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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Otto Addo as the new coach of the Black Stars. According to the GFA, the former Ghana international will lead the newly constituted Black Stars technical team following an Executive Committee meeting on Wednesday in Accra. Addo replaces Milovan Rajevac who was sacked …

Mohamed Salah made a rallying speech to his Egypt teammates after their AFCON final defeat to Senegal, urging them to ‘take revenge’ in March. The Pharaohs lost on penalties in Sunday’s showpiece in Yaounde after the two teams drew 0-0 over 120 minutes. Salah was down to take Egypt’s fifth …

Millions of Senegalese flooded the street of the country’s capital, Dakar, to welcome the national team, the Taranga Lions that won their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] title. Senegal stunned Egypt 4-2 on penalty shootouts in Cameroon on Sunday. Liverpool forward, Sadio Mane, having missed an earlier spot-kick in regulation time …

Sadio Mane and Edouard Mendy, and Egyptian forward, Mohammed Salah have been named in the Confederation of African Football’s best team of the just-ended 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] tournament. The announcement of the team was done on Monday evening and it was a collection of the tournament’s best …

Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been dropped by sportswear giant Nike following his arrest on suspicion of rape. The 20-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of assault and then later on suspicion of sexual assault and making threats to kill. The forward was later released on bail by Greater Manchester …

The water bottle belonging to Egypt goalkeeper Gabaski – which had every Senegal player’s penalty-taking preferences on it – has been found after the Africa Cup of Nations final. The Egyptian shot-stopper, whose full name is Mohamed Abou Gabal, had a brilliant final – saving Sadio Mane’s penalty in normal time before stopping …

Sulley Muntari, the former Black Stars player, showed dignity by coming on as a substitute in his debut game for Accra Hearts of Oak against Accra Great Olympics. After joining Hearts of Oak this week after a two-year hiatus, the former AC Milan and Inter Milan star revealed that his …

Ex-Ghana midfielder, Sulley Muntari, made his debut for Hearts of Oak in the matchday 16 games against Accra Great Olympics on Sunday afternoon. The Phobians, however, suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Dade lads at the Accra Sports Stadium. A first-half strike from Razak Yussif was enough to secure all …

Marc Overmars has left his role at Ajax after sending ‘inappropriate messages’ to female colleagues. The director of football stood down after discussions with chief executive Edwin van der Sar and the supervisory board following reports of alleged misconduct. A statement on Ajax‘s official website said: “Director of football affairs …

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall declared on Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and …