Kwame Baah was named Best Goalkeeper at the just endedEsad Osmanovski Memorial Cup in Holland He put up a good showcase for Attram de Visser Soccer Academy who won the tournament. Baah's heroics saw him save three penalties in the final against English side Fulham. The Inter Allies ace is expected to reproduce his form at the Terberg Toernooi which starts on 26 May against teams like Club Brugge, Atletico Mineiro from Brazil and Dutch side AZ Alkmaar. ...
Godwin Attrams Soccer Academy beat English side Fulham 3-2 on penalties to win the 2017 Esad Osmanovski Memorial Cup in Holland. They drew 1-1 with Heerenveeen in their opening match and then beat Belgian side KAA Gent 1-0. Attram de Visser Soccer Academy beat Fulham 2-1 in the final Group match before going on to beat West Ham United in the semi-final. They will be involved in action after five days for the Terberg Toernooi against Club Brugge, Atletico Mineiro from Brazil and Dutch side
Frank Achempong scored the winning goal for champions-elect Anderlecht in their 3-2 win over KV Oostende on Sunday on the final day of the Belgian playoff. The Ghana international came on for the second half and scored in the 78th minutes when the match was tied at 2-2. Acheampong ensured he ended the season with five goals to his credit. Anderlecht won the Championship in midweek and will play in the UEFA Champions League next season....
Rahim Ayew chalked a piece of history by winning the Gibraltar League with FC Europa on Sunday to end the 14-year dominance of Lincoln Red Imps. The 2-0 win over Glacis United ensured FC Europa emerged champions with a one-point lead. Earlier on Saturday, Lincoln beat St Josephs 1-0 to go top temporarily. Ayew played 24 matches and scored two goals with seven assists. FC Europa have qualified for next season's UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. ...
Ghana will face familiar foes Niger in the semi-final of the CAF U17 Nations on Wednesday. The Young Menas finished runners in Group A after beating Tanzania 1-0 to qualify on goal difference and that earned them a place at the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup. Last month, the Black Starlets beat Niger 2-0 twice in international friendlies played at the Accra Sports Stadium. Group B leaders Mali thumped Angola 6-1 and will face Guinea in the other semi-final in midweek....
Wa All Stars midfielder Nasiru Moro was adjudged the Most Valuable player in the MTN FA Cup round of 32 clash as the champions lashed Bolga All Stars at home to qualify for the quarterfinals of the competition. The versatile midfielder landed himself the individual accolade as a reward for his masterful passes in the 2-1 win for the GHPL title holders. The diminutive central midfield icon wowed the technical team of Wa All Stars in recent times and has since relegated Saddick Alhassan to the
Ghana shot stopper Fatau Dauda emerged the player of the match in his side's 1-0 win over Remo Stars as the Nigerian Professional Football League returned from the first round break. The Black Stars goalie made four crucial saves as his side picked all three points in a vital away win to re-ignite their title chase. Playmaker Leonard Ugochukwu intelligently found the back of the net with whwta eventually became the only goal in the game for Enyimba FC on the 38th minute. Dauda was outstanding
Ghana midfielder Ebenezer Ofori won his first career silverware abroad as Stuttgart won the German Bundesliga II title on Sunday with two points. Ofori was a second half substitute as they thrashed Wrzburger Kickers 4-0 at home to shrug off the challenge from Hannover 96. The 21-year-old made nine appearances after joining the club in February on his return from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Ofori is expected to play a key role at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena next season in the Bundesliga.
Striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom scored a sensational hat-trick on the final day of competition in the Serbian Championship playoff on Sunday as Red Star Belgrade clobbered Radnicki Nis 4-0. The Latina-owned players put his side into a comfortable three-nil lead with sublime goals. In the 18th minute, he beat the offside trap to slot in the opening goal and three minutes after the he capitalized on a poor defensive clearance to double the lead. Just after the hour mark, Boakye expertly angled
Ghana Premier League leaders WAFA had to dig deep to eliminate Division One League side Unistar Academy 4-3 on penalties to progress to the MTN FA Cup round of 16 on Sunday. Midfield maestro Majeed Ashimeru converted the final spot-kick to send the Sogakope-based side through. Unistar had the better of the exchanges in the first but naivety upfront cost them as they failed to convert the descent chances created. That sluggishness from the hosts helped WAFA to come back strongly in the second
Hearts of Oak made light work of second tier side Kotoku Royals at the Accra sports stadium to progress to the MTN FA Cup Round of 16. Winger Patrick Razak was the star performer as defender Vincent Atingah scored twice from the spot kick with Kwame Kizito and Cosmos Dauda also finding the back of the net as the Phobians extended their winning run with a 4-0 victory. Razak blistering space was too much for Royals to handle as he was brought down in the box twice in each half. Atingah step
Medeama thumped New Edubiase 3-0 to progress in the Ghana FA Cupon Sunday. Striker Bismark Oppong opened the scoring in the first half before John Arthur and Justice Blay scored the others in th second half to complete the rout The Mauve and Yellows controlled the game right from the blast of the whistle, making their dominance count in the final analysis The Tarkwa based side advance to the round of 16. ...
