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…
MANCHESTER -- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has told derby referee Michael Oliver to watch out for Manchester City players diving at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Mourinho admitted at his pre-match news conference on Friday he is co…
It has been a curious six weeks for Tottenham, who finished three points ahead of Real Madrid at the summit of their Champions League group but lie sixth in the top flight -- level with Burnley.
Mauricio Pochettino's side have struggled…
Charly Musonda will be with Chelsea until 2022 after signing a new deal with the Premier League champions.
The 21-year-old has become a fixture around Antonio Conte's first-team squad this season after making his debut on the opening da…
MANCHESTER -- Paul Pogba has backed his Manchester United teammates to win this weekend's derby without him.
The midfielder, 24, will miss the game against Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday after he was sent off in the 3-1 win o…
Accra Hearts of Oak skipper Thomas Abbey has ruled out any move to arch-rival Kumasi Asante Kotoko despite reports strongly linking him with the Porcupine Warriors.
In fact, he has also denied inching towards newly-crowned Premier Leagu…
Paris Saint-Germain were "stupid" to spend an estimated €400 million in signing Neymar and Kylian Mbappe if all they will win this season is the Ligue 1 title, the French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has said.
PSG are cur…
Holders Wydad Casablanca head a list of 10 former winners in the draw for next year's Champions League race, facing a tough struggle in their bid to buck the trend and retain their title.
Many of the usual suspects return to the fray, i…
It's difficult to know how to judge Chelsea's Champions League campaign so far this season.
On the one hand, there must be a reasonable amount of satisfaction with qualifying for the knockout stages -- especially after being given a tou…
Despite the calendar reading December, there are just seven days to save the title race. A single week will either slow Manchester City down or turn the Premier League into a procession. The most important period of the season is about to …
Former Champions League winners Marseille were among the eight teams to qualify for the knockout stage of Europa League on the final night of group matches on Thursday.
Athletic Bilbao, Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, AEK Athens, Astana, …
Pep Guardiola, not Jose Mourinho, is playing football better suited to Manchester United's traditions. And if Manchester City win the derby this weekend, the title race will be over, according to Andrei Kanchelskis.
Kanchelskis was part…
MUNICH -- Germany international striker Sandro Wagner is closing in on a return to his boyhood club Bayern Munich, according to Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann.
The German champions have been in talks with Hoffenheim about signing th…
Mike Ashley and prospective Newcastle owner Amanda Staveley met face to face for the first time in London on Wednesday.
The duo talked figures at an Indian restaurant more than three weeks after Staveley's PCP Capital Partners opening b…
Dillian Whyte says he will "100 per cent" accept a rematch with Anthony Joshua early next year if his British rival cannot agree a unification clash with Joseph Parker.
Negotiations for Joshua to put his WBA 'super' and IBF titles on th…
Cristiano Ronaldo has equalled Lionel Messi's record of five Ballon d'Or awards after claiming the 2017 prize in Paris.
Ronaldo led Real Madrid to a record 12th Champions League trophy in June, scoring hat-tricks against Bayern Munich a…
MANCHESTER -- Juan Mata has warned Manchester City that they are destined to suffer a blip in this season's title race and he is hopeful Manchester United can land the first blow this weekend.
Pep Guardiola's side head into the derby un…