The national male hockey team, the Black Sticks put up a stellar performance but succumbed 2-4 to the North African giants, Egypt, in the opening match of the Ninth African Hockey Championship at the Tshwane University of Technology pitch …
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes the decision by bookmakers to pay out on Chelsea defending their Premiership title will backfire and spur his side to challenge their London rivals.
Paddy Power, who are ironically one of Arsenal's …
There was no disguising the joy most German football fans took from Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat at SV Hamburg on Saturday and that was reflected in the media.
Hamburg ended Bayern's run of 15 consecutive league wins and they were the t…
Tunisian club Etoile Sahel closed on a second consecutive African Champions League final appearance by taking a 1-0 lead over Raja Casablanca of Morocco Saturday in the semi-finals.
Nigerian Emeka Opara snatched the 59th-minute winner…
Two goals scored in each half ensured Ghana's King Faisal victory over visiting Fello Stars of Guinea in their CAF Confederations Cup match at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday.
Eric Gawu scored the opener in the 23rd …
Bulgaria manager Hristo Stoichkov has been hit with a four match ban for a "scandalous" attack on Lennart Johansson, president of European football's governing body UEFA.
FIFA acted after Stoichkov accused Swede Johansson of "being a…
Bulgaria manager Hristo Stoichkov has been hit with a four match ban for a "scandalous" attack on Lennart Johansson, president of European football's governing body UEFA.
FIFA acted after Stoichkov accused Swede Johansson of "being a…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko defied all odds to win away against Heart of Lions at Kpando in their 21-week premiership duel on Sunday.
Aziz Ansah scored the lone goal of the match on the 14th minute when he curled in a free kick from about 20…
Defending league champions, Accra Hearts of Oak has put up a superlative first performance to overcome Tema Real Sportive with a 3-1 win in the 21st week Premier League match at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
Sportive who had…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko defied all odds to win away against Heart of Lions at Kpando in their 21-week premiership duel on Sunday.
Aziz Ansah scored the lone goal of the match on the 14th minute when he curled in a free kick from about 20…
Defending league champions, Accra Hearts of Oak has put up a superlative first performance to overcome Tema Real Sportive with a 3-1 win in the 21st week Premier League match at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
Sportive who had…
Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona got off to an unimpressive start to the new season when they were held to a 0-0 draw by newly-promoted Alaves on Saturday.
To add the frustration of Barca coach Frank Rijkaard, the man responsible …
Reigning Spanish champions Barcelona got off to an unimpressive start to the new season when they were held to a 0-0 draw by newly-promoted Alaves on Saturday.
To add the frustration of Barca coach Frank Rijkaard, the man responsible …
Expect tennis's big guns to be booming when the US Open begins on Monday, despite a rash of injuries that saw many of them sidelined for significant stretches since Wimbledon.
Men's world number one Roger Federer has played just once …
The Management of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club has received the green light to use the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra for this weekend's Premiership duel against Tema Real Sportive.
A statement signed by Ashford Tettey Oku,…
Expect tennis's big guns to be booming when the US Open begins on Monday, despite a rash of injuries that saw many of them sidelined for significant stretches since Wimbledon.
Men's world number one Roger Federer has played just once …
The Management of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club has received the green light to use the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra for this weekend's Premiership duel against Tema Real Sportive.
A statement signed by Ashford Tettey Oku,…
US President George W. Bush led seven-time Tour de France champion and fellow Texan Lance Armstrong on a two-hour bicycle tour of his ranch Saturday as temperatures soared near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).
At the end o…
Al-Ahly of Egypt became the first club to qualify for the African Champions League semi-finals after a dramatic 1-1 draw with Raja Casablanca of Morocco late Saturday.
The Cairo outfit appeared to be heading for their first competitiv…
US President George W. Bush led seven-time Tour de France champion and fellow Texan Lance Armstrong on a two-hour bicycle tour of his ranch Saturday as temperatures soared near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).
At the end o…
Al-Ahly of Egypt became the first club to qualify for the African Champions League semi-finals after a dramatic 1-1 draw with Raja Casablanca of Morocco late Saturday.
The Cairo outfit appeared to be heading for their first competitiv…
US President George W. Bush led seven-time Tour de France champion and fellow Texan Lance Armstrong on a two-hour bicycle tour of his ranch Saturday as temperatures soared near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).
At the end o…
Al-Ahly of Egypt became the first club to qualify for the African Champions League semi-finals after a dramatic 1-1 draw with Raja Casablanca of Morocco late Saturday.
