Ghanaian attacking midfielder Manfred Osei Kwadwo has extended his contract with FC Kaiserslautern. The 22-year-old has extended the deal with until 2020 as the Palatine officials officially communicated. Osei Kwadwo expressed his delight at committing to the club he has called his home since 2010. "The FCK has been my home club since my youth days.I am very happy to be here, so I am also very enthusiastic about the Red Devils and look forward to more successful joint years. "
Clashes between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak are not tagged Super Clash or Clash of the Titans for nothing. They are usually matches that raise the football adrenalin in fans. Unfortunately, what is meant to be the celebration of the beauty of Ghana football has in recent times been marred by so much needless distractions which turns the attention from what the players of the two sides do on the pitch. Often, it has been the action or inaction of the knights of the whistle, into
Ghana forward Andre Ayew suffered an injury on West Ham United 3-0 loss to Manchester City in their last pre-season friendly game in Iceland on Friday. The 27-year-old winger started the game before being substituted in the 86th minute after he felt discomfort in his left leg. Goals from Kevin de Bryune, Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling won the game for Manchester City. The result leaves the London club with plenty of work to do before heading to Old Trafford on next Monday in the opening
Ghana and Athletic Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey has shared a blistering photo of his girlfriend at the pool side. The midfielder who is pushing for a starting role at the La Liga showed the amazing photo of the lady he intends to marry during their holiday recently. Partey inspired his Spanish La Liga side Atletico Madrid as they defeated Liverpool on penalties to win the 2017 Audi Cup trophy. The former Almeria enforcer set the tone for his Madrid-based side in the thrilling finale to
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says his country is ready to host the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 2021. The first gentleman of the West African country in a media interaction insisted his land is capable of hosting the tournament as they are putting appropriate logistics in place. CAF had announced last month that the date for tournamenthas been changed from January and February to June and July, and also be expanded from 16 to 24 teams. Cameroon are set to host the next
Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah has emerged as a prime target for Turkish giants Galatasaray in the summer transfer window. Reports from Italy indicate that, the 20-time Turkish Superlig Champions have keen on acquiring the services of the 28-year-old on a loan deal with the option to buy for 9m. The versatile attacker has been with the Bianconeri since 2012 but failed to command a starting berth last term as Brazilian Alex Sandro was favoured ahead of him in the left back role. Igor Tudor's
Veteran Ghana midfielder Michael Essien registered a goal for Persib Bandung as they defeated PS TNI in the Indonesian top flight league on Saturday. Persib, who have failed to win any of their last four games, opened the scoring in the 16th minute through Dutch-born Indonesian international Raphael Maitimo. Essien doubled the host advantage just six minute later with a brilliant finish. Maitimo scored his second of the afternoon in the 64th minute. With the three points looking like a possibility,
CAF has appointed Senegalese officials for the first leg of the CHAN qualifier between the Local Stallions of Burkina Faso and the Black Stars B. The game which will be played on 12th August 2017 in Ouagadougou will have Issa SY as the center man with Serigne Cheikh TOURE and Amadou Ngom as the line one and two respectively with Daouda Gueye as the 4th official. All the officials are from Senegal. The second leg which will be played in a week in Ghana will have Ivorian officials handling the
Prophet Gyan says Hearts of Oak will win this season's Ghana Premier League should they triumph over arch rivals Asante Kotoko in Sunday's Super clash. The Phobians will travel to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium with the aim of getting a league double over their bitterest rivals for the first time in so many years after their 1-0 controversial win in the first round of the season. And the man of God has predicted that the Phobians will stand a better chance of breaking their nine-year
Former Ghana Premier League goal king Eric Bekoe has reiterated his desire to play for Accra Hearts of Oak before drawing the curtains on his career. The former Asante Kotoko striker, in 2014, made known his intentions of wanting to play for the Accra giants after a short stint with 2012 GHPL winners Berekum Chelsea. Bekoe was inches away from signing for the capital club but the deal hit a snag at the eleventh hour with some Hearts officials claiming he has played for bitterest rivals Asante
Ghana forward Abdul Majeed Waris has congratulations to Emmanuel Agyemang Badu after joining Turkish side Bursaspor. Badu ended his seven-year stay at Italian side Udinese when he completed a season long loan move to Bursaspor last week. Waris posted on twitter, "Congrats bro and good luck with everything. https://twitter.com/warisgh10/status/893175207497740289 The former Asante Kotoko enforcer suffered an injury on his debut but returned to training the following day....
