At the full-time whistle, the Indian players collapsed to the ground. They were broken, shellacked. Some faces were streaked with tears. The coach Luis Norton de Matos was shaken too. In a bad mood, if one were to go by his exchanges with the press. When asked about Komal Thatals exclusion for the second game running, Matos responded edgily. If you think Thatal, with his physique, can play and win duels vs Ghana and Colombia, you are a very good coach. This raises questions about the wingers inclusion

Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muniru is set to Polish giants Legia Warsaw at the end of the week after impressing on a trial, GHANAsoccernet.com can reveal. The younger brother of former AC Milan and Inter star Sulley Muntari, has been training with the Polish powerhouse for the past two weeks. "He being very effective in defensive play and losing very few balls", as the Poles write, adding: "He is very aggressive very ambitious." Muniru is available on a free transfer after

Very typical of the Ghana Premier League in its home stretch to give pundits a hard time in determining who critically get relegated at the end of the season, and this season is no different with classic permutation with two matchdays remaining to close the season. Despite the complex nature of such analysis, the Ghana League Cypher team after their recent sitting arrived at Great Olympics joining already relegated Bolga All Stars. But which other club will also go down after Matchday 30? Click

Ghanaian striker Caleb Ekuban is still unavailable for Leeds United ahead of their Championship clash against Reading on Saturday. The 23-year-old is yet to feature for the Whites since he suffered an injury at Sunderland two months ago. The former Chievo Verona attacker is making huge progress in the treatment room but remains unavailable ahead of the Reading clash in the English Championship. Ekuban joined the English side after a successful loan spell at Albanian side Partizani Tiran

Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng is advocating for the introduction of video technology to fight racism in the game. The 30-year-old has been a subject racist slur in his career and walked off the pitch in 2013 during a friendly game between AC Milan and Pro-Patria. The Ghanaian has called for tough pass in the fight against racism and believes video evidence could be of essential help. "We are writing the year 2017 and still have not found a way to do it," said

Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner has revealed three first team players are making good progress in their recovery from injury. United States international Danny Williams, who joined the Terriers this summer from Reading on a free transfer, is back in full training after recovering from a knock and could feature in Saturday's trip to Swansea City. Fellow summer signing Steve Mounie has also recently started training with the senior squad and he has a slim chance of being involved in

Ghanaian playmaker Alhassan Kalusha has joined Ethiopian giants Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation FC on a short-term deal, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. Kalusha is a graduate of the Tamale Utrecht Academy. He played for Tura Magic in the Namibian premier league for one and half seasons on loan in 2015. The 23-year-old joined Dreams FC after returning to Ghana in 2015. He becomes the 8th Ghanaian to move to the Ethiopian premier league this season. By Nuhu Adams...

Barnsley defender Andy Yiadom is back in contentionfor the home game against Middlesbrough. The 25-year-old has been severely restricted by a back problem but looks set to return for a timely home game against Boro. And managerPaul Heckingbottom has confirmed the Ghana international could be available for the clash at Oakwell. Barnsley have won four of their last five home league matches against Middlesbrough (L1), winning most recently in October 2013....

Former soccer star George Weah leads in partial presidential election results in 11 of Liberias 15 counties, the electoral commission said on Thursday, after a vote meant to bring about the countrys first democratic transfer of power in decades. Early results from Tuesdays poll read to reporters by the commissions chairman left Weahs camp confident he would win the outright majority he needs to avoid a run-off, even though most counties had reported tallies from less than a third of polling stations.

Italian Serie A giant Juventus are embracing themselves for the imminent departure of Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah in the European winter transfer window. Asamoah was constantly linked with a move to Turkish outfit Galatasaray in the off season but the deal did not materialise due to the Old Lady failure to find his replacement. A move for the 28-year-old has popped up again as the January transfer window draws near. Despite the club's unwillingness to allow Asamoah leave, his contractual

Striker John Antwi returned from international duty with a brace for his Misr Lel Makasa Egyptian Premier League on Thursday evening. However, the 25-year-old tasted defeat in a 3-2 scoreline at Al Masry. Antwi was a second half substitute as Ghana thumped Saudi Arabia 4-0 in an international friendly played in Jeddah to earn his first cap. He is on loan from giants Al Ahly and has scored three goals in four matches so far....

