In-form Newcastlke United winger Christian Atsu has hailed his team mates Dwight Gyale and Ritchie for their performance in their hard fought win over Burton Albion in the English Championship League. Ritchie netted his 15th goal of the campaign in Wednesday nights 1-0 win over Burton to return Newcastle to the top of the table. The Black Stars winger, often found on the opposite side to Ritchie, echoed the contribution of his playmates after the game. The Chelsea loanee thinks having the
Following loses in their last five matches in the English Premier League West Ham United fans have taken to social media to lash their coach Slaven Bilic as the worse coach in the history of the club. The Hammers fans claim former Ghana coach Avram Grant during his days with the club in 2010 was a better coach than Bilic. Many also remain coy as to why Bilic still remains the coach of the Hammers. The London club has conceded 13 goals in their last five matches and has struggled to pick
Newly-appointed Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will get the chance in July to avenge the painful defeat he suffered at the hands of the United States in his first stint in charge of the Black Stars. That is because the Black Stars have lined up a friendly against the USA to be played in July - exactly two months after Appiah returns to the post. Appiah was in charge of the Ghana national team when they were painfully beaten 2-1 by the Yanks at the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The
Contentious decisions on African football's television rights and tournament hosting agreements will be reviewed in the coming months, new Confederation of African Football president Ahmad said on Friday. The possibility of changing the timing of Africa Cup of Nations finals is also on the cards, as well as the qualification process for junior tournaments. "I will be discussing with as many stake holders as there around African football to come up with the best solution for the problems,"
The Ghana Football Association and the entire nation bid the final farewellto former Black Stars coach Sam Hermans Arday on Friday. GFA vice president George Afriyie led the tributes to the former national team coach at the forecourt of the State House on Friday. He was buried at at the Osu Cemetery. ...
Jeffrey Schlupp has vowed to help Crystal Palace survive relegation this season in the English Premier League. The Eagles are flirting with relegation as they are two places about the danger zone. "The Premier League is one where anyone can beat anybody else and we know we are not safe until its done," Schlupp told the club's official website. "We are not a group of players to get carried away, we know we have a task ahead and go into every game looking to get ever nearer
Former West Ham United striker Dean Ashton has blamed the clubs transfer business for the mess that the club find themselves in. Slaven Bilics side were hoping to build on last seasons seventh-place finish when they moved into the London Stadium in the summer. It has not gone to plan, though, as the team have only won nine of their 31 Premier League games, losing 16 and drawing six. A 3-0 defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday night extended the clubs losing run to five consecutive matches, which
The United States national team have lined up a historic friendly against Ghana to be played in Connecticut in July. The game will be played at the Rentschler Field in East Harford, on 1st July. This is the second match the Black Stars are lining up in north America this summer after June friendly with Mexico was announced. According top media reports in the USA, the match forms part of two matches organised to whip the Yanks into shape ahead of important assignments. The USA will play
The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana FA has declared Dreams FC winners of the MTN FA Cup game with Unique FC which ended suddenly after fans of the home side invaded the pitch in the second half. Following the ruling, Unique FC have been ordered to cough GHC625.00 to be given to Dreams FC to cover their transportation cost. According to the ruling, Unique FC are facing the punishment for failing to provide adequate security to control their fans who invaded the field and physically assaulted
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2017 finished about two months ago and attentions have turned to qualification for next years World Cup in Russia. Meanwhile for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), AFCON 2017 was still very much on their minds: their Assistant Manager Gerard Nus staged a seven-week siege in Accra over unpaid bonuses. For anyone familiar with unpaid bonuses in Africa, this is hardly a surprise. However it seems the GFA are particularly fond of this type of drama. Cast
