Topic: West Africa

Gudjohnsen heads mass Stoke intake

Icelandic international striker Eidur Gudjohnsen joined English Premier League side Stoke on loan for the season on Tuesday from French Ligue 1 outfit Monaco. The 31-year-old, who won the Champions League with Barcelona before moving to Monaco last year, was one of ...

Gyan completes Sunderland move

Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan completed his move to English Premier League club Sunderland for a club record fee of over 13 million pounds on Tuesday. Gyan agreed a four-year contract with Steve Bruce's side in a deal which shatters the club's previous ...

Sunderland move for Gyan heads final day deals

Sunderland looked set to lead Premier League spending on the final day of the transfer window as the Blacks Cats closed on a 12 million pounds (18.4 million dollars) swoop for Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan. Steve Bruce's side are in talks over ...

Kombouare appeals to PSG shareholders

Paris Saint-Germain coach Antoine Kombouare says he is hoping majority shareholders Colony Capital give him the funds to buy a new centre-back before the transfer window closes on August 31. "I'm waiting for a gesture from the shareholders," Kombouare said on Saturday. ...

West Ham sign Nigeria striker Obinna

Premier League club West Ham signed Nigeria striker Victor Obinna on a season-long loan from Inter Milan on Friday. Obinna passed a medical earlier this week before sealing his move, which contains the option of a permanent transfer next year if he ...

Dream Premiership debut for Nigerian Odemwingie

Nigeria midfielder Peter Odemwingie was the match-winner as West Bromwich Albion recovered from an opening-day drubbing at Chelsea to edge Sunderland 1-0 in the English Premiership at the weekend. Odemwingie joined the Midlands club from Russian outfit Lokomotiv Moscow just one day ...
Sampdoria and Sheriff Tiraspol stand to make a little bit of history for themselves should they progress to the Champions League group stages after their respective play-off matches on Tuesday. Sampdoria have never appeared in the group stages and have not competed ...
Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick as Arsenal handed Premier League new boys Blackpool a painful lesson in the realities of life in the top flight with a 6-0 thrashing at the Emirates on Saturday. After the euphoria of their own 4-0 opening ...

West Brom get instant payback from Odemwingie

Nigerian international striker Peter Odemwingie scored on his debut for West Brom here on Saturday to give the Premier League newboys a 1-0 win over Sunderland and erase memories of their opening 6-0 thrashing by champions Chelsea. The 29-year-old Uzbekistan-born forward - ...

West Brom sign Nigeria striker Odemwingie

English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion signed Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie from Lokomotiv Moscow for an undisclosed fee on Friday. Odemwingie agreed a two-year contract with an option for a further year's extension and the move was completed after he passed ...
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