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Lionel Messi has revealed that he almost left Barcelona in 2014 after he and his father were charged with tax fraud. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was alleged to have used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights, and as such defrauded Spain of €4.1 …

More often than not, many footballers enter into coaching after they hang their boots and even with some of them, they undertake coaching courses getting to the twilight of their careers so that when they retire, they start their new adventure. Coaches like Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard …

FIFA has extended the mandate of the Normalisation Committee set up to run the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a second time. The second mandate of the Normalisation Committee expired on September 30, 2019. However, in view of the upcoming GFA elections, FIFA has extended the Normalisation Committee’s mandate to …

Hat-trick hero Shafiu Mumuni fired Ghana into the final of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after beating Ivory Coast 3-1 in the semifinal at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Tuesday. The Black Stars had the first chance on goal in the 10th minute, but Joseph Esso …

With a swish of his magic left boot, Lionel Messi broke yet another record as his stunning trademark free-kick sealed a comprehensive win against Sevilla. The strike was his 420th in La Liga, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 419 goals scored in Europe’s ‘top five’ leagues — Spain, England, Germany, …

Jordan Ayew thinks he has shown enough quality to make his critics eat their words. The Ghana international scored the winner late on in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 victory at West Ham United on Saturday, needing the intervention of VAR after it was initially ruled out for offside by the referee. …

  Real Madrid say that gastroenteritis – not an anxiety attack – led to Thibaut Courtois’ half-time substitution on Tuesday in the Champions League. The Belgian goalkeeper was replaced by Alphonse Areola at the break with his side trailing 2-0 to Club Bruges at the Bernabeu – a game which …

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino says he is certain the team are still playing for him despite their run of poor form. Spurs have won just three of their opening 10 games in all competitions and were thrashed 7-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Tuesday. They were also …

Ghana’s hopes of qualifying for a historic first Olympic Games suffered a setback on Friday following a 0-0 home draw with Kenya. The Black Queens could not make the most of their home advantage as they were held by the Harambee Starlets in the third round first leg fixture at …

Wilfred Kwaku Osei, popularly known as Palmer has been disqualified from the Ghana Football Association presidential race. The Normalisation Committee acting as the Elections Committee after recommendations from the Vetting Committee published the names of the qualified candidates with only Palmer missing from the list of confirmed presidential hopefuls. The list has thus reduced to …