Andrew Ayew stepped up from the bench to get an assist in his sides 2-1 defeat to Chelsea in the English premier League on Monday night. Ayew, replaced Algerian Sofiane Fighouli with 20 minutes to end the game, and with his side trailing by two goal but did enough to give the Hammers a fighting chance at the end. The 27-year-old was quick to react to a loose pass by Azipilicueta to set up Argentine Mauel Lanzine who hit the ball hard and low pass Thibaut Courtois in post for Antonio Conte's

WAFA trainer Klavs Rasmussen is dissatisfied with his sides ability to share the spoils at the Accra Sports Stadium against Great Olympics insisting they could have picked all the maximum points on Sunday. The boys from the Red Bull Arena held the home side to a goalless draw game denying the Wonder Club their first win of the season in five matches. But Rasmussen says his sides could have stolen the three point from the Accra Sports Stadium if they had taken their chances. Am happy with

Accra Great Olympics Coach Godwin Attram says he is impressed with his sides second half display in a goalless draw game against WAFA at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. The Accra club, arguably the most troubled club in the Ghana Premier League failed to pick valuable points at home for the third time running after drawing with the lads from Sogakope. After a twitchy first half performance, Olympics raised the bar in their second half display, a period which saw the coach joining his players

Medeama SC were handed their second successive defeat of the season after a being pipped by Ebusua Dwarfs by a lone goal. A 24th minute strike by Nicholas Gyan was all the Cape Coast side needed to move up the league table. Slippery Solomon Gyasi Okudzeto was brought down in the 24th minute and Gyan sent Ofori Antwi the wrong way to give the home side the lead which turned out to be the only goal of the game. Dwarfs were coming into the game from a defeat at the hands of Inter-Allies and

The Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie-Daara has condemned recent attacks on journalists in their coverage of the Ghana Premier League warning that the federation will soon punish some clubs. Saanie Daara in reaction to the attacks on journalists Felix Kwabena Romark and Senyuiedzorm Awusi Adadevoh by club officials during the week five clash of the Ghana Premier League. Felix, manager of GHPL twitter and facebook handles, was assaulted by Aduana Stars

Hearts of Oak coach Frank Nuttall says he is focused on doing his job and unperturbed by fans pressure. The Scotsman has come under scrutiny following his side's 2-0 defeat at Aduana Stars. ''I'm not listening to them (fans), because Im also trying to go for the league title as well,''Nuttal said in an interview. ''What do you think I do? I said from the start that Im trying to win football games, that is different from promising anybody that we are going

Gerard Nus who is owed thousands of dollars by the Sports Ministry for the role he played at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The Spaniard has been staging a sit-in at hotel in Accra for the delay in payment. But has been revealed that all members of the technical staff, including coach Avram Grant, have still to be paid. On Monday when Ghana celebrated her 60th Independence anniversary, Nus took to his Twitter handle to post: ''Happy 60th Independence Day to Ghana. Great

Yesterday after the 2-0 lashing of Hearts at Dormaa Ahenkro by Aduana Stars,Felix Kwabena Romark, a tireless ambassador of the Ghana Premier League on social media,described how the media were molested, abused and assaulted for covering the game. This is not the first and it will surely not be the last. The final result will be that, the Ghana Premier League (GHPL) will retrogress as the media begin to boycott matches. Last season, almost everyone was running to Dawu to cover Dreams FC matches.

Asante Kotoko players pocketed some extra cash from philanthropists who were awed by their late win over Elmina Sharks. Winger Emmanuel Gyamfi pulled the chestnut out of the blazing fire with a 95th minute goal to break the hearts of the opponents. Avid fans Christopher Damenya gave the team GHC 4,000 for that hard fought win. Other eminent fans who watched the match at the Baba Yara Stadium doled out wads of cash in appreciation to the team's spirited display....

Aduana Stars have been boosted by the return to full scale training of striker Bright Adjei. The prolific goal scorer limped off during 1-0 win over AshantiGold at home in their opener. Adjei has missed four league matches since but look set to face Inter Allies in Accra on Saturday. Last season, he twice won the CNN Goal of the Week.  ...

