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Wimbledon cancelled completely for 2020 as grass-court season is wiped out by coronavirus

The Lawn Tennis Association has confirmed that there will be no Wimbledon Grand Slam in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to cancel...

Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with prison inmates while awaiting trial [Watch]

A footage has emerged showing football icon Ronaldinho playing foot-volleyball with fellow inmates in a Paraguay prison while awaiting trial. Ronaldinho, who turned 40 on...

Rescheduled Olympics confirmed for summer 2021

The International Olympic Committee announced the Olympics had been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak last week, with the decision now taken to push...

Coronavirus: Roger Federer and wife donate $1m to help vulnerable families in Switzerland

Roger Federer and his wife, Mirka, announced on Wednesday that they would be personally donating one million Swiss Francs ($1.02 million) to help the...

Postponing the Olympics: Here are some of the challenges

The Tokyo Olympics appears to be creeping toward a postponement, an unprecedented and costly exercise that involves ripping up years of planning. As International Olympic...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games to be postponed until 2021, says IOC member

The 2020 Olympic Games will be postponed by one year because of coronavirus, says International Olympic Committee member, Dick Pound. It comes after the chairman...

Two Nigerian footballers kidnapped on the road

Two footballers - Super Eagles forward Dayo Ojo and Abia Comets' Benjamin Iluyomade - have been kidnapped while driving on the Benin-Owo expressway in...

Canada withdraws from 2020 Olympics as IOC considers postponement

Canada became the first country to boycott the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus pandemic and Australia told its athletes to prepare for an...

IOC considers postponing Olympic Games amid coronavirus pandemic

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has ruled out a cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and remain hopeful that the Games could continue as...

COVID-19: Former Real Madrid president dies at age 76 after contracting coronavirus

Former Real Madrid president, Lorenzo Sanz, has died at the age of 76 after contracting coronavirus. Sanz was a director at Real from 1985 to 1995 before taking...

Black Stars move up in new FIFA ranking

The Black Stars of Ghana have moved one step up to 46th position in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of February released on...

Coronavirus: Kevin Durant, 3 other Brooklyn Nets players test positive

Four players on the Brooklyn Nets including superstar Kevin Durant have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement issued by the team...

French Open moved to September as coronavirus forces major changes to calendar

The organisers of the French Open have confirmed that the tournament, which usually begins in May, will be move to September because of the...

CAF confirms CHAN 2020 postponement over coronavirus

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed next month's African Nations Championship (CHAN) over concerns around the coronavirus pandemic. The fate of the tournament,...

Jordan Ayew beats Messi and Ronaldo in new world ranking

Jordan Ayew has been named the 7th best player in Europe over the last month by International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) Football Observatory. The...

Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympics will go ahead, says Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement...

Coronavirus: Ghana’s 2021 AFCON qualifier against Sudan called off

Ghana’s upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan have been called off due to the spread of coronavirus. CAF on Friday announced...

Ghanaian player breaks silence after testing positive for coronavirus

Ghanaian youngster, Callum Hudson-Odoi, has revealed he is feeling well and has recovered from the virus symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19 this week. The...

African music icon D’banj leads praise for Manchester United’s Ighalo

The striker contributed a goal plus an assist in LASK’s obliteration and the Afrobeats star has led the football world to pay tribute to...

Arsenal coach tests positive for coronavirus

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus. The Gunners have closed their training ground and club staff who had recent contact with Arteta...

NBA suspends season after player tests positive for coronavirus

The NBA has suspended its season after a player preliminarily tested positive for coronavirus, stunning fans and players who heard the plan at...

Just In: Cristiano Ronaldo quarantined over deadly coronavirus

Cristiano Ronaldo is remaining in quarantine in his Madeira home after Juventus team-mate Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus.  The Portuguese star flew to his homeland to visit his...

Photos: Ronaldinho smiles in prison

The first picture of Ronaldinho as a prisoner has been revealed after a court in Paraguay refused the former Barcelona player bail as he...

Senegal shows swimming power in Africa Zone 2 Championship

Senegal swimmers impressed as they swam at the Bukom International Pool to sweep gold medals at the 7th Africa Zone 2 Swimming Championship. By the second...

Abeiku Jackson beats Senegalese swimmer to set new record

Ghana’s Abeiku Jackson set a new record in the Men’s 100 LC metres over the weekend at the Bukom International Pool at the Trust...

David Beckham, Ronaldo and Messi make list of ‘footballers your wife wants to sleep with’

David Beckham has topped a list of footballers 'your wife wants to sleep with', after gaining a  21.25 percent of the vote in a...

Third edition of Kwahu Easter Marathon launched

The third edition of the Kwahu Easter Marathon, has officially been launched at the MJ Grand Hotel at East Legon, in Accra. The 21-kilometre...

Footballer marries in tracksuit and jeans

For an English Premier League (EPL) star who earns £60,000, one would have expected a lavish, luxurious wedding inundated with flashy cars and A-list...

Coronavirus: Tanzania bans handshakes by football players

Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has banned the shaking of hands by players in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. Although the outbreak of...

The fraud Nyantakyi is alleged to have committed – Exclusive details

The State’s case against former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, is hinged on the documentary published by private international investigation agency Tiger...

Kwesi Nyantakyi, one other person charged with fraud [photos]

Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has been slapped with three charges including fraud. A former member of the Association’s Executive Committee...

Football can unite Africa – Samuel Eto’o

African football legend Samuel Eto'o believes the game has the power to unite people as political upheavals divide millions across the continent. The four-time African...

Football can unite Africa – Samuel Eto’o

African football legend, Samuel Eto'o, believes the game has the power to unite people as political upheavals divide millions across the continent. The four-time African...

Joy Prime marks 2020 ‘Race 4 Heart’ in grand style [Photos]

The third and 2020 edition of ‘Race 4 Heart’ initiative under the auspices of Ghana’s number one entertainment channel, Joy Prime on Saturday, February...

Asante Kotoko gift Asempa FM’s OB customised jersey

The Management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Friday presented to host of Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Philip Osei Bonsu, popularly known as OB,...

Kotoko fan gifts youngster Mathew Cudjoe cash [Watch]

An ardent Asante Kotoko fan has been spotted gifting enterprising winger, Mathew Cudjoe money on the street. The 16-year-old has been on fine form for...

Mike Tyson breaks silence after reportedly offering $10m to any man who’d marry his daughter

Legendary boxer Mike Tyson has not taken lightly a story of him offering her daughter's hand in marriage. News came out through various websites claiming that the...

Tennis star, Maria Sharapova retires at 32

Five-time Grand Slam winner, Maria Sharapova, has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 32. The former world No 1, who won Wimbledon...

Mosquito bites caused our defeat: Whispers from Kotoko players suggest

Kumasi Asante Kotoko players have shockingly attributed their inability to progress to the next round of the MTN FA Cup to mosquito bites. The defending...

Drogba scores big tourism win for Côte d’Ivoire

International soccer star Didier Drogba has helped his birthplace, Côte d’Ivoire, strike gold by helping to collect MOUs for a total of $15 billion...