Ivan Rakitic scored the decisive spot-kick as Croatia beat hosts Russia 4-3 on penalties to book a World Cup semi-final date with England.After extra time ended with the score level at 2-2, goalkeeper Danijel Subasic was Croatia's penalty hero, denying Fedor Smolov before Mario Fernandes fired wide.Rakitic stepped up to score the winning kick and earn his country a place in the semi-finals for the first time since 1998.In a dramatic match, Russia had taken the lead through

Ghana forward Kevin Prince Boateng has said he would like to see Cristiano Ronaldo join Juventus amid increasing speculation linking the Portugal star with a move - claiming that it would important for Italian football.The Bianconeri are understood to be increasingly confident of signing the five-time Ballon D'or winner in the ongoing summer transfer.According to multiple reports, Juventus are working on a transfer package in the region of £88million to take the world's

Ghanaian forward Asumah Abubakar grabbed a hat-trick for Willem II as they massacred RKDSV Diessen  10-0 in a pre-season training match at Sportpark De Alsie on Saturday.Willem II commenced their pre-season training games with a big win against the Dutch lower-tier.Abubakar, who spent large part of last season on the treatment table, scored a hat-trick to add to goals from Fran Sol's hat-trick and two goals apiece from Dan Crowley and Kristofer Kristinsson Ingi handed the

The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) has announced Belgian Sven Vandenbroeck as the new coach of Chipolopolo. The 38-year-old replaces Wedson Nyirenda who resigned in May to join South African side Baroka FC.Vandenbroeck was assistant coach for Cameroon when they won the 2017 African Cup of Nations."We have confidence that he should be able to deliver to the expectations of Faz, the team and people of Zambia," the association's acting general secretary Adrian

Ghana striker Kwesi Appiah scored for AFC Wimbledon in their 4-2 win over Reading in a pre-season friendly encounter on Saturday.Kwesi Appiah and Joe Pigott gave the Dons a deserved two-goal advantage before the break against Paul Clement’s Reading.Although the Royals fought back to level the score line in the second-half, Wimbledon’s promising Academy players helped restore the two-goal cushion with further strikes from Egli Kaja and Kane Crichlow for a 4-2 victory.

President Nana Akufo Addo has cleared suspended Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide of all wrong doing following his role in the Commonwealth Games visa racketeering scandal which rocked the country.Some 60 Ghanaians who posed as journalists were flagged and subsequently deported  Australia after they were unable to produce concrete evidence to back their claim.The Deputy Minister was asked to step aside for the role he played as head of the International Games

Harry Maguire and Dele Alli have headed England into their first World Cup semi-final in 28 years, scoring either side of half-time to dispatch Sweden 2-0 in their Samara quarter-final.Maguire scored the opener off England’s first corner of the match, the Leicester defender powering home Ashley Young’s delivery in the 30th minute. Alli then nodded home in the 59th minute after Jesse Lingard floated a delightful cross towards the back post.Gareth Southgate’s side are now just

Ghana forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has expressed his delight to be back in Italy after finalizing a switch to Sassuolo.Boateng, 31, penned a two-year contract with the Green and Black lads on Thursday.He was unveiled on Friday afternoon at the Mapei headquarters in Sassuolo with CEO of the Giovanni Carnevali taking part in the conference table.It is a return to Italy for Boateng, who played for Genoa and Milan, and the player took to Twitter to express his pleasure after sealing

Ghana forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has expressed his delight to be back in Italy after finalizing a switch to Sassuolo.Boateng, 31, penned a two-year contract with the Green and Black lads on Thursday.He was unveiled on Friday afternoon at the Mapei headquarters in Sassuolo with CEO of the Giovanni Carnevali taking part in the conference table.It is a return to Italy for Boateng, who played for Genoa and Milan, and the player took to Twitter to express his pleasure after sealing

Ghanaian forward Latif Atta Blessing could miss Los Angeles FC Sunday's Major League Soccer clash with Orlando City due to injury.The in-form diminutive hitman picked an injury in Los Angeles' 2-2 draw at Houston Dynamo on Wednesday.The 21-year-old grabbed a goal in the 5th minute of the match but was replaced by Joao Moutinho on the 65th minute mark after suffering an injury.Blessing's absence will be a blow to Bob Bradley's outfit after netting an impressive

