Ghanaian defender Rashid Sumaila has thanked Al Gharafa management, players and fans for all their support during his time with the club on his twitter page. The 26-year old has become subject to a summer switch to Scottish giants Rangers FC in recent weeks. The former Asante Kotoko defender joined the Qatari club on loan from Kuwaiti outfit Al Quadsia with four games into the season but his all action display quickly made him fans favourite. And as the Gers move intensifies, the sixth-time
Ghanaian forward Raphael Dwamena scored two goals for FC Zurich in their 5-1 thumping of Le Mont in the Swiss Challenge League on Monday evening. Swiss midfielder Cdric Brunner opened the scoring for FC Zurich on the 15th minute mark. Raphael Dwamena added Zurich second of the night with a powerful shot just outside the 18-yard box in the 58th minute, and the Ghanaian poacher was at it again in the 61st minute when he tapped in from a close range before making way for Senegalese international
The Penultimate games of 1st round of the 2016/17 league produced a lot of goals (22) and surprises. Troubled Kotoko were the villains of the week and Hearts of Oaks, the heroes of the week, putting brakes on the WAFA. Phobia, Hearts of Oaks defeated WAFA to put an end to their winning streak which they had hopes of extending to 8. Winful Cobbinah scored one and assisted Thomas Abbey to make it a conformable win for the Phobias. A late push by the Soccer Academicians could only fetch
WAFA SC head coach Klavs Rasmussen received his award as NASCO Coach of the Month before their 2-1 defeat at Hearts of Oak. The Dane had an impressive run in April as he supervised five straight wins to keep them on top of the table. He beat contenders Yusif Abubakar of Aduana Stars and Hearts of Oak's Frank Nuttall....
Two-goal hero Justice Blay picked up the official Man of the Match in Medeama's 3-1 win at Elmina Sharks on Monday. John Arthur opened the scoring on 19 minutes and Blay doubled the lead after 33 minutes. But Benjamin Tweneboah pulled one back for Elmina Sharks. On the 90th minute mark Blay put the game beyond doubt with a fine finish at the T&A Park. Blay is a new signing from Sekondi Hasaacas....
Hearts of Oak continued their renaissance with yet another classy first half performance and a gritty showing second half of the game to win 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Accra based club scored their earliest goal of the season when skipper Thomas Abbey who was starting in 12th straight game headed home a winful cobbinah header. That was first goal of the game and Cobbinahs 6th assist since returning to the club. The left footed player has been a revelation since returning and coach
Ghana international Sulley Muntari has been speaking with the CNN about his decision to walk off the pitch in an Italian Seria A game against Cagiliari. The Pescara midfielder left the field after being booked in Sunday's Serie A game at Cagliari for complaining of being abused. The Italian Football Federation said it had considered the "particular delicacy" of the case. He hears racial abuse "every game" in Italy. Now @MuntariOfficial says he's
Ghana star Sulley Muntari has said he would be the "No.1" supporter of any organized player boycott in protest against racism in the sport. Last week, Ghana midfielder, who plays for Italian topflight side Pescara, said he was "treated like a criminal" after receiving a one-match ban, which was later rescinded, for objecting to being racially abused during a Serie A game. On April 30, the 32-year-old had left the field in protest during a match against Cagliari in Sardinia after
Ghana striker Jordan Ayew and his Swansea teammates have decided to cover the cost of 3,000 away tickets for the club's match at Sunderland next Saturday. Swans boss Paul Clement said after his team's crucial 1-0 win over Everyone on Saturday: "It is a shame we can't bring all the fans." "The players paying for the supporters' tickets came from Leon Britton and I thought it was a brilliant idea." "That's been done by the players and led by
Ghana international Baba Rahman will get an opportunity to go on pre-season with the Chelsea team after Antonio Conte asked to have a second look at him. The Ghana international is out with a knee injury but will begin field work in the coming weeks and will be on the team to be assessed by Conte who needs a big squad to play in the UEFA Champions League next season. Rahman is still held in high esteem in the corridors of Stamford Bridge with football director Michael Emenalo a huge admirer
The Professionals Footballers Association of Ghana has taken to twitter to send their congratulatory messages to President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi. Nyantakyi, on Monday morning was confirmed as the first vice president of the confederation of African Football. He has made history by becoming the first Ghanaian to have risen to such heights and will be dealing with both continental and domestic football. Nyantakyi has made public he decision not to contest the 2019
Follow the LIVE play by play of the epic clash of the Ghana Premier League between inspired Accra Hearts of Oak and in-form WAFA at the Accra Sports Stadium this afternoon. Kickoff is execatly 15:00GMT By: Sheikh Tophic Sienu @desheikh1 on twitter...
