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GFA activates $500,000 GoldFields sponsorship for Black Challenge ahead of World Cup
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GFA activates $500,000 GoldFields sponsorship for Black Challenge ahead of World Cup

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has activated funding allocated to the Black Challenge, Ghana’s National Amputee Football Team, under its sponsorship agreement with GoldFields Ghana Limited, as the team intensifies preparations for the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup. GoldFields Ghana committed US$5 million over two years to support Ghanaian football after becoming an Official Partner of the GFA in a strategic partnership unveiled on May 8, 2026, at the company’s headquarters in Accra.

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Ghana exit U-15 World Cup and Festival after penalty shootout loss to Paraguay
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Ghana exit U-15 World Cup and Festival after penalty shootout loss to Paraguay

The National U-15 Boys team’s impressive run at the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan has come to an end after a 7-6 penalty defeat to Paraguay. The lads, who had won seven matches in a row — including victories over Korea Republic (2-1) and Mexico (5-2) in the knockout stages — could not hold their nerves in the shootout, with Paraguay converting 7 of their kicks to Ghana’s 6.

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A three-year-old soccer prodigy went viral. The adults have already let him down
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A three-year-old soccer prodigy went viral. The adults have already let him down

From Ms Rachel to Roc Nation, the internet embraced a Florida toddler. Police records reviewed by the Guardian complicate the story – and raise troubling questions There is real tragedy in this week’s story of the three-year-old Florida boy whose parents claimed he was so good at soccer that police were called to do what opposing defenders couldn’t.

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Time and owners not on Moyes’ side as he tries to end Everton trophy drought
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Time and owners not on Moyes’ side as he tries to end Everton trophy drought

The Friedkin Group want to sell and squad investment has dried up but Carabao Cup is still an opportunity for silverware A European challenge plus a concerted effort to end a trophy drought that will soon stretch into a 32nd year were Everton’s stated aims for this season, although that was before the club’s owners turned the taps off in the transfer market and announced they were looking to sell up. Newcastle’s visit to Hill Dickinson Stadium in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Thursday – when they will be backed by 7,732 fans after Everton allocated their opponents 15% of the ground – is…

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Post your questions for Charlie Nicholas
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Post your questions for Charlie Nicholas

Is there anything you would like to ask the former Celtic, Arsenal and Scotland forward? Not many footballers can say they have played for Scotland at a World Cup, been on the cover of NME, had one of their transfers announced on the stage of His Majesty’s Theatre on Hogmanay, and turned out for Clyde.

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Judicial Reform: NBA’s unheeded proposal to restructure NJC
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Judicial Reform: NBA’s unheeded proposal to restructure NJC

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri About two and a half years ago, precisely in April 2024, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) proposed a bold reform to remove the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, as the statutory chairman of the National Judicial Council, NJC. As part of its recommendations, the Bar proposed that the NJC be constituted as follows: six judicial officers appointed by the CJN; six lawyers nominated by the National Executive Council of the NBA, including the NBA President; and six non-lawyers appointed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, subject to Senate approval.

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Sunderland brush aside Brentford to reach quarters
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Sunderland brush aside Brentford to reach quarters

Sunderland put aside their Premier League struggles to book a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals with victory over Brentford. Then, in the 39th minute, the Stadium of Light erupted for a third time and it was largely down to Ivory Coast speedster Ta Bi – who assisted again when Malick Fofana headed home his back-post cross.

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WBBL winning duo on eve of big life changes
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WBBL winning duo on eve of big life changes

A lot has changed since Nicola Carey and Elyse Villani lifted the WBBL trophy last year. The Hobart Hurricanes champions are expecting a baby and are building a house together in Tasmania.

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