Italian Serie A giants AS Roma continues to be one of the best football clubs to follow on social media. On Friday, the Giallorossi chose Ghana Premier League giants Hearts of Oak as their ‘Team of the Day’.The Phobians became the second Ghanaian club after Great Olympics to feature in their recurring Twitter Team of the Day.In previous editions, the Italian club has chosen various teams like Rozen Rovers FC located in the Channel Islands of Jersey, Australian club Perth Glory

Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah has congratulated the Black Maidens for booking their tickets to the next round of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.The Maidens are through to the quarter finals of the FIFA U-17 after thumping Finland 3-1 in the second group game.Milot Pokua, Abdulai Mukarama and Grace Animah scored for the Africans as they reached the knockout stages.Milot Pokua, who started ahead of the injured Fuseina Mumuni repaid the faith reposed in her by

Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah has congratulated the Black Maidens for booking their tickets to the next round of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.The Maidens are through to the quarter finals of the FIFA U-17 after thumping Finland 3-1 in the second group game.Milot Pokua, Abdulai Mukarama and Grace Animah scored for the Africans as they reached the knockout stages.Milot Pokua, who started ahead of the injured Fuseina Mumuni repaid the faith reposed in her by

Pay television provider, StarTimes and Lega Serie A have reached a three year deal for the exclusive all media rights to Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in Sub-Saharan Africa.According to the agreement, StarTimes claims the exclusive rights of the two Italian premier Cup competitions in English, French, Portuguese and African indigenous languages from 2018/2019 season to 2020/2021 season.Coppa Italia is Italy’s single-elimination domestic Cup competition, and Supercoppa

Algeria female national team captain Maryam Benlazar says her side wont be intimidated by the home crowd when they play Ghana in the opening game at the Africa Women's Cup of Nations on Saturday. Benlazar admits Ghana is a top side and difficult  to play against but believes her side can't be written off.“We know for a fact that Ghana is the host nation and their fans will be behind them,” she said through a translator in a pre-match conference.“We are not worried

On the sidelines of the Total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2018, CAF as part of social responsibility supported a one-day Grassroots educational program on Thursday, 15 November 2018, organized by Books and Boots, an-Accra based NGO.The event was divided into two. The first part was a workshop for 40 educators organized in two sessions, explaining standards for CAF grassroots and the difference between age groups.It was led by CAF Director for Technical and Development, Raul

The 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations (2018 AWCON), officially known as the Total Women's Africa Cup Of Nations, Ghana 2018 will get underway on Saturday, November 17, 2018, in Accra with Ghana playing Algeria in the opening game.All the teams are expected to have arrived in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Cape Coast by the close of Friday, November 16, 2018.The teams based in Accra: Ghana, Algeria, Mali and Cameroon will play their games at the Accra Sports Stadium.The teams

Captain of the Black Queens, Elizabeth Addo says qualifying for the World Cup in France is her sides primary objective as the Africa Women's Cup of Nations begins on Saturday. Addo, who has represented Ghana with the junior teams at the FIFA World Cup wants to end the country's wait for another senior World Cup appearance by winning the AWCON."A lot of us have progressed through the junior ranks to the senior side and played in the junior World Cup," the midfielder

English-born Ghanaian prodigy Darko Boateng Gyabi, has signed for Manchester City from Millwall in a deal worth around £300,000, with add-ons reaching over £1million dependant on success.Pep Guardiol’s side beat Arsenal and Wolves to the signing of the South London lad who was playing two years above his age last season in Millwall’s U16s.Gyabi, from Catford, is a box-to-box central midfielder whose flair and skill caught the attention of the Premier League champions.He has

Head coach of the female national team, the Black Queens, Bashiru Hayford is confident Ghana will end Nigeria's dominance at the Africa Women's Cup of Nations as the country hosts the tournament for the first time. Nigeria are record champions of the biennial showpiece, having won it 9 times and come into tournament as holders of the trophy.But, Bashiru Hayford wants to put the breaks on Ghana's west African rivals by winning the competition for the fist time and

The Africa Women Cup of Nations (AFCON) has become ''Mission stop the Super Falcons'' for the tournament’s seven other participants.Hosts Ghana, along with South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Zambia, are gearing up for the improbable task in the 2018 edition – kicking off today – with all matches broadcast live on SuperSport.The Nigerians have been so dominant in the tournament, winning 10 out of the 12 titles contested so far,

Black Maidens broke into wild celebrations after qualification to the last eight of the 2018 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup finals. Ghana beat Finland 3-1 on Friday to top Group A with two straight wins and healthy goal difference of plus seven.New Zealand sealed second spot with another win; this time a 2-1 success against hosts Uruguay.The Oceanian side, participating at their sixth finals in this age category, reached the last eight for the first time ever.The two teams will

Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko are confident their trip to Soccerex this year in Maimi, Florida will yield dividends. The African Club of the Century are among the four clubs who were licensed as exhibitors at the football business convention.Other clubs at the event are Argentine side Club Estudiantes de la Plata, Miami FC (USA) and Brazilian giants Internacional (Brazil)Chief Executive George Amoako, the club's Policy Analyst Dr. Yaw Amo Sarpong, Larry Opare Otoo

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah weaved his magic to score in stoppage time as already-qualified Egypt nailed rivals Tunisia 3-2 in their penultimate Nations Cup qualifier on Friday, maintaining their 100 percent start under Javier Aguirre.The Pharaohs came out on top in their first real test under the Mexican coach, whose first three matches in charge ended with comfortable wins over Niger and eSwatini (twice).An end-to-end affair looked as though it was heading for a draw but Salah,

Ghana captain Mukarama Abdulai produced another eye-catching performance to win a second consecutive Player of the Match award at the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup.Abdulai's heart-on-the-sleeves form saw her score a neat goal to give the Black Maidens a two-zero lead in the 3-1 win over Finland on Friday in their second Group A match.Millot Pokuaa floated in a cross from the right for Abdulai to head in from close range for her tournament-leading fourth goal.In the first

Burundi have taken a major step toward qualifying for their first Africa Cup of Nations finals after defeating South Sudan 5-2 on Friday afternoon.The result at the Juba Stadium sent Burundi to the top of Group C in the 2019 AFCON preliminaries and mathematically eliminated South Sudan.The Swallows now have nine points from five matches at the top of the pool. They will wait to see their position after the second group match is played between Gabon and Mali in Libreville on Saturday,

Egypt came from a goal down to beat North African rivals Tunisia 3-2  in Alexandria on Friday night to end their perfect record in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.Though the result was of little importance (both teams were already guaranteed a berth at Cameroon 2019 following last month’s results), it served as some sweet revenge for the Pharaohs, who were beaten 1-0 by the Carthage Eagles in the reverse game in Rades in June last year.Tunisia remain top of Group J,

Ghana won their second game in a row at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018 with a closely-fought 3-1 victory over Finland in Montevideo on Friday.Just like they did in their opening Group A match, Ghana found the game’s first goal. Mavis Owusu made a lung-bursting run down the right wing before cutting a diagonal pass back on the ground. Finland captain Tuuli Enkkila scuffed her clearance and the ball fell kindly to the feet of Millot Pokuaa, who calmly slotted