Holders Chelsea comfortably beat Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup with Callum Hudson-Odoi scoring 24 hours after handing in a transfer request.

Japan's Naomi Osaka has won the Australian Open for her second consecutive Grand Slam title by beating Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 in the final.

A legend of Asante Kotoko S/C, Samuel Opoku Nti, popularly known as Lord ‘Zico’, has paid a glowing tribute to the late Simms Kofi Mensah, former chairman of the club, who passed on early this week, after a short illness.

Chelsea won a penalty shootout on a night of high drama at Stamford Bridge, overcoming Tottenham to secure a Carabao Cup final meeting with Manchester City.

Gonzalo Higuain has today joined Chelsea on loan for the remainder of the season.

Ghana Premier League club, Wa All Stars have denied media reports that the club has been sold.

AC Milan forward Gonzalo Higuain arrived in the UK yesterday and will undergo a medical at Chelsea.

World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa lightweight champion, Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe, says he is looking forward to a quick recovery to put his IBF International and WBO Global lightweight title bout against Russia’s Vyacheslav Gusev back on track after sustaining a hand injury during training at his base at Oyarifa in Accra last Tuesday.

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has congratulated Kumasi Asante Kotoko for beating Coton Sports of Cameroon back-to-back in their CAF Confederation Cup qualifiers.

Former Manchester City and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has completed a move to Marseille from Nice.

At 28, Edoardo Crnjar is one of the most powerful men in the European transfer market but he has had an unusual transition from selling cars to mediating perhaps the biggest player transfer of 2019.

A regional Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced former Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to 23 months in prison and ordered him to pay a 18.8 million euro ($21.44 million) fine for tax evasion, although the world-renowned football player will not spend time behind bars as prison sentences of less than two years are normally not served in Spain.

The Chairman of the Ghana Judo Association, Mr Emmanuel Gidisu Tetteh has been awarded “The Order of Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays honours” by the Emperor of Japan, Emperor Tsugu Akihito.

Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala was on a light aircraft which went missing over the Channel Islands, the French Civil Aviation authority said.

Kevin-Prince Boateng will wear the number 19 jersey after completing a loan transfer to Spanish giants FC Barcelona today.

He reportedly put pen to paper on a six-month loan deal earlier today to join Barca on-loan from Sassuolo.

Boateng, 31, is expected to join his teammates for training tomorrow.

Adding experience and versatility to the team

Born in Berlin on 6 March 1987, Kevin-Prince Boateng is a player who will surely adapt quickly to the team. With experience of playing in four of the biggest leagues in