A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a Ghanaian football player in Sweden's second division to two years in prison for raping and beating his wife. After serving his sentence, 22-year-old Kwame Bonsu, who played for the Gefle IF club, will be expelled from the Scandinavian country where he has lived in since 2013, the Gavle District Court said.
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana landed in Uyo, Akwa Ibom Thursday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium.
Alexis Sanchez has said that his future now rests on talks between his agent and Arsenal, with Bayern Munich emerging as the front-runners to sign the Chile striker.
Premier League bosses have backed changes to club ownership rules that will make it easier to block potentially unscrupulous investors in the wake of controversies surrounding takeovers at Hull City and Southampton.
Plateau United picked up the only away win of the Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 23. The Jos based team beat Sunshine Stars FC of Akure, 2-1. The visitors were trailing 1-0 at half time, but equalised half way through the second half when second half substitute Emmanuel Odafe latched onto a pass to level the game.
Liverpool FC ended their pursuit of Southampton and Dutch international centre-back Virgil van Dijk. Controversy had trail the transfer move with the Saints saying they would report Liverpool to the Premier league over alleged illegal tapping of the player.
