by Hope Media | Jan 18, 2017 | sports
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has turned down a £430,000-a-week offer from China. Toure, 33, was the subject of interest from the Chinese Super League last summer. He decided against moving then and gave the same response when he was contacted again to say the...
by Hope Media | Jan 18, 2017 | sports
Ghana’s Andre Ayew surpassed his father’s record by scoring the goal that beat Uganda 1-0 in their Group D match at the Africa Cup of Nations. The West Ham winger slotted in a penalty on 32 minutes after captain Asamoah Gyan had been pulled back. Ghana...
by Hope Media | Jan 17, 2017 | sports
Johanna Konta, Heather Watson and Kyle Edmund all won to make it five British players in the Australian Open second round for the first time since 1987. After Andy Murray and Dan Evans won on Monday, British women’s number one Konta beat Kirsten Flipkens 7-5...
by Hope Media | Jan 17, 2017 | sports
India has started building the world’s biggest cricket stadium that will accommodate 110,000 spectators and cost around $100 million(Sh10 billion) Since the capacity of Kolkata’s Eden Gardens was reduced as part of a major rebuilding project, Melbourne...
by Hope Media | Jan 17, 2017 | sports
Swansea City have signed left-back Martin Olsson from Norwich on a two-and-a-half year deal for a fee of around £4m. Olsson has won 40 caps for Sweden and joined Norwich from Blackburn in 2013. His arrival is a timely one for Swansea after their Wales left-back Neil...
by Hope Media | Jan 17, 2017 | sports
Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the second round of the Australian Open by beating Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. The 12-time Grand Slam champion secured a 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 victory in an entertaining match in Melbourne. World number nine...
