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Spanish giants FC Barcelona yesterday thrashed country rivals Sevilla 6 goals to 1 in the second leg quarterfinals of the 2018/2019 Copa Del Ray to glide into the Semifinals for the ninth season in a row.   It was a great comeback for the Catalans after suffering a 2 - 0 defeat last week in the first leg at Sevilla. The second leg at the Camp Nou looks very easy for Barcelona as they score Sevilla thrilling 6 - 1 and closing it all up on 6 -3 aggregate.  Philipe Coutinho nets a brace, while Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Luis Suárez and Leo Messi notch a goal each, as Barça easily overturn 1st leg deficit and roll into the Copa del Rey semis; Jasper Cillessen was superb in the net, stops a penalty in winning effort. The second leg saw newly loaned Ghanaian international and former Sassulo midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng dropped to the bench as Barcelona played a full squad of Messi, Suarez, Coutinho in the forward, Arthur, Rakitic and Busquets in t...

The much anticipated 2018/2019 season of UEFA Champions League begins today with some interesting fixtures to look up to. Below is the full fixtures for the 2018/2019 UCL. Matchday 1  *Tuesday 18 September*  Group A: Club Brugge v Dortmund, Monaco v Atlético Group B: Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven (18:55CET), Inter v Tottenham (18:55CET) Group C: Liverpool v Paris, Crvena Zvezda v Napoli Group D: Galatasaray v Lokomotiv Moskva, Schalke v Porto  *Wednesday 19 September*  Group E: Ajax v AEK Athens (18:55CET), Benfica v Bayern München Group F: Shakhtar v Hoffenheim (18:55CET), Manchester City v Lyon Group G: Real Madrid v Roma, Viktoria Plzeň v CSKA Moskva Group H: Young Boys v Manchester United, Valencia v Juventus Matchday 2  *Tuesday 2 October*  Group E: Bayern München v Ajax, AEK Athens v Benfica Group F: Hoffenheim v Manchester City (18:55CET), Lyon v Shakhtar Group G: CSKA Moskva v Real Madrid, Roma v Viktoria...

The captain of Togolese national team and striker for İstanbul Başakşehir Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor has expressed gratitude to his fans and nation for their support in yesterday's African Cup of Nations qualifier between Togo and Benin. The Togo team lead by Adebayor the captain held Benin to a goalless draw yesterday in Lome. SEA shared some photos of himself in action on social media to thank everyone for the massive support after the match. "A big thank you to all for the support yesterday. Despite the 0-0 result, our goal remains the same" he wrote. After 2 games, Togo is at the bottom of their group with just a point after losing 1 game and drawing 1.  See photos below:  

Are you ready for another captivating season of the world's giant football clubs battling it out on the pitch for the enviable UEFA Champions League Cup? Well, I know you are ready as I am. The 2018/2019 Champions League group stages draw has been announced today with only four EPL teams making it, thus Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspurs and Liverpool. Four clubs also made it from Spain, thus FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia. See the full group stage draws below: GROUP A                                                        Atletico Madrid (ESP) Dortmund        (GER) Monaco     (FRA) Club ...

Government is expecting a delegation from world football governing body, FIFA, and its continental organ, CAF, to hold further discussions towards reforms within the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Reforms within the GFA have become necessary following an exposé by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas which captured some officials of the FA engaging in some corrupt practices. Following the exposé, the government of Ghana decided to dissolve the GFA, a decision FIFA did not take kindly to. The sport-governing body, therefore, warned Ghana of a possible ban from international tournaments if the government goes ahead with the proposed dissolution. The Government of Ghana later reached an agreement with FIFA to deal with the issues at the GFA together with the world football body. It is on the back of this that a delegation is expected in Ghana to tackle these issues to ensure that the management of football activities return to normal in the count...

