Luis Suarez says Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann and Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho would be welcome at Barcelona as the Catalan club continue to be linked with both players.
Barca failed with three bids for Coutinho in the summer bu…
Before the reign of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, there was Kaka.
The Brazilian, who announced his retirement on Sunday, was the last man to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award (in 2007) before it became the exclusive prop…
It looked as if Manchester City's title was going to be derailed -- if it was going to be derailed -- on consecutive December weekends. Manchester United away and Tottenham at home, if it was going to happen, this was it.
Nope. Neither …
The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) , Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi will lead a delegation from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), to tour pay television StarTimes Ghana OB van on Monday 18th December, 2018, at the Kempis…
Former Ghana Boxing Association (GBA) President, Mr. Moses Foe Amoaning, has proposed the establishment of National Sports Associations’ league, as a measure of accessing the proposed sports fund. The proposed sports fund would help privat…
Accra Hearts of Oak’s Scottish coach, Frank Nuttal, says the Phobians can do without four key stars whose contract extension negotiations have stirred controversy in the club in the past weeks.
Despite reports that Hearts board chairman…
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that renovation works at the Accra Sports Stadium would begin early next month in preparation for next year's Africa Women’s Championship (AWC) to be staged in Ghana.
Mr Asia…
After over a decade of continental club title drought, Ghana's hopes could be revived when Aduana Stars and Kumasi Asante Kotoko begin the continental campaigns next year.
For the Dormaa-Ahenkro-based side, the experience gathered durin…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is expected to engage the Premier League Board (PLB) in an emergency meeting to decide on a new date for the commencement of the Premier League.
The meeting, scheduled for next week, is expected to, …
Liverpool's last two drawn games have sparked some annoyance among supporters.
The one major concern before this season began was that European football would create fixture congestion too tough for an inadequate squad to overcome.
T…
LONDON -- Arsene Wenger is struggling to understand why his Arsenal team are not scoring more goals, but says Premier League teams are increasingly content to sit back and play for 0-0 draws.
Arsenal were held to a scoreless stalemate a…
Chelsea's lacklustre display last Saturday against West Ham culminated in a deserved defeat and led to Blues boss Antonio Conte commenting that retaining the Premier League title was "impossible" given the loss to the Hammers was his side'…
For the first time since Mauricio Pochettino took charge of Tottenham in 2014, the club is enduring something of a slump. Their Champions League performances this season have been superb -- they have more points than any other in the compe…
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is battling to save his Manchester United career after being dropped by Jose Mourinho following a row between the two men during a video analysis session at the club's Carrington training ground last month, sources have …
This might sound like 2 + 2 = 5, but Zinedine Zidane has been impressed with Mohamed Salah's displays for Liverpool and could try to bring the forward to Real Madrid, according to the Sun.
Salah has been in fine form since moving to Anf…
Eric Bailly's ankle injury, which could sideline him for three months, is a major problem for Jose Mourinho and Manchester United.
After being without his best player, Paul Pogba, for two months, this long-term injury to another key mem…
Newly-signed Aduana Stars defender Hafiz Adams has said he had no difficulty in settling on the Premier League champions as the best place to continue his career after taking the decision to leave Wa All Stars.
Adams officially signed a…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola is the most "immature" person he has ever worked under.
Ibrahimovic linked up with Guardiola at Barcelona in 2009, joining the Catalan club from Inter Milan in exchange for Sam…
It is shaping up to be a season to forget for many of Ghana's contingent in the Premier League as we approach the halfway point of the campaign.
The biggest contingent of Ghanaian players since 2010-11, in a league hugely popular in Gha…
Cristiano Ronaldo has added yet another record to his collection by becoming the leading goalscorer in Club World Cup history, thanks to his equalising strike in Wednesday's 2-1 semifinal victory over Al Jazira.
Ronaldo had at least six…
LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino hopes Tottenham Hotspur's relaxed festive schedule will give him the chance to introduce "new concepts" to his summer signings and spark a successful second half of the season.
Spurs host Brighton on Wednes…
Alexandre Lacazette says Arsenal need a "miracle" if they are to win the Premier League this season, but added a return to the Champions League was always the club's main aim this term.
Arsenal have taken just one point from their last …
Manchester City surpassed Arsenal's record winning run in English top-flight football with Wednesday night's 4-0 victory at Swansea City to make it 15 wins in a row.
A David Silva brace -- with one coming either side of half-time -- and…
Manchester City maintained their 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League and set a new division record for consecutive wins as they made light work of Swansea, running out 4-0 winners.
Pep Guardiola shuffled his pack after the Ma…
Paris Saint-Germain's finances have been given a clean bill of health by French football's financial watchdog despite their massive summer spending spree on Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
Neymar signed for PSG after the French club triggered…
Arsenal have problems on the road in the Premier League, so after dropping two points to Southampton at St Mary's on Sunday, Arsene Wenger will be keen for his team to make up for that when they face West Ham away on Wednesday night.
