The John Riel Casimero experience has hit American soil. A noted road warrior from the Philippines who has fought in eight different countries, Casimero (30-4, 21 KOs) made his U.S. television debut on Saturday and kicked off a pay-per-view doubleheader from the Mohegan Sun Arena with a spectacular defense of...
Ghana and Portugal have been proposed as scrutineers for the 70th FIFA Congress to count the votes in accordance with article 28 par. 2 lit. e of the FIFA Statutes and art. 3 of the Standing Orders of the Congress. The role of the scrutineers would include, to ensure the correct...
Abdul Karim Zito Head Coach of the national male U-20 team, the Black Satellites has invited 70 players to start preparing for the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B qualifiers billed for Togo, later this year. The first set of invited players are expected to report to camp on...
The Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mark Addo has revealed that the football governing body in Ghana are presenting an unedited budget at the upcoming congress because it had no auditor. The FA’s ordinary Congress slated for Tuesday, September 1, 2020, is the highest decision-making body of...
Lionel Messi has demanded to leave Barcelona by activating a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave on a free transfer. The 33-year-old has sent a fax to Barcelona communicating his intention to leave behind the club he’s played at for 20 years. Although his contract is set to expire at...
Bayern Munich overcame Paris St-Germain in a tightly contested Champions League final in Lisbon to claim the crown for the sixth time. Kingsley Coman, who started his career at PSG, settled a tense affair with a 59th-minute header at the far post from Joshua Kimmich’s cross to leave the French...
Medeama SC have confirmed official communication from the new Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer, Nana Yaw Amponsah to secure a permanent deal for midfielder Justice Blay. The Yellow and Mauves combative midfielder who joined Kotoko and for a season-long loan seemed no closer to confirming where he will be playing...
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has explained reason their part of the relief fund has been given back to the Ghana Football. The release of the revised COVID-19 relief allocation release revealed that the PFAG has decided to donate their allocated sum to the Ghana FA Health and...
Ghana’s senior national team, the Black Stars will return to action in November, 2020 following the approval of the resumption dates for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the 2022 World Cup qualifiers by the Confederation of African Football, CAF. This was communicated to member Associations on Wednesday,...
Gerard Pique says big changes are needed at Barcelona following their “humiliating” 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals. The 33-year-old defender, who has won 20 major titles over 12 years with the club, added that he would be “the first to leave” if the club wished...
After weeks of speculation, Mohammed Salisu is finally a Southampton player. He was linked with a number of clubs including Manchester United, Everton, West Ham and Rennes but St Mary’s will be Salisu’s new home. The Ghanaian featured in 31 games for Real Valladolid this season but his absence in the...
Ghana’s coach Charles Akunnor hopes star midfielder Thomas Partey stays at Spanish side Athletico Madrid and not move to English side Arsenal. Thomas Partey has been a key member of Diego Simoene’s side and helped them win the Europa Cup in 2018. The Ghanaians midfielder, 27 years, has been a...
The football industry was heavily represented at the one-week memorial ceremony of the late Opoku Afriyie, a former striker of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The ceremony took place on Saturday, 8 August 2020 at his residence at Kotei, a suburb of Kumasi. President of the Ghana Football...
Juventus have appointed Andrea Pirlo as manager to replace the sacked Maurizio Sarri, a week after hiring the former midfielder as Under-23 boss. The Italian giants sacked Sarri after just one season despite winning Serie A following the club’s Champions League last-16 defeat by Lyon on Friday. Pirlo, 41, has signed a...
NIBOMBE Wake is pleading for help with the injuries he suffered in January 2010, when a bus carrying the Togo national squad and coaches was attacked by armed rebels in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda. The 46-year-old is a former Togo international and was goalkeeping coach for the national side...
Asante Kotoko has appointed dynamic football administrator, Nana Yaw Amponsah, as the club’s new Chief Executive. He takes over from George Amoako who served Kotoko for three years. At an imposing brief ceremony at the Unity Church in Kumasi, Nana Amponsah was outdoored amid cheers by the club’s faithful, who...
The construction of an astro turf at Wintogo-Bolgatanga will solve a huge infrastructure deficit in the Upper East Region, Overlord of the Talensi Traditional Area, Tongraan Naab Kugbilson Nalebegtang has said. The Overlord said this on Wednesday when Executives of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), led by President Kurt E.S...
Tiger Woods shot his lowest opening round in a major since 2012 with a two-under-par 68 at the US PGA Championship in San Francisco. The 15-time major winner played alongside Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, who finished level par at the year’s first major at TPC Harding Park. England’s Justin Rose...
Arsenal plan to make 55 staff redundant because of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The Gunners’ first-team players and head coach Mikel Arteta agreed a 12.5% pay cut in April. Arsenal’s executive team also agreed to waive more than a third of their salaries over the next 12 months. However, the...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will deliver its verdict on the legal dispute between Wilfred Osei Kwaku, popularly known as Palmer and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) today. It’s been 10 months of legal battle between the two parties who were once ‘friends’ as Palmer previously served as...
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has formally submitted his candidacy to become the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF). Drogba drew thousands of supporters outside the federation’s offices where he submitted his candidacy on Sunday. The elections are due to be held next month. He is among...
Despite being 33 years old, Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi has shown no signs of slowing down and has continued to set new records in 2019-20. Messi couldn’t stop Real Madrid from winning the La Liga title, but he has still enjoyed another brilliant season on a personal level. Below are 11 records the forward...
It is “unfeasible” for Barcelona to re-sign Neymar from Paris St-Germain in the current economic climate, says the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu. A move for Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez has also been affected. Bartomeu told Spanish newspaper Sport that Barca generated 200m Euros less than expected between March and June...
When fans tune in as the NBA season resumes at Disney World on Thursday, they will be watching a game with a different feel. On gleaming courts refashioned from ballrooms, in a basketball ‘bubble’ protected from coronavirus at the Florida resort, three words will be stencilled alongside the enormous NBA...
Ghanaian footballer Bernard Morrison has been arrested in Dar el Salaam by Tanzanian police. The former AS Vita club player found himself under arrest after preventing police officers from inspecting his car, according to RPC Bukombe from Kinondoni. Bernard Morrison could face misdemeanour charges of resisting arrest, obstructing official police...