Clearly, actor Yaw Dabo is twice heartbroken than I am after Manchester United's embarrassing and devastating home loss to Tottenham Hotspurs on Monday. Apparently, the actor placed a bet worth a whopping Ghc 4,000.00 for a United win but unfortunately for him, they lose by 3 goals to nill. In a video shared by Sadiq Adams on Facebook, Yaw broke down on the floor and cried like a toddler for his two losses. Well, I was not so surprised by this result because after watching my team play in the opening match, I prepared my heart for this. Watch the video below:

Ghana's youngest boxing champion Isaac Dogboe has delivered another knockout to defend his WBO Super Bantamweight title when he took on Hidenori Otake today.  The young Ghanaian boxer stopped the Japanese international in the first round with a massive technical knockout. Otake couldn't stand the hit of Isaac's punches and went down twice before the referee waved off the match. The 'Royalstorm' now holds a record of  [20-0, 13KOs] with Otake tasting his first career knockout holding the record of [31-3-3, 14KOs]. Dogboe laid his hands on the WBO title in April this year when he knocked out Jessie Magdaleno inside the eleventh round in a tightly fought bout. Also See: Official Photos: Isaac Dogboe Knockout American Champ Magdaleno To Become Ghana's Youngest world Champion With his shoulders high, Isacc challenged Rey Vargas and Danny Roman after the fight. Watch a snippet of the bout below:

Argentine international footballer and Spanish giants FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi has been spotted in a viral video training with his bulldog and it's just amazing. In the video, the talented dog called Hulk was running around his boss and trying to play while Messi dribbles him round on a private pitch.  The video was shared by his team Barcelona's IG page and has gone viral garnering over 4million views.  Watch below:   A post shared by FC Barcelona (@fcbarcelona) on Jul 30, 2018 at 7:42am PDT Loading...

  Ghanaian international footballer Sulley Ali Muntari has been spotted traning with Ghana Premier league side Accra heart of Oak and after the training session he gave each player $100. The former Deportivo La Coruna player currently cooling off in Ghana, joined the Hearts team at Legon Ajax park on Monday and trained with them to at least keep his form and ended up blessing them with $100 gift(aprox. Ghs480). Also See: Video: SM Fans Go Crazy With Shatta Wale's 'Amount' Splashes Stacks Of Money On Social Media(Watch) He spent $2200 as all 22 Hearts players present at traning on the day got a $100 each. See photos below:

Former Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has been appointed Spain’s new coach on Monday following the sack of incumbent, Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the World Cup. President of the Spanish federation, Luis Rubiales has revealed the appointment was approved unanimously.  This follows the crisis that engulfed Spanish football on the eve of the World Cup when Rubiales fired Julen Lopetegui who had gone behind the federations back to sign for Real Madrid, even though he just signed a new contract with the Spanish Federation a month earlier.  Sporting director Frenando Hierro was drafted to step in, but Spain could only muster a second-round elimination to Russia through penalties. Hierro has since stepped down. The Federation has also appointed Jose Francisco Molina, a former goalkeeper at Atletico Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna as the new sporting director.  Enrique who was Barcelona coach for three years guided the Catalan giants to the treble of La Liga, C...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria impressively had their first win at the ongoing World Cup when they clashed with Iceland yesterday in Russia. After suffering 2 : 0 defeat to Croatia in their opening game of the tournament, every Nigerian was earnestly looking forward to this win.  Thankfully, God has answered the prayers of Nigerians and the Super Eagles fought a good fight to victory by beating Iceland 2 goals to nil. After the match, Nigerian celebrities have gone gaga on social media expressing joy and love for their national team's victory. Below is a compilation of how Nigerian celebrities jubilated on social media after the victory. A post shared by FameBugs (@famebugs) on Jun 23, 2018 at 12:11pm PDT Video credit: Frame bugs

Ghanaian Footballer and Newcastle United Star after the football season ended is now back home in Ghana with his white wife and two children to meet his family as they chill on vacation. According to photos he shared on IG, they are really enjoying Ghana as he took his nuclear family on a boat cruise, a visit to the Kakum National Park and also he took his kids to meet dancehall star, Shatta Wale.  The kids and their mother also had some good times with their granny (Atsu's mother).  See photos below:

Ghana winger Kingsley Sarfo has been jailed two years-eight months in a Swedish prison for two child rape counts, a Malmo District Court ruled on Friday morning, ghanasoccernet reported.   The 23-year-old had been in cells for some time now after he was charged with defilement in Sweden. Although he pleaded not guilty to the allegation levelled against him because he didn’t know the girl was under-aged, there were claims that the 23-year-old has been involved in several sexual activities against under-aged girls since joining Malmo FF. Last month, it became glaring that the Ghanaian will be convicted after a heartbreaking picture of talented Ghanaian emerged with the enforcer in handcuffs and shackles like a terrorist as he arrived in a Swedish court from prison for the start of his rape trial. And on Friday, a Malmo District Court presided over prosecutor Rikard Darell passed judgment on the former Sirius midfielder as he has been sentenced to two-years ...

Following the investigative expose' by Anas Aremeyaw Anas dubbed #Number12, which unearthed the corruption and bribery activities of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), president Nana Akuffo Addo has dissolved the GFA with immediate effect. A press release signed by Hon. Mustapha Hamid confirmed this.  Read Statement below:

After Ghana Football Association came out with a Statement on the Anas corruption expose' which rocked it's official, Premier League side Accra Heart Of Oak is also out with theirs. In Hearts' press release, the club was happy that none of its officials were implicated in the corruption expose' documentary but they are very disturbed about how TigerEyePi impersonated Heart official to carry out their undercover works. Also Read: PRESS RELEASE: GFA Statement on the documentary by Tiger Eye on alleged acts of Corruption Whether they will be taking any legal actions against Anas and his people is yet unknown. Read full Statement below:

The Ghana Football Association (GFA)’s attention has been drawn to the airing of a documentary by Tiger Eye PI alleging acts of corruption by some match officials and senior officials of the federation. The Gfa was not provided with an opportunity to watch the premiering of the documentary as it was neither provided with an advanced copy of the said documentary nor furnished with tickets by Tiger Eye PI to watch the airing. Though the GFA did not commission Tiger Eye PI to undertake this exercise and have not been provided with the opportunity of watching the documentary, we view the allegations circulating in the media very seriously and would wish to take immediate steps to address them. To this end, we believe its only fair and proper that Tiger Eye furnishes us with the said documentary and hereby request Tiger Eye as a matter of urgency to furnish us with all the recorded material on this documentary to enable us to forward it to the ap...

Sacked Hearts of Oak coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi believes he would have won the league and the Champions League for them had he stayed longer at the club. The Japanese trainer joined the Phobians two seasons ago and quickly endeared himself to their fans with his revered ‘sushi’ tactics. However, his relationship with the club’s management went sour when he struggled to churn out the desired results, which informed the club’s management to sack him midway through the campaign. The 49-year-old had a short stint with FC Tiger in Cambodia before he was plucked by Inter Allies prior to the ongoing Zylofon Cash Premier League season. He led the Tema-based side to inflict a 1-0 defeat on his former employers on Match Day 14 of the Zylofon Cash Premier League on Thursday. In the wake of the match, Yatsuhashi expressed his sadness over the display of the Phobians and bemoaned the manner in which he was shown the exit – believing that he could have returned them t...

Ghanaian Sports journalist Saddick Adams aka Sports Obama has escaped from the wicked ploy of some heartless assailants who invaded his house to attack him. Narrating the horrific incident on social media, he said, two unknown assailants chased him to his house and tried to force and breakthrough his gate. He also said he was informed that someone is at the gate to see him but when he approached the gate and looked through its holes, he saw aggressive men and quickly run back indoors and place a call to the police. The police came after some time and the thieves sped off on their motorbikes, they were chased but could not be apprehended.  The fear-stricken journo thanked the Almighty God for saving him and also the police from Taifa and Tesano for their quick response to rescue him. Read his words below:  

The Black Stars of Ghana have beaten their Japanese counterparts by two goals to nil at the Yokohama International Stadium. Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey scored the first goal in the 9th minute through a wonderful free-kick and Levante’s Emmanuel Boateng added a second from a spot kick in the 51st minute. While Thomas Partey’s right footed shot from more than 35 yards gave the Stars’ the lead, Emmanuel Boateng converted the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner. Japan came back strongly in the game as they tried to pull parity but Ghana stood to the test by thwarting their incessant efforts. Japan are preparing themselves for a sixth consecutive World Cup participation with a friendly in the annual Kirin Challenge Cup. Akira Nishino’s men continue their preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It is the first of three matches that the Samurai Blue play before the showpiece in Russia next month, with Switzerland and Paraguay also comi...