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Manchester City have announced the signing of Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish for a British-record transfer fee of £100 million. Pep Guardiola has been chasing the Villa playmaker for most of the summer but the club had to wait for his return from his post-Euro 2020 break. Villa had reportedly …

Young Ghanaian boxer, Samuel Takyi, has been presented with the bronze medal he won at the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday. The 20-year-old secured the bronze medal after losing to Duke Ragan in the men’s semi-final featherweight event on Tuesday. Takyi lost the bout 4-1 on the …

Portuguese coach Mariano Barreto expected very little from Michael Vinicius even though the club told him the Brazilian was a ‘top striker’. Barreto admits the description of Vinicius as a ‘top striker’ surprised him because, from his experience as a manager, Brazil’s best talents play in Europe. Vinicius joined Kotoko …

Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi will leave the club after financial problems prevented them from agreeing a new contract with the forward. Messi, 34, has been a free agent since his previous terms expired on June 30, but ESPN revealed in July a loose agreement over a five-year extension had been reached. …

•Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is not impressed with the current crop of players at Kotoko •He believes the club’s standard has dropped •Asante Kotoko finished second in the just-ended GPL season Prominent Kumasi Asante Kotoko fan, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said when pitted against previous Kotoko teams, the current players will not get anywhere …

Asante Kotoko SC head coach Mariano Barreto has described the Ghanaian football giants as a club that only has a big name but can’t be regarded as a big team. According to the Portuguese trainer, the Porcupine Warriors lack a lot of basic facilities and as such cannot be regarded as …

Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes has renewed exclusive rights to broadcast Coppa Italia & Supercoppa Italiana for further three seasons in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the contract with Lega Serie A, StarTimes extends the exclusive rights to the two Italian premier Cup competitions in English, French, Portuguese and African …

A businessman cum philanthropist Mr Kennedy Antoh has promised to give the entire Asante Kotoko team perfumes should be crowned as champions in the upcoming 2021/2022 league season. Mr Antoh is the Chief Executive Officer of the King of Perfumes Limited, a leading perfumes company in Ghana’s capital Accra. “I …

Ghana Premier League side Medeama SC are set to announce the signing of goalkeeper Felix Annan who is leaving Asante Kotoko this summer. The 26-year-old, who joined Kotoko in 2015 from WAFA, is heading for the exit and his next destination has been made, according to reports from Tarkwa. Hearts …

Ghana’s relay team has qualified for the final of the 4x100m event of the 2020 Olympic Games as the second fastest losers. Ghana’s team of Benjamin Azamati, Emmanuel Yeboah, Sean Safo Antwi and Joseph Paul Amoah managed to secure a ticket to the final despite finishing fifth in the heats. …