Ghanaian forwardSaid Ahmed Said will work under a new coach atHNK Hajduk Split following the appointment ofeljkoKopi. Kopi, 40, was introduced to the squad on Monday morning and held his first training session in the afternoon. Ghanaian Said Ahmed Said returned to training after recovering from a minor setback. HNK Hajduk will take onNK Istra 1961 on Sunday. By Patrick Akoto...
Ghana top-flight side WAFA SC are ready to fight English giants Manchester City and Club Brugge for hot-talent Zakaria Abdallah. Abdallah emerged the Overall Best Player from a recently held Ami Agency Tournament. Scouts from Manchester City, Bastia, New York Cosmos, and West Africa Football Academy are looking at signing him when the transfer window re-opens. The combative and elegant center back put up a solid display in the three-day tournament featuring three Ghana Premier League sides
Ghanaian midfielder Ibrahim Moro has expressed his desire to leave Danish Super league side Silkeborg IF during the January transfer window. Moro joined Silkeborg IF at the start of the 2016/17 season from Turkish side Adana Demirspor on a one-year deal before handed a new and improved contract until 2020 some few months later following his explosive start to life at the club. However, the former New Edubiase United defensive enforcer is relishing the challenge of testing himself in a new league
Ghana Football Associations medical Committee Chairman Dr. Adam Baba has revealed that most Premier League clubs complete medical forms by bribing laboratory technicians to fill the forms without going through the mandatory medical tests before commencement of League games. According to the experienced medical brain, the clubs bribe their way to complete these medical forms due to the financial commitment involved in the process for over thirty players registered for a season. Baba believes
Ghanas failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is a devastating blow for the sport in the country, and legend Abdul 'Golden Boy' Razak says the West African nation must take a collective responsibility for the disastrous campaign. The 1978 African Footballer of the Year says the country's failure to secure a fourth successive World Cup berth is a clear reflection of how an 'entire nation' has failed. The obituaries are being written for the country's failure to
Ghana Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan has been hailed by Kayserispor President Erol Bedir for his influential role in the club's performance recently adding that his hardworking traits are non comparable. Gyan has played in two Cup matches for the Kayseri side and has scored a goal in each game, a performance that has earned the Ghana skipper praises from all quarters in Turkey. Bedir says the Ghana captain has been working well in training and that he would start talking about his performance
From the usual point of view, Viborg has to be on its own on the west coast and now has to show its worth on the West Bank.This is how Kevin Mensah's former journey is like football player and human being. A journey that has offered good times and hard times for the 26-year-old runner, but always with a big smile on the lip and with an eternal hunger for improvement - on and off the pitch. However, it was a completely different kind of starvation that caused the 6-year-old Kevin Mensah
Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Kevin-Prince has been touting 'greatness' is ingrained in his DNA. Boateng, 30, joined the German side after leaving Spanish La Liga side Las Palmas after just a season. The former Ghana international has enjoyed some decent successes for both club and country in his career. And the former AC M Often I ask myself why the lord picked me! Greatness in my DNA #prince17 #noisnotanoption pic.twitter.com/rX23rVC2Wi Kevin-Prince Boateng (@KPBofficial)
German-born of Ghanaian descent Gideon Jung has extended his contract with German Bundesliga side HSV Hamburg until 2022. Jung joined the Hamburg-based outfit from lower-tier side Rot-Wei Oberhausen in August 2015 and made his debut for the side in their 5-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. The 23-year-old versatile defender's contract will run out in 2022 but Hamburg have decided to tie him to a longer contract ahead of schedule until 2022. This was announced by HSV."Gideon
It will be an awkward summer for Ghanaian football fans. For the first time in 12 years, there will be no World Cup to prepare for, no banking halls decorated with national colours, no television presenters decked in the red, gold and green and no group of fans flying out of Accra to a World Cup venue in large numbers. After three World Cup appearances, Russia 2018 will feel like Japan/Korea 2002, when Ghanaian football fans were television observers, cheering on the African contingent and
