After AC Milan secured their first Serie A title in 11 years, head coach Stefano Pioli was left pleading for the return of his winner’s medal. This was after he claimed it was stolen amid the presentation ceremony. The Rossoneri got their hands on the Scudetto for the first time since the 2010/2011 campaign courtesy of a 3-0 win at Sassuolo. Olivier Giroud bagged a brace and Franck Kessie was also on the scoresheet. Pioli was the figurehead behind AC Milan’s 19th top-flight title, with his former side Inter Milan settling for second in spite of their own 3-0 win…
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Six (6) African referees have been selected as match officials for the FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Qatar later this year. The FIFA Referees Committee released the list of the match officials on Thursday including assistant and video match officials (VMO). A FIFA statement said a total of 36 referees, 69 assistant referees and 24 video match officials (VMOs) have been chosen in close cooperation with the six confederations, based on their quality and the performances delivered at FIFA tournaments as well as at other international and domestic competitions in recent years. The African referees selected include Gassama…
The Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr José Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. The appointment is with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between the NFF and Mr Peseiro. José Vitor dos Santos Peseiro, 62 last month, is a Portuguese who played as a striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, namely Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. An educationist with a degree in physical education/sports sciences, Peseiro has top-level coaching…
Nigeria will face Ivory Coast in the semi-finals of this year’s WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey this Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the General Seyni Koutché stadium. The confrontation of the heavyweights of African youth football is the culmination of the last four of the competition which is being played in Niger. The other semi-final in Tuesday’s other game at the Seyni Kountche stadium will see Benin take on Burkina Faso at 5 p.m. This comes after the group stage of the competition ended on Saturday after the last round of the Group B game. Benin secured first place in…
Bristol City will activate a clause in Antoine Semenyo’s contract that will keep him at the club for another year. Semenyo’s contract is set to expire in the summer of 2023, which means he’ll be in his final year when the current season concludes. However, reports claim the Championship club are about to trigger another extension, which will keep him at the club for an additional year. Semenyo’s agent recently confirmed Celtic’s interest, having spoken to the Scottish team’s coach Gavin Strachan. This was after Celtic sent scouts to watch Semenyo play against Reading in February. However, the player’s valuation…
Sporting Lisbon are on the verge of signing Bechem United star Clinton Duodu according to several reports in the local media. Duodu, 16, has been one of the brightest prospects in the Ghanaian top-flight since making his debut two seasons ago. The enterprising Wideman has been linked with several elite clubs in Europe ahead of the forthcoming summer transfer market. However, it appears Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon have stolen a march on their competitors after agreeing a deal in principle with Bechem United. Duodo is expected to enplane to the Iberian Peninsula to finalize the contract. Reports suggest that the…
Referee Joseph Kenny Padi has been suspended for the rest of the league season after the Match Review Panel of the Ghana Football Association’s decision that the referee erred in awarding the penalty to Asante Kotoko in their Ghana Premier League Matchweek 24 game against Hearts of Oak. In other decisions of the Panel, , Referee Misbaw Mohammed and Assistant Kenneth Tweneboah-Kodua have been suspended for the rest of the season for erring in the decision to award a penalty to Medeama SC in their match against King Faisal FC. Below are decisions announced by the Match review panel: ASANTE…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has removed the Baba Yara stadium from the list of approved stadiums for Senior Category “A” matches. This was contained in a letter signed by CAF Development Officer Raul Chipenda and addressed to the General Secretary of the Ghana Football, Association Prosper Harrison Addo, Esq. ‘’Following the one match approval given by CAF for the use of Baba Yara Sports Stadium (Kumasi) in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers playoff round matches under the condition that specific points were to be corrected in the stadium, based on the report received from the…
Sean Dyche has been sacked as Burnley manager after 10 years with the club battling relegation from the Premier League. Burnley are currently 18th in the table, four points from safety. They have won just one of their last seven Premier League games, losing 2-0 to fellow relegation strugglers Norwich on Sunday. Dyche initially joined the club as part of the backroom staff in September 2012, soon taking over from the departing Eddie Howe. The 50-year-old led Burnley to two promotions from the Championship, the last coming in the 2015/16 season. After signing a new four-year deal in September 2018,…
Ghana suffers another massive injury blow, talented Midfielder Edmund Addo has left the Black Stars camp after failing to recover from injury he sustained with his club FC Sherrif. The FC Sherrif star arrived in Ghana with an injury (unspecified) he picked up playing for his club side at the weekend and thought he would recover in time for the two important matches. According to reports, the 21-year-old underwent an MRI on Wednesday in Kumasi and the result showed severe damage which means he will not be available for the game. This comes as a massive blow for the Ghana…