SPORTS

You think about basketball, and immediately height comes to mind. Yes, there have been big names like two-time All Star, Isaiah Thomas, listed as 5ft9, and NBA legend Chris Paul, hitting only 6’0. According to the NBA, there was a total of 27 players who appeared in at least one …

Brazilian football legend Pele, arguably the greatest player ever, has died at the age of 82. Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, he is credited with scoring a world record 1,281 goals in 1,363 appearances during a 21-year career, including 77 goals in 92 matches for his country. The only player …

Ghana defeated Nigeria 33-32 to win the African Basketball Festival held last Friday at the Bukom Boxing Arena. The interesting tie that featured select sides of Ghanaian and Nigerian basketball players resident in Ghana was played under floodlights. The Ghanaian side held on to win the match by one point and …

The Black Stars have climbed-up three places to 58th on the latest Men’s FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking following their participation in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The Stars were ranked 61st – the lowest of the 32 teams that participated in the Mundial ahead of the tournament hosted by Qatar. …

Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite …

Magalí Martínez knew something was off: The seemingly invincible star Lionel Messi was scuffling on the soccer pitch. To her, it looked like he was afflicted with a supernatural curse that has roots in different cultures across history, the “evil eye.” So Martínez, a self-proclaimed witch and part-time babysitter, got …

The dream is over but there was no sadness, just sheer pride. Morocco have lit up this World Cup with an unexpected run to the semi-finals, where their hopes of a shock triumph were crushed by defending champions France. Walid Regragui’s men had made history by becoming the first African and …

Morocco became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final and ended the hopes of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the first half, leaping highest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to spark pandemonium at Al Thumama …

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) has denied that Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to leave the World Cup. Portuguese publication Record claims the forward, 37, made the threat after being told he would not start their last-16 game against Switzerland. In the previous game against South Korea, the Portugal captain reacted angrily …

APOLOGY AND RETRACTION In last Monday’s edition of the Graphic Sports newspaper, and on Graphic Online today, we inadvertently published a story which was wrongly attributed to Coach David Ocloo in reaction to the Black Stars performance at the Qatar 2022 World Cup. In actual sense, the said interview imploring …