Author: Kofi Dekye Acquaye

Puma has officially unveiled the new Ghana Black Stars jersey ahead of crunch Angola clash in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier. The Jerseys are priced at €94.95 each, while the pre-match jersey is available for €59.95. They could be wearing it tonight against Angola as they play the crunch encounter in Luanda today at 7pm. Ghana is expected to bounce back after series of discouraging performances. Niger best Kwesi Appiah’s Sudan 4:0 to breath hope for the Black Stars.

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FIFA unveils the trophy for the 2025 “New format” Club World Cup that will take place in the United States. The trophy can transform from a shield to an orbital and multi-faceted shape. It is plated with 24-carat of gold and features engravings in 13 languages. The Trophy will be lifted for the first time at next year’s 32-team tournament, set to be staged in the United States from 15 June to Sunday, 13 July 2025. FIFA president Gianni Infatino has said the golden trophy “is a symbol of the future and inspired by the past.” The 4 participating African…

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UEFA has officially opened an investigation into suspended Premier League referee David Coote after a video allegedly showed him snorting a white powder while on duty at Euro 2024. The Premier League’s refereeing body has said it is aware of footage allegedly showing David Coote sniffing white powder. Coote was suspended by PGMOL on Monday after a leaked online video showed him making derogatory comments about Liverpool, calling the club “s***” and referring to former manager Jurgen Klopp as a “German. In an eight-second WhatsApp clip obtained by *The Sun*, Coote appears to roll up a U.S. banknote and use…

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A Turkish court sentenced MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game last season. The verdict came after punching and threatening to kill referee Halil Umut Meler in December last year during the final stretch of a 1-1 draw against Rizespor in the Turkish Premier League. Mr. Koca was furious after the opposition team levelled against them to deny their chances of qualifying to the Turkish League.

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Former Manchester United and Uruguay striker Diego Forlan age 45 made his professional tennis debut at the Uruguay Open yesterday November 13th, 2024. He lost in a doubles match with Federico Coria in Montevideo after receiving a wild card for the tournament. Forlan won just three games before making his professional tennis debut aged at the Uruguay Open. The 45-year-old alongside his Argentine partner Federico Coria, lost to Bolivian duo of Boris Arias and Federico Zeballos. Forlan and his partner lost 6-1, 6-2 with. Despite the loss, Forlan stayed positive: “It was difficult, but I enjoyed it a lot,” he…

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SAFA President Danny Jordaan has reportedly just been arrested for fraud charges according to SNL. As it stands now, Jordan has reportedly been arrested and he is set to face charges of up to R1.3 million for fraud and theft. The SAFA president is due to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrates court,” the report stated on the same publication. Meanwhile, Jordaan has filed papers to the Johannesburg high court as he seeks to interdict his prosecution and arrest.

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US President-elect Donald Trump has picked billionaire Elon Musk to lead a newly created Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) for incoming Trump administration. Trump also announced that Vivek Ramaswamy, who is a biotech investor, will work with SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk. Musk and Ramaswamy will provide advice to the White House on how to “drive large scale structural reform”. After the announcement on Tuesday, Trump said the Doge initiative will propel his administration “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure Federal Agencies”.

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Manchester United sacked their head coach Eric Ten-Hag a week ago after a poor and disappointing run which saw Manchester United dropping to 13th on the table in the EPL. He was quickly replaced by Sporting Lisbon’s coach Ruben Amorim and made former player Ruud Van Nistelroy an interim coach. The later steered Manchester United to some vital wins that lifted the team both on the table and on confidence level. Rúben Amorim held his inaugural meeting with Manchester United players at Carrington yesterday November 12, 2024. During this gathering, Luke Shaw, Mason Mount, Leny Yoro, Kobbie Mainoo, and Toby…

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19 year old Marc Cucalón from who plays for Real Madrid youth team has announced that he is retiring from football because of the injuries he continually sustain. Marc Cucalon has won his retirement from football early at the prime age of 19 years due to serious injuries. He suffered an ACL injury in 2022 during the surgery, a bacteria got into the cartilage of the joint which caused an infection. The decision now is to retire at just 19 years old and the younger don’t have an option than to do so.

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