Ghana defender Edwin Gyimah is on a trial at Swedish second-tier side Helsingborg IF, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. Gyimah is available on a free transfer after parting ways with South African side Orlando Pirates. He can play a centre-back and also a holding defender. Gyimah will be seeking to follow in the footsteps of compatriot David Accam who excelled for the club three seasons ago....
The Ghana FA is facing Black Stars friendly squad deadline with just a week before the international break. The federation are yet to announced a friendly date against any sideahead of the FIFA international friendly fixtures next week. The uncertainty surrounding the game has put the Ghana FA in a tight corner. Funds are readily unavailable with the country's sports ministry reported to have informed the FA to cancel such plans. The Ghana FA must inform clubs abroad
Former Ghana coach Avram Grant is among the coaches South Africa Football Association (SAFA) is considering for the vacant coaching job, GhanaSoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. According to sources, contact has been made with 62-year-old about the possibility of taking up the teams rein as the search for Ephriam Mashaba gathers pace. SAFA have received many spontaneous CVs of coaches interested in the job and been contacted by agents offering other candidates, and the selection process was
Medeama coach Augustine Evans Adotey could be jettisoned after his side suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Wa All Stars in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday, GHANAsoccernet.com headquarters have been told. Adotey has come under siege after the Yellow and Mauves suffered their third straight defeat of the campaign. The Ghana female Under-17 coach appears to be losing boardroom support as pressure mount to dispense with his services. The fans have been agitating for a change in the technical
Netherlands-based striker Elvis Manu is still knocking on the doors for the Black Stars for a call up since switching nationality to become a Ghanaian. Elvis who has hit top form and has been scoring magnificent goals of late for his new side Go Ahead Eagles played for the youth side of the Netherlands but switched to play for his native country. The prolific striker is yet to be lucky to be handed a call up top don the national jersey despite his fine form. The attacker scored in his team
Ghana international Adam Kwarasey was again left gnashing his teeth on the bench as high flying Brondby picked up all three points against Horsens in Denmark. The former Portland Timbers goalie arrived as one of the high profile signings of the season having won the Norwegian league and also played at the World Cup with Black Stars in Germany 2014. But he is yet to get an opportunity to man post in the league with U.S.A goalie Steve Clark preferred to the Ghana international. He was given
Ghana goalie Razak Brimah has been dropped again after playing in three consecutive league games in the Spanish Segunda division. The tall and agile goalie had been preferred to Polish Pawel Kieszek after a drop in performance on the part of the European. Brimah's return to favour was clearly to due to his impressive showing for Ghana during the Africa Cup of Nations where the team finished fourth. But the Ghana international was dropped again this weekend in a hard fought 2-1 win over
Ghana have not announced a friendly opponent with just one week before the international break. Top African countries have confirmed dates for the friendly games, leaving the West Africans as the only major football country without opponents. Ghana's 2018 World Cup qualifying opponents Egypt have lined up against Togo on March 28 Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Senegal are among some of the high-profile countries that has confirmed friendly matches against top European nations. The Ivorians
Director of Special Olympics Emmanuel Kobina Baidoo has thrown his weight behind Marcel Desailly as the next Black Stars coach. Many pundits have given their take on the debate of which Ghanaian coach deserve to be handed the Black Stars rein, but Kobina Biadoo believes the team will be in good hands if Ghanaian-born former French international Marcel Desailly is appointed. My choice is Marcel Desailly. This is because he is an international icon and he has captained the French
Kumasi Asante Kotoko assistant coach Godwin Ablordey has blamed the poor pitch in Tamale for their weekend draw at Bolga All Stars. Yakubu Mohammed scored yet another goal to put the Porcupine Warriors in the lead, but Maxwell Frimpong scored a late equalizer for All Stars to share the spoils. Ablordey, whose side needed to win to keep pace with leaders Aduana blasted the playing surface in Tamale after the match and says it made it difficult for the team to execute their game plan. It was
