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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc with have gladly awarded 13 time European champion <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/real-madrid-beat-liverpool-3-1-to-win-2018-champions-league-id8424804.html" id="a3c3d052-796e-5e43-b6fe-772aec2d8acf">Real Madrid </a>with a title belt after winning the UEFA Champions League in the last three years.

Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 at the Olympiaskiv in Kiev to win be adjudged the Kings of Europe for the third consecutive season.

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In that right, Paul Levesque popularly known as Triple H as COO tweeted a picture of the title with WWE in the front and the Real Madrid logo at the side of the title.

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This is not the first time a football team has received a championship belt from the WWE. Triple H had even sent Manchester City their own commemorative belt when they were crowned Premier League champions.

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However, Real Madrid being the first side to win the European Title 5 times in a row from 1956 to 1966 came back decades later to be the first side to win the rebranded UEFA Champions League since 1992.

WWE have awarded Real Madrid a title for defending the title

WWE gifts Real Madrid a title belt after defending champions’ league

<h1>The 33-year-old is without a club currently after his contract with Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna expired in June.</h1>

In the irony of events, Sulley Muntari finds himself training with Kotoko’s arch rivals Hearts of Oak to keep fit, as he hopes to find a new club before the summer transfer window shuts.

Sulley Muntari as a matter of fact featured for the Phobians in a friendly against Bechem United last week.

However, in an interview with Ghana News Agency, the former Inter and Ac Milan midfielder said he would love to play for his childhood club, having lived in Kumasi all his life.

“I love Kotoko. They tried signing me when l was a young player in Kumasi. I would love to retire with them, but l would not rule out Hearts, RTU, King Faisal or Liberty Professionals,” he said.

Let’s wait for the big announcement and the new club. My agent and some clubs are talking about it so let’s see how it goes.

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“At the moment, there is nothing concrete, but there are talks ongoing and if everything goes according to plan, l might be in action in the upcoming 2018-19 season,”  Sulley added.

Muntari began his career with Liberty Professionals before breaking into Europe after signing for Serie A side Udinese.

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Dreams Football Club have officially announced the departure of their captain Leonard Owusu to Israeli Club Ashdod FC.

The play maker becomes part of the Dolphins on a one-year loan deal with an option of a further three-year permanent contract.

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Owusu has put up some incredible performance for Dreams FC this season. Dreams are currently in 4th position at the end of the first round of the 2017/2018 Ghana Premier League season.

He has netted five goals and provided five assists in ten games this season.

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Owusu was also named the best player in the G8 tournament in January, a competition Dreams won.

Dreams FC Captain Leonard Owusu seals a deal with Ashdod Fc

Leonard Owusu moves to Israel

<h1>The Black Princesses of Ghana have departed Accra for Paris ahead of the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup in France next month.</h1>

The Technical Team members alongside staff of the Sports Ministry accompanied the players to France. The Black Princesses are set to continue with their preparations ahead of their open match against host France when they finally arrive at their resident city Vannes.

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Black Princesses left Accra for Paris ahead of the U-20 women's World Cup

Black Princesses leave for France

<h1>Ghanaian forward Andre Morgan Dede Ayew is set to earn €3.2 million in his loan spell according to reports</h1>

<h1>The 28-year-old sealed the move to the Turkish giants from newly relegated Championship side Swansea City last week.</h1>

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The Ghana international is set to earn 3.2 million Euros in combined salary during the 12-months period.

The Yellow-Navy Blues also have a €15 m purchase option from the Swans if he impresses during the loan period.

The former Marseille man returned to Swansea in January for a club record fee of £20m

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However, Andre Ayew could not exert the impact the relegated English Premier League side had hoped for in their survival battle.

Andre Ayew to make some money while in Turkey

Andre Ayew to pocket €3.2 million at Fenerbache during loan spell

<h1>Lionel Messi has grown some unimaginable affinity for his</h1>

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Messi had fun with the dog as he kept looping the ball over the dog from back to forth for his ecstasy.

Barcelona manager Ernesto Valvarde gave the World Cup quartet of Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi a month holiday but are free to come back earlier if they so desire.

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Those players are expected to undergo medical tests on the 30th and 31st July.

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Other players like Luis Suarez was given some break till 6August with finalists Samuel Umititi, Ousmane Dembele, and Ivan Rakitic given up until the end of August to return to the squad.

Lionel Messi uses time off to perfect his football skills on his French Mastif

Check out Lionel Messi using his big dog for training

<h1>Bankroller of Kumasi based club King Faisal, Alhaji Karim Grusah has stated that the Ghana Football Association did not have to allow the embattled Greater Accra Regional FA Chairman</h1>

<h1>According to the astute football administrator he did not think the embattled football association writing a petition to FIFA with Eddie Doku who was captured in the Anas Number 12 documentary for allegedly taking bribe as a signatory will help their case.</h1>

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Alhaji Grusah spoke to Happy FM where he initially stated that the GFA liaison team head Dr Kofi Amoah did not apply maturity in sharing money amongst the Black Princesses ahead of the tournament in France.

