Five former Premier League stars went to Indonesia this season and their adventures have been as varied and colourful as the vast archipelago itself, with lashings of cash, recriminations, culture shock and endings as predictable as most Enid Blyton Famous Five tales. In the space of a few weeks in March and April, Michael Essien, Carlton Cole, Peter Odemwingie, Mohamed Sissoko and Didier Zokora all arrived in south-east Asia. Two have already gone, one is a hero, and the other two players find

Head coach of Niger Cheik Omar Diabate says they will not shudder at the prospect of meeting Ghana in the semifinal of the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations. The Menas of Niger were impressive in their 0-0 stalemate with Cote dIvoire on Sunday at the Cape Coast Stadium to go second in Group B with four points from two games. Finishing second in the group will see them draw the Black Stars who are guaranteed top spot in Group A after two straight wins against Guinea and Mali respectively. Every

Head coach of Niger Cheik Omar Diabate says they will not shudder at the prospect of meeting Ghana in the semifinal of the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations. The Menas of Niger were impressive in their 0-0 stalemate with Cote dIvoire on Sunday at the Cape Coast Stadium to go second in Group B with four points from two games. Finishing second in the group will see them draw the Black Stars who are guaranteed top spot in Group A after two straight wins against Guinea and Mali respectively. Every

Ghanaian youngster Baaba Abdulai has joined Armenian top-flight side Gandzasar FC on a short-term deal, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The 18-year-old moves from Accra-based third-tier side (Greater Accra Division Two) New Town Youth. Abdulai has joined the club on a half-a-season contract in a deal brokered by Am-i agency. Gandzasar FC, a side who finished second last season, are second bottom on the six-team table after six rounds of matches....

Jeffrey Schlupps Crystal Palace became the first club in top-flight history to lose their opening five games without scoring as Roy Hodgson's first match as manager ended in defeat by Southampton. The Eagles paid for slack defending in just the sixth minute when a Dusan Tadic cross-shot was parried to the feet of Steven Davis, who side-footed home from 10 yards. Palace's direct approach was contained for the most part, though Saints keeper Fraser Forster did have to make point-blank

Ebenezer Ofori and his Stuttgart teammates have delivered an emotional get-well-soon message to their captain Christian Gentner who suffered a potential season-ending injury on Saturday. Gentner was seriously injured in the match against VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday when he hit the knee of goalkeeper Koen Casteels. The prognosis maybe a fracture of the eye socket, fracture of the nosebone, fracture of the upper jaw, and a severe brain shaking. The 32-year-old has been hospitalized since Saturday

Black Stars B midfielder Emmanuel Lomotey has signed for Spanish third-tier side Extremadura UD. The loan move has been confirmed by his club Dreams FC, who have been promoted to the Ghana Premier League. Lomotey will join his new teammates after the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup ends on 24 September. A statement on Dream FC's website read: ''Extremadura have the option to further sign the player on a three-year deal. ''Lomotey made 24 appearances, scored 10 times and provided

Super Eagles head coach Salisu Yusuf has ascribed his side's poor outings in the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations tournament inadequate preparations. Nigeria commenced the competition on a fine note by dispatching Sierra Leone 3-0 in the preliminary round. But the Eagles have failed to follow up that scintillating performance after playing draw games against Mali and Guinea in Group A, which has endangered their advancement into the next round of the tournament. The team could be eliminated

Nigeria coach Salisu Yusuf demands absolute seriousness from his charges ahead of their all-important match with Ghana. The two West African giants will square off in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations Group 1 match in Cape Coast on Monday. The home-based Super Eagles drew their first two Group 1 games and they need to defeat Ghana in order to advance to the semi-finals. It is a must-win game; we are certainly aware of that," Yusuf said. "Definitely, we will look at making a few changes

Aston Villa were happy to let Jordan Ayew go in January and he is making a positive impression at Swansea City. Back in the January transfer window, Aston Villas decision to swap Swansea City left-back Neil Taylor for misfiring attacker Jordan Ayew appeared to make sense. Villa needed reinforcements on the left of their defence with Jordan Amavi being relentlessly linked to a return to France with Marseille, a move he eventually made this summer via a season-long loan with an option to buy.

After the conclusion of weekend games across the globe, Ghanas leading football website, GHANASoccernet.com bring to you our regular best 11 Ghanaian players in the various leagues. FORMATION: 4-4-2 Richard Ofori (Maritzburg United-South Africa) I'm still trying to work out how Maritzburg United managed to pull this result off and the only plausible suggestion I can think of is Richard Ofori. This was the sort of game that could easily be Orlando Pirates' but the big hand of

Ghana forward Raphael Dwamena is not giving up on Ghanas chances of making it to the World Cup in Russia despite trailing Group leaders Egypt by 4 points. Egypt currently tops the group with nine points, two points above second-placedUganda, while Ghana sits third with five points and Congolanguish at the bottom of the group with only one point. However, Raphael Dwamena insists Ghana can still qualify for the 2018 World Cup despite being four points behind group E leaders Egypt. There is

Barely a year after the historic announcement of a financial support package for Ghana football by Sports Cul Ghana Limited, reports have emerged that the leadership of the Ghanaian sports management firm deliberately formed the group to scam a philanthropist in the United Arab Emirates. The East Legon office of the Father Christmas sports firm has miraculously disappeared leaving no traces to be followed. GHANAsoccernet cameras caught a new owner rehabilitating the building to take over.

Nigeria's home-based Super Eagles need to step up their game for a must-win encounter with Ghanas Black Stars in the ongoing WAFU Nations Cup today. Both fierce rivals clash at the Cape Coast Stadium starting from6pm(7pmNigeria time) with contrasting pictures in their heads before kick-off. Hosts Ghana are comfortable and already have a ticket into the semi finals with six points from their first two matches in the group phase, while the Eagles have only two points and must win to be sure

Turkey-based Emmanuel Agyemang Badu claims his relationship with Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is healthy despite his absence from the national team. Badu is having a brilliant season with Bursaspor where he is on-loan from Italian side Udinese. Talks of a rift have popped up in the media as the midfielder has been overlooked despite his rich vein of form but being consistently overlooked for national team duty so far. But the midfielder has wasted little time in coming up to pour cold water

Head coach of South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns,Pitso Mosimane could finally get his man after keeping close tabs on Solomon Asante who will be a free agent at the end of the Congolese season. The Ghanaian long admired Pitso will finally walk away a free man after some really juicy and financially rewarding deals were turned down by his club Mazembe. Sundowns are building a fortress and will want to add the diminutive yet pacy and trickery Ghanaian to their arsenals. There is also

Lech Poznans defensive midfielder Abdul Aziz Tetteh again won the Man-of-the-match in their game against Pragon. The 27-year-old was chosen by the fans of Kolejorza to be the best football player of Lech Poznan's away match against Pogo Szczecin.Ghaczyk voted 39 percent on our website.For the player, this is the second honor of the season. Team coach Nenad Bjelica uncharacteristically drew in the 8th Lotto Ekstraklasa with the Pogo Szczecin and maintained the leading position.Kolejizza