Three wins for Manchester United and three defeats for Benfica mean the anticipation around Tuesday's Champions League game between the two sides is flatter than it might be. Though Benfica could still win the group and United could still …
We're just 10 games into the 2017-18 Premier League season, but some big themes are already starting to emerge. Mark Ogden rounds up the lessons learned so far.
Guardiola's magic is now working at Man City
Pep Guardiola suffered a cu…
Confederation of African Football executive committee member Isha Johansen was charged with 10 counts of corruption and abuse of office in her home country of Sierra Leone on Monday.
Johansen, the president of the Sierra Leone Football …
The world is in love. Gliding across the pitch, linking play and delivering perfect passes forward, Gonzalo Higuain not only scored a brace to defeat AC Milan but produced a performance that proved so outstanding, analysts can't stop discu…
When Roma were pitted against Chelsea and Atletico Madrid in the group stage of the Champions League, you would have struggled to find a Romanisti happy with the draw or confident of getting to the round of 16. Antonio Conte's Premier Leag…
The Wolves won another nail-biter Monday night on the road against the Heat in Miami.
Minnesota looked like it had things wrapped up, but Dion Waiters and the Heat wouldn’t go away, eventually forcing an overtime. The Wolves, thanks to …
ROME -- Alvaro Morata insisted he is happy with life in London and claimed he would sign a 10-year contract at Chelsea if given the chance.
Quotes attributed to the Spain international by Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday suggested that he…
Winger Demarai Gray is ready to sign a new Leicester contract to end lingering speculation over his future.
The 21-year-old has been in contract talks and former boss Craig Shakespeare said he was close to a deal almost two months ago.
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Tiger Woods is set to play his first tournament in nine months after selecting himself for the Hero World Challenge at the end of November.
The 14-time major winner, who hosts the tournament in the Bahamas, is to return following back s…
Joseph Parker would take a world title unification fight with Anthony Joshua in March, if he receives a "respectable deal", says the WBO champion's promoter.
Joshua defended his WBA 'super' and IBF heavyweight titles with a 10th round s…
Everton are interested in Sean Dyche becoming their new manager and are likely to make an approach for the Burnley boss in the next 24 hours, say Sky sources.
Ronald Koeman was dismissed from his post last Monday after Everton fell to a…
After she crossed the finish line Saturday, Norfolk State's Martha Bissah waited. For 22 seconds.
That's how fast the sophomore from Ghana was. She won the MEAC cross country meet in record time, finishing the 5,000-meter race at Delawa…
Former Ghana striker Junior Agogo has revealed that he is no longer in contact with his former international teammates and friends since he suffered a stroke in 2015.
The 38-year-old in an interview in a BBC Four documentary titled Spee…
Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan came off the bench to score a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for Kayserispor against Fenerbahce in an entertaining 3-3 draw on Monday night.
Gyan replaced Ryan Mendes in the 73rd minute with his side t…
Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he could yet return to action before the end of the year as he continues his recovery from a serious knee injury. The 36-year-old scored 28 goals in his first season with United before his year was cut short in Apri…
Workshop participants include a wide range of stakeholders already engaged in past consultative meetings in Ghana
Despite the significant contribution of the mining sector to the economy of Ghana, the country is far from tapping its…
LONDON -- Arsene Wenger has warned his detractors that they could wake up with a Brexit-like hangover once he leaves Arsenal.
Wenger told club shareholders at the club's Annual General Meeting on Thursday that they shouldn't forget abou…
Gonzalo Higuain fired a brilliant double as Juventus won 2-0 at AC Milan to draw level on points with Napoli at the top of Serie A.
The Argentina striker gave Juve a half-time lead at the San Siro and added a second shortly after the ho…
Wydad Casablanca clinched a battling 1-1 draw in the first leg of their African Champions League final at Egyptian giants Al Ahly.
Achraf Bencharki levelled for the Moroccan side as they withstood massive early pressure from Al Ahly who…
Antonio Conte admitted that Chelsea must be "realistic" about their place in the Premier League title race after Eden Hazard's goal secured a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday.
Hazard netted his first Premier League goal of the seaso…
England's youth teams are on top of the world after a remarkable spell of success this year -- and here is how they did it.
May 19: UEFA Under-17 Championship runners-up (lost 4-1 on penalties to Spain after 2-2 draw)
At the time thi…
Werder Bremen remain without a win in the Bundesliga this season after slumping to a 3-0 home defeat to Augsburg.
Michael Gregoritsch headed the visitors in front five minutes before the interval and Alfred Finnbogason doubled their lea…
Girona ended Real Madrid's four-game La Liga win streak with a stunning 2-1 defeat of the defending champions on Sunday.
Isco opened the scoring for the visitors -- the Spain international dancing away from two defenders in the box befo…
Critics have been lining up to take shots at Liverpool's fallible defence but centre-back Joel Matip said it was only a verbal volley from manager Jurgen Klopp which registered with the players.
