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Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has been suspended for 12 months by UEFA due to a doping violation, the Eredivisie club have confirmed. Ajax and Onana will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the ban, imposed after an out-of-competition test in October 2020 found the substance …

Medeama SC will play their home matches behind closed doors after breaching the Covid-19 protocols following their 1-0 win over Hearts of Oak on Thursday. After the game at the Akoon Park at Tarkwa, the Ghana Football Association [GFA] issued a statement that the club will appear before the Disciplinary Committee …

Accra Hearts of Oak are in action for the first time after their 2-0 defeat to Great Olympics in the Ghana Premier League. The Phobians have travelled to Tarkwa to take on Medeama SC in the last game of matchday twelve of the 2020/2021 season. No injury worries means coach Papic …

German-born Ghanaian forward Prince Osei Owusu climbed off the bench to score the equalising goal for Paderborn in the German Pokal Cup on Tuesday evening. Owusu, 24, climbed off the bench to replace Ron Schallenberg on 88 minutes with Paderborn down 2-1 in the game. Free-scoring Erling Haaland thought he …

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have reacted to a purported alert issued by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) on their former midfielder Muniru Sulley. News reports backed with a copy of the said letter indicates that Muniru is under investigation for his alleged role in match-fixing. The letter, dated January 29, …

Award-winning Ghanaian artiste, Kofi Kinaata says his love for football is what encouraged him to form two football teams to develop and help talented players in Takoradi.   The “Fante Rap God” currently owns two football teams, Move FC, a Colts club and Effiekuma Move FC, a third division club, …

Barcelona says they will take “appropriate legal action” against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it published details of forward Lionel Messi’s £492m contract. Barcelona denied “any responsibility for the publication of this document”. According to El Mundo, Messi’s four-year contract was worth a possible 555,237,619 euros until 30 June, 2021. …

The Juve boss admitted that the 35-year-old wasn’t happy with being subbed off in the Coppa Italia win. Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo has defended his decision to sub Cristiano Ronaldo out of Tuesday’s win over Inter, despite the Portugal star being unhappy about being taken off the pitch. Ronaldo scored twice …

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus came from behind to win the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final at Inter Milan. Argentine forward Lautaro Martinez had put Inter in front, steering a shot past Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on his 1,100th senior appearance.   However, Ashley Young’s foul on …

Accra Great Olympics’ recent fine form in the Premier League continued when they hosted King Faisal at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. The ‘Dade Boys’ recorded yet another victory over the Kumasi-based outfit, having between them with a 4-3 scoreline a year ago. Gladson Awako was missing from …