Former Chelsea star Michael Essien powerfully headed home near the edge of the box to reverse the losing streak of Indonesian giants Persib on Saturday. The Ghanaian ace scored to help home side Persib defeat PS TNI 3-1 in Saturday night's game to end their five-game losing streak. Essien was in top form as Persib played the first game of the second round of competition at the Stadium Jalak Harupat Bandung. The victory helped Persib to rise to the 14th position in the league table with
Ghana defender Jerry Akaminko has expressed delight over the moves of Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan and midfielder Agyemang Badu after both singed for Super Lig clubs. Gyan signed a two year deal with Kayserispor while Badu made a season long loan move to Bursaspor. Jerry Akaminko who has spent most of his playing career in Turkey says he is delighted his Ghana team mates are joining him in the Super Lig. He tweeted: Great to have my team mates Asamoah Gyan and Agyemang Badu in Turkey.
GHANAsoccernet.com can authoritatively confirm that the Black Princesses camping scheduled for the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence in Prampram has been called off due to lack of funds to keep the ladies in camp. The Ghana FA announced a provisional list of 30 players to start camping at Prampram on Monday but GHANAsoccernet can reveal that the camping has been called off. Some of the ladies were informed of the decision on Friday to stop coming to camp while others had the shocking news
Ghanaian-born former France international Marcel Desailly visited the Maldives over the week as they usher ion their new league season. The former France skipper together with the President of the Maldives Football Federation Bassam Jaleel and Secretary General Jawaz commissioned the new football season for the South-Asian Island. Desailly considered one of the most celebrated ex-footballers in the world after leading France to their first ever World Cup trophy in 2006 will play a key role
List of major transfers in the Premier League ahead of the 2017-18 season (all transfer fees as reported by the British media): ARSENAL (2016-17 league position: fifth) Arrivals Saed Kolasinac - free transfer Alexndre Lacazette from Olympique Lyonnais (46 million pounds) ($60.19 million) Departures Takuma Asano on loan to VfB Stuttgart Chris Willock - released Kaylen Hinds to VfL Wolfsburg (2 million pounds) Marc Bla on loan to Bristol Rovers Dan Crowley
Hearts of Oak coach Frank Nuttall has reiterated his team's focus ahead of Sunday's Super clash against sworn rivals Asante Kotoko. The Phobians will be heading to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in a defiant mood following their recent fine form. Kotoko, meanwhile, will be playing their arch rivals at a worse time after going three weeks without active football following their involvement in a fatal motor accident on the Nkawkaw road after a midweek game against Inter Allies. And speaking
Ex Black Stars skipper Stephen Tornado Appiah believes a summer African Cup of Nations boost the chances of many Africa players to sign for European clubs. The former Juventus and Fenerbeche playmaker says the new AFCON date will motivate European clubs to sign more players from the African continent. The continents highest governing football body confirmed the movement of the Nations cup from winter to summer, a feat Appiah believes will allow top European clubs to sign players from Africa
Ghana midfielder Richard Boateng has confirmed his exit from Spanish third-tier side Extremadura UD and thanked the fans for their unwavering support. Ghana's leading football website, GHANASoccernet.com reported last Thursday that, Richard Boateng has requested to depart Extremadura UD after getting increasingly frustrated with his lack of game time. Boateng, who joined the Spanish third-tier side in the January transfer window failed to lock down a starting role and was told to find a
Ghanaian striker Ibrahim Arafat Mensah was on the score sheet for Aluminij in their 2-2 draw at home to Celje in the Slovenian PrvaLiga at the Sportini Park. The visitors found the back of the net on the 30th minute mark through Luka Zinko and could have doubled their advantage eight minutes time but Filip Dangubic's poor penalty kick was palmed away by goalkeeper xxx. Aluminij pulled parity in the 40th minute Matic Vrbanec from the spot kick but Celje restored their lead in the 74th minute
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