Sports Updates

Premier League clubs will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protect jobs as it was announced the season will not resume until “it is safe and appropriate to do so.” All clubs have agreed to put the proposed “combination of conditional reductions and deferrals” to players. The Premier League will advance £125m to the EFL and National League and give £20m towards the NHS. Clubs still intend on completing all league and cup fixtures. The EFL, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship have all suspended...

Kobe Bryant’s towel from his final ever NBA appearance sells for £27,000 in online auction as fans continue to pay respect to the star two months after his death in tragic helicopter crash. The towel that was draped over the shoulders of Kobe Bryant during his farewell speech following his final NBA game sold for over $33,000 (£27,000) at an online auction. The Lakers star ended his speech at Staples Center in Los Angeles with his trademark ‘Mamba Out’ before walking off the court. A fan grabbed the towel, beginning...

Opoku Afriyie Former Black Stars and Kumasi Asante Kotoko striker, Opoku Afriyie, popularly known as Beyie ’Wizard’ has been pronounced dead. He died at age 75. According to reports, he passed away on Sunday, 29 March, 2019 in Kumasi. Details of his death remain unknown. The former Black Stars management member was a member of the squad that won the 1978 African Cup of Nations that made Ghana the first team to win the cup thrice. Afriyie scored the two goals in the final of that tournament. He also played...

The English Football Association has announced that professional football in England will be suspended until April 30, and has extended the season indefinitely. Professional football within England was initially suspended until April 4 last week but with the coronavirus showing little sign of abating, the FA has pushed that suspension back to the end of the month. “The FA, Premier League, EFL and women’s professional game, together with the PFA and LMA, understand we are in unprecedented times and our thoughts are with everyone affected by COVID-19,” a statement noted....