The Cairo outfit appeared to be heading for their first competitiv…
The Professional League Board (PLB) has pushed the 21 week GT Premiership fixtures initially scheduled for this weekend to Wednesday August 24.
The change is to afford Ghana's sole representative at the continental front, King Faisal…
Chelsea finally got their man on Friday signing highly-rated Ghana midfielder Michael Essien from French champions Lyon.
The English champions had been chasing the 22-year-old Essien throughout the summer, but Lyon at first refused to…
The Professional League Board (PLB) has pushed the 21 week GT Premiership fixtures initially scheduled for this weekend to Wednesday August 24.
The change is to afford Ghana's sole representative at the continental front, King Faisal…
Chelsea finally got their man on Friday signing highly-rated Ghana midfielder Michael Essien from French champions Lyon.
The English champions had been chasing the 22-year-old Essien throughout the summer, but Lyon at first refused to…
The Professional League Board (PLB) has pushed the 21 week GT Premiership fixtures initially scheduled for this weekend to Wednesday August 24.
The change is to afford Ghana's sole representative at the continental front, King Faisal…
Chelsea finally got their man on Friday signing highly-rated Ghana midfielder Michael Essien from French champions Lyon.
The English champions had been chasing the 22-year-old Essien throughout the summer, but Lyon at first refused to…
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
South Africa's 2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag lost his title on Friday as he failed to make it through the qualifying round.
The 23-year-old failed three times at 2.24 metres and with 13 athletes having already successf…
Manchester United have moved to secure the services of influential midfielder Paul Scholes who has signed a four-year extension to his current contract.
The 30-year-old former England international has been a crucial member of Sir Ale…
Former South Africa captain Lucas Radebe, in his 11th and final season in England, is set to be given a farewell fit for a chief in his testimonial at Leeds next Monday.
Radebe, who won 70 caps for South Africa, has been unable to pla…
Nottingham Forest manager Gary Megson still believes in miracles after his side fended off relegation for a week at least with a 1-0 win over Burnley.
Former Stoke winger Kris Commons bagged the 69th minute win to give beleaguered For…
France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez was given a three-month ban Friday for spitting on a Moroccan referee when Olympique Marseille played a friendly match in Casablanca in February.
"He didn't spit in his face but he certainly did spit a…
Arsenal's France international striker Thierry Henry will miss the club's next two games and faces a race against time to recover full fitness in time for the FA Cup final, manager Arsene Wenger said Friday.
Henry's groin problem has …
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal set up a perfectly scripted Spanish dream final at the 850,000-euro Barcelona Open Saturday as both blasted past semi-final opponents.
The unseeded Ferrero, who has been repairing a game gone stale…
Duncan Ferguson scored his second goal in a week to salvage a point for Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday as the Toffees drew 1-1 with Birmingham City.
Everton are still in the driving seat to clinch the last Champions League space…
Chelsea's English Premiership rivals have been given some bad news concerning the London's club's Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
Forbes magazine say he made 2.2 billion dollars in the past year and is now worth 14.7 billion dollars, …
Alex Ferguson wants Roy Keane to take over when he steps down as Manchester United manager.
Ferguson insists he will be in charge for at least one more year, but believes Keane has the leadership qualities required for the Old Traffor…
US Open champion Retief Goosen shot himself into a share of the lead at the Johnnie Walker Classic golf tournament on Friday despite the distractions of camera-toting fans.
Goosen said he had been plagued by snap-happy Chinese spectat…
Lennart Johannson will step down as UEFA president in 2007, one year later than expected.
The 75-year-old Swede, who has headed European football's governing body since 1990, was handed an extension to his mandate at the UEFA congress…
Ireland's largest sporting organisation, which oversees the country's traditional games voted on Saturday, to temporarily allow soccer and rugby to be played at its 80,000-seater Croke Park stadium in Dublin, a spokesman said.
The his…
Lille eased their path towards the Champions League with a 2-1 French league victory over Lens here on Saturday as fellow challengers Marseille and Monaco slipped up.
With runaway leaders Lyon hosting Paris Saint Germain on Sunday, th…
Kenyan runners are poised to make their presence felt yet again in Boston on Monday, where they will seek to extend their country's recent hegemony over the storied Boston Marathon.
Kenyan men have won the last three editions of the B…
Henrik Larsson would have been proud of Craig Bellamy's winning goal against Aberdeen, according to Celtic manager Martin O'Neill.
The on-loan Newcastle player fired in a sensational volley to clinch a 3-2 home win on Saturday after t…