Giants Asante Kotoko made a 12-hour journey to reach Tumu on Friday for their MTN FA Cup round of 32 tie against Real 24 Hours FC. The team left Kumasi at 7am. They arrived in Tumu, which is only 18km away from the Burkina Faso border, at 7pm. The …

Over 1,000 Hearts of Oak fans in the Western Regional town of Asankragwa inflicted Phobian players and officials with goosebumps on Friday when they stormed the club’s base and training grounds to offer a massive support ahead of their MTN FA Cup clash with Samartex FC.  

Fernando Alonso received the news he was hoping for on Friday after being given the green flag from FIA doctors to take his place on the grid in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. Alonso arrived at the medical centre at the Shanghai circuit in order to carry out a check-up on …

Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain‘s four-match ban for violently protesting on the pitch about a red card was cut to three on appeal on Friday but the 20,000 euro ($23,000) fine stood, the Italian FA said on its website on Friday. (www.figc.it) It gave no reason for the decision. The 28-year-old …

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was welcomed back to training by his teammates after receiving the news he will not be selected for France at this summer’s European Championships. Benzema, who has scored 27 goals in 81 games for Les Bleus, has been at the centre of a blackmail scandal …

Spain could boast all four finalists in European competition this season after Villarreal and Sevilla were kept apart in the Europa League draw in Nyon on Friday. The Yellow submarine were paired with Borussia Dortmund’s conquerors Liverpool whilst Unai Emery’s side, looking for a third straight title, were drawn against …

  The Champions League draw for the semi finals took place in Nyon this morning and Real Madrid were paired with Manchester City. That meant Barcelona‘s conquerors Atletico Madrid play Bayern Munich for the right to claim a place in the final. It leaves the possibility of a repeat of …