Th…
MANCHESTER -- Pep Guardiola has apologised to Manchester United if the club were offended by his team's celebrations following Man City's 2-1 derby win on Sunday, but insisted his side did nothing out of the ordinary.
Sources told ESPN …
Newly appointed Borussia Dortmund manager Peter Stoger described the work of predecessor Peter Bosz as a big reason for his team's first Bundesliga win since September.
Dortmund returned to winning ways on Tuesday, defeating Mainz 2-0 o…
There is a scene in the iconic 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia in which the protagonist -- T.E. Lawrence -- lights a cigarette and proceeds to nonchalantly extinguish the match between his thumb and his forefinger. Corporal William Potter loo…
HUDDERSFIELD, England -- Here are three points from Chelsea's routine 3-1 win at Huddersfield.
1. Chelsea cruise to win without Morata
Chelsea showed they can win without a striker by cruising to a 3-1 victory against Huddersfield To…
Nigeria have been sanctioned by FIFA for fielding an ineligible player in their final 2018 World Cup qualifying group match against Algeria, which has now been awarded as a 3-0 win to the Desert Warriors.
"The Nigeria Football Federatio…
Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion are considering moving for Red Star Belgrade striker Richmond Boakye, sources close to the player have told ESPN FC.
Both Newcastle and West Brom are in the market for striking reinforcements as…
Emmanuel Dasor, a Ghanaian sprinter in the United States of America (USA), has graduated from the Western Kentucky University, with a Degree in Business Administration.
Dasor, a 200 and 400 meters sprinter, who has represented Ghana in …
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang eclipsed Tony Yeboah as the top-scoring African player in Bundesliga history this weekend, earning the Ghana legend's praise in the process.
For 16 years, the former Black Stars forward had stood as the undispu…
Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has said that his successor at Old Trafford Jose Mourinho coaches "far more boring football" than the Dutch manager was accused of playing when he managed the club.
Van Gaal, 66, managed U…
Reigning champions Real Madrid will face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16, while Chelsea take on Barcelona.
Manchester United have a first ever competitive meeting with Sevilla, Manchester City play Basel and Live…
Regular readers will know I'm not a big fan of Peter Bosz. It's nothing personal; it's just that I don't think he's particularly good at what he does. And the fact that he's been let go as manager of Borussia Dortmund after their 2-1 home …
Following another goalless performance for Romelu Lukaku, Steve Nicol reiterates his stance that the Belgian striker isn't a good fit for Man United.
As has happened before when these two meet, the postmatch witnessed all sorts of shena…
It was, perhaps, the last realistic chance to begin to derail the Pep Guardiola Express. But Manchester City's 2-1 win at Old Trafford means their lead is up to 11 points, more than the league leaders in any of Europe's top leagues. The fa…
Mohamed Salah has been crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year following an exceptional year with AS Roma, Liverpool and the Egyptian national team.
The 25-year-old pipped team mate Sadio Mane as well as Victor Moses, Pierre-Emerick …
Africa Online Ghana last Saturday needed a penalty shootout to defeat Surfline 2-1 to clinch the second edition of the C Squared Fibre Cup after the final ended 0-0 in normal time.
Africa Online breezed past eight teams on their journey…
Head coach of the nation under-20 female team, the Black Princesses coach Yusif Basigi has invited twenty three (23) players to camping at the Ghana Center of Excellence Prampram.
The camping which started on Sunday, December 10, is to …
FRANKFURT -- Jupp Heynckes paid tribute to a revitalised Arturo Vidal's match-winning performance as Bayern Munich moved eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with a scrappy 1-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Vidal has scored…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said he felt his team had played their way back into goal-scoring form after Saturday afternoon's 5-0 La Liga stroll past Sevilla at the Bernabeu.
With this result following the 3-1 victory in Wednesday…
LONDON -- Antonio Conte conceded that Chelsea are not in the title race after suffering their fourth Premier League defeat of the season at West Ham United.
Marko Arnautovic's early goal was enough to give West Ham their first Premier L…
Borussia Dortmund plan to announce the sacking of coach Peter Bosz on Sunday, Sport Bild and other German news outlets reported, after the spiralling club lost at home to Werder Bremen on Saturday.
The result extended the Black and Yell…
LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino insisted he never doubted his Tottenham team as they ended their Premier League slump with a 5-1 win against Stoke at Wembley.
Harry Kane scored twice as Spurs ended a run of four league games without a win…
Simba FC striker, Nicholas Gyan, says he is ready to move to Kuwait at the right offer after several clubs from the Gulf state had enquired of his availability.
Gyan, a former player of Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs, believes it is the right…
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez has warned owner Mike Ashley he may need to loosen the purse strings in January if he is to protect his investment in the club.
Ashley was photographed leaving the same North London restaurant as prospectiv…
LONDON -- Antonio Conte admitted that a "great worker" like Chelsea's N'Golo Kante will never win the Ballon d'Or, despite claiming that he would be worthy of such recognition in the eyes of every coach in the world.
Kante finished eigh…