AFCON 2017: Burkina Faso wins 3rd place play-off

Alain Traore's stunning late free-kick defeated Ghana and sealed third place in the Africa Cup of Nations for Burkina Faso. From the right of the 18-yard box, Traore hammered a left-footed effort into the top...

EPL: Chelsea give Arsenal blues, Liverpool lose to Hull

English premier League leaders Chelsea on Saturday thrashed neighbors Arsenal 3-1 in a Week 24 London derby of the English Premier League (EPL). Chelsea tightened their grip on the Premier League title race and...

La Liga: Barca closes gap at top

Goals fro m Paco Alcacer, Lionel Messi and Aleix Vidal have helped Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in La Liga. The victory took the Catalan giant to within one point of rival...

Liverpool chief executive Ayre to leave for 1860 Munich

Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre will leave the club at the end of February to join German second-division side 1860 Munich. The 53-year-old has spent 10 years at Anfield, joining the club in 2007 as...

Bolt rules out 2018 Commonwealth Games appearance

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has no plans to extend his career beyond this year’s world championships in London and has ruled out a return to Australia for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Bolt, who completed a ‘treble...

  AFCON 2017 defeat: Black Stars were tactically bankrupt – CK Akonnor

Ex-Black Stars captain, CK Akonnor, has attributed Ghana’s painful lost to Cameron in the 2017 Afcon semi-final match to tactical bankruptcy and wastefulness in front of goal. “The opponent were tactically better than us. They...

AFCON 2017: We dominated Cameroon – Grant

Ghana Black Stars head coach, Avram Grant insists his team was the better side in Franceville during the second semi-final even though they fell 2-0 to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon. A visibly disappointed Grant...

AFCON 2017: Cameroon face Egypt in final

Cameroon will face Egypt in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final after two second-half strikes saw off Ghana. Both sides had gone close to breaking the deadlock before Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui took advantage of atrocious...

Chelsea legend Lampard retires

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard on Thursday announced his immediate retirement from playing football at the age of 38. The midfielder's last club was New York City FC, where his contract expired last year after he...

AFCON 2017 Preview: Cameroon Vs Ghana

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon play against the Black Stars of Ghana Thursday 02 February in Franceville in the second semi-final game of the Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon 2017. Both sides are going into...