Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o has been crowned African Player of the Year for 2010 at a glittering awards ceremony in Cairo. Eto’o, who enjoyed little success with his country but won the Treble with his club Inter Milan last season, becomes the first player to win the award four times. He finished ahead of Ivory [...]
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has dramatically withdrawn his transfer request after holding “clear the air talks” with the club. “During the meeting Carlos expressed his absolute commitment to the Club and formally withdrew his transfer request,” read a statement released by City just a few hours before the club’s English Premier League match against [...]
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has admitted that his side lack ‘confidence and mentality’ and that, in big games, they suffer from a fear of defeat. The Gunners have a poor record against the Premier League’s top sides in recent years, losing their last four league games against champions Chelsea and winning just one of their [...]
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has challenged Didier Drogba to reignite the Blues’ title charge by recapturing his devastating form of last season. Drogba has looked a shadow of his usual self in recent weeks as he battles to overcome the after-effects of a bout of malaria, scoring just five league goals since an opening-day hat-trick [...]
Asante Kotoko ended their seven-match winless run with a 2-1 win over All Stars at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday to halve the season. Hearts lost 2-1 at Real Tamale United and Berekum Chelsea extended their lead to 7 points to end the first round unrivalled. Other results: Liberty Professionals 2 – 2 Dwarfs [...]
Gay basketball star John Amaechi has criticized the head of soccer’s ruling body for his comments about homosexuals planning to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA president Sepp Blatter was unable to keep a straight face when asked at a press conference in South Africa what to advise gay people who hope to [...]
Congolese side TP Mazembe Englebert became the first African team to clinch a place in FIFA’s Club World Cup final after a stunning victory over Brazilian giants Internacional. Goals from Mulota Kubangu and Dioko Kaluyituka secured a 2-0 win for Mazembe in Abu Dhabi and handed them a shot at being crowned world champions in [...]
Beckenbauer admits he’s lost faith in FIFA after World Cup vote The man who led Germany to a World Cup win both as a player and a coach admits he has lost faith in FIFA due to the way the voting process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments was handled. Franz Beckenbauer, a member of [...]
Substitute Didier Drogba missed a last minute penalty as Premier League champions Chelsea drew 1-1 at rivals Tottenham in a thrilling London derby on Sunday. Drogba, who had earlier scored the equalizing goal for the visitors, saw his spot-kick superbly saved by Heurelho Gomes — after the Brazilian goalkeeper had clattered into compatriot Ramires in [...]
Manchester City has rejected a transfer request from club captain Carlos Tevez but said the “door remained open” for the unsettled Argentine to continue playing. The 26-year-old has scored 10 league goals for the English Premier League side this season but his relationship with manager Roberto Mancini is reported to be strained. The pair exchanged [...]
AC Milan have increased their Iead at the top of Italian Serie A to six points after a comfortable 3-0 victory at Bologna. The Rossoneri were always on course to secure their 10th win from 12 matches once Kevin-Prince Boateng had converted Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s left-wing cross in the ninth minute. And the visitors doubled their [...]
A Deputy Information Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has stated the government will not allow itself to be intimidated by any organization or body. He said Fifa’s statement on the raiding of offices of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) can at best be described as misplaced if indeed it came from the world football governing body. [...]
Ghanaian authorities have been given until Sunday to stop interfering in the country’s Football Association (GFA) and warned by FIFA that their action will have “adverse consequences” if it continues. FIFA’s warning came after plain-clothed officers from the country’s Economic and Organised Crime Unit (EOCU) raided the GFA headquarters on Tuesday and removed nine computers [...]
The Ghana Football Association is going to court to press charges against the Economic and Organized Crime Office. The action follows the raid Tuesday of the offices of the FA. The investigative body cordoned off the FA’s premises and took away computers and files to aid their investigations into alleged financial malfeasance. The FA has [...]
