Ghana ace Elizabeth Addo lost the race to win the 2016 CAF Womens Player of the Year Award after Nigeria and Arsenal star Asisat Oshoala won the prestigious prize. Asisat was handed the award at the 2016 Glo CAF Awards in Abuja as she defeated Cameroon's Gabrielle ONGUENE and Addo to win the prize. Her standout moments for the year were the outstanding performance at the 2016 Women's AFCON which she led the Super Falcons to win. Addo also played an influential role for Ghana but

Ghana duo of Sandra Owusu Ansah and Eric Ayiah missed out of winning the 2016 CAF Youth Player of the Year after Nigeria and Arsenal starlet Alex Iwobi won the award. Iwobi, 20, claimed the coveted prize after being the Ghanaian pair who excelled for the Black Maidens, Princesses and Starlets respectively. The Arsenal star has enjoyed considerable success at the club level in the English Premier League and also played an instrumental role for the Super Eagles in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Inter Allies FC confirmed their readiness for the start of the new season with a comfortable 3-1 win over FA Cup winners Bechem United at the Vision Explorers Soccer Academy Park in Pantang on Thursday afternoon. Allies trialist Amoako Antwi opened the scoring 14 minutes into the game after several minutes of excessive dominance by the Eleven Is T One. Another trialist Abass Mohammed doubled the lead 10 minutes later with a simple but brilliant finish, the scoreline stayed the same until the

West Ham midfielder and Ghana deputy captain Andre Ayew is a subject of $250,000-a week deal from Al Ain with theUAE top-flight side keen on splashing $25m to grab the player. According to reports, the Arabian Gulf League side, coached by Croatian tactician Zlatko Dalic, has offered a fee of $25 million for the West Ham United summer signing. Ayew has struggled to maintain his form in the English Premier League since joining West Ham United in a record transfer from Swansea City. The 26-year-old

English Championship side Brentford are on the verge of signing Ghanaian striker Daniel Agyei from rivals Burnley. The 19-year-old attacker has emerged as a top winter transfer target for the Griffin Park outfit. Brentford want to sign the Ghanaian forward on loan as a replacement for West Ham target Scott Hogan. He returned from his five-month loan spell at second-tier side Coventry City on Tuesday. Agyei is yet to make his debut for Burnley since arriving from Wimbledon in 2015 but

Bechem United have unveiled their new Macron jerseys for the 2016/17 season.  The outdorring was done on Thursday evening at the Grand Casamora Hotel in Accra.  Jerseys unveiled include home strip which is green and white away strip.  The new Jerseys will be used for their Ghana Premier League, MTN FA Cup as well as debut campaign in the CAF Confederation Cup. ...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko skipper, Amos Frimpong has tipped Dauda Mohammed to excel at his new club Anderlecht when the Belgian PRO League resumes. The silky striker was reported to have finalized a five-year deal to the Belgian giants on Wednesday for an undisclosed fee from Ghana Premier League outfit Asante Kotoko. And Amos, who captained him for two season at the Kumasi-based side, was quick to shower adulation on his former colleague and tipped him to take the Belgian league by storm. Dauda

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic is chasing Sunderland attacker Jermain Defoe as the replacement for Andre Ayew who has joined Ghana for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Ayew, the deputy Ghana captain, has netted only once for the London side after struggling with injuries since his record transfer move from Swansea in the summer. The London Club have already had a 6m bid for striker Jermain Defoe rejected by Sunderland. Defoe, 34, has scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for the Premier League

Leicester defender Christian Fuchs but feels they have the depth to cope with the absence of Daniel Amartey and two other AFCON-bound players. Club Player of the Season Riyad Mahrez as well as record signing Islam Slimani will represent Algeria at the tournament in Gabon.   "These are very essential players for us. We can talk about how it will hurt us and make us weaker but it is the time for the other guys to step up and show they are needed, the left-back told the Leicester

  Alanyaspor defender Nuru Suley has rejoined the Turkish side following his snub by Black Stars coach Avram Grant despite holding a successful training with the team. The former Hearts of Oak defender arrived in Turkey in the early hours of Wednesday to join the side for preparation for the league after the Christmas break. Nuru was one of the players who were controversially dropped from the provisional 26-man squad by Avram Grant for the Black Stars residential camping in Dubai.