“Dr Kofi Amoah didn’t do well by sharing dollars to players, he will be blamed if there’s any indiscipline among the players. He didn’t act maturely," he opined.

"He should have given the money to the technical team or the coach to share it to the players. That is how it’s supposed to be done, the liaison team clearly don’t know what they are doing.”

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Alhaji Grusah then looked back at Ghana Football Association to question the Executive Committee for allowing a personality like Eddie Doku to sign a petition to FIFA to involve the embattled Association in the football reforms.

"It nonsense to allow Eddie Doku who was captured in the video taking bribe to sign their petition to FIFA. It was wrong on their part."

Alhaji Grusah goes hard on GFA for allowing Eddie Doku to sign a petition to FIFA

Eddie Doku signing a FIFA petition is nonsense - Alhaji Grusah

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<h1>Ghana’s swimming wonder kid Abeiku Jackson has chalked yet another success in the sport.</h1>

<h1>The 17 year old set a new African record in swimming at the just ended African youth games in Algiers.</h1>

<h1>Jackson competed in the men’s 100m butterfly where he finished first with a time of 54.74secs to break the time that was held by South Africa. This feat saw him make the finals of the competition.</h1>

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Ghana’s other representation Abdulah Sowah also competed in the 50m butterfly but failed to make it to the next round of his event.

The coach of the swimming team Abbiw Jackson commended his swimmers on their output and urged them to perform better.

The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event which occurs every four years to in addition to the current All-Africa Games. It is eligible to athletes between the ages of 14 and 17.

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It is aimed at contributing to the development of African sport as well as act as a trial run for the Olympic Games. The first games was hosted in Rabat, Morocco.

Abeiku Jackson sets new 100m butterfly record

Abeiku Jackson sets new African swimming record

Former Ghana Black Stars full back, John Paintsil has stated that Ghana would have been the first African country to win the World Cup should the Black Stars have qualified to the 2018 mundial in Russia.

Ghana failed to make it to the mundial for the first time since the four time African Champions made her debut in 2006.

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Speaking to Nana Prempeh (British Man), host of Celebrity Sports Talk on Accra-based Power 97.9FM, on Friday, the ex-Ghana international said Black Stars could have lifted the trophy if football matters were handled well in the country prior to the tournament.“…If we had gone, we would’ve brought the cup home, that’s how I see it,”Explaining further, Paintsil observed that “the more you play the football, the more you become experienced. It’s not about old players taking part. Ghana has been there (World Cup tournament) in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In 2006 we were eliminated at the 1/16 stage, in 2010, we got to the quarter finals stage, and in 2014 we could have got the semifinals stage.”

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However, he did say there are so many things that should be rectified in order for Ghana to progress in football on the continent.

John Paintsil played in the 2006 and 2010 World Cup for the Ghana Black Stars.

John Paintsil says Ghana would have won the World Cup if the Black Stars had qualified fro the Russia 2018 mundial

We would have brought the trophy home - Paintsil

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<h1>The warm evening of 21 July 2018 had the Bukom Boxing Arena was blessed with the celebration of one illustrious son of the sport in Ghana  Azumah “The Boxing Professor” Nelson turned 60 on 19 July, 2018 and a special</h1>

Professor Azumah Nelson is one that has indeed come from humble beginnings and is now adjudged as arguably the greatest boxing product from the African continent.

What led Azumah Nelson to boxing is indeed a question a lot of people will probably want to ask.

However, Nelson in speaking to Ghana web was indeed able to uncover all there was in what got him to be the “Azumah Nelson” we all know and love.

“My father wanted to be a boxer but my grandfather did not allow him and he always loved the sport.

He will always go to watch people fighting. One day, he took me to go watch one of the fights and there were two boys who were fighting that day. The one who lost came crying or should I say sweating. However, when I saw his wet face I wanted to go out there and fight the one who won.  I told my father I wanted to fight and he responded okay and before I realized we had returned home.

I was telling my father to take me somewhere because I want to fight. One day I saw a man and a small boy close to my mother’s family house. I saw the man holding a small sized pair of boxing shoes. I watched the feat of the boy and I could tell that the shoes were for the boy. I walked to man and asked if he (the boy) was a boxer. The man replied positively and I told  the man I could beat the small boy.”

The man replied by saying I couldn’t and he asked me to come by his gym if I wanted to fight the boy.

He also gave me the date and the time to come as well. I waited patiently for the time he gave me and I then called my friends to accompany me to the gym in order to witness my first fight.

