African champions Cameroon are set to play five-time World Cup winners Brazil in a friendly on 20 November in London.The fixture was confirmed on the Brazil Football Association's twitter page.Cameroon are preparing to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and the Brazil game comes just four days after they play Morocco in a qualifier.It will be the sixth meeting between Cameroon and Brazil, who have won four and lost one of the previous encounters.The Indomitable Lions only
Ghana midfielder Bernard Mensah is determined to succeed at Atletico Madrid despite his failure to make a mark at the club.Mensah joined Los Colchoneros on a six-year deal two seasons ago but failed to establish himself in the side which saw him spending time on loan at Getafe, Vitória Guimarães and KasimpasaThe highly skilled-enforcer was again shipped on loan to Kayserispor on a season long loan at the start of the of the Turkish SuperLiga campaign.But the 24-year-old says he
The female national team, the Black Queens are set to leave Pampram for Accra to continue with preparations ahead of the Africa Women's Cup of Nations. The team has been preparing for the tournament at the Ghanaman Soccer Center of Excellence for almost six weeks now but handlers of the team are arranging for them to return to Accra ahead of the competition next month.Ghana have been drawn in group A with Algeria, Mali and Cameroon and will be based in the capital.According
Enugu Rangers coach Gbenga Ogunbote has disclosed why he introduced goalkeeper Nana Bonsu in place of Femi Thomas in their Aiteo Cup victory over Kano Pillars on Wednesday.Rangers staged a thrilling comeback from three goals down to beat Kano Pillars on penalties and win their first Nigerian Cup since 1983 on Wednesday evening.Pillars looked to be cruising to their first-ever Cup triumph when they led 3-0 with just thirteen minutes to play at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba.However,
Former deputy Youth and Sports Minister Joseph Yamin has lavished praises on government for winning the hosting rights for the 2023 All-Africa Games.The government through the Youth and Sports Ministry put up a bid to host the 2023 All-Africa Games.During an interview with Happy FM on Thursday, Ghana Olympic Committee chief Ben Nunoo Mensah confirmed that the country have been awarded the rights to host the games ahead of Egypt.Commenting on the feat, erstwhile deputy Sports Minister
Ghanaian forward Dauda Mohammed climbed off the bench to mark his Europa League debut for RSC Anderlecht in their 2-2 stalemate with Fenerbahce at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium on Thursday night.The former Asante Kotoko hitman replaced Pieters Gerkens with four minutes left on the clock to mark his debut for the Purple and White lads.Hein Vanhaezebrouck's side took a two-goal lead through Zakaria Bakkali before Michael Frey and Ali Hassan Kaldirim secured a point for the
Former Asante Kotoko coach, Steve Pollack insists the club is not "competitive enough" to engage in a continental championship. The Porcupine Warriors have asked the Normalisation Committee to allow them participate in the CAF Confederations Cup despite an agreement for clubs in the country to not take part in Africa next season.The Kumasi based giants revealed within the week that they are ready to represent the country but the Englishman believes his former side don't
Deputy Ghana captain Andre Ayew came off the bench to help Turkish giants Fenerbahçe secured an important away point in the Europa League. The Ghana international came on in the 74th minute as Fenerbahçe held Anderlecht to a 2-2 draw in Belgium.Anderlecht began the game in an explosive pace as striker Zakaria Bakkali scored the opener in the 35th minute.With the result at 1-0 at the end of half time, the Belgians wasted no time in in getting the scored when Bakkali scored in
Ghanaian youngster Joseph Painstil played a key role as Belgium side Genk traveled to beat Besiktas 4-2 in Turkey.The former Tema Youth forward saw 75 minutes of action as the high flying Belgian side move top of group I of the UEFA Europa League.Tanzanian forward Mbawana Samatta scored the opener in the 23rd minute after early dominance from Genk. The striker grabbed his second of the night as Genk doubled their lead in the 69th minute.The game then had a great finale in the final
English-born Ghanaian prodigy Callum Hudson-Odoi marked his Europa League debut for Chelsea in their 3-1 win over BATE Borisov at the Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.Hudson-Odoi, 17, enjoyed 30 minutes in his maiden Europa League game for the London-based side after replacing forward Pedro Rodriguez on the 60th minute mark.Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored scored an incredible hat-trick of the night at Stamford Bridge to clinch all three points for Maurizio Sarri’s side who remains
Ghanaian youngster Bashiru Alhassan played an influential role as Sparta Prague U-23 held Reading U-23 in the Premier League International Cup. The former Dreams FC midfielder bossed the middle for the Czech side and provided an assist for midfield partner Ondrej Novotny.Danny Loader opened the scoring for the English Championship side in the 51st minute before Novotny leveled six minutes later.The Czechs took control of the game and ten minutes later took the lead through Vojteck
Ghana forward John Antwi scored the winner as Misr El-Makassa defeated Wadi Delga 2-1 to progress to the quarter finals of the Egyptian Cup. Madagascar international Paulin Voavy belted El-Makkasa into a 28th-minute lead after receiving a magnificent ball from Mahmoud Wahid, which he finished perfectly past the goalkeeper.Degla nearly equalised but Bebo failed to convert Ibrahima Ndiaye’s cross into the net. They were severely punished as minutes later John Antwi doubled his
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