Ghana's senior national team, the Black Stars, started training on Tuesday evening in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in preparation for Saturday's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against KenyaSee the pictures below: 

Ghana's senior national team, the Black Stars, started training on Tuesday evening in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in preparation for Saturday's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya.Coach Kwesi Appiah had 16 player turning up for their first day of training ahead of the match to be played in the Kenya capital on Saturday which is expected to fiery.The players were taken through their paces in the chilly evening in Addis Ababa before taking to ball work

Albert Adomah's proposed move to Middlesbrough from Aston Villa broke down due to the terms of the deal, it has emerged.Villa boss  Steve Bruce told the Ghanaian to look for a new club before the transfer window shut on August 31.But the 30-year-old failed to re-sign with his former club over terms of the arrangement.Tony Pulis’s Boro were willing to re-sign the 30-year-old Ghana international winger only on a temporary basis but Villa wanted the deal to be permanent.Adomah

Former Ghana U17 defender Najeeb Yakubu has completed a move to Ukrainian top flight side FC Vorskla Poltava, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report.Yakubu joins the Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium outfit on a three-year deal after undergoing a successful medical on Monday.The 18-year-old, who made five appearances for the Ghana U17 side at the 2017 FIFA juvenile tournament in India, left Ghanaian lower-tier outfit UniStar Academy after his contract expired last season.He was

Former Ghana U17 defender Najeeb Yakubu has completed a move to Ukrainian top flight side FC Vorskla Poltava, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report.Yakubu joins the Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium outfit on a three-year deal after undergoing a successful medical on Monday.The 18-year-old, who made five appearances for the Ghana U17 side at the 2017 FIFA juvenile tournament in India, left Ghanaian lower-tier outfit UniStar Academy after his contract expired last season.He was

Former Ghana U17 defender Najeeb Yakubu has completed a move to Ukrainian top flight side FC Vorskla Poltava, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report.Yakubu joins the Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium outfit on a three-year deal after undergoing a successful medical on Monday.The 18-year-old, who made five appearances for the Ghana U17 side at the 2017 FIFA juvenile tournament in India, left Ghanaian lower-tier outfit UniStar Academy after his contract expired last season.He was

Kenya coach Sebastien Migne is confident about his side's chances against Ghana in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home on Saturday.The Harambee Stars are desperate to pick their first maximum point of the qualifying campaign after losing 2-1 at Sierra Leone in their opening game.The East African side must dig deep to overcome a much-fancied Ghanaian side at the Kasarani Stadium.But Frenchman Sebastien Migne remains defiant about his chances against the four-time

Striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has blamed the early exit of coach Fabio Capello for his unsuccessful spell at Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Sunning.The 24-year-old was signed by the Italian trainer but he left the club shortly afterwards.Boakye feels Capello's absence could be attributed to his poor performance- three goals in 15 appearances-by his own standard.But he does not regret the decision to have moved to China where he was on a good salary.''Going to

Kenya coach Sebastien Migne says he is impressed with the fitness levels of his charges after their first training session on Monday in preparation for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana on September 8. Twenty-one(21) players of the 38 invited showed up in camp as Migne started it off with recovery sessions before the more sessions in coming days."It's just my beginning, from tomorrow I hope to have all my players available to try and develop a good

Debuts, just like testimonials, offer unrivalled memories in the career of a footballer. A debut can either be memorable or one to forget. For Matthew “Ottamax” Owino, Sunday, June 2, 1996 is a day he will live to remember.Algeria, nicknamed the Desert Foxes, were in town for a pre-World Cup qualifier. As expected, the Moi International Sports Centre was the venue as Harambee Stars looked to slay the African giants and add another page of history written at the pristine football

Anderlecht youngster of Ghanaian descent Jeremy Doku has been handed a call-up by Belgium to play for their U-17 team in the upcoming Syrenka Cup. The 16-year-old is among seven Anderlecht youth team players to receive the invite for the mini-tournament which will take place in Poland.Belgium U-17 will open their account against host Poland on September with Doku expected to earn a starting berth.Doku is one of the highly rated youngsters in the Anderlecht academy with his impressive

BK Hacken striker Nasiru Mohammed has been ruled out for the rest of the season because of a thigh injury.He suffered a rupture-his first muscle injury in his career- and will undergo surgery.The former Ghana U17 captain injured himself during a league clash with Brommapojkarna.Mohammed has been key for Häcken this season with four goals in 17 league appearances."It's obviously sad, but I'll be back stronger," the 24-year-old told the club's website.''I

Kenya midfielder Francis Kahata is rallying support from his nation ahead of their must-win 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana on Saturday.The Harambee Stars are aware only a win will revive their hopes of qualifying for the tournament in Cameroon next year.The East African side are second from bottom in group F after losing 2-1 at Sierra Leone in their opening encounter.And influential midfielder, who plays for Gor Mahia,  Francis Kahata is urged the locals to

The Operations Manager of Aduana Stars, George Gyawu has praised former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Lawyer Kwesi Nyantakyi for his support and assistance during their participation in continental competition; CAF Champions League and Confederation.Aduana Stars having won the Ghana Premier League last season represented the West African Country in the CAF champions league before being booted out to feature in the CAF Confederations cup per the rules of the

Ghanaian striker Benjamin Acheampong has vowed never to return to play for any club in Egypt after being treated "unfairly" by giants Zamalek. The former Kotoko goal poacher had his contract terminated by Zamalek two months ago for no official reason."I have been insulted in Zamalek over the past period," Acheampong told FilGoal.com."What is happening has nothing to do with football, will I be ordered by the president of the club?."It was agreed that

Kenya defender David Owino has fired a strong warning to Ghana ahead of the meeting of the two nations in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.The Harambee Stars have their work cut out for them ahead of the must-win game against the four-time African champions.Kenya are second from the bottom in group F after the losing 2-1 at Sierra Leone.And the Zesco United defender admits they have no option but to beat the West African giants if they are to qualify for the

Ghanaian striker Grejohn Kyei is targetting promotion to French top-flight in his debut season with second-tier side RC Lens. Kyei joined the Blood and Gold lads from Stade de Reims in the final embers of the summer transfer window.He made his debut for RC Lens in their 2-0 defeat against FC Metz in the French Ligue 2 over the weekend, replacing Cheick Doucouré at the 78th minute of the match."It's a club that must play in Ligue 1," He said. "It is very well

Fans of Racking Genk have demonstrated the four-month doping ban handed their former player Bennard Kumordzi to sympathize with him.The former Ghana international was suspended at the end of June after testing positive.A concentration of 186 ng / ml Carboxy-THC was found in the urine sample-where there is normally a permissible maximum of 180 ng / ml.But the Flemish Doping Tribunal was not considerate since there was a slight excess.KV Kortrijk also suspended the player, which means

Tottenham are reluctant to release Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ghana on Saturday.Spurs claim the defensive midfielder is injured and must stay back in London to complete his rehabilitation.The two countries are in a tug-of-war over the influential Kenya captain ahead of the must-win game against the Black Stars.And FKF Media Liaison Officer Barry Otieno  has confirmed the stand-off.“We have been engaging Spurs since the

US Sassuolo Calcio forward Khouma Babacar has eulogized Kevin Prince Boateng following the Ghanaian display in their 5-3 win over Genoa in the Italian Serie A last Sunday.The Ghana international got off the mark last week when he snatched a late point for Roberto De Zerbi's side at Cagliari.The 31-year-old continued from where he left off by opening the scoring for the Green and Black lads at the Mepei Stadium in their 5-3 win over Genoa on matchday three of the Italian top