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The return of the Hornets to Charlotte appears to be under way. The team now known as the Bobcats is working to claim the nickname of Charlotte’s first NBA franchise, CBSSports.com reported Friday night. Specifically, the digital domain name NBAHornets.com was registered on Wednesday by a media arm of the NBA, CBS reported. Why is [...]

Osaze Odemwingie’s future with West Bromwich Albion was decided during talks between the club and the PFA last week – with the striker set for a summer exit, irrespective of Saturday’s flare-up with Baggies supporters. It has also emerged that TV presenter Adrian Chiles has apologised for the comment he made about the striker at [...]

Black Stars manager, Kwesi Appiah is ranked the 69th best coach in the world, according to the Institute of Football Coaching Statistics (IFCS). Appiah, who turns 53 on June 30, moved three places up of his previous 72nd position, with a point haul of 3721 according to the latest ranking of the Netherlands-based IFCS. Information [...]

Sulley Muntari signed off for next weekend’s internationals by helping AC Milan beat Palermo 2-0 in the Italian Serie-A on Sunday. The Ghana midfielder is expected to arrive in the Black Stars camp by Monday evening for the crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier against Sudan on March 24. The 28-year-old played the full 90 minutes [...]

The AFCON closing ceremony was held at the National Stadium in Soweto. Check out the photos [...]

The fragile peace between Togo coach Didier Six and his star player Emmanuel Adebayor has been shattered following the team’s quarter-final loss to Burkina Faso. In the aftermath of Sunday’s 1-0 extra-time defeat, Adebayor rounded on the inexperienced Six in a no-holds-barred attack on the Frenchman’s style of management. “The coach was not a help! [...]

Ghana allowed a two-goal to slip as DR Congo rallied back to draw 2-2 in a lively Group B match at the Africa Cup of Nations. The result at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Sunday leaves both teams with a point apiece after their opening match. Ghana scored the first goal of the competition [...]

Ex Ghana Captain Stephen Appiah is backing current skipper Asamoah Gyan to lead the country to its fifth Nations Cup title at the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa. The Black Stars who are currently in Abu Dhabi preparing for the tournament are keen on ending the country’s 31- year trophy drought. Appiah, who captained [...]

The Director General of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON), Alhaji Abubakar Jijiwa, explains why Nigerian broadcasters have refused to pay the 8million Euro media rights charged by a French company for Nigerian media to air the matches of the forth coming African Nations Cup matches on terrestrial TV stations. According to the BON boss, [...]

IT’S getting worse by the day.. After Fifa’s announcement of the match-fixing scandal involving Safa and Bafana Bafana, we now learn that the Hawks are about to swoop on top soccer officials who had allegedly been involved in the scam. No names have been mentioned yet, putting speculation in overdrive, but we believe we have [...]