David de Gea or Alisson? Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial or Sadio Mane?
Liverpool host Manchester United on Sunday in the latest Premier League derby between the north-west rivals.
Leaders Liverpool are unbeaten this season and 16 p…
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Coach Charles Akonnor has challenged his charges to guard against complacency as they encounter Kariobangi Sharks of Kenya in the CAF?Confederation Cup tomorrow.
Akonnor’s tactical acumen would be heavily re…
Canelo Alvarez, by consensus among the three best boxers in the world, steps up for a fresh challenge this weekend when he attempts to win a championship in a higher division.
His clash, against Rocky Fielding at Madison Square Garden, …
Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Olympique Lyon completed the final list of 16 teams to advance from the final round of UEFA Champions League group stage matches, which featured live on DSTV and GOtv this midweek.
Most of the drama unfo…
Former Scotland captain Darren Fletcher says he has received verbal abuse from supporters about his ulcerative colitis.
Stoke midfielder Fletcher, 34, had spells out of football for treatment during his time at Manchester United.
Fle…
Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn will step down at the end of the 2018-19 season after four years in the role.
The FA said he was leaving having "delivered much of what he came to do".
In a statement the FA credited …
The Tunisia Football Federation has appointed former France international Alain Giresse as the the new national team coach.
He will begin work on 1 January and has signed a contract until June 2020.
The 66-year-old replaces Faouzi Be…
Premier League clubs should loan young players to teams in League One and League Two using an NFL-style draft, says Peterborough owner Darragh MacAnthony.
The Irishman has set out his proposal to overhaul the loan system he says has "ab…
There was no doubt in Mike Kearney's mind that Liverpool had taken the lead when Anfield erupted on Tuesday night, he just wasn't sure who the scorer was.
The lifelong Liverpool fan was born with sight problems and has been registered b…
"If you want guarantees, buy a washing machine. In football there are no guarantees."
New Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl will certainly need to use all his charisma and knowledge to guide the south coast side away from relegation.…
The Rotary Club of Accra – La East, has organised a football Gala in Accra dubbed; "Family Football Fiesta (FFF)", to raise funds in aid of Eye Cancer Screening project for babies next year.
Nine clubs participated in the maiden edition…
Ghana will yet again be the center of Africa's attention, when the country host the ADB Africa Schools Badminton Championship for the first time in the country's history.
Students from eleven African countries would battle out for honou…
Rangers have failed to reach the last 32 of the Europa League after Dejan Ljubicic's late winner gave Rapid Vienna victory in Austria.
Steven Gerrard's side needed a win to qualify, but instead it is their hosts who reach the knock-out …
Australia say they will "leave no stone unturned" as they attempt to have Huddersfield's Aaron Mooy available for the Asia Cup in January.
The midfielder has been ruled out until February after he tore the medial collateral ligament in …
Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports has said, Ghana has no intentions of bidding for the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), though they have all the infrastructure available to host the 24-nation tournament.
Accordin…
Celtic scraped into the last 32 of the Europa League on a night of astonishing drama thanks to a late Rosenborg goal in Leipzig.
With Celtic two down to Salzburg - and Leipzig ahead - the below-par Scottish champions were heading out, u…
Manchester City are planning a £50m bid for 21-year-old Leicester and England left-back Ben Chilwell in January, with France international Benjamin Mendy, 24, still out injured. (Mirror)
Tottenham are hoping to prevent Everton from turn…
Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice as Sevilla beat Krasnador to reach the Europa League knockout stage as Group J winners.
French striker Ben Yedder scored his goals in the first 10 minutes and Ever Banega added a second-half penalty.
De…
Chelsea lost striker Alvaro Morata to a knee injury as they drew with MOL Vidi in a Europa League dead rubber.
The Blues, who had already won Group L to reach the last 32, made 10 changes although Willian, Morata and Cesc Fabregas were …
Laurent Koscielny played for the first time since May as Arsenal completed their near-perfect Europa League group stage with an easy win over Qarabag.
Unai Emery's side had already qualified for the knockout round and go through as Grou…
Manchester United's past two visits to Anfield have resulted in drab and goalless stalemates - so will things be any different when they take on Liverpool on Sunday?
BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson certainly hopes so, saying:…
Olympiakos beat AC Milan in a thriller to advance to the Europa League knockout stages at the expense of the Italian giants.
They needed to win by two goals and led through Pape Abou Cisse's header.
Cristian Zapata scored an own goal…
Laurent Koscielny said he "started a new chapter" in his career after returning from injury in Arsenal's easy Europa League win over Qarabag.
Captain Koscielny, 33, had not played since rupturing his Achilles in May's semi-final defeat …
Five Ligue 1 matches have been postponed - with another three rearranged - because of the security issues in France as games are called off for the second weekend in a row.
The country has seen four weekends of violent anti-government p…
The group stage is done, we now know the 16 teams into the knockout stage of the Champions League.
All four English teams made it through to Monday's draw, which starts from 11:00 GMT in Nyon, Switzerland, and they were joined by some o…
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You have to be a special talent to make your professional debut in the Champions League against holders Real Madrid.
