Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola stirs up memories of his youth by spending time on the south coast's breezy beaches - and this weekend there will be another reminder of his early days when he faces childhood friend Mikel Arteta in the Premi…
Jose Mourinho says he is enduring the worst start to a season of his coaching career after Roma's defeat by Genoa.
The 4-1 loss was Roma's third in six league games and left the club 16th in Serie A with five points.
Mourinho has…
West Ham defender Hawa Cissoko says she was "surprised" by the racist abuse she received online after a Women's Super League match last season.
The France international suffered the abuse on social media after being sent off last Octo…
Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell a minority stake in the club worth between £82m and £164m to global sports investment firm Dynasty Equity.
The deal ends the search for new investment by FSG, which wanted to reta…
Manchester United's Brazilian winger Antony is to return to training after allegations of domestic abuse were made against him.
It is understood the 23-year-old spoke to Greater Manchester Police on Thursday and no restrictions were p…
Jordan Ayew believes a difficult Tuesday evening at Old Trafford will serve as even greater motivation for Crystal Palace against Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday.
Palace exited the League Cup at the third-round stage…
The injured Lionel Messi watched from the stands as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to Houston Dynamo in the final of US Open Cup.
Forward Messi, 36, was substituted against Toronto FC last week because of an "old injury" and sat out Miami's dra…
Morocco will host the 35th edition of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, the Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced.
The decision was taken during an Executive Committee meeting i…
Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya have officially been confirmed as the hosts of the 2027 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
The three East African countries beat off competition from Botswana, Egypt and Senegal in a vote at the CA…
Former Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah, is set to travel to the Sudan to manage the North African country's senior national team after receiving endorsement from the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to take up the new role.
Howev…
Ghana’s Black Queens will face Namibia in the final lap of the qualifying series for the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) to be staged in Morocco.
Last Tuesday, the Queens continued from where they left off in Kigali last we…
Ghana's Black Queens handed their Rwandan counterparts a crushing 5-0 defeat in the return leg of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations preliminary round qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.
In what could be described as a …
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ordered Tema Youth Football Club to pay the Ghana Football Association (GFA) €150,000 bringing conclusion to a legal dispute over the transfer of winger Joseph Paintsil to Belgian club KRC Genk.…
When it comes to favourite contacts, Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly must have Brighton counterpart Tony Bloom at the top of his list.
And given how the past 12 months has unfolded, perhaps Bloom feels the same way.
It is just over …
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has admitted he has failed to get the best out of Kalvin Phillips since signing him from Leeds United.
Phillips joined City from the Elland Road outfit in the summer of 2022.
Despite his £45m fe…
Galatasaray forward Mauro Icardi recreated Thierry Henry and Robert Pires' infamous penalty miss in the Turkish Super Lig on Tuesday.
Icardi side-footed the ball wide after Kerem Akturkoglu played a short pass to the Argentine from th…
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has been playing crossbar challenge with Mykhailo Mudryk to try and improve the winger's confidence.
Mudryk joined from Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth up to £89m in January but has failed to score in…
Inter Miami could "take a risk" on forward Lionel Messi in Wednesday's US Open Cup final against Houston Dynamo, says manager Gerardo Martina.
Messi was forced off after 37 minutes against Toronto FC with an injury and sat out Monday'…
Victor Osimhen's agent Roberto Calenda has threatened to take legal action against Napoli after the club mocked the striker on social media.
Napoli shared a video on their TikTok account showing the striker missing a penalty against B…
Manchester United winger Antony has flown back to England from Brazil and has agreed to meet Greater Manchester Police to answer questions about the serious allegations made against him.
It is understood the 23-year-old is willing to …
The Ukrainian Association of Football says it will boycott any Uefa competition Russia are allowed back into.
On Tuesday Uefa said Russia can re-enter European Under-17 competitions for the first time since the country's invasion of U…
The First Vice-President of the Ghana Boxing Federation, Dauda Fuseini, believes the team would have done much better if they had received adequate support from the government.
According to him, the lack of attention from authorities …
UK-based Ghanaian boxer, Seth Gyimah ‘Freezy MacBones’, will no longer get automatic qualification to contest in the upcoming Olympic Games qualifiers in Thailand and in Italy.
Unlike the qualifier in Senegal where he was handed strai…
Seven-year-old Haamon Daneshvar became the star of this month’s Westchester Table Tennis tournament when he exhibited exceptional talent to finish second of the under 850 category.
Even though he did not win the ultimate, his level of d…
Global innovative technology brand TECNO (www.TECNO-mobile.com), today announces its official partnership with the Confederation of African Football ("CAF") as the exclusive smartphone sponsor for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Co…
Championship club Queens Park Rangers have signed United States international Reggie Cannon on a four-year deal.
The 25-year-old defender was a free agent after leaving Portuguese side Boavista in June.