When Carlo Tavecchio, the president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), announced the appointment of Giampiero Ventura as Antonio Conte's successor he promised they would make history together. A little over a year later, they have done just that but for all the wrong reasons. For the first time since 1958, four-time champions Italy will not appear at the World Cup. Tavecchio himself said failing to qualify would be like the Apocalypse. Well, it's Apocalypse Now. Italy's elimination
Marquee signing Michael Essien is set to sign a one-year contract extension at Indonesian side Persib Bandung, his agent has hinted. Amougou Mathieu says chances that the Chelsea legend could sign a new deal are 'very big'. Essien, who joined the side on a free transfer, has established himself as one of the key players for the side in his first season. The 34-year-oldjoined the Indonesian giants in a bumper deal in March this year on a one-year contract. The Ghanaian appears
Schalke 04 have not given up on Baba Rahman and will try to sign him again when the transfer window re-opens in January, according to reports in Germany. The German outfit had wanted to sign the Ghanaian in the summer following the expiration of his loan spell. "If it is somehow possible, we would like to keep it," said sporting director Christian Heidel in April on Baba. However, the 23-year old, went back to Chelsea and thus ended the chapter for the time being. But, according
Ghanaian international Kevin Prince Boateng is joking that he broke his mother's pelvis at birth because when was in a rush to pop out. Kelvin who has changed his jersey name from Boateng to Prince at Eintracht Frankfurt jokes he is a 'Prince' because he broke his mum's pelvis. Boateng jokingly says "my mother was operated immediately after my birth and could not intervene in the subject. By the way, I broke his pelvis when I left. I wanted to go out ... " he told Hit
Former AC Milan striker George Weah is revered in soccer-obsessed West Africa, but can he convince Liberians hes smart enough for the top job? At the Bong County Athletic and Social-Intellectual Center, soccer and politics have always gone hand in hand. Residents assemble most nights at this loftily namedcafe in Gbatala, amarkettown deep in Liberias rainforest, to watch English Premier League soccer and set the world to rights. But as Liberians prepare for a presidential runoff election, talk of
Football fans in Ebonyi have urged the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to mete stiffer penalties against referees who decide outcome of matches with their biased officiating. The fans who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki were reacting to Gabonese Referee Eric Castanes controversial penalty award to Algeria which ensured its equalizer against Nigeria on Friday. The dead-rubber World Cup qualifier played in Constantine thus ended 1-1 with the Eagles already
Ghanaian forward Dickson Afoakwa bagged a brace for Belarusian side FC Gomel in their 3-1 friendly win overFC Dnepr Mogilev. The 19-year-old, who is on loan from Dinamo Brest, underline his goal scoring prowess with a goal in each half to propel the side to victory. "The guys only came to us yesterday, which in a certain way affected their actions in today's match. The first half turned out to be holistic in terms of the content of the game," coachVyacheslav Gerashchenko said after
KwesESPN picks out the five biggest African disappointments of the World Cup qualifying campaign. Marc Wilmotswas appointed by the Ivory Coast charged with helping the Elephants bounce back from their dismal Africa Cup of Nations title defence. Unfortunately for the Elephants, the Belgian coach just oversaw a further slump for the West African giants, and his job now appears to be under threat. Despite boasting one of the most talented squads in the continent, Wilmots oversaw just one win
Despite Ghanas 1-1 draw with Egypt on Sunday in Cape Coast, Citi Sports Nathan Quao believes that the Black Stars showed great positive signs in their rebuilding process led by Kwesi Appiah. The result may have been a draw but coach Kwesi Appiah can walk away a happy man knowing that his rebuilding job is on the right track. The gaffer has stated his intentions to rework this team and give it a facelift so that he and the players will have a great chance at winning the African Nations Cup in
Africa's World Cup qualifying campaign is almost over, with only two more matches to play and all five of the continent's representatives in Russia already decided. Over the last year, we've been treated to a fascinating tangle between Africa's top sides, with Nigeria, Senegal and Egypt securing their spots in Russia with a game to spare, and Morocco and Tunisia booking their tickets in their final fixtures. In this feature, KwesESPN review the African qualifying campaign in
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