Ex-Ghana captain Stephen Appiah regrets not seeking an early treatment in Turin after his career was truncated by an injury while playing for Fenerbahce in 2005. The 37-year-old endured a hellish and nightmarish knee ligament injury 13-years ago, which defined his career at the Turkish giants.The Ghana legend enjoyed a fabolous run in the Serie A with Udinese and Parma before being transferred giants Juventus.The midfielder featured prominently for the Old Ladies in his debut
Impressive Majeed Ashimeru recorded his first Swiss top-flight goal on Sunday when FC St. Gallen beat FC Zurich 3-2 at home.The former WAFA SC midfielder found the back of the net in the 51st minute after Vincent Sierro has broken the deadlock in the first half.The visitors pulled one back in the 68th minute but a sublime assist by Ashimeru saw veteran Tranquillo Barnetta netted the match winner four minutes from full-time to hand all three points to the hosts.Ashimeru has two goals
Ghana forward John Antwi continues to improve his records in the Egypt Cup after scoring in El-Makassa's win over Wadi Degla in the round of 16. Antwi scored the winner as Makassa progressed after their 2-1 win over Degla.The former Dreams FC forward played for Al-Ahli, Ismailli and Makassa in the Egypt Cup and has now scored ten goals in the competition.Having played 12 times in the competition, the 26 year old scored three times for Ismailli in the Egypt Cup, four times
Mjällby AIF sports director Hans Larsson has reiterated his outfit's desire to keep Ghanaian midfielder Prosper Kasim.The 21-year-old featured prominently for the second-tier side as they secure promotion back to the second-tier league after joining on loan at the start of the campaign from IFK Göteborg.The attacking enforcer is expected to return to parent club after the expiration of his loan deal.However, the newly-promoted Superettan side are keen to acquire the Ghanaian
Ghanaian defender Bright Gyamfi says he is happy with the opportunity granted him by Benevento manager Cristian Bucchi. The 22 year old who is returning from a long injury lay off has gradually walked his way into the Benevento starting team and was in action as the former serie A side defeated Cremonese on Saturday."I'm happy that I was given the opportunity to play, I hope I did well and satisfied the coach. We must continue to work as a team and I personally personally. Getting
Ghanaian goalkeeper Nana Bonsu believes he has done enough to earn a call-up into the Black Stars ahead of the upcoming 2018 AFCON qualifier against Ethiopia following his impressive form for Enugu Rangers.The 29-year-old became a hero after climbing from the bench to guide Rangers clinch the 2018 Aiteo Cup against Kano Pillars, saving two penalties during the shootout."I've been doing my best and I think I deserve this chance to represent Ghana next month," the shot-stopper
Authored by: Hannah KentWhilst FIFA has been a topic of discussion over recent years for a variety of reasons, FIFA’s powers to intervene in its member associations’ governance receives little attention. Such powers are exercised by imposing “normalisation committees” on member associations that FIFA determines are not complying with the FIFA Statutes (the Statutes).Out of FIFA’s 211 members, a number of associations have recent or current experience of normalisation committee
The Harambee Starlets, Kenya's women national team risk of missing out on the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations as they are struggling to raise funds.The team need about US$430,000 to facilitate their trip to Ghana to participate in the tournament which kicks-off next month.Kenya got the nod to participate in Africa's premier women's football competition just last week after winning an appeal which knocked out Equatorial Guinea from the tournament.The team had
Ghanaian midfielder Abdallah Basit could face a spell on the sidelines after picking an injury during SS Arezzo.The Arezzo Sports Club announced ahead of their trip to Olbia FC that Abdallah Basit has suffered a muscle injury.The 19-year-old underwent medical examination to determine the extent of the injury but the result is yet to be disclosed.Arezzo were unable to pick maximum points from the match as they played out a goalless draw.
