Teenager Lauren James scored as Manchester United claimed victory over struggling West Ham on a historic day that saw Old Trafford host a Women's Super League match for the first time.
James, 19, rose to flick home Maria Thorisdottir's …
Nigeria are through to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations - but Group L rivals Benin will have to wait after conceding an injury time goal to the Super Eagles and losing 1-0 in Porto Novo.
Nigeria had already been confirmed as having qualif…
Liverpool's Diogo Jota scored twice for Group A favourites Portugal but they were denied victory by gutsy Serbia in their World Cup qualifier.
Jota scored with two headers courtesy of crosses from Bernardo Silva and Cedric Soares to giv…
A second member of the Poland national team has tested positive for Covid-19.
Back-up goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski has been withdrawn from their squad for World Cup qualifiers with Andorra on Sunday and England at Wembley on Wednesday af…
Real Madrid's Luka Modric became Croatia's most-capped player as his side defeated Group H rivals Cyprus in their World Cup qualifier.
Midfielder Modric, who made his debut in 2006, surpassed former defender Darijo Srna's record of 134 …
Chloe Kelly's late winner for Manchester City kept their Women's Super League title challenge on course after a nail-biting encounter with Reading at Academy Stadium.
Lauren Hemp's superb solo run set up Kelly to tap in from close range…
A much-changed Wales side marked Chris Gunter's 100th cap with a friendly victory over Mexico.
Resting their first-choice players for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic, Wales struck an early winning goal thanks to…
The Netherlands bounced back from their disappointment against Turkey with victory over Latvia, as Stephanie Frappart became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup qualifier.
The Frenchwoman has previously taken charge of men's Eu…
Romelu Lukaku rescued a point for Belgium in their World Cup qualifier with the Czech Republic in Prague.
Lukas Provod put the hosts ahead with a finish from outside the box that flew into the bottom corner.
Lukaku sent defender Ondr…
The Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifying hopes were dealt a major blow as they slumped to a disastrous 1-0 home defeat by Luxembourg.
Gerson Rodrigues struck a brilliant 85th-minute winner from distance for the visitors.
James …
Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko have appointed former Ghana coach, Mariano Barreto as the club’s head coach on a renewable one-and-a-half-year contract with immediate effect.
Kotoko confirmed Barreto’s appointment in a stateme…
Ex-Black Stars players, Yusif Chibsah, has advised Coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor to fall on the locally groomed talents for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final game against Sao Tome and Principe at the Accra Stadium on Sunday.
He sa…
Tema United Football Club (FC) has signed Team-based Photizo Sporting Club's defender Ahmed Abdellah for an undisclosed fee.
The enterprising left-back signed a long-term contract with Tema United after agreeing on personal terms.
Mr…
Asante Kotoko has named former Black Stars coach Mariano Barreto as the new Head Coach. The 64-years old Coach would be assisted by Miguel Bruno who also doubles as video analysts at the club.
Both coaches have signed a one and half yea…
Ghanaian sprinster Benjamin Azamati will represent Ghana at this year's Tokyo Olympics. Azamati became the third Field and Track athlete to qualify for Tokyo Games after clocking an impressive 9.
Azamati became the third Field and Track…
England manager Gareth Southgate has selected Nick Pope as his starting goalkeeper for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Poland.
The Burnley player, who started Thursday's 5-0 win over San Marino, appears to be first choice b…
England's World Cup qualifier against Albania in Tirana on Sunday is set to go ahead after an issue over security was resolved.
On Thursday, the Albanian Football Association (AFA) said it had been told by local police that the force co…
England's 5-0 win over San Marino in World Cup qualifying was so routine that manager Gareth Southgate will not give too much weight to what he saw on Thursday at Wembley.
But while this was surely the most predictable result of this in…
John McGinn's spectacular overhead kick salvaged a deserved late draw for Scotland against Austria in their World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign opener at Hampden.
The Aston Villa midfielder conjured an acrobatic effort as the Scots were …
A commanding first-half display by Italy condemned Northern Ireland to a 2-0 defeat in their opening World Cup qualifier in Parma.
An early goal from Domenico Berardi set the tone for the slick hosts, with Bailey Peacock-Farrell then be…
Spain suffered a frustrating start to their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign as they were held to a draw by Greece in Granada.
Alvaro Morata have the home side the lead from close range, shortly after Dani Olmo's drive had hit the cro…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his return to international football after a five-year absence with an assist as Sweden beat Georgia in their World Cup 2022 qualifying opener on Thursday.
The 39-year-old volleyed the ball across the area for …
Robert Lewandowski fired in an 83rd-minute equaliser as Poland fought back to earn a 3-3 draw with Hungary in a superb World Cup Group I qualifier.
Earlier, substitutes Krzysztof Piatek and Kamil Jozwiak drew Poland level after Roland S…
Kai Havertz and Ilkay Gundogan scored as Germany got their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign off to a good start with a comfortable win over Iceland.
