America football star Colin Kaepernick celebrated this years Independence Day in Cape Coast, after tracing his ancestral origin from the former Ghana capital. The former 49ers quarterback tweeted a minute-long video Tuesday of a trip he took to Cape Coast Castle, a formerslave trade hub in Ghana, and questioned the celebration of Independence Day in the U.S. Kaepernick created controversy last season when he chose to kneel during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" as a way to

Veteran Sports journalist and President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Kwabena Yeboah has slammed club administrators for the unending canker of bribery in Ghana football, insisting they are the main architects. The ace sports journalist has always registered his displeasure at the level of corruption and bribery that surrounds Ghana football. "Let one single club owner or administrator tell me there is no bribery and corruption in our football. These are people we engage

Minister of Youth and Sports Isaac Asiamah has reiterated his commitment to set up a sports fund purposely to help sports men and women. Hon Asiamah disclosed his at the 2017 FIFpro Africa Congress held at the Kempinski hotel in Accra. He is determined to ensure the establishment of a national sports fund to help address the challenges of Ghanaian athletes. ''As a government, we are in the process of establishing a national sports fund that will address comprehensively the challenges

Black Starlets management committee member Abdul Salam Yakubu is upbeat about the team's chances of advancing from their group in the upcoming U-17 FIFA World Cup in India. The Black Starlets have been paired with host nation India, Colombia and USA in Group A for the tournament that is slated to kick off from 6th October, 2017. Speaking to Happy FM, Abdul Salam believes the team have a great chance of making it out the group but will need to make preparations utmost priority before realising

Bechem United will host Hearts of Oak in one of the most interesting matches in week 21 of the Ghana Premier League at the Nana Fosu Gyeabour park on Sunday. The Hunters are approaching the crunch fixture in a bad mood after failure to record a win in their last three premiership games. They lost 1-0 at Ebusua Dwarfs, shared the spoils with Medeama SC at home and lost 1-0 again to Inter Allies FC. They go into the game with a mindset of preventing a stretch in their winless streak to four

Great Olympics goalkeeper Michael Sai has called for full concentration ahead of their must win encounter against Wa All Stars in the Ghana Premier League on Sunday. The Dade Boys clash against the defending champions has been termed by their supporters as a 'must win' game due to their delicate position on the standings. Wa All stars go into the game without a substantive coach following the sacking of Enos Adepah, who guided the side to their first league trophy in their history.

Aduana Stars will have best of opportunities to take charge of the summit of the league log. The Fire Boys take on a determined Liberty Professionals at the Nana Agyemang Badu park on Sunday as they target back to back home wins. They managed to beat struggling Great Olympics narrowly in their last league fixture at home. Winning this weekend will enable the Dormaa side claim the top spot from WAFA SC. Left back Daniel Darkwah misses the important game since he is out of the country with

Asante Kotoko SC have been enjoying a fabulous run of form lately as they are looking to grab a third consecutive victory this Sunday against Medeama SC at the Babayara stadium. The Porcupine Warriors beat bitterest rivals Hearts of Oak on penalties to clinch the 2017 President's Cup last Monday after a rained off on Sunday. The cup triumph is set to boost the morale of the reds ahead of this weekend's fixture. They will need a win or draw to extend their unbeaten streak to seven

Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey has called on the handlers of the Black Starlets to take preparations serious ahead of the upcoming U-17 World Cup in India. The two-time U-17 World Champions have been pitted in Group A alongside host country India, USA and Colombia for the 17th edition of the biennial tournament. Many pundits hold that the Black Starlets have greater chance of advancing to the next stage of the competition after draw was held. Nevertheless, Lamptey who was voted

Great Olympics have every reason to be disappointed after falling to a 1-0 away defeat at Aduana Stars last two weeks making it three losses in a succession. Two of the losses happened at home, 0-4 to Tema Youth FC and 0-1 to Liberty Professionals. The team were in high spirits after a four matches unbeaten streak previously which handed them hopes in their fight against relegation. The Wonder Club have to take advantage of the recent poor run of the defending league champions on Sunday

The Black Stars B have arrived in Lome for Sundays international friendly against Togo. Twenty (20) players made the trip with Ghana Premier League leaders WAFA dominated with seven players. Excused from the trip are the home-based players who travelled with the senior national team to the United States. Goalkeepers: Razak Abalora, Stephen Kwaku Defenders: Awal Mohammed, Fatau Mohammed, Eric Owusu, Moro Ibrahim, Musah Nuhu, Daniel Darkwah, Caleb Amankwah Midfielders: Gideon Waja, Majeed

Ghanaian forward Joel Fameyeh scored a brace for Dinamo Brest in their 4-1 victory over second-tier side Smorgon in the round of 16 of the Belarus Cup on Friday evening. Brest set the game ablaze in the early opening of the game and deservedly got the opener through Aleskey Legchilin in the 16th minute. Nigerian midfielder Chidi Osuchukwu doubled Brest advantage in the 23rd minute from a well taken free kick. Ghanaian sharp shooter Joel Fameyeh took the game beyond the minnows 25th minute

Aduana Stars defender Wahab Adams is confident of taking maximum points at the expense of Liberty Professionals in week 21 of the Ghana Premier League. The Ogya Boys will welcome the Dansoman-based side to the Nana Agyemang Badu Park on Sunday with the aim of overtaking league leaders WAFA at the summit of the standings this weekend. WAFA's game against AshantiGold have been postponed due to the majority of their first team players in the Black Stars B team that will play Togo in a friendly

Today, I will be answering six questions forwarded to me by the Editorial Team on Wednesday. But before that, let me touch a little on the President Cup and the upcoming game against Medeama. The President Cup came up so we prepared well for the game like any normal game. On Sunday, the performance in the first half was good. Hearts of Oak came back strongly in the second half as we were in the first half. Then of course, it rained off so it got be postponed. In a chat with the media, the Hearts