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Ghana winger Christian Atsu is all set to leave Newcastle United when his contract ends later this month. The 29-year-old Ghanaian will be leaving the Premier League club and become a free agent as he searches for his next destination. Atsu took to social media to bid farewell to the club and its fans but did not say what his plans are. Atsu was signed on a permanent deal in 2017 from Chelsea by former boss Rafael Benitez having spent the previous season on loan with Newcastle and helping them earn promotion to the Premier League. “When I arrived in...

Tunisia have announced their 28-man squad for the international friendlies ahead of the 2022 African FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Manchester United academy product, Hannibal Mejbri has been called up by the Eagles of Carthage alongside Arsenal youngster Omar Rekik.  Tunisia are ready to face DR Congo, Algeria and Mali on 5th June, 11th June and 15th June, respectively in international friendly matches. Mejbri, who was named Manchester United’s U23 Player of the Year for the 2020/21 season, was born in France but to Tunisian parents. Having played for the French under-16 and under-17 national teams, Mejbri was expected to opt...

Striker Jesse Were scored a hat-trick that put Zesco United within two points of the 2020-21 Zambia Super League title following a 4-0 home win over already-relegated Kitwe United at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. ZESCO’s victory saw them restore their eight-point lead over second-placed Zanaco with just three games left to play for Zanaco. A win in their next home game over relegation-battling NAPSA Stars after the FIFA international match break on 16th June could see ZESCO clinch their ninth crown with three games to spare. Jesse Were, who scored his first hat-trick of the season, said they...

Cardiff City striker Ntazana Mayembe says he is honoured to have been handed a maiden Zambia international call-up. The 18-year-old teenager joined the Zambia camp in Lusaka on 30th May as the team prepares for this week’s start of their three-match friendly tour of Senegal, Benin and Sudan. “I spoke to the coach before the call-up and he explained the situation and that he was going to give me a chance and opportunity to just help my country out,” Mayembe said. “And I think without a doubt I decided to come back home and this is where I am...

Former Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nigeria midfielder Seyi Olofinjana has been named as technical director at Switzerland’s most successful club Grasshopper Zurich as he aims to help “steer the club in the right direction”. The 40-year-old will oversee the football department at the newly-promoted Super League outfit and will be in charge of finding someone to fit the ‘position of the head coach’. The former Stoke City, Hull City and Cardiff City player was snapped up from English Premier League club Wolves, where he was most recently the Loan Manager and had previously worked in various roles. “This an important...