Elmina Sharks match on to the round of 16 of the MTN FA Cup with a 3-0 win on penalties over Gold Stars at Bibiani after playing out a 1-1 stalemate in regulation time. Elijah Amofa was the beneficiary of some slack Elmina Sharks defending to slot home the opening goal of the encounter. Elmina Sharks finished the opening half strongly, though, and Ebenezer Tweneboah saw his close-range effort deflected wide, while great defending by the home side frustrated the Sharks. Skipper Tetteh Nortey
Asante Kotoko needed a second half goal from Baba Mahama to advance to the MTN FA Cup Round of 16 at the expense of second tier side Proud United at the Swedru park. The former Techiman city playmaker struck his debut goal for the Porcupine Warriors, an all important goal that ends Kotokos eight games winless run in all competitions. The home side had managed to frustrate Kotoko but Babastepped up to the plate, producing a moment of magic to take the away side through to the next stage of
Seth Amoateng's late winner kept Wa All Stars in the MTN FA Cup courtesy of a 2-1 win over Bolga All Stars at the Malik Jabir Stadium. Bolga dominated proceedings and piled enormous pressure on the host but their wastefulness in front of goal let them down. However, Bolga's incessant high intensity tactics deployed paid off in the 7th minute when Fuseini Ganiu's low shot just outside the 18-yard box found the bottom corner of the post to give the away side the lead. Wa All Stars
Black Stars assistant captain Andre Ayew made amends for his horrible miss against Liverpool last weekend as he scoredWest Ham's winner as they ended their difficult season on a positive. Ayew netted to complete West Ham's comeback on 72 minutes after Burnleyhad led midway through the first half. Vokes put Burnley ahead with his 10th Premier League goal on 23 minutes before Algerian striker Sofiane Feghouli equalised four minutes later. The Hammers kept pushing and Ayew netted when
Ghana striker Jordan Ayew struck his debut goal for Swansea city who defeated West Brom at home to end the season on a high note. The Swans ended a testing Premier League season with a 15th-place finish as Jordan Ayew's first strike and Fernando Llorente's late volley earned a 2-1 victory against West Brom at the Liberty stadium. Ayew, signed in January from Championship side Aston Villa, nodded home Llorente's header across goal to restore parity for the Swans after Johnny Evans
Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah clinched his fifth consecutive Scudetto medal with Juventus thanks to a convincing victory against Crotone. Asamoah was unused as the treble-chasing Juventus demolish the lowly ranked side 3-0 to make it a record sixth consecutive Serie A title. The former Udinese stalwart watched from the bench as Mario Mandzukic, on his 31st birthday, turned home Juan Cuadrado's cross from close range to give the perennial champions an early lead. Paulo Dybala curled
Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice on the final day of the season to equal Ghana legend Tony Yeboahs enviable Bundesliga record. Aubameyang on Saturday became only the second African player after Tony Yeboah to win the golden boot in Germany two times. Tony Yeboah clinched the award in two successive seasons (199293, 199394) for Eintracht Frankfurt. Aubameyang scored a last-gasp winner to earn Borussia Dortmund a 4-3 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday to claim the individual
Hearts of Oak defender Robin Gnagne is set to play for the first time this season when the Phobians welcome Kotoku Royals to the Accra sports stadium. Hearts will face the second tier side in the MTN FA Cup round of 32 on Sunday with general captain Gnagne expected to feature at the back for Frank Nuttalls men. The Ivorian import picked up a knee injury in the clubs first Premier League game against Inter Allies at the El-Wak. Gnagne who was ruled out for three months started training with
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