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Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Footballer of the Year. It is a third straight title for Toure, who also won December's BBC African Footballer of the Year award. He...

Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant. The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio...

Former Ghana coach Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie has urged current head honcho Kwesi Appiah to keep Fatau Dauda as first choice goalie. Dauda has suffered a noticeable dip in form after opting to move South African giants Orlando Pirates last year,...

Heartland attacking midfielder, Ikechukwu Ibenegbu nicknamed ‘Mosquito’ is a major doubt for the side in the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season. The playmaker has spent six seasons at the Naze Millionaires and contributed immensely to the side's back-to-back Federation Cup...

Manchester United have to play the officials as well as the opposition, manager David Moyes complained after his side were beaten 2-1 by Sunderland in the League Cup semifinal first leg on Tuesday. Moyes, under pressure after losing his third...

Valencia forward Helder Postiga headed an equaliser in the final minute of added time to snatch a 1-1 draw at home to King's Cup holders Atletico Madrid in an intense and entertaining last 16, first leg tie on Tuesday. After...

The more seriously we take competition on the African continent, the greater the likelihood of success, says Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund. “Over the years, the Champions League hasn't been taken that seriously before,” Igesund said in Cape Town where...

Nigeria’s Super Eagles are likely to depart for South Africa for CHAN on Tuesday without coach Stephen Keshi, who will attend the CAF Awards ceremony in Lagos on Thursday. Keshi has been nominated for the Coach of the Year along...

The cheapest ticket for overseas fans for the 2014 World Cup final is $440 and the most expensive is $990. The Ghanaian fan will have to part with $90 for the cheapest group stage ticket - far above the reach...

Morocco head coach Hassan Benabicha says his side are aiming for a semifinal berth in the CAF African Nations Championships set to kick-off on Saturday evening in Cape Town. The Atlas Lions, who eliminated defending Champions Tunisia to qualify for...