The executive committee of the Namibia Football Association on Sunday announced that it had dismissed Frans Mbidi as president with immediate effect.At a press conference at Soccer House, NFA vice president Dr Naftal Ngalangi said the 'drastic action' was necessitated by Mbidi's failure to adhere to his fiduciary duties in the NFA constitution.These included not convening executive committee meetings in due time; failing to implement executive committee decisions;
German lower-tier side Halleschen FC have called on the German Football Association to punish Carl Zeiss Jena after their fans racially insulted Braydon Manu in August.Manu suffered a racial abuse during their 3-0 defeat at Carl Zeiss Jena as the Ghanaian was about to effect a corner kick.As reported by the " Ostthüringer Zeitung ", Jena is to pay 2000 euros to the German Football Association. A final verdict on the incident does not yet exist."Some fans down
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has returned to the Kayserispor team after brushing aside a minor injury. The 32 year old has been struggling with the niggling injury for some weeks now which has ruled him out of most of Kayserispor's games this season.However, the former Sunderland forward returned to the team on Sunday but was an unused substitute as the Red and Golds defeated Sivasspor.Gyan will be hoping to return to action in the coming days but his compatriot Bernard
Ghanaian striker Latif Amadu has emerged top scorer of the Albanian Superliga after the first round of the championship.The Albanian Superliga season run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each (playing each team in the league four times, twice at home and twice away).The Teuta Durrës player has banged in seven goals after ten appearances.Amadu has been in red-hot form this season and scored a brace in 3-0 win at Laçi two weeks ago.In the last five games, he has
Ghanaian forward Grejohn Kyei has reiterated that he performs better when deployed as a centre forward.The 23-year-old hitman joined RC Lens on a season-long loan after failing to lock down regular playing berth at the top flight side.Kyei, who has quickly established himself in the Blood and Gold outfit's set-up, believes his excels in games when playing a top marksman."I prefer to play at the forefront of the attack, number 9. I can help some positions also. I think
Kenya women's football team head coach David Ouma has warned rivals at the Africa Nations Cup finals of never underrating Kenya's ability.The Africa Women's Nations Cup finals start in Ghana from Nov. 17 to Dec. 1, which also serve as the African qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.The top three teams will qualify for the World Cup to be held in France in June next year.Kenya face a difficult task to navigate past defending champions Nigeria and last
Bernard Kumordzi was named in KV Kortrijk's match day squad for the first time after the expiration of his four-month doping ban.Kumordzi was an unused substitute in the 1-1 draw at Cerlce Brugge on Saturday in the Belgian Jupiler League.The defender-cum-midfielder was slapped with the ban after testing positive for the banned substance.Kumordzi tested positive on 15 October, 2017 after the match against Standard Liege.During that test, the concentration of Carboxy-THC in the
Ghanaian winger Ernest Ohemeng opened his scoring account for CD Mirandes as they dispatched CD Tudelano in the Spanish third-tier league.The former Cheetah FC registered his name on the score sheet with a brilliant finish on the 75th minute of the game.The 21-year-old lasted for the entire duration of the match.Ohemeng has scored one goal in his four appearances for CD Mirandes in all competition.
Dreams FC came from behind to draw 1-1 with Hearts of Oak on Sunday in a friendly played at the Theatre of Dreams in Dawu. Joseph Esso gave the Phobians into the lead in the 13th minute, courtesy a deflected feeble attempt from Fatawu Mohammed.Hearts nearly doubled the lead in the 23rd when Akowuah’s free kick missed the post by inches.Dreams FC coach Pasoja fielded a seemingly inexperienced starting line-up which had eight debutants mostly teenagers.But when all thought the match
Ghana Premier League sides Hearts of Oak and Dreams FC played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Theatre of Dream in Dawu on Sunday in a friendly encounter. Themed “Repeat on the mountain”, the contest attracted a respectable crowd for the first time since the Zylophone Cash Premier League was suspended and it was the Phobians who got off to a perfect start.Joseph Esso shot the Phobians into the lead in the 13th minute, courtesy a deflected feeble attempt from Fatawu.With
Ghana defender Daniel Amartey is aiming to bounce back stronger after suffering a freak ankle injury in Leicester City 1-1 draw with West Ham United on Saturday.The 23-year-old was stretched off the field with a suspected broken ankle late in the game.Replay indicates that Amartey twisted his ankle in an awkward manner after getting involved in a challenge with West Ham midfielder Michail Antonio.He was immediately taken off the pitch to receive further treatment at the hospital.The
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