Fit-again Dennis Appiah is among Anderlecht's 22-man squad who have landed in La Manga, Spain for mid-season training tour. The right back has been on the sidelines for close to four months. He last played for Anderlecht back in August when he came off the bench in their Europa League tie against Slavia Praha. Appiah managed only three league appearances before his injury. Goalkeepers: Boeckx, Roef, Svilar Defenders: Najar, Appiah, Sowah, Spajic, Faes, Nuytinck, Deschacht, Delcroix,

Former Black Stars and Asante Kotoko shot stopper Joe Karl has hailed the recall of Fatau dauda into the Black Stars saying his arrival will bring competition in the goalkeeping department. According to Joe Karl, Fataus pool of experience at both the World Cup and Afcon will be very valuable for the national team at the 2017 Afcon. Its good news that we have such an experienced goalkeeper like Fatau in the team. He will bring competition into the goalkeeping department, the ex-Asante Kotoko

Black Stars late call up Fatau Dauda says he is determined to fight for the number one spot in the team following his return to the side. The former AshGold and now Enyimba FC shot stopper was dropped from the provisional 26-man squad by coach Avram Grant after their four-day non-residential camping and training. But Dauda who was Ghanas number one choice at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil says he will fight for the position from the claws of Razak Brimah. I am not just going there to be a

Inter-Allies captain Simon Martey has left the club after refusing a contract extension. Martey deal run out at the end of the season and did not want to continue his stay. He is available on a free transfer ahead of the start of the Ghana Premier League season on 04 February. Martey was key for Eleven Is To One as right back....

Chief Executive Officer of Wa All Stars has confirmed the team will head to Dubai for pre-season as they look to impress in the CAF Champions League and also defend the Ghana Premier League title they won. All Stars will be playing in the Caf Champions League for the first time in his history and will have to combine that with defending the league title won. We will be heading to Dubai for preseason as we did last year in Saudi Arabia, Oduro Nyarko said We are happy that the league title

Wa All Stars are expected to travel to Sudan to face champions Al Hilal in a friendly. GHANASoccernet.com understands the northern Blues will leave Accra next week for the exhibition match. It is part of plans to give the team international exposure ahead of their continental debut in the Champions League next month. Wa All Stars will play Bechem United on 22 January at the Tamale Sports Stadium in the Super Cup....

Striker Gilbert Fiamenyo will join Kenyan side Leopards squad next week for pre season, club CEO Ronald Namai revealed. The former Hearts of Oak man signed for Leopards in August last year but was not cleared to feature in the league.   ''He will now link up with the team for pre-season as. Fiamenyo is our player; he will jet in for pre-season next week. He signed a contract with us in August and it was unfortunate that he wasnt cleared to play in 2016 but he will be available

Striker Fuseini Nuhu is expected to join Lebanese side Shabab Al-Sahel, according to reports. The 25-year-old is available on a free transfer after being released by Ghana Premier League side AshantiGold. ''Nuhu Fuseini could sign for Shabab Al-Sahel in the coming days. He has impressed the technical handlers of the team and they are ready to sign him for the rest of their league season,'' a source told kickgh.com ''Right now I know that his ITC certificate is almost

Black Stars coach Avram Grant has planned double training session today at their camping base in UAE as he intensifies preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The Israeli will for the first time train with his 23-man squad for the tournament which starts in Gabon on 14 January. Grant will be working on his squad to have an idea of his starting XI for the tournament. He will test the battle readiness of his squad against two yet-to-be-named opponents....

Hearts of Oak have stepped up training ahead of a high profile friendly game with reigning FA Cup Champions Bechem United. The Phobians will play Godwin Attram's Academy side this afternoon at the Legon Ajax Park before testing the strengths of Ghana's only participant in this year's CAF Confederation Cup competition at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. Hearts fans were there in their numbers as usual to watch the team's training session....