He's just won the Champions League with Real Madrid -- and now Cristiano Ronaldo can celebrate being the world's highest-paid athlete, too.
Forbes estimates that Portugal captain Ronaldo, who will be one of the biggest stars at Euro 2016 in France, earned a staggering $88 million (£60.4m) last year.
A legal practitioner, Egbert Faibille Jnr, has said that ex Black Stars player, Sulley Ali Muntari, cannot play for the national football team unless he appeals for his inclusion in the team at an Appeals Court.
Spanish public prosecutors want Brazil captain Neymar to face charges of fraud and corruption over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos three years ago.
Both clubs have come under fire for the way the transfer was completed in 2013 with several investigations carried out in Spain and Brazil.
State Prosecutor Jose Perals Calleja yesterday filed preliminary proceedings to Spain's high court for Neymar, his father-cum-agent Neymar Da Silva Santos, former Barcelona president Sandro Rossell and ex-Santos president Odilio Rodrigues to answer charges of fraud and corruption.
Neymar's mother, Nadine Gonçalves, who is a 50 per cent shareholder of the family company N&N Consolatory Esportiva e Empresarial Ltda, is also named as having financially benefited from the alleged corruption.
The latest investigation relates to an official complaint made by the Brazilian investment group DIS, which owned 40 percent of Neymar's sporting rights when the player's tra
The African football fraternity is mourning the death of former Nigeria captain and coach Stephen Keshi from a cardiac arrest at the age of 54.
Ex Ghana international Sulley Ali Muntari has apologised for his actions during the 2014 World Cup by formally writing to the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
Right To Dream (RTD) Academy, which had nurtured many football talents, including Black Stars striker David Accam has constructed a multi-purpose astro turf in Kumasi to give many children a new lease of life.
Ten former international world-class players are expected to arrive in the country today ahead of tomorrow’s Stephen Appiah-led world XI international match against Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Stadium as organisers put stringent security measures in place to ward off gate crashers.
The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and King Abdullah of Jordan are among the dignitaries scheduled to speak at Muhammad Ali's funeral on Friday, a family spokesman says.
Jerome Boateng calmed fears he picked up an injury in Germany’s final warm-up friendly ahead of Euro 2016.
The Lizzy Football Academy over the weekend swept all the trophies in the U-13, U-15 and U-17 divisions at the maiden Marcel Desailly Cup tournament held at the Lizzy Sports Complex in Accra.
Coach David Duncan has broken his silence since he was asked by the management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko to step aside as he revealed last Saturday that he worked under poor conditions and remuneration which made it difficult to achieve results.
Former Chelsea first team doctor Eva Carneiro rejected a £1.2m settlement from the club, documents submitted to her employment tribunal show.
Two suspects, Kojo Peace and Badu Bodee, who allegedly assaulted the head coach of Division One League (DOL) side, Elmina Sharks, Kobina Amissah into unconciousness have been arrested by the Sekondi Police.
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Jon Benjamin, last Saturday chided members of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) for keeping mute over what he called sensitive subjects which have been kept underground in the profession, thereby preventing honest reporting.
