Barcelona thought they had won the game through Malcom's first goal for the clubGhana ace Kwadwo Asamoah was in top form on Tuesday helping his Italian side Inter Milan to hold Barcelona to 1-1 draw in the UEFA Champions League.The Ghanaian played the entire duration as the Spanish champions reached the Champions League knockout phase with two games to spare.The Catalans achieved the feat despite being held by a spirited Inter Milan in a dramatic finish at the San Siro.Barcelona,
The grand finale of the Municipal Electoral Area League of Suhum (M.E.A.L.S) sponsored by the Member of Parliament for Suhum, Hon Fred Opare Ansah comes off this weekend.Starting with about 32 teams, 8 of them have reached the final stage and are poised to battle it out to win the coveted trophy donated by Multi-choice Ghana.With Multi-choice also giving out cash prizes and medals worth 25, 000 cedis, the stage is set for a grueling contest this weekend.Speaking to the Ghanaian
Management has appointed Primeval Media Consult and Imajin and Fusion as marketing partners of the club after a competitive selection process.A letter signed by Chief Executive Officer, George Amoako, and addressed to the two firms explains that they have both been put in charge of the branding of the club and the securing and maintenance of both new and old corporate sponsors and others to be specified by management.Primeval Media Consult, however, is to solely take charge of the
African FAs and their counterparts from the Caribbean have strongly condemned the European media for the recent targeting of Gianni Infantino, insisting the FIFA President has their resolute support in the wake of some damaging leaks.All the zonal football bodies in Africa and the Caribbean issued a statement on Tuesday night to back the Swiss official after the latest installment of the so-called Football Leaks data set.The powerful group of African and Caribbean football leaders
The Normalisation Committee has told Ghana's Parliament that it needs a staggering $1.5 million to see out JUST a SIX-MONTH mandate. The four-member committee told Parliamentary select committee on Sports, Youth and Culture on Tuesday that it will require the colossal amount to see out their short-term mandate.The Ghana FA interim committee say the money will be used to see out its plans including a new competition for local clubs in the country among others.Given that the
Former Ghanaian footballer Solar Ayew has welcomed reports that Andre and Jordan Ayew have been recalled into the Black Stars ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup Nations qualifier against the Walias of Ethiopia.The Ayew brothers last featured for the Black Stars in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Congo in Kumasi.The pair were supposed to be in the squad for the return leg in Brazzaville but they opted out of the squad following an injury to Andre with Jordan also suffering from
Nigeria have named a strong squad for their Women's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Ghana later this month.Reigning African footballer of the year Asisat Oshoala leads a cast of 14-overseas based players in the Super Falcons squad.Rising star Rasheedat Ajibade is also included in a provisional squad of 23, as Nigeria aim for a ninth title.There is also the added incentive of the top three in Ghana qualifying for next year's World Cup in France.Experienced defender
Al Ahly have written to the Egypt FA to appeal to the Confederation of African Football (Caf) over a fine imposed on the club.The US$20,000 fine came in conjunction with a two-match ban for Moroccan striker Walid Azaro.Caf did not elaborate on why the ban was imposed stating simply it was breaching its disciplinary code during the first leg of the African Champions League on 2 NovemberHowever, Azaro was caught on camera ripping his own shirt during Ahly's 3-1 win over Tunisia's
Ghanaian forward Ahmed Said has settled his feud with Kristijan Kahlina after the pair swapped shirts ahead of Gorica and Hadjuk Split clash in the Croatian top flight league on Sunday.Ahmed had an ugly altercation with the Kristijan Kahlina goalkeeper during Hadjuk Split's 2-0 defeat against the league newcomers in the fourth game of the campaign at the Stadion Poljud in August.Said head-butted the Zagreb-born custodian in the 92nd minute of the game which led to him being
Former Chelsea star Michael Essien is among football legends expected to compete with YouTube icons for the EE Wembley CupThis year's hotly anticipated event sees 1998 World Cup winners Pirès and Trezeguet Brazilian double World Cup winner, Cafu and Chelsea legend Essien go head to head to claim the top prize. The heroes will be picked to join one of the four teams as part of the new American Football inspired Draft stage before they head to Wembley Stadium for the live final