Ghana midfielder, Suleyman "Sulley" Ali Muntari is known to have one of the prettiest and respected wives in the football world. Reports sometime ago suggested the wife of Sulley Muntari is so pretty that former Italian Prime Minister and owner of AC Milan, Silvio Berlusconi had to 'beg' to meet her during the midfielder's period with the club. According to Berlusconi, he had wanted to meet Muntari's wife, Menaye Donkor because everyone kept saying she was the prettiest

AFC Wimbledon will not bring in a new striker despite injury ruling striker Kwesi Appiah out until November. The 27-year-old has been out injured since he joined the side amid calls for an immediate replacement due to their recent struggles. The Dons are without a goal in four League One games and currently involved in the relegation dog-fight with nine points from 12 games. But manager Neal Ardley has ruled out signing a striker in January despite the injury nightmare =. will not be

Chelsea and Southampton hopes of capturing Ghana star Thomas Partey looks to be fading fast as his Spanish club Atletico Madrid are ready to open new contract talks with the midfielder. The 23-year-old signed a contract extension in February which will keep him at the club until 2022. However, the Spanish side are keen to tie him down for a longer period amid fears over the vulnerability of his low buyout clause- relative to the current transfer market. It has been suggested that the Ghana

The foreign-based contingent of the Black Stars have rejoined their respective clubs after featuring in the double assignments. Ghana played 0-0 with Uganda in Kampala in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier and travelled to Jeddah to beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 in an international friendly. The players trained with their clubs on Thursday to fight for starting places ahead of the weekend's round of matches. Striker John Antwi, who was a second half substitute in the win over Saudi, scored a brace

Here are five things to know about Ghana: HOW THEY QUALIFIED Ghana qualified for the 2017 U-17 World Cup by finishing as the runner-up at the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations in Madagascar. Drawn into Group A, Ghana topped the four-team group to advance to the semifinals and simultaneously clinch its spot at the World Cup. Following a 4-0 victory over Cameroon, theBlack Starletstook down Gabon 5-0 before finishing the group stage with a 0-0 draw vs. Guinea. In the semifinals, Ghana defeated

India finally hit the wall on Thursday. In the 87th minute of their match against Ghana, the spirit which had seemed to define their campaign at the U-17 World Cup visibly seemed to depart. Ibrahim Sulley's shot beat a prostrate Dheeraj Singh, rebounded off the pole but only as far as Emmanuel Toku, who blasted away at an empty net. Extravagant celebrations followed the extravagant strike. 0-4 the giant screens at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium read. The 11 players on the field didn't look

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says next year's World Cup will be a "big mess" if it is marred by racism and discrimination. Toure, 34, was the subject of racist chants when City played CSKA Moscow in the Champions League in Russia in 2013. He wants to help Fifa and the Russian government tackle the problem in the build-up to next summer's tournament. "We have to see change because people have been talking but nothing has really been taken care of," he added.

For Ghanas Sadiq Ibrahim, playing for the Black Starlets had been a distant dream. A graduate of the Right to Dream academy in Accra, he was not part of the teams FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification as he was in Denmark with his academys junior team. However, coach Paa Kwesi Fabin decided to include Sadiq Ibrahim in the final squad because of his devastating pace down the flanks. And so far, he has been a revelation. Inspired by father Ibrahims football journey started quite early. His father

Black Starlets winger Sadiq Ibrahim has revealed his ''ultimate dream'' in football is towear the blue jersey of English side Chelsea. Ibrahim, a product of Right to Dream Academy, was not part of Ghana's success at u-17 Africa Cup of Nations but coach Paa Kwesi Fabin decided to include him in the final squad because of his devastating pace down the flanks for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. And thus far he has been a revelation. The winger scored Ghana's first goal, propelling