‘I hurt so much for years but now feel proud’: John Quansah on the pain of a football career ruined by injury

Quansah left Ghana for Ajax as a boy but injury ended his career before it started. He now earns £5 a day as a builder and strives to find a new purpose in life By The Blizzard John Quansah looks at a glass display case hanging on the wall of his living room in Obuasi, Ghana. Inside are three trophies from his days as a youth player at Ajax. For years, they lay tucked away in the back of a cupboard, but two years ago, that changed. “I’m an adult now,” John says. “It’s time to look at the past differently. When I look at the trophies now, I don’t just feel pain. I am grateful too – for those b

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'No stomach for a relegation fight' - fiery O'Hara analyses Spurs' plight

Ex-Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara has slammed the attitude and mentality of the Spurs squad and believes they “haven’t got the stomach for a relegation fight”.

Injuries to Findlay, Ageu and Gordon hit leaders Hearts

Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts will be without defender Stuart Findlay for six weeks while record signing Eduardo Ageu will miss the rest of the season.

England to host Ukraine at Everton's Hill Dickinson

The Lionesses will host Ukraine in their Women's World Cup qualifier at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in June.

Mauricio Pochettino suddenly has a glut of USMNT options as the World Cup looms

Timing and luck often dictate a team’s success at tournaments. And the co-hosts have players coming into form at just the right time Bruce Arena once said that if his United States men’s national team had contested the 2006 World Cup a year earlier, the Americans would have done much better than the joyless, winless group stage elimination they suffered through . That team, he felt, had peaked during qualifiers and were past their best – despite being ranked an absurd fourth in the world by Fifa – when the World Cup kicked off. Four years earlier, when the USMNT stunned the 2002 World Cup by

F1 2026: Calendar, line-ups, new regulations, how to watch on Sky Sports

As we get ready for the 2026 Formula 1 season, here's a look at all you need to know as Lando Norris defends his title.

O'Hara PASSIONATELY pinpoints why Spurs are in relegation danger

Speaking on Sky Sports FC, Jamie O'Hara breaks down where Spurs went wrong in the North London Derby and why he fears for his former side's chances in the race for Premier League survival.

Outrage in Austria after man ordered to pay female footballers €625 each for secretly filming dressing room

Former official at Altach given suspended prison term Player says the sentence ‘leaves me speechless’ A man has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence and fined €1,200 (£1,046) after being found guilty of taking secret videos and photographs from the changing room, gym and showers of the Altach women’s football team. He was also told to pay the victims €625 each in compensation. The sentence was handed out in the regional court in Feldkirch, Austria, with the judge saying that it made a huge difference “if one looks at pictures or actually creates them oneself”. The defendant acc

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Shrewsbury stand-in role 'a lot of fun' for Hart

Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart says his return to Shrewsbury Town as a stand-in goalkeeper coach was "a lot of fun".