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March 28, 2024March 28, 2024

China Former Football Chief Sentenced To Life For Bribery

A former president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, according to the country’s state media. In January, he pleaded guilty to taking bribes worth a total of 81 million yuan

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Nottingham Forest: Steven Reid Guilty Of Expletive-Laden Abuse Of Referee Paul Tierney

Nottingham Forest first-team coach Steven Reid has been given an extended two-match touchline ban and fined £5,000 after being found guilty of misconduct by the Football Association. Reid confronted referee Paul Tierney following Forest's defeat by Liverpool earlier this month. It was found he had

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024

Kotoko Refutes Imminent Dismissal Of Coach Prosper Ogum

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Asante Kotoko has dismissed rumours suggesting the imminent dismissal of coach Prosper Narteh Ogum following a string of poor results. Despite leading the Porcupine Warriors to victory in the Ghana Premier League title during the

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

Maguire, Walker Withdraw From England Squad

Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire have withdrawn from the England camp with injuries, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Sunday. The duo, along with goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, will return to their respective clubs for further assessment on injuries they picked

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

Consistent Sanitation Triumphs Over Challenges At All African Games, Thanks to Zoomlion!

The discussion by most Ghanaians as the 13th All African Games came to a close in Ghana over the weekend, is the massive patronage of the games just when the curtains were about to come down. The finals of the U-17

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

Dani Alves Released After Posting €1m Bail

Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has been released from prison after making the €1 million ($1.08m) bail payment required as he awaits the result of an appeal to his rape conviction, court officials confirmed on Monday. Alves was sentenced to four

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024

Tuesday’s Gossip: Frank, Southgate, Werner, Diomande, Haaland, De Zerbi, Chiesa, Amrabat

Manchester United are targeting Brentford manager Thomas Frank to take over from Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford in the summer, not England boss Gareth Southgate. (Football Transfers) However, according to other reports co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos are planning for Ten Hag to

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Former Brazil International Robinho Arrested To Serve Rape Sentence

Former Brazil international football player Robinho has been arrested to serve a nine-year prison sentence for rape. He was convicted two years ago in Italy for his part in the gang rape of an Albanian woman at a night club in

March 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Bayern And Liverpool Working On Alonso Deal

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness admits it will not be easy to prise Xabi Alonso away from Bayer Leverkusen due to competition from Liverpool and Real Madrid. The reigning German champions look set to lose their Bundesliga title to Alonso’s

March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

Kobbie Mainoo Says He Has Experienced ‘Whirlwind Of Emotions’ Since England Call-Up

Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo says he is targeting a place in England's Euro 2024 squad after a "mad couple of days". Mainoo, 18, was originally named in the under-21s squad but has been promoted to Gareth Southgate's senior side for