said Asia was counting on a fair distribution of 2026 World Cup slots, demanding a rise from its four guaranteed places to reflect … Read more

Carlos Tevez Scores On Chinese Super League Debut

Carlos Tevez scored on his Chinese Super League debut for Shanghai Shenhua as he started repaying wages that have reportedly made him the world’s best-paid player. The former Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus striker struck from the penalty spot and had a hand in two others as Gus Poyet’s team beat Jiangsu Suning 4-0 … Read more

German’s Podolski Joins Japan’s Vissel Kobe

German World Cup winner Lukas Podolski has formally joined Japan’s Vissel Kobe, the J-League club said Thursday, bucking a trend of big-name players moving to cash-rich China. The 31-year-old forward, who has played for Turkey’s Galatasaray since 2015, is expected to arrive in Japan in June. Kobe did not give immediate details of the deal, … Read more

Racing Strip Williams of Ambassador Role Over Cocaine Bust

Former All Black Ali Williams committed an “inexcusable error” and has been stripped of his ambassadorial role for Racing 92 after being charged with buying cocaine, the French club said Wednesday. Williams, 35, a World Cup winner with New Zealand in 2011, was taken on by Racing at the end of 2015 in a public … Read more

‘Exceptional’ Bertranou Try Helps Jaguares Topple Kings

A superb try by Jaguares scrum-half Gonzalo Bertranou highlighted a 39-26 Super Rugby triumph for the Argentines over Southern Kings in South Africa Saturday. Half the visiting team handled the ball in a move started inside their ’22’ at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. Bertranou, deputising for injured Argentina star Martin Landajo, rounded … Read more

Andre Villas-Boas Promises ‘special Night’ For SIPG Boss

Shanghai SIPG coach Andre Villas-Boas on Monday said his team must deliver silverware after the club spent big pre-season including their high-profile signing of Oscar. SIPG begin their AFC Champions League campaign next week after Oscar, their 60-million-euro signing from Chelsea, helped them reach the group stage with a goal on debut in the play-offs. … Read more

Gyan Tells Ghanaians To Equally Mock Tevez’s China Move

Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan has reacted on social media platform, Twitter, claiming he still awaits those who criticised his move to China to do same to Argentine striker, Carlos Tevez, who recently signed a move to the same club, Shanghai SIPG. The former Sunderland player after signing for the Chinese club seasons ago was heavily … Read more

Chelsea ‘could Face Points Deduction’ For Man City Brawl

The scuffle between Chelsea and Manchester City players at the end of last weekend’s encounter could see the former docked points, The Sunday Mirror reports. Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho were sent off after a clash between the players, staff and substitutes in retaliation to the Argentine attacker’s tackle on David Luiz at the end of … Read more

Tottenham Secure Europa League Place

Tottenham secured a place in the Europa League knockout stage as their Champions League campaign ended with a convincing victory over CSKA Moscow. Spurs, who needed to avoid defeat to secure third in Group E, went behind when Alan Dzagoev scored from Zoran Tosic’s headed flick-on. But Dele Alli, who had already missed two good … Read more

Bukom Boxing Arena Brings New Hope To Young Boxers

Bukom, a boxing community in Ghana is in joyous mood. This follows the almost completion of a boxing arena promised them by the country’s President, John Dramani Mahama. Residents, especially, boxing loving fans, on daily basis trek to the site of the arena to inspect the level of progress of the project promised them. Nii … Read more