The Ghana Football Association has confirmed the calendar for the 2016/2017 Football Season at its Extra-Ordinary Congress in Accra. Delivering his opening address at the Congress, GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, revealed that the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League 2016/2017 will kick off on February 4, 2017, while the GN Bank Division One League will kick off on February 3, 2017. He also revealed that the season will be preceded by the traditional season-opening Super Cup, and the re-introduced

Experienced Enyimba FC goalkeeper Fatau Dauda has been called up to replace injured Adam Kwarasey who has withdrawn from Ghanas squad due to injury. Dauda was a member of the team which trained at the St. Tomas Aquinas Park last week but was put on standby after signs that Norway based Adam Kwarasey could be available for the tournament. But luck seems to have smiled on Dauda as Kwarasey will require three more weeks to recover fully thus his exclusion from the team. The former AshGold goalkeeper

Norway based Ghana goalie Adam Kwarasey will not be on the plane to Gabon after being forced out due to an injury he picked up at club level. The goalkeeper was named in Avram Grants provisional squad to begin preparations for the AFCON in Dubai but has informed the technical handlers of the team that he will not be able to make it. Experienced Fatau Dauda has not been assembled to fly to Dubai to join Razak Brimah and Richard Ofori who are the two goalkeepers in camp. By Rahman Osman

Fast-rising Ghanaian youngster Samuel Appiah has been linked with a move to Cosenza. The player is originally owned by Juventus but has had spells with Modena. There are reports in Italy that his next stop will be Cosenza. At 20, Appiah is seen as one of the rising footballers in the Juventus Youth team....

The England based Ghana players will begin training with the entire team today after being excused from the non residential camping in Accra. Leicester Citys Daniel Amartey, Championship playing Andy Yiadom as well as Jordan Ayew will all be training in Dubai today. West Ham Uniteds record Andre Ayew who has struggled for form will also be hoping that his stay will the national team brings the best in him.  ...

Ghana's Group opponents Egypt have sent scouts to monitor their preparations in Al Ain for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Monday and have since trained with 19 players. The Ghana Football Association have planned to play two warm-up matches before they depart to Gabon for the tournament. The scouts will relay information to the Pharaohs technical team headed by Argentine Hector Cuper. Egypt are prepraing in Cairo and have lined

Renowned horse placenta healer Marijana Kovacevic has joined Ghana's pre-2017 Africa Cup of Nations camping base in Al Ain, UAE. The Belgrade housewife, who has been hired Al Ain Football Club, has volunteered to assist the Black Stars medical team. Her horse placenta treatment heals injured players quicker than stipulated time. The Ghana Football Association first engaged Kavacevic during the 2010 World Cup under the recommendations of then-coach Milovan Rajevac. She was with the

The Black Stars will train for the second time at their camping base in Al Ain on Wednesday night as they fine tune preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Head coach Avram Grant is expected to have an increase squad size with the England-based expected to report today. Andre Ayew, Christian Atsu, Andy Yiadom, Jordan Ayew and Daniel Amartey will give a full house. Nineteen (19) players were reported to have trained on Tuesday night at the Al Ain training centre on the first day

Midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng returned to action on Tuesday night for Las Palmas in their Copa del Rey defeat to Atletico Madrid. Boateng replaced Jonathan Viera in the 81st minute when they had conceded all two goals from Koke and Antoine Griezmann. The 29-year-old had not played since 28 November when he scored in the 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao in the La Liga. Boateng, who has six months left on his contract, has been a hit with five goals in 11 league appearances....

The Black Stars started training at the Al Ain base on Tuesday afternoon with 19 players. Goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey and midfielder Thomas Partey joined the squad that flew out from Accra on Monday. Avram Grant supervised the training session ahead of naming his final 23-man squad before Wednesday midnight. The team intensified their preparations after being put through the paces by physical trainer Jamie Lawrence. Ghana have lined up two friendly matches with yet-to-be confirmed opponents

Midfielder Thomas Partey trained with the Black Star at their Al Ain base on Tuesday afternoon as they opened camping for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The Atletico Madrid player missed the team's non-residential training in Accra last week. He was the second to report at the team's base on Monday before the contingent flew in from Ghana. Partey is one of the high-profile players expected to make the 23-man sqaud to the tournament....

Three Ghana Premier League clubsBechem United, Berekum Chelsea and Aduana Stars are in trouble for failing to pay the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions of their players. This has been confirmed by the Sunyani Branch ofSSNIT. They have violated the National Pensions Act 2008 (Act 766) which tasks employers to register all workers and deduct contributions and pay to SSSNIT on their behalf.   In 2015, AshantiGold were dragged to court for failing to

Head coach of the Uganda national team Milutin Micho Sredejovic says his sides friendly against the Cartage Eagles of Tunisia is a selection match for his players. The Serbian named a provisional squad of 26 players for the game and but will have to trim it to the final 23 and submit the list to CAF. Micho says he will use the Tunisia game to reduce the number to 23. Thematch against Tunisia is purely a selection match where I will field a team to help us assess who should make it into the

Ahead of the kickoff of the 2017 Afcon in Gabon, Ghana group opponents Egypt will take on the Cartage Eagles of Tunisia in a friendly on January 8. The game will be played at the Cairo International Satdium. Speaking to the media on the game, assistant coach Nabih hinted that Hector Cuper will use the exercise to test new faces in the team. "We will test some new faces in the friendly match against Tunisia," Nabih said. "All the players should be at the [training] camp on

Assistant coach of the Pharaohs of Egypt has explained that dropping Zamalek star Bassam Morsi from their Afcon squad list is for tactical reasons. Many reports in Egypt have said that the 25-year old was dropped for disciplinary reasons after allegedly showing his frustration at being subbed in the 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Ghana in November. But Nabih says it is far from that. "Morsi's exclusion was only for technical reasons; it was not a punishment. We chose players

Five thousand (5000) have be given the green light to watch the pre-Afcon friendly encounter between Tunisia and Uganda at the Olympic Stadium. The game which kicks off this afternoon will see the Cranes playing their first friebndly ahead of the tournament. Reports are that more than five thousand fans could troop to the stadium to watch the game but officials want to moderate the number. Uganda will play Slovakia in Abu Dhabi four days later before taking on the Elephants of Cote dIvoire

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has heaped praises on yet-to-be-confirmed Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah describing him as a gentleman. Reports in the media have suggested the President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Hon. Isaac Asiamah as the next Minister of Sports. And the Ghana FA Spokesperson has hailed the appointment. "Hon. Isaac Asiamah respects very well and carries himself around with decency so Ghana FA can work

The President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has told Ghanaians that the Black Stars is not a District Assembly to include every player following the naming of the squad for the 2017 Afcon. Israeli trainer Avram Grant announced a provisional 26-man squad for an 11-day camp in Dubai without in-form defenders Rashid Sumaila and Nuru Sulley as well as Ghana Premier League best player Latif Blessing. Many have questioned Avram Grant on his selection but the GFA Boss in responding

Ghana coach Avram Grant has taken a swipe against Ghana sports journalists describing them as Sunday Professors Grant jibed the media when announcing his 26-man squad for the 2017 Afcon set to kick off in Gabon next month. The former Chelsea Boss said, Everybody has an opinion about the coaches' selection. I call them Sunday Professors because they talk a lot before matches and that's all. The Black Stars departed Ghana on Monday to pitch an 11-day camp in the Dubai before moving