Renaissance Sportive Berkane have departed Morocco for Ghana for the CAF Confederation Cup first round first leg fixture against Ashanti Gold SC.The two teams will lock horns at the Len Clay stadium in Obuasi on Saturday.The Volcano Club left Berkane on Monday evening  and are expected to arrive in Ghana on Tuesday or early Wednesday.The finalists of the last edition are making the journey with a 38-man contingent with 18 players, 7 technical staff with the others being officials.Right

Omani club Dhofar FC have loaned out Ghanaian striker Lawson Bekui to Muscat Club also in Oman for one season, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm.Dhofar FC announced the deal on their Twitter handle on Monday afternoon.The former Dreams FC forward has spent the previous two seasons on loan at Finnish side AC Kajaani and Politehnica Iasi in Romania respectively.The 25-year-old scored three goals in nine games in the Finnish second-tier last season.Bekui joined the Omani outfit in the

Ghana are Africa’s second biggest exporter of footballers in 2019 according to a survey by CIES Football Observatory monthly report.Brazil is clearly at the summit of the rankings for countries exporting footballers.According to CIES report, the South American giants have a total of 1,330 players playing in 147 leagues across the globe.Brazilians are present in 85 associations out of 98. This reflects the unique role played by Brazil in supplying professional footballers worldwide.With

Derrick Luckassen is delighted at his new club RSC Anderlecht, insisting that he feels at home.The Dutch-born Ghanaian centre-back joined the Purple and White lads on a season-long loan from Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven this summer.The 24-year-old has had an easy integration at the club due to the presence of his long-time friend Philippe Sandler."I am happy to be here," Luckassen says to Anderlecht's television channel. "This is the largest club in Belgium

Ghanaian footballer, Eklu Shaka Mawuli  has joined Slovakia club Vion Slatè Moravce on a season long- loan from Italian club SPAL.The Italian club announced the departure of the player to the Slovakia club on their website"SPAL  announces that it has temporarily transferred the sports performances of midfielder Eklu Shaka Mawuli to the Slovakian club FC Vion Slatè Moravce, a Superliga militant team".The 21-year is yet to make his debut for SPAL and has had loan stints

Players of the Black Meteors have complained over the poor treatment they received after their game against Algeria in Accra. The team had to return to their hotel in an old Black Stars bus, with officials needing to pick Taxis back to their camping base.Ahead of the game, news broke that the foreign based players were made to pay their own air tickets for the game in Ghana.“They’re treating the Algerians better than us, as if when we go there these guys will treat us any better,”

Ghana's U-23 captain Yaw Yeboah has explained the rationale behind Coach Ibrahim Tanko’s decision to field foreign-based players in Ghana’s game against Algeria on Friday at the Accra Sports Stadium which ended in a draw.Questions were asked after the game after Ibrahim Tanko decided to field nine foreign-based players in his starting line-up despite camping local players for close to a month prior to the game.According to Yaw Yeboah, the coach made the right decision because

Ghanaian midfielder Kamal Sowah found the back of the net for OH Leuven who recorded a thumping 4-0 victory over Roeselare FC in the Belgian second-tier league on Saturday.The 19-year-old opened the scoring in the first minute before Mathieu Maertens (brace) and Yanis Mbombo sealed the win for the Leuven.The Right to Dream Academy product is on loan at Leuven from former English champions Leicester City who also happens to be the sister club of the Belgian side.Saturday's

Steve Bruce believes that Christian Atsu's return from a summer hamstring injury has handed him an important boost following the loss of Matt Ritchie for two months.The Ghana winger suffered a hamstring injury at the African Cup of Nations in July, but after a rest period during Newcastle's pre-season campaign, Atsu came back feeling refreshed and has worked his way back into contention.Ritchie sustained a bad injury against Leicester City in the EFL Cup after Hamza Choudhury

The organizers for the President Cup match, GHALCA has issued an apology to fans who came to the stadium as well as the general public as the game between Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak had to  be postponed due to a heavy downpour. In a letter sighted by GHANAsoccernet.com it read, 