Ghanaian duo Isaac Osae and Frederick Yamoah registered their names on the scoresheet for Penn FC in their 3-2 victory over Bethlehem Steel FC in the American United Soccer League.Penn FC extended its unbeaten streak to six matches while picking up its fourth win in that stretch with a 3-2 win against interstate rival Bethlehem Steel FC.Penn FC welcomed Bethlehem Steel to the FNB Field with the hope of extending their six-match unbeaten streak, but their dream suffered a blip as Fabian

Cameroon ace Patrick Mboma feels that indigenous African coaches are the right answer if the continent is to become a dominant force in world football.Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia plunged into battle in Russia, but were all sent back home at the group stages with only Senegal and Tunisia led by native coaches.Having played at two FIFA World Cups himself, Mboma has called for homegrown solutions, starting with pro domestic leagues developing local coaches.Yes,

Former Medeama SC defender Daniel Ocran has arrived in Zambia ahead of his imminent switch to top flight side Nkana FC, according to media reports.Ocran was one of six players released by the the Yellow and Mauves prior to the 2017/18 Ghana Premier League campaign.According to reports, the 27-year-old guardsman is closing on a move to Zambian Super League Nkana FC after touching down in the country last week.Ocran will become the fourth Ghanaian in the side's set-up after junior

 Dominic Ayine, the lawyer representing Ibrahim Saanie Daara, the Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in a case brought against investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has said the portion of the #Number12 video that captured his client was doctored to implicate him.Speaking on Eyewitness News on Friday after they filed two two separate suits against Anas, Ayine, who did not go into the full details of the suits, stated that upon careful

The Black Princesses of Ghana will camp in Spain, ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.The camping is purposely to step preparations ahead of the competition.This follows a successful discussion with the world’s football controlling body and the government of Ghana.The team will be based at the Ghanaman Soccer Academy in Prampram, before making the trip to Spain, to continue with preparations and serious rehearsals for the upcoming tournament.The impasse in the football

Budding Ghanaian attacker Yannick David Debrah has signed for German Bundesliga side Schalke 04.Joe Debrah, father of the skilful youngster will be playing in next season’s Youth UEFA Champions League.“My boy is strong and physically skilful and I think he can play anywhere. ‘ His team have a made a good choice and this young player will follow my footsteps in the near future.” Joe Debrah stated.Yannick David Debrah is 18-years old and a Ghanaian and played for Schalke 04

As part of GNPC Foundation’s core objectives towards providing sports infrastructure, the Foundation undertook a sod cutting ceremony today July 6, 2018, to begin the construction of Artificial Turf at Bekwai SDA Senior High School in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti Region.This is one of six of such projects to be done in this year. Another one will be done at Asokwa in Kumasi. Two will be done in the Western Region, Effia Kuma in Takoradi and Tarkwa T & A. One

German lower-tier side FC Magdeburg has played down injury fears over Ghanaian winger Manfred Osei-Kwadwo.The 23-year-old was replaced after just fifteen minutes on the clock in their pre-season friendly against Optik Rathenow after picking an injury.It was believed to be muscle injury but medical examinations revealed that it was only a strain and he is expected to be back in training in the next few days.Osei-Kwadwo joined the German Bundesliga 3 outfit from FC Kaiserslautern

Tunisia would be open to the idea of a North African bid for the 2030 World Cup along with Algeria and Morocco.Algeria's sports minister announced earlier this week that his country is to study whether such a bid is feasible.The president of the Tunisia Football Federation Wadie Jary said "We haven't received any official offers, but we're open to the idea and would like to see it happen."Officials in Morocco, who have already declared their intention to

Controversial journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas looks to have bitten more than he can chew after being slapped with more 25 different lawsuits over his documentary on the alleged football corruption in Ghana.Anas, who had previously gone almost unchallenged over his undercover investigations, is facing the fight of his life with the football documentary as numerous people are suing him in different courts all over the country since airing of his documentary.His lawyer William Kissi