International sports

Global football governing body, FIFA has banned Chad from football until further notice. The decision was taken by the Bureau of the Fifa Council on Wednesday and takes effect immediately. Note that in December 2020, Fifa had rejected a request from the country’s ministry of sports to dissolve the Chadian Football Federation. …

Ghana international Emmanuel Gyasi has opened up on his double encounter with Juventus and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo in the Italian Serie A this season. The two players first met during a league game in November when Juventus walked away with a 4-1 away win. Last month, they came face …

Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki has been sacked, South Africa Football Association (Safa) announced on Wednesday. This follows Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Sudan in Omdurman that saw Bafana fail to qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) when a draw would have seen the South Africans reach the …

Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Juventus until the end of his contract, according to vice-president Pavel Nedved, following reports linking the forward with a return to Real Madrid. The 35-year-old has been criticised this season, while the Italian champions have struggled in Serie A and are out of the Champions League. …

Mother of Berekum-born AS Roma Ghanaian sensation Felix Ohene Gyan, Juliet Adubea, has revealed that she had to stand her grounds to ensure her son sealed a move to the Italian giants. The Sunyani-born striker has already hit the ground running in Rome after scoring and assisting on his debut …

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said the club supporters will soon see the best of Thomas Partey whose spell with the gunners has been plagued by injuries. Partey, who joined the Gunners last summer from Atletico Madrid for £45m, has struggled to stay in shape in the ongoing campaign. The …

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a sensational perfect hat-trick inside 32 minutes for Juventus as they lead Cagliari 3-0. The Portuguese superstar has been criticised this week for his part in Juve’s shock Champions League exit at the hands of Porto. But a motivated ‘CR7’ rocked up at the Sardegna Arena …

Cristiano Ronaldo’s “unforgivable error” in extra-time against 10-man Porto in the Champions League proved decisive as Juventus was dumped out by the Portuguese side. With the sides all-square in the 115th minute and with penalties just minutes away, Porto was awarded a free-kick 35 yards away from the Juve goal. In a last-ditch …

They say money makes the world go round, and it can certainly help when it comes to transfers, but the richest owners aren’t always the most successful when it comes to football. Manchester City have rather made a fool out of the idea of a proper Premier League title race this …

Swansea City goalkeeper, Freddie Woodman, says Andre Ayew is excellent in making players around him better. The Ghana captain scored two goals at Liberty Stadium on Saturday to help Steve Cooper’s side defeat Middlesbrough 2-1 to stay in contention for Premier League promotion. Speaking after the game, Woodman maintains that …