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Former Accra Hearts of Oak Board Secretary Ernest Thompson has called on the club to review their recruitment policy. According to him, the recruitment policy of the club has to be changed as the club currently lacks quality players to compete. Speaking to Nhyira FM Sports on the club’s policies, Thompson advised the management of the club to buy three ...

Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku, the Ghana Football Association President has not chalked six months in office, but has received a commendation from top international sports personalities and Ghanaians. Leslie Koroma, CEO of African Sports Ventures Group in the USA has hailed the GFA President and invited him to an online sports conference on May 25. He said the young Ghanaian ...

Former Hearts of Oak Board Secretary Ernest Thompson has lamented the club’s financial woes and says ‘he feels like crying’ anytime he sees the team’s rickety bus. The legal luminary is calling for the flotation of shares to ease the burden on Board chairman and majority shareholder Togbe Afede XIV. ”Everybody is waiting for Togbe to buy a bus for ...

Ghana and Bayern Munich legend Samuel Osei Kuffour has paid tribute to his mum, describing her as the inspiration behind his success. The 43-year-old is one of the most celebrated African footballers, having won the Champions League with the German giants in 2001, lifted the German Bundesliga title on six occasions and claimed the German FA Cup four times. He ...

Besiktas forward Kevin-Prince Boateng has named former Real Madrid and Chelsea midfielder Claude Makelele as the toughest opponent he has ever faced. The two faced each other in the Premier League when Boateng was at Tottenham and Makelele was at Chelsea. In an interview with his brother, Jerome Boateng, he described the Frenchman as ‘unbelievable’ and ‘like a wall’. “The ...

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which controls the laws of the game, say teams can make extra changes in order to protect players Teams will be allowed to make five substitutions during matches when football resumes after the coronavirus-enforced break, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has confirmed. The temporary change in the rules has been brought in to ...

Former Harambee Stars midfielder Charles Okwemba believes Michael Essien triumphed during his time at Chelsea owing to his determination and hard work. The Ghanaian was signed by the Blues in 2005 and went on to make 168 appearances for the London-based side and spent nine years at the club, scoring 17 goals in the process. “Every coach would love to ...

The classy midfielder ran rings around the Argentina national team and could have been greater than Diego and Messi… he just didn’t want to be With preparations for the 1974 World Cup in full flow, with their minds focused on the potential challenge ahead from the likes of Brazil, hosts West Germany and Italy, the Argentina national team had little ...

The ongoing tussle between the Ghana Football Association and former Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah looks like it will not end anytime soon after the association revealed that it is not responsible for paying the coach’s salaries. Kwasi Appiah this week revealed that since leaving his post at the beginning of the year, he has tried in vain to retrieve ...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has indirectly fired a warning shot to Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey that he is only interested in recruiting players who have a strong desire to don the Gunners shirt. Partey has been identified by Arteta as a priority target this summer, with the Spaniard keen on adding greater defensive cover in his central midfield, though ...