Roma's 19-year-old midfielder Nicolo Zaniolo did just that in September, having been picked in the It…
Chelsea say fans who sang an anti-Semitic chant in the Europa League game with MOL Vidi have "shamed the club".
A vocal minority chanted offensive songs about Tottenham fans early in Thursday's 2-2 draw in Hungary.
That came three da…
Newly elected federation president Seidou Mbombo Njoya has promised transparency in his bid to rebuild the credibility of football in Cameroon.
Njoya was voted in as Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) boss on Wednesday to end the l…
French authorities have arrested a senior football official on suspicion of committing war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona is accused of co-ordinating militia attacks on the CAR's Muslim populatio…
Liverpool defender Joel Matip could be out for up to six weeks as he needs surgery on a fractured collarbone suffered in the 1-0 win against Napoli.
The 27-year-old landed awkwardly in the closing stages of Tuesday's Champions League ga…
Manchester United's Shola Shoretire has become the youngest ever player to appear in the Uefa Youth League at the age of 14 years and 314 days.
The winger was introduced as a substitute during the Reds' 2-1 win at Valencia on Wednesday.…
The meeting of Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday evening headlines the 17th round of matches in the 2018/19 Premier League, with Jurgen Klopp’s Reds hoping to consolidate their place at the top of the table. Make sure to…
Ex-Spurs player Glenn Hoddle joked that his recovery from cardiac arrest was not helped by the dramatic way they made the Champions League last 16.
Hoddle collapsed at the BT Sport studios on 27 October, his 61st birthday, and later und…
Arsenal's Ainsley Maitland-Niles says he was the victim of racial abuse while playing for the Gunners youth team.
The midfielder said he was 12 and playing an away game in Germany when it happened but "nothing was done".
His comments…
Morocco will not bid to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the country's sports minister said.
The North African nation had been tipped as a replacement for Cameroon, who were stripped of the hosting rights last month due to poor prep…
The Champions League is thought of as the pinnacle of European club football. It can be electrifying, ingenious, emotive, and occasionally a little odd.
How much can you remember of the good, bad and unusual moments from the group stage…
Manchester City's Raheem Sterling has been named November's Premier League player of the month.
The 24-year-old scored three goals and set up three more in City's three league matches.
It is the second time the Blues forward has won …
Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths will be "out of football for a little period of time" as he receives help with "ongoing issues", including some relating to his mental health, says Brendan Rodgers.
The Scotland forward, 28, has made 22 ap…
West Brom boss Darren Moore is calling on football to unite to stamp out the "ugly" spectre of racism.
In the wake of Saturday's incident involving Manchester City's Raheem Sterling at Stamford Bridge, Moore says he feels the game needs…
Pep Guardiola said Manchester City's qualification for the Champions League last 16 was an "incredible success" as they finished top of Group F with a 2-1 win over Hoffenheim.
Leroy Sane scored twice as last season's quarter-finalists r…
Bayern Munich and Ajax played out an eventful Champions League draw with six goals and two red cards.
Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern the lead but Dusan Tadic equalised.
Maximilian Wober was sent off for Ajax, with Bayern's Thomas Mul…
Manchester United have "gone back to square one" with a "slow and lethargic" defeat in Valencia, says their former midfielder Darren Fletcher.
Jose Mourinho's side lost 2-1 in Spain with Phil Jones' own goal ensuring they passed up a ch…
Manchester United slumped to a limp defeat in Valencia as Phil Jones' own goal ensured they passed up the chance to win Champions League Group H.
United were already assured of qualification for the knockout stages, and a win would have…
Real Madrid suffered their biggest ever home defeat in Europe as they were thrashed by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.
The European champions, who had already won Group G, named a weakened team.
Fedor Chalov curled home CSKA's o…
A presidential aspirant in the upcoming Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) elections scheduled for Tamale on Saturday and 14 others have jointly placed an injunction on the polls, citing irregularities and seeking some reliefs.
Mr George…
Newly-appointed Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof. Peter Twumasi, has assumed duty after his predecessor, Mr Majeed Bawa, officially handed over to him at a brief ceremony at the Ministry of Youth and Sports on …
Morocco's defender Achraf Hakimi, who is on loan from Real Madrid at German club Borussia Dortmund, has won a second Bundesliga's Rookie of the Month award.
The 20-year-old beat strikers Jean-Philippe Mateta of Mainz and Fortuna Düsseld…
Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has left Olympiakos, just three months after rejoining the Greek club.
The 35-year-old's contract has been terminated by "mutual agreement".
Toure, who was a free agent in the summer after…
Maurizio Sarri arrived at Chelsea this summer with one of the most intriguing backgrounds in football.
He is a former banker who for years combined working in amateur football with his day job as a foreign currency trader.
The intern…
Mr. Abdul Majeed Bawa, the former Acting Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), has described the position as "slippery and challenging" one, as the new Director-General prepares to begin work at the NSA.
Mr. Bawa made…