Kick Malaria Out of Africa, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), would on May Day launch a nation-wide tree-planting exercise in memory of the fallen coaches of Ghana. The coaches are; C.K. Gyamfi (Nana Gyamfi Kumi), Osam Duodu, Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie, Ben Kwoufie, Jones Attuquayefio, Sam Arday and Offei Ansah. Kwabena Osei Bonsu, the Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday. He named the trees expected to be planted as mahogany,
Augustine Okrah scored a goal for Sudanese side Al Hilal in their 3-0 win over Mauritian side AS Port-Louis 2000 in the CAF Champions League final qualifying round first leg tie. The talented striker fired home from long range after a quarter-of-an-hour to open the scoring. But the former Ghana Premier League top scorer and MVP got injured in the second half had to be substituted Compatriot Abednego Tetteh, who is making a return from injury, featured but could not find the back of the
Great Olympics Head Coach Godwin Attram has been left questioning the source of his sides poor run of results after going down 2-1 to city rivals Accra Hearts of Oak in the league. Olympics were left kicking themselves after the final whistle in a game where they totally dominated and had countless opportunities to score goals. Attram expressed his frustration after game and admits his side will need more than luck to turn things around. I am sure everyone who watched the game today will
Dennis Antwi scored for IK Start in their 5-1 win over Sandnes Ulf in a club friendly on Friday. The 24-year-old tapped in from a rebound as the second-tier club warmed up for the start of the season. The former Inter Allies player wants to fight for regular spot ahead of their season opener next month. Last season, Antwi scored one goal in 11 league appearances for the club....
President of Hearts Ladies Vincentia Deku has called on the Ghana FA to give the vacant Black Stars coaching job to Akwesi Appiah, and be assisted by Ibrahim Tanko and Maxwell Konadu. The nations football governing body has mandated a six-member committee to head hunt a replacement for coach Avram Grant, who departed the role following the expiration of his contract last month. Many advocates of the Black Stars are of the opinion that a local coach should be handed the role instead of an expatriate.
Aduana Stars made a statement of intent on their title credentials at the El Wak Stadium on Saturday. The Ogya boys came from behind to stun Inter Allies by two goals to one. The Dormaa club went into the game with a very terrible record against Inter Allies in the Greater Accra region having lost, without scoring even a single goal in all their previous 3 meetings. To make the task more daunting, the home side had not lost a home game in their last 14 league games, keeping clean sheets in
Great Olympics coach Godwin Attram says his side are in crisis after Hearts of Oak condemned them to their fourth defeat of the season. Attram was left frustrated after Olympics yet again failed to pick up victory at the Accra sports stadium, losing 2-1 to noisy neighbours Hearts of Oak despite putting up, perhaps, their best performance this season. Hearts of Oak scored first through Paul Acquahs powerful header before Benjamin Arthur pulled even for Olympics, but the Phobians scored the
Left back Abdul Razak Nuhu has returned to Norway and signed for second-tier Fredrikstad, GHANASoccerenet.com can exclusively reveal. The Right To Dream graduate has been available on a free transfer after leaving Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta FC. He also played for Apollon Limassol. Nuhu won the Norwegian Eliteserien with Strmsgodset in 2013 and played a total of three seasons the Drammen-based team. ''He has played little games there last year so we expect that it may take
Ghanaian striker CJ Sarpong was on target forPhiladelphia Union in their 2-2 stalemate against Toronto FC in the Major League Soccer over the weekend. The America--born Ghanaian scored the goal which helped his side to pick a point at the Talen Energy Stadium. Jay Simpson opened the scoring for the home side before Jozy Altidore pulled parity. Toronto went 2-1 up courtesyJustin Morrow before the Ghanaian equalised as the two teams shared the spoils....
Hearts coach Frank Nuttall has heaped praise on his players after their 2-1 win over city rivals Great Olympics. The Phobians had to rely on Inusah Musah's freak strike to bag maximum point in the big derby. And Scottish trainer Frank Nuttall was left pleased with his troops. Very difficult game, my team played very well and I am impressed, they fought very hard to get the win, he said in a post-match press conference. Even when it was 1-1 we pushed forward to get another
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