The knives were out after last week's woe…
Tim Hardaway Jr scored 34 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 32 and the New York Knicks handed the Cleveland Cavaliers their fourth loss in five games, 114-95, on Sunday night.
Cleveland, blown out by Orlando and who lost to Brooklyn during…
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is hopeful Harry Kane will be fit for Wednesday's Champions League clash with Real Madrid.
Kane, who has scored 13 goals for Spurs this season, was expected to be a doubt for the game at Wembley after …
Former Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell believes the quality of Wilfried Zaha and the organisation of Roy Hodgson will be vital as the Eagles attempt to escape from the relegation zone after a tumultuous start to the 2017-18 Premier Le…
Arsene Wenger insists he has no concerns about playing Alexis Sanchez against Manchester City next weekend.
The Arsenal forward came close to leaving the Emirates Stadium for City on transfer-deadline day despite Wenger insisting throug…
MANCHESTER -- Jose Mourinho has said Manchester United fans have the right to boo him and his players.
Some sections of the Old Trafford crowd booed Mourinho's decision to replace Marcus Rashford with Anthony Martial after 70 minutes ag…
Jose Mourinho expects Marcos Rojo to return for Manchester United after the November international break, but he insists he has "no idea" when Paul Pogba will be fit.
The France midfielder has been out since September 12 when he picked …
Sean Dyche says he is not paying attention to the rumours linking him with Everton as he brings up five years at Burnley on Monday Night Football.
Burnley welcome Newcastle to Turf Moor on Monday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, with…
A triumphant Lewis Hamilton has reflected on his fourth world championship and wants to savour the achievement, but vows there is more to come from him in Formula 1.
Hamilton made British motorsport history on Sunday night by eclipsing …
With 10 seconds left in the game and down by two, Indiana put the ball in the hands of their new leading scorer.
Using a mismatch, Victor Oladipo shook his defender LaMarcus Aldridge and put up the game-winning 3-point shot, lifting the…
Stephen Curry and the defending champion Golden State Warriors are certainly showing their flaws and got handed a second home defeat at this early stage of the season, falling 115-107 to the Pistons on Sunday night as Avery Bradley scored …
FIFA has updated the offside rule several times since 1990, offering as its stated purpose to "promote attacking football" and increase scoring. But as Chris Anderson and David Sally point out in their book "The Numbers Game," the number o…
NICE, France -- Mario Balotelli was recently asked who he would rather sign for: Real Madrid or Barcelona. Presumably the person asking the question did so with tongue firmly in cheek -- after all, Balotelli is damaged goods; a talented bu…
Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has admitted English football's governing body has "lost the trust of the public" and promised a "top to bottom" cultural review of the national football centre at St George's Park.
Clarke's fra…
Senegal international Diafra Sakho is determined to leave West Ham United as soon as possible and sees a return to France as his most best way to relaunch his career.
Reduced to just two Premier League starts last season due to a persis…
MARBELLA, Spain -- Growing up in communist-era Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov's day would begin at 6 a.m. when he queued to buy bread for his family. After that, though, his focus was football and he had a reputation of his own in Blagoevgrad,…
Some residents of Suhum in the Eastern Region last Wednesday protested against attempts by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to inaugurate the Suhum overpass on the main Accra-Kumasi Highway.
According to the agitated residents, there …
The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah, has urged members of the Ghana Football Association to elect a selfless leader to replace Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi when his term ends in 2019.
Names of potential candida…
Argentina's ambassador to Russia, Ricardo Lagorio, has moved to reassure fans that next year's World Cup will be safe.
A pro-ISIS media group this week issued a threat to carry out an attack at the World Cup in Russia next year with a p…
Iker Casillas is being lined up for a move to the Premier League as Liverpool and Newcastle United monitor his situation at Porto, reports The Sun.
The former Real Madrid keeper has been left on the bench in recent weeks and took to Ins…
In their home dugouts, both Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho work in the shadow of illustrious predecessors, living, breathing reminders of what made their clubs the two greatest institutions in English football. And lately, there have been …
Manchester United host Tottenham live on Sky Sports this Saturday - but which club has the most formidable stopper?
United 'keeper David de Gea has conceded only four league goals this season and kept seven clean sheets, while Tottenham…
Arsenal's decision not to sell Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the summer proves they are putting on-field success above financial gain, according to chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
It was reported last December that both players wanted …
The camp of the super middle-weight brawler, Bastie Samir, have made their ward’s return to the rankings of the three major world sanctioning bodies a priority while insisting they will not shy away from a rematch against vanquished foe, B…
Manchester United full-back Luke Shaw has revealed he is keen to work under the management of Mauricio Pochettino once again.
The pair worked together at Southampton before Pochettino left St Mary's to join Tottenham in May 2014, Shaw m…
As Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski broke away on the counter, and stormed over the halfway line on the left side of the pitch, RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita grabbed the striker's jersey. The Poland international fell to the ground. H…
Few things in life are certain. Death and taxes are, and so is the consistently good form of Chelsea's fleet-footed attacker, Willian. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Brazilian has arguably been the Blues' most reliable performe…