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Man Utd bid £30m for 16-year-old Bellingham 21 minutes ago 08:40 European giants interested in teenager Manchester United have made a bid of £30 million ($39m) for Birmingham prodigy Jude Bellingham, according to Sky Sports News. The 16-year-old has played 25 times in the Championship this season, contributing four goals from midfield. Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool are all reported to be monitoring Bellingham’s progress. Still ...

The GFA Disciplinary Committee has ruled that Asante Kotoko shall play three home matches behind closed doors at the Baba Yara Stadium and pay a fine of GHc20,000 in relation to unsporting behaviour by supporters of the Club during their Matchday 3 encounter against Berekum Chelsea. This decision was taken after the Disciplinary Committee received Asante Kotoko’s reply to the ...

Nantes will drop their usual green and yellow colours for Argentina’s blue and white-striped “Albiceleste” strip to pay tribute to their former player Emiliano Sala when they host Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Nantes made the announcement on Tuesday, one year on from Sala’s death in a plane crash while travelling to Cardiff to join the then ...

Burkina Faso international Songne Yacouba has told Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko he wants to leave the club and join Egyptian Premier League side FC Smouha, according to Kumasi-based Kessben FM. The 28-year-old goal-poacher has failed to renew his contract with the red-jerseyed Porcupine Warrior despite several attempts by the Baba Yara club to get him to commit to a new ...

Nii Saban Quaye, Team Manager of Hearts of Oak has disclosed that former coach Kim Grant banned the team from using ways and means (juju) around the team. Hearts of Oak suffered back-back defeats in their first two fixtures in the Ghana premier league of which former Coach Kim Grant supervised the opener against Berekum Chelsea. Jonah Attuquaye’s solitary goal ...

FIFA has named Ghana among the top seeds for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams ahead of the draw to be held in the Egyptian capital of Cairo later today (Tuesday). Seeding pots for Qatar 2022 FIFA World’s Cup for African teams were by Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) ahead of second round draws slated for Cairo. ...

The Chairman of the Ghana FA Beach Soccer Committee has reaffirmed his support for the GFA led by President Kurt Okraku following consultations with key Beach Soccer stakeholders in Accra. Yaw Ampofo Ankrah made the pronouncement after beach soccer club owners, officials and other stakeholders cried foul at the composition of a Management Committee they felt did not fully represent ...

Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has completed his move to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning. The Ghanian international had been heavily linked with a move away from the Basque side during the January transfer window, and the club have now officially confirmed his exit via their official Twitter page. There is no confirmation on the details of a transfer fee paid between ...

The number of observers extremely worried about the “pathetic conditions” of football pitches in the Upper East Region, home to one of Africa’s soccer greats, