FIFA president Sepp Blatter is ready to launch a probe that could strip Qatar of the 2022 World Cup.Allegations of bribery and the safety fears of playing in 50 degree heat have dogged FIFA since December’s controversial vote to give the World Cup to a desert state the size of Wales. Qatar’s Mohammed Bin Hammam [...]
Carlos Tevez’s agent is believed to have met Inter Milan yesterday – with the Manchester City striker possibly available for a knockdown fee. Kia Joorabchian is keen to get his client out of Eastlands before the transfer window closes and held talks with Inter’s sporting director Marco Branca. It is claimed that City, who initially [...]
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood says Barcelona have been “messing about for a year and a half” over Cesc Fabregasand that his club are now close to ending the negotiations. The Fabregas saga has dominated headlines since the end of the 2009-10 campaign, with the player having indicated that he wants to return but no agreement [...]
Sergio Aguero has revealed he has not even spoken to Carlos Tevez about joining Manchester City. Aguero last night completed his record £40million switch from Atletico Madid to replace Tevez as City’s star striker and says it was Blues defender and fellow Argentine Pablo Zabaleta who convinced him to move. He did not mention Tevez [...]
Andre Villas-Boashas stated his intention to continue rotating his Chelsea squad in a bid to get them all as fit as possible ahead of his first season in charge. Villas-Boas is under pressure to make a flying start to the season given the high expectations at Chelsea, and particularly those of owner Roman Abramovich, though [...]
Javier Hernandez’s former club doctor has warned Manchester United that the striker could have a long-term neurological condition. Hernandez is currently sidelined for two weeks, after suffering a mild concussion when he was hit on the back of the head by a ball during a training session. However, Rafael Ortega, the doctor at Hernandez’s old [...]
It has been the blissful four days for the Ayew family after father Abedi won the Ghana FA Cup and sons winning the French Super Cup with Olympique Marseille. Triple African Footballer of the Year, Abedi, coached his Nania FC side to beat Asante Kotoko 1-0 for the crown. They become the first non-elite division [...]
Ghana striker Prince Tagoe is set to leave TSG Hoffenheim after the club signed Zimbabwe striker Knowledge Musona from Kaizer Chiefs. Tagoe’s future has been speculated since returning from loan at Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade and Musona’s arrival is an indication that the lanky forward will be sold. Hoffenheim announced a few ago ago they [...]
Two England-based players Albert Adomah and Prince Buaben have been added to Ghana’s squad to face Nigeria in a friendly next month. The Ghana FA has finally agreed to take 20 players for the match on 9 August in London after initially approving only 18 players for the trip. Winger Adomah, who plays for Bristol [...]
Ex-Ghana captain Stephen Appiah expects to seal a move to Saudi side Al Ettifaq. Appiah claims his proposed move to the Gulf was facilitated by his close friend and former Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro. The 30-year-old refused to negotiate for a new deal after the expiration of his deal with Italian side Cesena. “Yes, we’ve [...]
Ghana defender John Pantsil believes victory over Sudan in the final 2012 Nations Cup qualifier will set the tone for winning the continental championship. The Black Stars are on top of the Group I table with superior goal difference having tied on points with the Nile Crocodiles. Sudan held Ghana to a scoreless stalemate at [...]
Goal-line technology is set to be introduced in the Premier League next year. FIFA president Sepp Blatter last night gave the green light to bring in goal-line cameras from August 2012, as he completed his turnaround in the wake of Frank Lampard’s ‘goal that never was’ against Germany. Blatter had been a fierce opponent of [...]
Chelsea have officially lodged a complaint over what the club believes was anti-Semitic abuse aimed at Yossi Benayoun in their match last week against a Malaysian XI. Having reviewed the match, in which Benayoun’s every touch was jeered, the club believe abuse directed at the Israel international was anti-Semitic in nature and have therefore complained [...]
Inter Milan chief executive Ernesto Paolillo has suggested the club could be ready to sell Wesley Sneijder, but that Manchester United have not made any contact. Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that United will not bring any more players in during the summer transfer window, despite a shortage of creative midfield talent in his squad [...]