I got to the gym and the coach after recalling the discussion we had put the gloves on me and the boy and we started fighting. The boy swerved every punch I sent out and replied with some punches. He did beat me very well.

On my way back home, my friends were silent so was I and I was thinking to myself that I had disappointed them.

I then sat back and reflected on what I did wrong in the fight. I kept on going to the gym and fighting with the guy till I finally beat him after the 5th bout with the boy.

I stayed at the gym until the trainer Attoquaye Quartey who had been transferred to Kumasi came back to set up a new gym and my coach sent me there.

That was where I started afresh and started learning basic skills in boxing.”

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These lessons of passion can be learnt from this story. Azumah Nelson’s father wanted to be a boxer was obviously proud of his son as he saw his son living the dream.

However, he did not force his son into that dream of his. He indeed waited for his son to develop that passion naturally and that got Azumah Nelson motivated enough to keep getting better at the sport.

Azumah Nelson in that same interview with GhanaWeb stated that his father being a tailor supported him throughout his amateur boxing days.

His father sewed his shorts with the inscriptions “Terrible Terror, Courageous Azumah Nelson, Mighty Warrior and also helped him improve his punching skills.

You can easily deduce that Azumah Nelson’s father as a tailor used his craft to help out and encourage Azumah Nelson to go onto higher heights. A number of parents in different walks of life are indeed very unconcerned as to what exactly our children want to do. This should encourage parents to put in efforts to at least have passion for whichever endeavor their ward wants to enter and encourage that ward to help out.

The Azumah Nelson Fight Night had a number of fans who were interested in the sport converge at the Bukom Boxing Arena for witness some fine boxing action.

Pulse Sports went round to at least inquire who will be the next Azumah Nelson. The favorite pick was the WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Isaac Dogboe.

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Dogboe in his rise to the top has portrayed outright passion for what he has been doing. Dogboe has been part of a process who has been humble and determined to put everybody away to the apex of the WBO boxing ladder.

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Dogboe who put school on hold to embark on a quest to be a World Champion. Now that he has finally achieved his goal he can now re structure his time in school.

In all this, he had his father Paul Dogboe rallying behind him and that is all evidence of passion from parents pushing their children to greater things.

We then move on to a boxer whose passion for boxing can be questioned. Joshua Clottey has been one time won WBA International Super Welterweight and WBA Welterweight Title.

Clottey has clearly stated that he did learn boxing as a kid but he will not advise his son to be boxer because of the pain in the game.

“I have a son in the US, I will kill him if he decides to be a boxer. Even my friend, I will not advice him to be a boxer. That’s why I always tell people not to be jealous of boxers because our job is too tough. Boxing is natural, there’s no artificial.

Clearly, it will be difficult for anyone to be convinced that this individual shares the same passion for the sport as that of Azumah Nelson and Isaac Dogboe.

We have had seen scenarios from individuals and parents but passion from the government concerning the game is one that can be paramount to unimaginable success.

His Excellency Rawlings who was Ghana’s Head of State for most part of his career developed some affinity for Azumah Nelson through his passion for the sport.

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Azumah Nelson joined the Black Bombers and fought for the nation twice in 1978.  Nelson saw boxing as a means to an end as he wanted to join the military at the time. However, the Head of State<a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/sports/boxing/rawlings-stopped-me-from-joining-the-military-azumah-nelson-id8644862.html" id="0e18a489-a84b-5e89-80ce-d372d8cf14e9"> Jerry John Rawlings</a> who was a military ruler at the time stopped him from being a soldier. Azumah Nelson revealed this in an interview with GhanaWeb

“To the Former President, Jerry John Rawlings, I say a big thank you for the love and support. He [Rawlings] saw the talent and believed in me and today I say thank you for discouraging me from joining the Army,

The passion of Jerry John Rawlings considering the sport was quite immense and the manner in which he supported his career was amazing.

Rawlings saw Azumah Nelson and the group of Black bombers he supervised as so delicate to the extent that he personally cleaned after the group at training.

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“When I was amateur, he was taking care of us, and we were supposed to go to World Olympic Games, there was one guy in the military who was American and he was always beating his opponents, he always took the Gold. But Rawlings realized I could beat that guy”

“Rawlings came around when we trained at Volunteer force, he comes there every day, sometimes when we finished training, he will sweep the place for us, he didn’t want us to do anything.He will clean all the rooms. He would then bring food for us, beans and other things. Since then we became friends”

All Heads of States, Sports Ministers of the current and future dispensation will be of help if they exhibited similar passion and invested similar time in the sport.

The step to grow our next champion who would dazzle the world for the span of 10 years is passion which gives birth to discipline which will canvass resources and the talent for development is all we need.

