Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Melvin Amaju Pinnick had three levels of joy to celebrate on Saturday, as the female national team, Super Falcons won the Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON 2018) on his birthday, and he quickly dedicated it to President Muhammadu Buhari.Footballlive.ng reports that Pinnick was all smiles after the Falcons won their ninth AWCON title, third back-to-back, and picked several individual honours at the end of the 11th edition of the continental

Ghanaian quartet Jonathan Mensah, Lalas Abubakar, Edward Opoku and Harrison Afful could work under a new manager at Columbus Crew next season following the appointment of Greg Belhater as the new coach of the United States. Greg Belhater, who was also Technical Director of the club will take over as the head coach of the United Stated Men's National Football team after Bruce Arena failed to qualify the Americans to the World Cup in Russia.Meanwhile, Crew SC have named Assistant

Sports and Recreation Minister of South Africa, Tokozile Xasa has disclosed that her country are interested in hosting next year's Africa Cup of Nations.According to her, the Government of the country will accept the right to welcome other African countries to their cities provided CAF turn to them.“We are indeed interested in taking over the hosting of the Afcon next year.We have all the infrastructure and stadiums to host this kind of event like we did in 2010 with the

German-born Ghanaian midfielder Kingsley Schindler scored his fifth goal for Holstein Kiel as they battered MSV Duisburg in the German Bundesliga II.Schindler has been in swashbuckling form for the Blues over the past few weeks after scoring three goals and registering two assists in their last two games.The 25-year-old again came to the fore for Tim Walter's side by opening the scoring against Duisburg in the 56th minute before Janni-Luca Serra extended their lead four minutes

Ghanaian youngster Edward Opoku has expressed satisfaction over his debut Major League Soccer season with Columbus Crew. The 22 year old had a breakthrough season in 2018 for the Black and Gold's after making his senior debut against Orlando City, going on to make more appearances in the just ended season. 'Opoku, who is yet to become a regular for Columbus Crew believes the experience from the campaign will propel him to higher heights next season, where he is convinced

Ghana forward Richmond Boakye Yiadom returned from injury layoff to make a brief appearance for Red Star Belgrade in their 2-0 win over FK Vozdovac in the Serbian Super League on Sunday.Yaidom has been sidelined since picking an injury in Red Star 4-0 loss against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League two months ago.Consequently, the former Juventus forward missed eight games as the Red and White lads continue their push to clinch the Serbian championship.The sharp-shooter returned

Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah impressed as Inter Milan drew 2-2 in a pulsating game at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night. The ex-Juventus midfielder played the entire duration and was excellent of the left side of defence as his marauding runs caused troubles for Roma.The Nerazzurri took the lead twice through Keita Balde and then Mauro Icardi only to be pegged back by the Giallorossi, whose goals were scored by Cengiz Under and then Alexander Kolarov from the penalty spot.Keita

Ghanaian forward Caleb Ekuban came off the bench to score for Trabzonspor in their 2-0 win over Kayserispor in the Turkish Supaliga.Ekuban was heavily expected to miss the game following the death of his mother last week.But the 24-year-old hitman defied the orders of his club’s hierarchy to give him some days off to attend the funeral by making the matchday squad for the game against Kayserispor.With visitors inability to convert the plethora of chances they were getting, coach

Moroccan club Raja Casablanca ended a 15-year wait for an African trophy by winning the CAF Confederation Cup in the Democratic Republic of Congo Sunday despite a 3-1 second-leg loss to V Club.Raja, who won the last edition of the CAF Cup in 2003, beat V Club 3-0 in the first leg in Casablanca last Sunday and won the two-leg title decider 4-3 on aggregate.It was the sixth CAF title for the Moroccans, who have also won the Champions League three times and the Super Cup once.Abdelilah

Morocco's Raja Casablanca were crowned African Confederation Cup champions on Saturday after surviving what would have been a stunning comeback from Vita Club in Kinshasa, losing 3-1 on the night but prevailing 4-3 on aggregate.It looked a straightforward task for Raja to win their first African title since lifting the old CAF Cup in 2003, having won 3-0 in the first leg in Casablanca.They made it further difficult for the Congolese outfit when Abdelilah Hafidi stunned the

Ghana has qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) removed Sierra Leone from the qualifiers.The Black Stars sealed their place in the continent's flagship competition after CAF decided to exclude the Leone Stars following the the suspension of the country by FIFA.The decision to remove Sierra Leone from the qualifiers means the Black Stars qualify for the biannual tournament along with Kenya in Group F.The removal of Sierra

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has removed Sierra Leone from the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers after the country was suspended by FIFA.Sierra Leone’s defiance of global football governing body FIFA has led to the CAF Executive Committee removing them from the teams playing in Group F of the qualifiers leaving just Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia in the group.The decision to remove the country was taken during the Executive Committee meeting held in the Ghanaian

European football specialist, Reuben Obodai brings you a comprehensive update on how Ghanaian players performed in abroad this weekend.It was one of the unproductive weekends for Ghanaian players as only one player registered his name on the scoresheet during the three days of action.However, Kingsley Schindler kept the smiles on his fans by notching up another goal for Holstein Kiel as they won big at Duisburg.Jeffrey Schlupp climbed from the bench to play a part in Crystal Palace