Ghana suffered a 1-0 defeat to Burkina Faso at home in the 2020 African Nations Championship first qualifying round first leg tie on Sunday. A late second half goal from Stephanne Yannick Pognongo divided the two sides at the Baba Yara Stadium. In injury time, former ASEC Mimosas midfielder delivered...
Inform Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena says he has more to offer Real Zaragoza in the Spanish segunda division. The lanky attacker has been in top form for Los Blanquillos after netting two in his last two games. Despite netting in his last two games, the on-loan Levante forward insists the...
FC Magdeburg midfielder Manfred Kwadwo Osei says the game against Kaiserslautern in the 3. Liga in Germany is like a homecoming for him. The Ghanaian midfielder spent seven years of his in Kaiserslautern before spending four year of his career at the club. The 24-year old revealed that the game will...
Deputy Sports Minister Perry Okudzeto led a Ghanaian delegation to the funeral of late Ghanaian striker Manuel ‘Junior’ Agogo in the United Kingdom, Friday. Mr Okudzeto was accompanied by Confederation of African Football (CAF) General Secretary in charge of Football Development, Anthony Baffoe and Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee members Naa Odofoley...
Serena Williams is getting faster and fitter in her hunt for an elusive 24th Grand Slam title and the 37-year-old still has time on time on her side despite missed opportunities, the American’s coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has said. ‘Time is working for her,’ Williams’ coach tells Sky Sports American has lost...
Mason Greenwood scored the only goal of the game as Manchester United got their Europa League campaign off to a winning start What is it about Manchester United’s teenage strikers and the Europa League? Marcus Rashford exploded on to the scene in February 2016 as an 18-year-old, scoring twice on...
Several properties belonging to top officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), including its president Amaju Pinnick, have been seized in a fresh corruption probe. The latest investigation and seizures are being carried out by the country’s Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s (ICPC). The ICPC has published...
Manchester United and last year’s finalists Arsenal headline an English trio that also features Europa League newcomers Wolves while record five-time champions Sevilla figure to be among the primary contenders as the group stage begins Thursday. Scottish rivals Celtic and Rangers face testing paths to the knockout rounds as bitter...
Liverpool began their Champions League defence with a 2-0 defeat in Naples – with the hosts taking the lead through a controversial penalty Jurgen Klopp hit out at a blatant dive from Jose Callejon, that gave Napoli Champions League victory. The manager was angry that the Italians were awarded a...
Winger Joseph Paintsil has been included in KRC Genk’s squad for their UEFA Champions League opener at Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday night. The Ghana U23 star suffered an ankle injury on Friday in the Belgian Jupier i know. He had to be replaced after 43 minutes by Theo Bongonda....
Egyptian referee Ibrahim Nour El-Din Experienced Egyptian referee Ibrahim Nour El-Din has been appointed to officiate the return leg of the CAF Champions League clash between Etoile du Sahel and Asante Kotoko which is scheduled to come off on September 27, 2019. El-Din will be assisted compatriots Tahssen Abo El Jadat Bedyer and...
Ghana defender Daniel Amartey has been dealt a huge blow with the news of the death of his father. Family sources confirmed that Mr. Louis Amartey, 72, passed-on on Sunday after a long battle with Diabetes. Mr. Amartey died at the La General Hospital in the early hours of Sunday,...
Barcelona’s 16-year-old forward Ansu Fati continued his explosive start to life in the first team by scoring and providing an assist as the La Liga champions thrashed Valencia 5-2 on Saturday. Fati, who became Barça’s youngest goalscorer two weeks ago by netting at Osasuna, struck his first goal at Camp Nou to give the...
Quique Sánchez Flores had missed all of this – the thrills, the spills and the very peculiar madness that can turn Premier League football matches into the most gripping of spectacles. Roberto Pereyra celebrates scoring the penalty that made it 2-2 and earned Watford a point at home to Arsenal. Photograph: John...
Mexican Jaime Munguia took his record to 33-0 as he proved too good for Ghanaian Patrick Allotey in California on Saturday. Allotey lost out on WBO junior middleweight title after he was sent to the canvas on two occasions before retiring in the fourth round. The defeat was Allotey’s fourth in...
Ghana’s Patrick Allotey has been outclassed in his WBO junior middleweight title fight, suffering a fourth-round technical knockout defeat to Jaime Munguia in California on Saturday. Munguia (34-0, 27 KOs) successfully defended his WBO junior middleweight title for the fifth time and sent Allotey to the canvas on three occasions. In...
A new Ghana Football Association president will be elected on 25 October, 2019, the Normalisation Committee has announced. Nominations shall open from 16 September, 2019 to Friday 20 September, 2019 with forms available at the Ghana FA secretariat or downloaded from the website. This will be decided by Congress
Marcus Rashford considers Jose Mourinho to be a “top manager”, but admits current Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer boasts qualities that the Portuguese did not. The Red Devils opted to make another change in the dugout in December 2018. Former Chelsea and Real Madrid coach Mourinho was relieved of his duties, with the baton passed...
Ghana forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has disclosed he urged his brother Jerome Boateng to join Juventus in the summer. Siegerehrung: Jerome BOATENG (FC Bayern)/re. mit Kevin-Prince BOATENG (AC Mailand Milan)Fussball – Bundesliga /Turnier Audi-Cup 2011: Finale: FC Bayern Muenchen – FC Barcelona, Muenchen, 27.07.2011 -Football / Soccer: 1. German Division /
As you probably know by now, there are a lot of celebrities who have offered their support following the latest disaster involved by the hurricane Dorian. A lot of people have been stepping up and helping with the relief in the Bahamas after this tragedy stroke. BET The Shade Room...
Football fans have urged South Africans not to extend their xenophobic attacks to sports. They gave the warning after a Ghanaian footballer resident in South Africa was reportedly shot by South African Police. The media said he hadn’t committed any crime. One of the commenters on social media, ApaguJarafu, alleged...
Ghana’s skipper Yaw Yeboah’s late goal has seen the Black Meteors through to the African U-23 Championship which will be staged in Egypt later this year. The National U-23 skipper scored the only goal of the game played in Es Setif with a solo run just before the 70th minute...
Players of the Black Meteors have complained over the poor treatment they received after their game against Algeria in Accra. The team had to return to their hotel in an old Black Stars bus, with officials needing to pick Taxis back to their camping base. Ahead of the game, news...
Ghana are Africa’s second biggest exporter of footballers in 2019 according to a survey by CIES Football Observatory monthly report. Brazil is clearly at the summit of the rankings for countries exporting footballers. According to CIES report, the South American giants have a total of 1,330 players playing in 147 leagues...
The first mission for Team USA is complete: the Americans are going to the Tokyo Olympics. And now the Fiba World Cup quarter-finals await. Americans will now face France for a place in the semi-finals Argentina also qualify for Olympics after USA victory Donovan Mitchell helped Team USA to a...
