The Moroccan Football Federation has submitted a bid to host the finals of this year’s Confederation of African Football (Caf) club competitions – in both the elite African Champions League and the second tier African Confederation Cup. BBC Sport understands that Morocco is proposing to stage the 2020 Champions League final at Mohammed V stadium … Read more
Veteran Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor says the main reasons he decided to join Paraguay side Olimpia Asuncion were the influence of ex-Manchester City team-mate Roque Santa Cruz and the club president’s six-year-old son. The 35-year-old former Arsenal striker, who quit Turkish club Kayserispor in December, signed a deal until the end of the year as … Read more
A 15-year-old Ghanaian footballer, Baptista Adjei, has been gruesomely murdered in the UK, according to local news portals. Ghanasoccernet and Dailymail Ghana report that an unnamed teenage suspect has been arrested and detained in connection with the murder. “The suspect was arrested after he handed himself at the East London police station, officials said on … Read more
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 million between 2007 and 2009. … Read more
Legendary Ghanaian footballer and arguably the best ever player from the West African country Abedi Pele Ayew has been voted the fifth greatest African footballer by French Football. French Football magazine picked a list of 30 African football greats to be voted for by 42 renowned journalists and the former Marseille star was named the … Read more
Black Stars players will receive an appearance fee of $80,000 each at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt this summer, we can confirm. Each member of the 23-man squad will be smiling to the bank after reaching an agreement with the country’s Sports Ministry. READ ALSO: Kwasi Appiah Drops Majeed Waris, 5 Others … Read more
Nigeria’s veteran midfielder John Mikel Obi has become the third most capped player for the Super Eagles after he featured in Saturday’s friendly game against Zimbabwe. With his appearance on Saturday, the 32-year-old is surpassed Nwanko Kanu on the chart, and now stands 14 places behind joint leaders Joseph Yobo and Vincent Enyeama. Mikel could … Read more
The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has banned former President of the Ghana Football Association for life from all football-related activities. The adjudicatory chamber found Mr Nyantakyi guilty of having violated Article 19 (conflict of interest), Article 21 (Bribery and corruption) and Article 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2012 edition. … Read more