The home side led 2-0 after just seven minutes, with Chelsea forward Havertz firing i…
England's World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign started with a predictably routine stroll to victory against San Marino at Wembley.
The side rooted to the bottom of the Fifa world rankings at 210 were never going to be anything other than …
Germany players wore T-shirts to show support for Qatar migrant workers before their 2022 World Cup qualifying win over Iceland on Thursday.
The starting side each wore a black shirt with one letter in white on it that spelled out 'Huma…
When 14-year-old Freddy Adu became the youngest player to sign a professional contract in the 2004 Major League Soccer draft, it was expected to herald a new dawn for men's football in the United States.
At a similar time, authorities i…
Scott Brown can bring a "winning mentality" to the Aberdeen dressing room, says former manager and captain Willie Miller.
Brown, 35, will leave Celtic this summer after 14 years - over 11 of these as captain - with 22 trophies won so fa…
The Gambia qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations tournament when beating Angola 1-0 at home, joining Comoros, Gabon, Ghana, Egypt, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea in qualifying on Thursday.
Assan Ceesay scored the all-impo…
Ghana’s Black Stars yesterday secured qualification to the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations tournament slated for Cameroun after they held South Africa to a 1-1 draw at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Mohammed Kudus’ goal just af…
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday, despite persisting concerns about the Games going ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Strict social dist…
Top seed Japheth Bagerbaseh was beaten in the second round of the ongoing Accra Open as Sakumono Tennis Club’s Samuel Nyamekye advanced with a 7-5,6-7(3), 7-6(7) victory yesterday.
Samuel Nyamekye sealed the match in 2 hours and 40 minu…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has organised a four-day seminar for 18 regional License A football instructors in its quest to transform colts football to become the bedrock of feeding the various national teams.
The seminar was d…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has distributed office equipment to all ten (10) Regional Football Association’s (RFA’s) aimed at enhancing administrative work at the regional level.
Each RFA is expected to receive;one HP Desktop …
The Black Stars of Ghana held their South African counterparts in a 1-1 draw game played at the FNB Stadium on Thursday.
The results means Ghana who currently top of Group C with 10 points are guaranteed a top two finish even with a los…
Nissan today announced its long-term commitment to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship racing through to the end of season twelve 2025-2026 of the all-electric racing series. Nissan joined the series in season five as the only Japanes…
Canadian Vasek Pospisil has apologised for an expletive-filled rant in a match at the Miami Open, during which he threatened to sue tennis organisers.
Pospisil ranted at the umpire after he was given a verbal abuse point penalty on set …
Caroline Wozniacki studied Dwyane Wade's sock range, while Garbine Muguruza is currently investigating the business interests of Roger Federer and LeBron James.
Johanna Konta, meanwhile, has been reading up on the careers of Chip and Jo…
Former England fly-half Danny Cipriani has agreed a deal to join Premiership side Bath on an "extended one-year contract" that begins in May.
The 33-year-old, who has won 16 caps, will link up with his new club before the end of this ca…
For fans of Married at First Sight Australia, seeing Cam shout Jules from the next room to fix the sound on a Zoom call is like having your own personal episode of the TV show.
For those who have no awareness of 'MAFS', Cam or Jules, it…
A stroll in the park? Not in London's Kew Gardens on Friday morning, where Britain's best road runners and walkers will duel it out for a place on the plane to Tokyo 2020.
The event will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website and BBC…
The Republic of Ireland's World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign began in disappointing fashion as they fell to a 3-2 defeat by Serbia in Belgrade.
Alan Browne finished a well-worked Republic move to head the visitors into an 18th-minute le…
There have been few moments of pride in San Marino's football history.
It is, admittedly, a relatively short history.
Although its football federation (FSGC) was founded in 1931, San Marino only received affiliation to Fifa and Uefa …
France were held to a surprise draw by Ukraine as they got their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign under way.
The world champions began confidently and deservedly went ahead when Antoine Griezmann superbly curled a left-foot effort int…
Wales threatened to cause another major upset against Belgium before succumbing to the stellar quality of the world's number one-ranked side in their opening World Cup qualifier.
Wales took an unexpected early lead with their first atta…
Netherlands began their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign with a surprise defeat by Turkey.
The Dutch, runners up in 2010, fell behind when Burak Yilmaz's deflected shot wrong-footed goalkeeper Tim Krul.
Yilmaz then converted a pena…
Norway players wore T-shirts bearing the message 'Human rights on and off the pitch' before their 2022 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar to show support for Qatar migrant workers.
Captain Martin Odegaard had said
before the game …
Players at Manchester City and Liverpool are set to use special mouthguards in training to assess the impact of heading the ball.
Already used in rugby, the mouthguards are able to collect data in real time and show how impacts affect t…
Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months.
Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,…
Reigning European champions Portugal made a winning start to their World Cup qualifying campaign as they edged a stubborn Azerbaijan.
Maksim Medvedev's unfortunate own goal proved the difference when a punched clearance by goalkeeper Sh…