Cannon spent three years w…
Boss Darren Moore believes he can unlock even more improvement from his Huddersfield Town players, after he was encouraged by the performance in Monday's Championship draw at Coventry.
Four days after taking over, the 49-year-old saw …
Kelechi Iheanacho says he is focused on getting Leicester City back to the Premier League after he failed to get a move away from the Foxes in the summer.
The 26-year-old had been linked with numerous top-flight clubs, including Evert…
Chiedozie Ogbene is hoping to build on his full debut for Luton Town and wants another chance to impress boss Rob Edwards and Hatters fans.
The Republic of Ireland international played his first 90 minutes in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wo…
Former Scotland and Everton striker Duncan Ferguson is the new manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The 51-year-old has signed a three-year contract with the club currently bottom of the Scottish Championship.
"It's a great o…
Seventeen Premier League teams are in Carabao Cup action this week and all will harbour hopes of making it through.
Should they manage it, the draw for the fourth round will take place about 22:15 BST on Wednesday, 27 September, followi…
Manchester United fan Jamie Blood told BBC Radio Manchester's The Devils' Advocate podcast that Marcus Rashford has "a big point to prove" after his recent dip in form: "There are lots of questions with Rashford and I hope my thought proce…
"The only thing we are missing is scoring."
Those were the words of Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino after Sunday's 1-0 home defeat by Aston Villa left them 14th in the Premier League with five points from six games.
So why ar…
Newcastle winger Harvey Barnes has had a scan on a "substantial" foot injury and could be out for "months rather than weeks", says boss Eddie Howe.
The 25-year-old limped off after 12 minutes of Sunday's 8-0 thrashing of Sheffield Uni…
Dietrich Mateschitz loved football.
The Red Bull supremo, who died in October last year, was extremely passionate about the game and having seen his company work wonders in various other sports, he wanted them to succeed in football t…
Six hundred and fifty million people in Africa lack economic or physical access to sufficient food, the 2023 Africa Agriculture Status Report has revealed.
This figure represents 50 per cent of the continent’s population.
The repo…
Ghana's Black Queens are set to make a triumphant return from Kigali, brimming with confidence and a clear path to the next stage of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition, thanks to an emphatic 7-0 thrashing of thei…
Rwanda's women's football team head coach, Grace Nyinawumuntu, has been suspended by Rwanda's football federation (FERWAFA) after making controversial comments about Ghana's national women's team.
Nyinawumuntu claimed that the G…
Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher has hailed the impact of Morgan Whittaker and Finn Azaz in his side's 6-2 win over Norwich City.
Whittaker scored a hat-trick while Azaz found the net once, as the Pilgrims scored six goals i…
Norwich City captain Kenny McLean has urged the team to "show how much we care" to supporters following their 6-2 defeat at Plymouth Argyle.
It was their worst result since a 7-0 Premier League loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge almos…
Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca says getting lost trying to find lunch on Saturday was proof that it is too early to get carried away with the Foxes being top of the Championship.
The Foxes beat Bristol City 1-0 to return to the summ…
Darwin Nunez scored a fine goal as Liverpool saw off West Ham to extend their unbeaten run to 18 games in all competitions.
Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool the lead against the run of play with a penalty after he was brought down by Naye…
Kylian Mbappe went off with a suspected ankle injury as Paris St-Germain returned to winning ways in Ligue 1 with an easy victory over Marseille.
PSG's star forward tried to carry on after an early challenge with Leonardo Balerdi but …
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright says the Gunners must be more ruthless in front of goal if they are to challenge for the Premier League title this season.
Gabriel Jesus missed a huge chance to make it 2-0 in Sunday's 2-2 north London …
Tiago Rech has watched Santa Cruz for as long as he can remember, even when he was famously the only one. But right now, on the final day of the 2023 Campeonato Gaucho Serie A2, he can hardly bear to do so.
Their season has all come d…
Megan Rapinoe brought down the curtain on her international career as the USA beat South Africa 2-0 in Chicago.
Prior to the 2023 World Cup, the forward said she planned to retire when the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) season …
Jurgen Klopp calls his remodelled Reds team 'Liverpool 2.0', but watching them is a reminder of what his best Anfield sides have always been like.
Liverpool definitely needed some freshening up over the summer, because last season I'm…
The death of Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack is not being treated as suspicious, police have said.
Midfielder Cusack - the first player to reach 100 appearances for the club's women's team last season - died last week aged 27.
…
They say timing in life is everything.
Eight hours before Scotland kicked off in the first iteration of the Women's Nations League against England, the announcement came that head coach Pedro Martinez Losa had signed a contract extens…
Jesse Lingard is training with Al-Ettifaq, the Saudi Pro-League side has announced.
They said the ex-England and Manchester United midfielder would spend a month at the club.
Lingard, 30, had been training with Premier League sid…