The 2017 Tertiary Football League has been launched in Accra. The colourful event was broadcast LIVE on Kwese Free Sports on Saturday amid pump and pageantry.      ...

Columbus Crew key defender Jonathan Mensah has spoken about his recent scoring form in the MLS. The Ghana international headed Columbus in front following a set piece in the sixth minute as they beat New York Red Bull 3-2. It was his second goal in the American top-flight after opening his account last month. ''Its always about determination and knowing youre going to get it. You make the good run, with a good ball you are going to be in the right spot,'' Mensah said in a

Nigeria captain Ikechukwu Ezenwa was picked as the best goalkeeper of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations. The FC Ifeanyiubah shot stopper, who has been capped at full international level, kept a clean sheet in four matches at the sub-regional tournament before he was finally beaten in tonights final by hosts and defending champions Ghana. Ghana captain Isaac Twum was voted MVP and his teammate Stephen Sarfo emerged Goal King on four goals. Niger finished third after they defeated Benin 2-1 in

Ghana winger Solomon Asante has underlined TP Mazembe ambition to defend their CAF Confederations Cup title after defeating Hilal El Obeid 5-0 in the quarter final on Sunday. The Congolese giants are on course to defend their crown after impressively overcoming Sudanese side Hilal El Obeid 7-1 on aggregate to progress to the semifinal stage after winning 2-1 in Omdurman. Asante, who was introduced in the 70th minute in the game, declares that the club is poised to defend their crown. "Congratulations

Two years ago, I wrote an article calling on government to dialogue with corporate Ghana to take up a club each and support them financially to mitigate player exodus, retain the best in our league and to make the league more competitive and more attractive. Corporate Ghana in doing so will not be dolling out cash like Father Christmas but will put in place pragmatic structures to ensure a win-win situation with the clubs. The previous Government ignored me but two years forward that idea seems to

Over the years, the Ghana Premier League has been swimming in a pool of bribery ad corruption - all allegations though - but we have always had the Casiopoli experience to learn from. An allegation led to authorities investigating which eventually trapped many clubs including Juventus who were, in the end, demoted to the lower division. In our situation, the clich has always been 'No evidence'. This has been the chant of football authorities, which to some extent make sense because some

The 2017 Tertiary Football League was launched in Accra over the weekend. The country's premier University League kick start with some enthralling fixtures. The University of Ghana battle city rivals Accra Technical University while Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology clash with Garden City University College. The draw was conducted on Kwese Free Sports over the weekend with several industry players in attendance....

The University of Ghana will battle rivals Accra Technical University in the opening match of the 2017 Tertiary Football League after the draw was conducted over the weekend. The two Accra-based Universities will set the tone for what is expected to be a competitive league this year as they clash at the University of Ghana stadium on Saturday September 30. The draw for the 2017 Tertiary Football League was broadcast LIVE on Kwese Free Sports on Saturday. The University of Ghana, who host

Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu has reveled in his side's WAFU Cup triumph over Nigeria on Sunday. The Black Stars B dominated and defeated their perennial rivals the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the grand final of the FOX WAFU Cup of Nations at the Cape Coast Stadium. Goals from Winful Cobbinah, Vincent Atinga and Stephen Sarfo's brace helped the Black Stars B successfully defended their crown against Nigeria. "We believed in ourselves. I knew what the boys can do when they bring

Maxwell Konadu is tactically bankrupt, he's clueless, his calls ups were questionable ... and on the other hand, the Ghana Premier League is poor, it's not competitive, it's not attractive, it lacks quality and many unwarranted comments have been thrown by many critics of Maxwell Konadu and the Ghana Premier League. But for a religious follower of the Ghana Premier League like myself and a few others, we knew the opportunity was surely coming for us to be vindicated. Following Ghana's