Ghanaian striker Jordan Ayew could be set for a substitute role in Swansea City's crucial game against West Ham in Saturday following the return of leading striker Fernando Llorente. Leading scorer Fernando Llorenteis due to return to the Swans line-up for Saturday's trip to West Ham, having missed their two matches since the international break with a niggling injury. His replacement, Jordan Ayew, impressed in the disappointing 3-1 defeat to Spurs by setting up Wayne Routledgefor the
Turkish side Bucaspor are tearfully begging Ghanaian play-maker Torric Jebrin to consider reducing a 100k fine slapped on them by FIFA to be paid to him after they terminated his contract. FIFA found the Turkish side guilty of unlawfully terminating the contract of the former Hearts of Oak gem in 2015. Bucaspor were therefore ordered by the world football governing body to pay the Ghanaian playmaker 100,000 for their unlawful action. But the management of the club in a meeting with the manager
Ghanagoalkeeper, Richard Ofori, will move to Belgium if his proposed move to South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns fails to materialize. The PSL champions Sundowns are expected to make a decision on the Wa All Stars shot-stopper who is currently on trial at the club. Ghanasoccernet.com exclusively revealed two weeks ago that Ofori in on trial at Downs as he is being assessed by Sundowns coach, Pitso Mosimane and his technical team. Oforis representative, Tera Maliwa of TSSM, confirmed that
Head coach of Indonesian coach Persib Bandung, Djadjang Nurdjaman is hoping that some training sessions will bring the best out of Michael Essien and Carlton Cole who both made their debut for the club over the weekend. The two players who had been stars in the Premier League have yet to show an optimum performance though they got debut goals. "Cole and Essien might not be 100 percent, but I think there will be progress," said Djadjang...
Ghanaian defender Isaac Donkor has sustained a knee injury and is set to undergo further tests to determine the extent of the injury. The 21-year-old who joined Italian Serie B side Cesena at the start of the season from Italian giants Inter Milan has been struggling with an inflamed knee that does not seem to give respite, which could rule out his purported loan move to Pisa in jeopardy. He is expected to undergo further checks at his parent club Inter Milan. The Kumasi-born defender has
With Mamelodi Sundowns expected to make a decision on Ghanaian goalkeeper, Richard Ofori, the player's representatives have confirmed that he would like to get a chance to play in the PSL. About two weeks ago, reports coming out of Ghana indicated that the goalkeeper was expected to finalise a deal with Downs. Sources have confirmed that Ofori is currently being assessed by Sundowns coach, Pitso Mosimane and his technical team, as reported by the Soccer Laduma. Oforis representative,
The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana FA has ordered the federation to pay an amount of GHC1000 to Division One League side Eeven Wise to prepare for a replay of their FA Cup clash with New Edubiase United. The two DOL side were supposed to have met in the preliminary round of the 2017 FA Cup but New Edubiase failed to turn up for the game. Eleven Wise referred the matter to the Disciplinary Committee of the FA protesting they are declared winners of the game. But the DC in their decision
The Ghana Football Association and the entire nation bid the final farewellto one of the countrys most experienced coaches, Sam Hermans Arday on Friday before he laid to rest at the Osu Cemetery. GFA vice president George Afriyie led the tributes to the former national team coach at the forecourt of the State House on Friday. With the President Kwesi Nyantakyi on officials duties abroad, Afriyie led the high powered delegation from the federation including administrators, staff of the GFA,
Ghana international Jeffrey Schlupp says that the guidance of Sam Allardyce is one of the reasons he joined relegation-threatened Crystal Palace. The Ghanaian has been impressive in the last three games since gaining the confidence Sam Allardyce. "Everyone was aware of what he achieved before he joined and was a key reason for me coming here," Schlupp told his clubs official "He sends us out onto the pitch with a game plan that we have been working on in training and our results
Former Ghana international Laryea Kingson is backing his brother Richard Kingson to be named as the goalkeepers trainer of the Black Stars. Kingson, has been tipped as one of the changes to rock the new Black Stars following the appointment of Kwesi Appiah as head coach. Since he [Olele] retired, the Black Stars team has never seen any good goalkeeper like him again. You need such a man in your team I think the perfect man for the team manager job is Stephen Appiah, remember a lot of the
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