Barnsley manager Paul Heckingbottom says the club have recieved no fresh bids for Ghanaian defender Andy Yiadom and hopesthe clubs stance will ward off any further offers. The 25-year-old has been the subject of one bid, labelled as derisory by the Oakwell club from Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town and has also been strongly linked with a move to Swansea City, with Reading also said to be interested. Reports have indicated that the Swans have bid 3m for Yiadom, but Heckingbottom has quashed

Ghana defender Baba Mensah emerged as the man of the match on his debut for Ilves in their 0-0 stalemate with VPS at the Tammela Stadion on Saturday. The 22-year-old who joined the Finnish side on a one-and-half-year deal from Inter Allies last week, was at the heart of defense for the Yellows as they were held at home by second placed side.   He played the entire duration likewise compatriot Reuben Ayarna whiles Thomas Agyiri made a cameo appearance after replacing Youness Rahimi in

Baba Mensah played his first match for Finnish side Ilves on Saturday in their 0-0 draw with VPS in the Veikkausliga. The 22-year-old lasted the entire duration as the home side failed to bag the points. Mensah's countrymen Reuben Ayarna- played the entire duration- and Thomas Agyiri was an 86th minute substitute. Mensah completed a one-and-half year move to the side from Ghana Premier League Inter Allies last week....

Vojvodina new recruit Owusu Bempah scored for the second week running as they thumped FK Radnik Surdulica 4-0 on Saturday in the Serbian Super Liga. Bempah scored the last goal in the 85th minute after Nemanja Subotic opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Filip Malbasic banged in a brace in the 17th and 55th minutes respectively. Bempah, a former Hearts of Oak captain, joined the Eastern European side on a three-year deal on a free transfer. Last week, his only goal gave Vojvodinaa 1-0

Ghanaian youngster Nana Ampomah was handed starting role and excelled as he provided an assist in Waasland Beveren's 3-3 draw at Genk on Saturday in their Jupiler Pro League opener. The 21-year-old set up Zinho Gano to put the visitors two-zero two minutes after the break. Oliver Myny had given Beveren the lead on the nick of half-time. Amponsah was withdrawn in the 75th minute by Alessandro Cerigioni.  ...

Ghana duo Majeed Waris and Alhassan Wakaso were not in the Lorient team which drew 1-1 with Quevilly at home on Saturday in their season opener in Ligue 2. Marvin Gakpa gave the visitors a first half lead in the 37th minute before Sylvain Marveaux levelled with a 71st minute spot-kick. Waris has been linked with a move to a Turkish side and Wakaso has been targeted by a Portuguese side. Both want to play top-flight football after Lorient were demoted last season.  ...

China's beleaguered national team would benefit from having fewer competing coaching philosophies across the Chinese Super League, says the former Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac. Rajevac, who steered the Ghanaians to the 2010 World Cup quarter-finals and is now head coach of Thailand, worked in China as an assistant coach with Beijing Guoan when the nation qualified for their first and only appearance at the World Cup finals in 2002. He feels China's domestic-based players are having to deal

Ghana defender defender Daniel Amartey is pushing for a starting berth role for Leicester City in the forthcoming campaign after a blistering pre-season performance. The 22-year-old has been ever-present in the Foxes line-up in their five pre-season friendly games and many pundits have tipped the versatile defender to lock down a starting berth when the new season kicks off on August 11th. Amartey, who was purchased from Danish outfit FC Copenhagen in 2016 by former manager Claudio Ranieri

Belgian-born Ghanaian full back Willem Ofori-Appaih starred as Grimsby Town brushed aside Winterton Rangers 7-0 in a pre-season friendly. The Mariners had named no less than four trialists in the starting Xl - includingBelgian full-back Willem Appiah. Appiah is on trial at the League Two side and hopes to earn a permanent move following the expiration of his contract at Belgian outfit Genk. Rollins got Town's first and second goals after a bit of a shakey start,before Jamil Roberts

An uncontrolled power.A perfectly neat mess.The natural relay of Diego Diego Simeone, has decided, it seems, that will be the role that Thomas Teye Partey will assume when the captain leaves the boat. In the past dawn, three rojiblancos soldiers stood out above the others.Blessed coincidences.The three mediocentros.The Captain, Gabriel Fernandez Arenas, the Emperor, Augusto Matas, also Fernandez, and that Ghanaian boy on which will fall the 5 that the director of the orchestra mattress took, and

Eskisehirspor FC have announced Ghanaian defender Jerry Akaminko will stay at the club ahead of the new season after reaching a compromise. The centre back was willing to make move from the club but officials begged him to stay on since they cannot sign any player this season due to a transfer ban. The Turkish second tier league 2017/2018 season will begin on13th August. By Nuhu Adams...