A huge boost for the education/sports project came on Saturday 3rd November 2018 in the Jamestown suburb of Accra.On his tour of Ghana, HRH "The Prince of Wales" spent time with the coordinators, volunteers and pupils of the communities impact project.The 30 minutes interaction offered the Prince and HRH "The Duchess of Cornwal" an insight into what Books & Books really does and how it supports boys and girls with talent on the pitch and excellence in
Ex-Ghana star Tony Yeboah and Kevin-Prince Boateng will feature in the "Ronaldinho & Friends" charity match on November 17 in Frankfurt.Both Yeboah and Boateng are returning home after featuring for Frankfurt.The charity event dubbed "Ronaldinho & Friends" will feature other former Frankfurt former stars Oka Nikolov and Jay Jay Okocha.Ronaldinho & Friends and will play against Adler All Stars with around around 19,000 tickets already
Ghana defender Daniel Opare is set to undergo tests on Tuesday after picking up an injury in Royal Antwerp's victory Standard Liege on Saturday. Opare was one of the experienced players counted on by coach Laszlo Boloni ahead of the crucial clash against his former side, Standard Liege at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne.However, luck was not the Ghanaian side as he sustained an injury with just 13 minutes on the clock before being replaced by Portuguese youngster Aurelio Buta.The
Former Ghana and Chelsea ace Michael Essien, 1998 World Cup duo Robert Pires, David Trezeguet, and Brazil’s double World Cup winner Cafu are part of an all star line up to compete with Youtube icons for this year’s EE Wembley Cup.The heroes will be picked to join one of the four teams as part of the new American Football inspired Draft stage before they head to Wembley Stadium for the live final on Sunday November 25.The footballing legends will line up alongside four YouTube
Ghanaian defender Francis Kwadwo Adomah scored for and against his side FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt who shared the spoils 2-2 with FSV Union Fürstenwalde in the German fourth tier league over the weekend. The 26-year-old doubled Erfurt's lead in the 10th minute but end scored again, this time at the wrong side of the goal to equalise for Fürstenwalde.The draw was enough to keep Erfurt in fourth place in the Northeast standings.Adomah previously played for Hamburg SV II and BFC
Thai footballers and all staff members of the national team paid respects to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Monday before a campaign to defend their Southeast Asian championship. The team went to Wat Dhepsirindrawas to bid farewell to Vichai in appreciation of his support for Thai football."He was an important figure who showed support for football in Thailand all along. Everybody wanted to come here to pay respects to him for the last time," Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac
Belgian side Waasland Beveren are set to appeal the yellow card handed Ghana winger Nana Opoku Ampomah in their Jupiler league game against Anderlecht. The winger was yellow carded as early as the 30th minute in a bizarre circumstance. A decision that Waasland Beveren considers unfair.Referee Nicolas Laforge committed several errors in the game, which infuriated officials of Beveren including coach Yannick Ferera.The game saw 13 cards with Antonio Millic of Anderlehcht giving
Legendary ex-Ghana footballer Abedi Pele turned 54 on Monday, November 5th. Abedi Pele, arguably Ghana's greatest footballer won the African Footballer of the year on three occassions.He was an integral member of the Marseille team that won the UEFA Champions League in 1993 and was the first Ghanaian player to win the trophy.Abedi Pele also won the Africa Cup of Nations in 1982 with the Black Stars.BELOW ARE FIVE MEMORABLE PICTURES OF THE LEGEND
I sometimes feel that the over three months that I spent to cover the proceedings of the Dzamefe Presidential Commission for the Brazil 2014 World Cup saga was a waste of time. But I usually take consolation from the deep revelations that came out of both the public and in-camera sittings.One of such disappointing revelations was a proverbial statement made by the then president of the Ghana Football Association (now former), Kwesi Nyantakyi, to the effect that the beneficiaries
Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has denied reports of supposed rift between him and Abedi Pele.The two players endured a torrid time off and on the pitch during their days in the Black Stars over captaincy issues.It would be recalled that handlers of the Black Stars took the armband from Kwesi Appiah and handed it to Abedi Pele during the 1992 Cup of Nations in Senegal because of Abedi’s ability to speak French. This, many believe developed into a feud between the duoA section
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