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Jonathan Mensah: My story

Posted by Fentuo Tahiru
|Date: Jul 13, 2018 7:29am
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Jonathan Mensah: My story

Jonathan Mensah grew up carrying the shoes of his older brothers as they gathered to play soccer in the s ...

Jonathan Mensah grew up carrying the shoes of his older brothers as they gathered to play soccer in the streets of Ghana. Mensah dreamt solely of playing the game alongside the boys instead of support ...

Jul 13, 2018 7:29am
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World Cup Photographer floored by Croatia celebrations

Posted by Godwin Akweiteh Allotey
|Date: Jul 12, 2018 11:05am
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World Cup Photographer floored by Croatia celebrations

Photographers get the best view possible at major events and that has been no different at the World Cup ...

Photographers get the best view possible at major events and that has been no different at the World Cup finals. But during England's semi-final loss to Croatia, one Agence France-Presse snapper got m ...

Jul 12, 2018 11:05am
| by Godwin Akweiteh Allotey

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World Cup 2018: Fernando Hierro steps down from Spain role

Posted by Godwin Akweiteh Allotey
|Date: Jul 8, 2018 3:38pm
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World Cup 2018: Fernando Hierro steps down from Spain role

Fernando Hierro, who led Spain at the 2018 World Cup, has stepped down as coach and will not return to hi ...

Fernando Hierro, who led Spain at the 2018 World Cup, has stepped down as coach and will not return to his former role as sporting director. Hierro was placed in temporary charge of the team after Jul ...

Jul 8, 2018 3:38pm
| by Godwin Akweiteh Allotey

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Fifa boss ‘sad Africa is out of the World Cup’

Posted by Marian Ansah
|Date: Jul 4, 2018 3:20pm
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Fifa boss ‘sad Africa is out of the World Cup’

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has told the BBC that he is sad no African team made it to the knock-out stage ...

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has told the BBC that he is sad no African team made it to the knock-out stages of the World Cup. All five African teams - Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia - exi ...

Jul 4, 2018 3:20pm
| by Marian Ansah

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Japan team leave World Cup dressing room clean with ‘thank you’ note

Posted by Jonas Nyabor
|Date: Jul 3, 2018 3:01pm
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Japan team leave World Cup dressing room clean with ‘thank you’ note

Japan’s World Cup footballers have been hailed an “example for all teams” for leaving their dressing room ...

Japan’s World Cup footballers have been hailed an “example for all teams” for leaving their dressing room spotless with a "thank you" note in Russian following their devastating defeat to Belgium. The ...

Jul 3, 2018 3:01pm
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Heartbroken Japanese fans tidy stadium despite World Cup exit

Posted by Jonas Nyabor
|Date: Jul 3, 2018 10:52am
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Heartbroken Japanese fans tidy stadium despite World Cup exit

Heartbroken Japanese football fans stayed behind to clean up a Russian football stadium… despite being kn ...

Heartbroken Japanese football fans stayed behind to clean up a Russian football stadium… despite being knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium. Touching images showed fans picking up litter and tidyin ...

Jul 3, 2018 10:52am
| by Jonas Nyabor

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World Cup: Croatia edge past Denmark despite Schmeichel’s heroics

Posted by Jeffrey Owuraku-Sarpong
|Date: Jul 1, 2018 9:52pm
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World Cup: Croatia edge past Denmark despite Schmeichel’s heroics

Croatia needed penalties to make it through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup after fighting off a b ...

Croatia needed penalties to make it through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup after fighting off a brave Denmark side in a tense encounter at Nizhny Novgorod. Ivan Rakitic’s well-placed penalty s ...

Jul 1, 2018 9:52pm
| by Jeffrey Owuraku-Sarpong

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Senegal, Japan fans praised for cleaning up stadium after World Cup match

Posted by Jonas Nyabor
|Date: Jun 20, 2018 9:31am
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Senegal, Japan fans praised for cleaning up stadium after World Cup match

There were jubilant scenes among Senegal fans on Tuesday after their side secured a 2-1 victory over Pola ...

There were jubilant scenes among Senegal fans on Tuesday after their side secured a 2-1 victory over Poland in their World Cup opener, in the process becoming the first African team to win at this yea ...

Jun 20, 2018 9:31am
| by Jonas Nyabor

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Lukaku double sinks Panama

Posted by Daniel Koranteng
|Date: Jun 18, 2018 8:35pm
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Lukaku double sinks Panama

Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium proved too good for World Cup debutants Panama in the opening match ...

Romelu Lukaku scored twice as Belgium proved too good for World Cup debutants Panama in the opening match in England's Group G. After a goalless first half, Belgium, ranked third in the world, finally ...

Jun 18, 2018 8:35pm
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Moscow crash taxi driver ‘feared crowd lynching’

Posted by Delali Adogla-Bessa
|Date: Jun 17, 2018 10:00am
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Moscow crash taxi driver ‘feared crowd lynching’

The Moscow taxi driver who ploughed into pedestrians says he fled because he feared the crowd would kill ...

The Moscow taxi driver who ploughed into pedestrians says he fled because he feared the crowd would kill him. Footage shows people chasing and then kicking him after Saturday's crash in which at least ...

Jun 17, 2018 10:00am
| by Delali Adogla-Bessa

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