After the conclusion of weekend games across the globe, Ghana's leading football website, GHANASoccernet.com bring to you our regular best 11 Ghanaian players in the various leagues. Formation: 4-1-4-1 Adam Kwarasey (Valeranga-Norway) There was nothing fancy about Kwarasey in Valeranga 2-1 win over SK Brann but was decent, steady and he was rarely troubled but on two occasions he stood tall. Brann were unlucky not to get something out this game as they pushed for the equalizer late on

Eintracht Frankfurt forward Kevin-Prince Boateng insists his side did not deserve to lose to RB Leipzig in Saturday's Bundesliga clash. The 30-year-old climbed off the bench as the visitors lost 2-1 at the Red Bull Arena. But the Ghanaian insists the scoreline wasn't a true reflection of proceedings. "We played well in the second half much better than we did in the first," Boateng said, as reported by his club's official website. "We really battled hard and gave

Ghana are favourites to host the 2018 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) following the successful hosting of the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. The four-time African champions are likely to be handed the opportunity after Kenya were stripped of the right due to political unrest and lack of facilities. The decision to strip the East African country of the right to host the continental championship has led to odds being issued on who could replace them. There has

Nigerias home-based Eagles Sunday, suffered a 4-1 humiliating loss to Ghana in the final match of the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup. Playing in front of a capacity crowd at the new Cape Coast Stadium, the home-based Eagles, who had defeated Ghana 2-0 in a group game last Monday, were completely taken apart, shred into pieces, dismantled, offering little in attack to suffer their first and worst loss in the regional tournament hosted by Ghana. To say that the coach Salisu Yusuf-trained Nigerian side

Nigeria coach Salisu Yusuf thinks Ghana thoroughly deserved the Wafu Cup of Nations title after the home-based Black Stars of pummeled their arch rivals Super Eagles 4-1 to clinch the title in Cape Coast. In a post-match interview Salisu Yusuf said the Black Stars played better and created more opportunities against his side, who he also lamented gifted three goals to seal their own fate. We lost to a good team, which is a good lesson for us. The tournament was good," Nigeria coach Yusuf

Kwesi Appiah is likely to introduce some home-based players in his World Cup qualifiers after their excellence in the just ended WAFU Competition. WAFA midfielder Gideon Waja was the only outfield home-based player in the team that drew at home to Congo and won in Brazzaville in the reverse encounter. But there would surely be calls for players like Hearts of Oak duo Winful Cobbinah and Atingah who was rock solid throughout the competition. Isaac Twum who ended up as the best player of the

The Black Stars B victory in Cape Coast silenced the entire Nigeria and particularly disappointed President Mohammadu Buhari who was waiting for the trophy. A brace from Sarfo and a goal each from Winful Cobbinah and Atinga ensured the host won 4-1 on the day. That was thefirst time Nigeria had conceded a goal in the competition and it came as a bitter pill to swallow as goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa let in four goals in 90 minutes. Earlier on NFF general secretary had informed the team of

Watch the video highlights with Stephen Sarfo scoring twice as 10-man Ghana demolished Nigeria 4-1 in Cape Coast to win the 2017 Wafu Cup of Nations. The tournament's outstanding team corrected the flaws that made them surrender 2-0 to the Super Eagles in the group stage. And in the final, they found a sumptuous opportunity to avenge their defeat....

Ghana defeated Nigeria 4-1 in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations final on Sunday, avenging an earlier group stage defeat to the Super Eagles and winning $100 000 in prize-money. The Super Eagles are now guaranteed $50,000 prize money after they were hammered in Sundays match in Cape Coast. Patrick Razak proved to be an inspired substitution for the Black Stars, with the diminutive winger winning two penalties and providing an assist for the fourth goal. Nigeria were on the back foot from the first

West Ham United midfielder Andre Ayew and his captain Asamoah Gyan were among the first to send out congratulatory messages to the Black Stars B after their triumph in the WAFU Cup. The home-based Black Stars won the regional championship for the second time since its inception and played some scintillating football along the way. Clearly, the victory softens the blow of missing out on the CHAN and that painful home defeat to Burkina Faso at home. Seidu Saliu who was included in the team