Head coach of Aduana Stars claims Hearts of Oak has been one of the easiest teams they have played against this season after beating them 2-0 over the weekend. The Fire boys inflicted the first defeat of the season to the Phobians over the weekend to move top of the table, same points with Asante Kotoko who needed a late goal to see off Aduana Stars. We played a high pressing game to unsettle Hearts of Oak as early as possible to tell everybody that, when we started winning, people were saying

Asante Kotoko hero Emmanuel Gyamfi dedicated his late goal against Elmina Sharks to the fans for their unflinching support. Gyamfi slotted him in the 95th minute to bag the points for joint league leaders when all thought the match was heading for a mark. The winger quickly ran to the fans in celebrating his goal and he explained further. ''The supporters helped me to score the goal because even when we had a minute to end the game, they were still cheering us up,'' an elated

Elmina Sharks head coach Kobina Amissah says his side were unlucky after conceding at the death in their 1-0 defeat to Asante Kotoko on Sunday in Kumasi. Emmanuel Gyamfi slotted home in the final minute of additional time to upend the stubborn visitors. Amissah patted his boys on their backs for a good display and argues they did not deserve to lose. ''We came with a game plan to frustrate Kotoko. From the start of the game, they were passing from the back, which meant our plan worked,''

South Africa set-up a semifinal meeting with hosts Zambia at the 2017 African Under-20 Championships and in doing so also booked a ticket to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in South Korea later this year with a 3-1 victory over Sudan in Lusaka on Sunday. Goals from Phakamani Mahlambi Grant Margeman and Sibongakonke Mbatha sealed what was a comfortable victory in the end though Sudan did provide a number of scares and held South Africa 1-1 at halftime. Thabo Senongs side were once again impressive

Ghana international Andre Ayew is hoping that his goal against Watford is the beginning of great things to come as a West Ham United player. The 20.5 million pounds signing will take on Chelsea, the team he picked up a thigh injury that has made his start to life at West Ham United hell. But after finally looking bright in the previous game, Ayew says he is patiently waiting to contribute his quota of the goals. For me it was important to score it was my first game back after the African

Sam Allardyce says he has got his Crystal Palace side playing back to basics after their 2-0 win over West Brom on Saturday. Superb goals by Andros Townsend and Wilfried Zaha mean Palace are now three points clear of the drop zone, following three wins in five Premier League games. "I've seen what has been happening to Palace, like I saw at Sunderland and Blackburn, I said to the lads, look, this is how you stop it. "If you apply yourselves in these areas the right way; the basics

Photographer Senyuiedzorm Awusi Adadevoh was prevented by Great Olympics from taking pictures at Accra Sports Stadium in Sunday's league match against WAFA SC. The Olympics fans started the call and Management member Oloboi Commodore came in to second the fans' call. Miss Adadevoh was being punished for publishing the photo of Bechem United coach Vincenzo Anesse being hit by a missile from Olympics fans during last Thursday's delayed fixture.  ...

Elmina Sharks defender Kingsley Adjei was named Man of the Match in their painful 1-0 defeat to Asante Kotoko in Kumasi. The centre back was solid as a rock and thwarted efforts by the Porcupine Warriors. Adjei has formed a strong partnership with Suraj Ibrahim and captain Charles McCarthy. Elmina Sharks were undone by a late Emmanuel Gyamfi strike....

Former French international Marcel Dessaily has revealed he is being put to pressure to thrown in his CV for the vacant Black Stars job. The Ghana Football Association are on a hunt for a proper replacement for Avram Grant who left after the expiration of his contract in February. According to reports in Accra Ghana-over 70 coaches shown interest in the job. Marcel will definitely be one of the leading candidates if he decides to apply for the job due to his track record as a player and

Ghana FA spokesperson Ibrahim Sannie-Daara has denied publications that former Avram Grant was paid US$ 50,000 as salary. ''Ghana did not pay Avram Grant $50,000 salary. His take home was about [pauses]. I dont know if Im allowed to mention,'' he said Starr FM. [Yes] he is gone but you have always the case where one day you would be told you have an NDA [Non-Disclosure Agreement] but he was not paid close to [the $50,000]. ''We said it consistently [that it was not