 Former Ghana International Laryea Kingston who is on a coaching attachment with Danish club Nordsjaelland has met with Francis Dickoh an ex-team mate and a club legend. The Danish-born Ghanaian footballer met with Laryea  Kingston at the club’s base where they interacted.Laryea Kingston has joined the Nordsjaelland technical team where he will start with the Under 19 side and also be attached to all of the club’s age group.The former Heart of Midlothian midfielder,

 Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association Kudjoe  Fianoo has indicated that the President Cup match between Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak which was rained off on Sunday has been postponed with the committee looking for alternative dates to replay the game.According to him, GHALCA is considering 13 or 16 October due to Kotoko’s engagement in the Champions League.“After meeting today GHALCA is looking at 6th October and 13th October having in mind Asante Kotoko's

Real Zaragoza forward Raphael Dwamena was chosen as the Hyundai Player of the match during their 3-0 win over AD Alcorcón in the Spanish LaLiga SmartBank on Sunday.Dwamena silenced the Alcorcón fans at the Estadio Municipal de Santo Domingo after he handed Real Zaragoza a 12th minute lead.Further goals from Luis Javier Suárez Charris and Carlos Vigaray sealed the victory for the away side.The Ghana international was a thorn in the flesh of the opponents defenders throughout

James Essilfie will step down as Medeama Sporting Club chief executive on September 20, the Premier League club has confirmed. In a statement released on the club`s official website, the construction engineer and quantity surveyor said he is leaving to hand the baton to someone to continue."It has been the greatest privilege to serve Medeama Sporting Club for 11 wonderful years," Essilfie said"However, I have always been conscious of the fact that, as a member of

A Ghanaian footballer known as Arthur was shot in both legs by South African Police in xenophobic attacks in the country. The young footballer, who has been playing in South Africa for two years was shot for committing no crime.According to the player who is on admission at a hospital, he was shot at Kempton Park for doing nothing wrong.Arthur was visited by Ghana's ambassador to South Africa, Hon. George Ayisi -Boateng, who was very sad by the ordeal the young player is

Liverpool forward Rhian Brewster has told his former England U-17 teammate Callum Hudson-Odoi to join him at Anfield. The 19-year old joking sent a message with the intent of luring the winger to Liverpool.Hudson-Odoi is yet to sign a new deal with Chelsea after long talks with the player's representatives.The England attacker has received interests from some of Europe's top clubs including Bayern Munich, who have had three bids rejected.Hudson-Odoi, who is recovering

The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association will act as the Election Committee for the upcoming presidential elections. The Normalisation Committee earlier on released a statement to debunk reports that an Election Committee was going to be formed and headed by Rex Danquah.However the Normalisation Committee in its statement has quashed that earlier reports which reads, “Pursuant to Article 79.2 (Transitional provisions) of the newly adopted Statutes of the

Premier League side Medeama are backing board chairman Toni Aubynn to contest the Ghana FA presidential elections.The corporate icon has come under mounting pressure from top 'football people'  to contest for the top job next month.Dr Aubynn, who has been involved in football both as a player and top management position, has declared he could contest to succeed former FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi.There have been widespread lobbying to get the former chief executive of the

Ghana's Black Queens defeated their Togolese counterparts in a friendly in Accra on Sunday. Evelyn Badu and Gladys Amfobea each scored a brace with Adina Akakpo getting a consolation for the female Hawks at the El Wak Stadium.The Black Queens are preparing for the next stage of the Tokyo 2020 qualifiers against Kenya.The West Africans thumped Gabon 5-0 on aggregate to set up the tie with the East Africans. 

Former English top-flight footballer Peter Butler made a successful start to a one-year contract as Liberia coach on Sunday by guiding them to the second round of 2022 World Cup qualifying.They lost 1-0 away to Sierra Leone in a first round second leg, but advanced 3-2 on aggregate having built a two-goal first-leg advantage in Monrovia last Wednesday.Liberia had to endure a tense second half in Freetown after Kei Kamara had given Sierra Leone a 55th-minute lead, knowing a second