  Serie A outfit Torino FC are keen on signing Ghana midfielder Alfred Duncan this summer as they prepare a 15 million offer for his services. The Turin club are very optimistic they can convince US Sassuolo Calcio with their offer but the latter will be asking for 18 million to 20 million. As negotiations are still ongoing, ACF Fiorentina are likely to join the pursuit for the 24 year old. By Nuhu Adams...

USL side Saint Louis FC have signed Ghanaian midfielder Emmanuel Appiah for the remainder of the 2017 season, GhanaSoccernet.com exclusively report. Appiah was a selected by Colorado Rapids in the 2016 MLS SuperDraft after featuring for the University of Cincinnati and the Premier Development Leagues GPS Portland Phoenix. He featured twice on loan in the USL with the Charlotte Independence making a move to Sporting Kansas City in July. The 23-year-old made his MLS debut for Sporting Kansas

Asamoah Gyans newly constructed Astro turf for alma mater Accra Academy will be used for the first time by the school on Saturday August 5. As part of activities marking the schools 17th Home Coming, a football tournament had been arranged for the Old students and it will take place at the Asamoah Gyan Sports Centre, which was built by the Captain of the Black Stars recently and located within the campus of the school. Gyan, an old student of Accra Academy, cut a sod two years ago to start

Ghana defender Daniel Amartey was a second half substitute for Leicester City in their 1-0 win over Luton Town in a pre-season friendly encounter. Leicester City were all set to go home from Luton unable to find a way past the League Two outfit after a sorry start to the game. New centre-back Harry Maguire almost the first goal for the game, when his header from Marc Albrightons free-kick drew a diving stop from James Shea in the Luton goal. Striker Shinji Okazaki thought he had opened the

English Championship side Aston Villa have joined the race to sign Liverpoolyoungster Sheyi Ojo on a season-long loan, according to reports. Ojo was a member of the England U20 World Cup winning squad this summer and is the target of several Championship clubs with Liverpool hoping he will gain valuable playing time out on loan. Middlesbrough, Derby and Fulham are all reported to be interested in Ojo andaccording to the Mirror, Villa manager Steve Bruce is keen on takingthe 20-year-old to Villa

Malmo FF will miss the services of Ghanaian midfielder Kingsley Sarfo for the trip to GIF Sundvall on Saturday. The silky attacking midfielder, who joined the side from IK Sirius on a three-year deal has already announced his presence in the team with the three games he has played so far. Sarfo was substituted in the 85th minute for Malmo FF in their 2-0 win over Jonkopings last weekend but missed the Europa League third round qualifying round due to private reasons. Coach Magnus Pehrsson

Ghana's World Cup qualifying opponents were left in serious crisis on Saturday after their highly regarded coach Milutin Micho Sredojevic was reported to have quit. Unconfirmed reports are indicating that Micho resigned as the coach of the Ugandan senior national team, the Cranes, on Saturday over unpaid salaries. The news comes as a welcome development to the Black Stars' faint hopes of qualifying, as the coach is credited for the Cranes tough showing in the qualifiers. He was in

Billionaire businessman and Chelsea owner RomanAbramovich showed his generositylast year during the Euro 2016 tournament in France after he donatedover 230m toFulfilling Dreams, a charity that gives ill children the chance to travel the world. Abramovich was able to fund a trip for 55 youngsters to watch three games at last summer's tournament, as well as spend time at Euro Disney. Ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant is understood to be the one who introduced the charity to Abramovich, according toCNNreports.Gilad

Two supporters have died and several others were injured, some critically, during a stampede outside FNB Stadium in Soweto, where Kaizer Chiefs were playing Orlando Pirates. The stampede at FNB Stadium in the South African capital of Johannesburg occurred at the start of the pre-season match on Saturday. The game was allowed to continue as Kaizer Chiefs ran out 1-0 winners. It is unknown why the stampede happened but police did confirm the deaths as well as injuries happened at