Ghana FA capo Kwesi Nyantakyi among the new leadership of African football after his appointment today as CAF 1st vice president. Nyantakyi joined new CAF president Dr Ahmad and Costant Omari, the second vice president. He has been rewarded for the major role he played in Ahmad's shocking triumph over the long-serving Hayatou. Nyantakyi, who is a CAF Executive Committee and FIFA Council member, is said to be the trusted man of the Malagasy as he masterminded the election victory for
Black Starlets have stepped up preparations with their second training session in Gabon ahead of their opening match at the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. The U-17 team trained for the second time on Monday at their base in Port Gentil to ready themselves for their first match against Cameroon. Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin put his squad through their paces with all 23 players involved. The Starlets have been drawn in Group A alongside host nation Gabon, Cameroon and Guinea. Their second assignment
The Ghana FA delegation at the CAF Congress in Bahrain were the first to congratulate Kwesi Nyantakyi as CAF 1st vice president. Vice President George Afriyie, Acting General Secretary Alex Asante and Executive Committee member Frank Nelson were in the Bahrain capital of Manama for CAF's Congress. New CAF president Dr Ahamd hand-picked Nyantakyi to be second-in-command with Constant Omari as second vice president. Nyantakyi is a CAF Executive Committee member and a FIFA Council member.
Lorient striker Majeed Waris missed out on the club's Player of the Month award for April. The Ghana international was second after the voting process with 28% of the total votes cast Waris scored two goals in five matches in the month under review but Jimmy Cabot who had 38% of the vote cast. Benjamin Lacomte came in third with 20% and Benjamin Moukandjo was fourth with 14% of the votes. Qui est, selon vous, le joueur du mois d'Avril ? FC LORIENT 🐟 (@FCLorient)
Ghana center back Kadri Mohammed gave an excellent performance to earn his side a point in a difficult away clash with Rheindorf Altach in the Austria Bundesliga. Kadri lasted the entire duration of the game in a clash that could be described the most difficult for Austria Wien in the season so far. Austrai forward Nikola Davidan shot the home side ahead just 24 minutes into the game but the away side responded through Ayoba Kayode to restore parity exactly fifteen minutes later. Kadri was
Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has confirmed that wining bonus per match for the Under-17 at the African Junior Championship in Gabon has been slashed to US$ 1,000. The reduction represents more than 30 percent of the US$ 3,000 paid to the youngsters in international matches. This was announced to the team last Friday before they departed to Gabon to acclamatise for the tournament which starts this Saturday, 14 May to 28 May. ''After dialoging with the team, we agreed that they receive
Hundreds of people in Kumasi, including members of the national Rugby team led by the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) president, Herbert Mensah, embarked on a two-hour brisk walk through some principal streets in the metropolis to mark the 16th anniversary of the May 9 football tragedy which claimed 127 lives at the Accra Sports Stadium in 2001. Last Saturdays event was a spontaneous gathering of people, mainly football fans who either witnessed the tragedy or lost a relation in the world's
Black Queens playmaker Elizabeth Addo inspired her Kvarnsvedens side to pick their first win of the season in epic comeback against giants Djurgarben in the Swedish Womens League. Addo was involved in both Kvarnsvedens goal as the side came from behind to snatch a 21 away win over Djurgrden, despite playing with a player less for the better part of the match. Djurgrden took the lead just 10 minutes in when Johanna Axfeldt was sent off for a handball in the box and Michaela van den Bulk converted
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