Hearts of Oak coach Kim Grant says he is looking forward to a successful 2019/20 season with the Phobians. The Ghana Premier League will start on the weekend of December 27-29, after over a year without competitive football.Grant will be leading the club for the first time in the GPL, after flouring with a youth side in the NC Special competition.The ex-Ghana international revealed he is looking forward to a successful season, as the Rainbow club seek to end their barren run of

 StarTimes Bundesliga Football School will befin today at the Lord’s Wembly Plus Park at Sukura, a suburb in Accra. The event dubbed Bundesliga Football School, is a partnership project between Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) and StarTimes, the official broadcaster of the German Bundesliga in all Sub-Saharan Africa. The Bundesliga Experience is a unique event which will give football fans in Ghana a taste of 'Football As It's Meant To Be'.The event allows

FIFA U20 World Cup gold medalist sparked a revival which saw Juve Stabia clawed back from two goals down to beat Chievo Verona at the Stadio Marc Antonio Bentegodi in the Italian Serie B.Chievo, formerly of the Serie A shot into a two nil lead before half time with the Serie B newbies facing yet another defeat but Ghanaian international Bright Addae initiated the revival when he netted four minutes after recess.The goal took the wind out of Chievo’s sail and forward Francesco

Ghana defender Andy Yiadom has been ruled out with an injury until January. The Reading FC right back suffered a knee injury in the Royals 3-2 home defeat to Birmingham last Saturday.Manager Mark Bowen confirmed the 27-year old will be out for four to six weeks."Andy's likely to be out for a significant time - a month and half, six to seven weeks so it depends on how quick a healer he is," Bowen said after his side's 1-1 draw against Barnsley in midweek.Yiadom

Fomer SK Brann striker Thorstein Helstad has descended heavily on Ghanaian winger Gilbert Koomson for an underwhelming campaign in the just ended Norwegian topflight league. Brann, one of the big clubs in Norway had a season to forget after finishing 9th, failing to qualify for any European competition.Helstad singled out forward Gilbert Koomson for a poor campaign insisting the Ghanaian attacker failed to live up to expectations."They have a stable that needs to be undergone

Ghanaian attacker Kevin Prince Boateng has been declared fit for Fiorentina's big game against Inter Milan in serie A on Sunday. The 32-year old has struggled with fitness since joining La Viola in the summer but his return is good news for manager Vincenzo Montella, who needs the experience attacker to end a poor run of results.Boateng is recovering from a muscles fatigue that has trouble him this season.The Violets have gone four games without a win in their last four serie

The Executive Council of the GFA has named  a seven-member Beach Soccer Committee to continue the development of beach soccer in the country for a one-year mandate.The Committee is chaired by Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, head of Beach Soccer Association of Ghana.Members of the committee are;Yaw Ampofo Ankrah (Chairman) Solomon Torson ( Vice Chairman) Kwame Quayson (Member) Kusi Gyamfi Awere (member) Nana Poku (member) George Darko( Member) Nicholas Addo (member).The Beach Soccer Committee

Ghanaian forward Ahmed Said has been demoted to the second team of Belgian side Lokeren, GHANAsoccernent.com can exclusively reveal. The bulky attacker has struggled since joining the Belgian side from Portuguese club Rio Ave.Said is currently on loan at Lokeren and has failed to score in 11 games, forcing the manager to demote him to the youth team.The 26-year old joins Marzo, Symons, Nzinga and Mitrea as the players to be sent to the junior team following poor performances.However,

Ghana Football Association Executive Council has approved financial packages for clubs ahead of the start of the 2019/2020 Football Season.The package is an advance to the clubs to help them prepare for the upcoming season, and it will be deducted from sponsorship funds due the clubs should the GFA secure sponsorship deals for the respective leagues.Below is a breakdown of financial packages to Premier League, Division One and Women's Premier League clubs:1. 50,000 Cedis for

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association have approved financial packages for clubs ahead of the start of the 2019/2020 Football Season.The package is an advance to the clubs to help them prepare for the upcoming season, and it will be deducted from sponsorship funds due the clubs should the GFA secure sponsorship deals for the respective leagues.Below is a breakdown of financial packages to Premier League, Division One and Women's Premier League clubs:1. 50,000