Passion from boxers, People in power and the general public is all we need to build the next Azumah “Zoom Zoom” Nelson

We look at the passion which has ran through the life of Azumah Nelson and made him what he is

Only passion can give birth to the next “Azumah Nelson” from Ghana

<h1>The Ministry of Youth and Sports has announced that the outfit is not going to support various supporters groups of the nation’s sports team during international competitions.</h1>

<h1>The Ministry’s decision announced this in a press release put out on Thursday ahead of the 2018 u-20 women’s World Cup which begins on August 5</h1>

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The statement made is an implementation of a call that was made due to the reforms being fashioned out for Ghana football and the recent visa scandal which Ghana’s participation in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The freeze on support also goes to affect media houses as there was a development that some supporters and media houses were seeking support from the Ministry aid them with travels to either support or cover the Black Princesses at the tournament in France

The Sports Ministry went on state that it had not contracted any travel and Tour Company or agency to send fans to France or any other international tournament in which a Ghanaian team is participating.

The statement, which is signed by the Ministry’s spokesperson, Elvis Adjei Baah, adds that the Ghanaian community in France will be contacted to provide support for the team during the tournament.

Here is the statement from the Ministry published by the Ministry's Public Relations Officer

The government announce financial aid from supporter groups and journalist who will want to cover the games will come from government

No support to groups & media for U-20 Women’s World Cup

<h1>Black Princesses coach Yusif Basigi has named u-20 female team that will go to represent Ghana at the 2018 u-20 World Cup in France.</h1>

Black Princesses squad for this edition is dominated by players who competed two years ago in addition to new players who helped the team qualify for the tournament.

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The team will sadly miss key striker Priscilla Adubea due to injury but will have to however depend on Ernestina Abambila, Sandra Owusu-Ansah and Philicity Asuako who were key in the last campaign..

Notable mentions from the qualifiers are Shine Agbomadzi of Sea Lions and Rafia Alhassan

Group A comprises of the host France, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

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Ghana will play their first game against host France at the Stade La Rabine in Vannes

Yusif Basigi picks players to make history for the u-20 women's squad for the World Cup

Coach Yusif Basigi names u-20 women's squad for World Cup

Charles Taylor, former Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko player has attacked Western Regional Football Association Chairman for accusing the government of doing politics with football

Kojo Yankah in an interview, said the government has decided to dissolve the GFA to witch-hunt the majority of the EXCO members who belong to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to former Black Stars the EXCO member as a joker and must not be entertained when it comes to the discussions on Ghana football.

Charles Taylor speaking on Kumasi FM said, defined Kojo Yankah who always jokes with issues

“He only makes jokes with the issues and these are the people who are destroying the local game. Why don’t he stay in Ghana but is living in the USA and is spewing only negative thoughts in Ghana.”

“With what he’s saying, it means footballers need to reveal their political affiliations before earning a call up to the national team and do you think is fair? .”

Charles Taylor further urged the media to stop engaging him on football issues as he has nothing to offer Ghanaians.

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“I’m calling on the media to stop interviewing him because such people are only interested in throwing dust into the eyes of the masses. They have nothing to offer.”

Charles Taylor pleads with media not to take Western RFA Chairman seriously for saying the government is in to hunt NDC ExCo members

Kojo Yankah is a joke- Charles Taylor

French right back Benjamin Pavard’s stunner against Argentina has emerged the goal of the tournament.

Benjamin Pavard has proven to be the revelation of the tournament as he was able to secure a move to Bayern Munich after a performance which saw France win the <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/football/how-fifa-got-their-most-engaging-world-cup-ever-id8655332.html" id="553b0f70-5b6c-5e9f-8f78-dfb03f59f237">2018 World Cup</a>.

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Pavard won the goal of the tournament in an online poll organized by FIFA.com which saw fans who followed World's football choose the French man’s iconic volley from outside the penalty box as the goal of the tournament.

Pavard spoke to FIFA.com as he recalls how he got in that amazing goal

“The ball bounced up as it came to me. I didn’t even think about it. I just tried to get over it and keep it down,"

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Pavard beat Quintero’s low Free kick against Japan and Luka Modric stunning goal against Argentina.

Pavard's volley at the Kazan Arena was the 2018 World Cup Hyundai Goal of the Tournament

Benjamin Pavard wins goal of the tournament

Ghanaian winger Joseph Mensah has signed a one-year deal with Romania Liga side Sepsi OSK

Mensah joins the side after ending his three-year stay Danish side AC Horsens

Joseph Mensah had his contract terminated by after undergoing different stints of injury in December 2017

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However, Mensah should be good to go after roughly 7 months of recuperation

The club announced the deal via their official Facebook page.

“Another legion strengthens the Sepsi OSK framework Joseph Mensah. The  24-year-old midfielder has signed a one-year contract with our club plus a one-year extension. We wish them great success!”