Crystal Palace will be without red-hot Jeffrey Schlupp for the next two months due to a hip injury.Schlupp was forced off at half-time during Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Watford in the Premier League.He has been ruled out of Eagles next game against Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday.Reports from England suggest that Schlupp has suffered tendon damage to his hip and could be out of action for between two months.The news is another blow for Roy Hodgson’s men — who have Patrick Van

Ghanaian forward Said Ahmed has been relegated to second team of Sporting Lokeren due to poor performances, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report.Ahmed joined the Belgian outfit on a season-long loan from Portuguese side Rio Ave in the summer.The 26-year-old has however failed to exhibit his scoring prowess in the 11 games he has played for the side.Report reaching Ghanasoccernet.com suggest that the former Fiorentina forward’s time at the club could come to an early end after

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has won a major court victory for its decision to cancel the US$1 billion media and marketing rights deal with Lagardere Sports with the French marketing agency also ordered to pay $69,000 in legal costs to Africa’s football governing.The ruling was delivered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Geneva on Friday after Lagardere reported CAF to the Swiss-based organization last month claiming the Cairo-based continental football

Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah scored to rescue a 2-2 draw for OH Leuven against KSV Roeselare in the Belgian Proximus League on Friday.After their painful 3-2 loss at Lommel SK last week, OH Leuven went into the clash against Roeselare with the aim of returning to winning ways.The Blue and White lads were indeed put in the driving seat after Thomas Henry gave them the opener after 14 minutes of the clock.But the lead did not last as Esteban Casagolda leveled the score line for

FC Magdeburg coach Stefan Krämer is delighted with the high level of training exhibited by Ghanaian youngster Manfred Osei Kwadwo ahead of their Friday’s clash against SC Preußen Münster.Kwadwo has started just four games since joining the club 18 months ago.The 25-year-old could however add to his starting tally when the club play SC Preußen Münster in Week 19 of the German third-tier league on Friday after his convincing coach Krämer with the level of training he

Ghanaian talented star Osman Bukari has been named in the Slovakia Team of the Week for the sixth time this season showing his immense impact this season.The winger, who is making waves in the European country's top league, was named thanks to his performance for Trencin in their 1-1 away draw against Nitra.The 21-year-old was hugely instrumental as they rallied from a goal down to hold the home side in the Fortuna Liga match.Bukari was a handful for defenders of the home side

Football soothsayer, Isaac Kwaku Gyan has prophesied that Hearts of Oak will emerge victorious in the forthcoming Ghana Premier League.The Phobians have not tasted glory in the Ghanaian top flight league since 2008.The closest the Accra-based giants have come to ending that jinx was in 2017 when they finished 3rd to WAFA SC and Aduana Stars.But according to the famous medium, Hearts of Oak will clinch the 2019/20 league gong and went on to name the teams who will finish in the top

Ghana youth forward Joseph Paintsil earned praises from both Belgian and Italian tabloids following his scintillating performance for KRC Genk in the defeat against SS Napoli in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.Paintsil made his first start for the Limburgers in Europe’s elite club competition in their 4-0 walloping at Napoli on Tuesday.Despite the side’s disappointing display at the Estadio San Paolo, Paintsil was singled out by one of the country’s biggest tabloid Voetbalmagazine after

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council has named a seven-member Beach Soccer Committee with Yaw Ampofo Ankrah named as chairman.The Beach Soccer Committee is responsible for managing and organizing various beach soccer competitions, with the Competitions Department of the GFA  providing the necessary competition support for the Beach Soccer Committee.Other responsibilities of the committee includes supervising general preparations, competitions format, as well as

Former Ghana International and Wa All Stars head coach, John Paintsil says he is disappointed at his technical team for not backing him as the club wants him out of the head coach position.Paintsil was forcefully driven out of the team’s training ground on Tuesday by Frederick Agbenyo who has been identified as a friend to shareholder. Agbenyo is reported to have gone to the training grounds with macho men.The former Fulham defender feels betrayed and disappointed at his technical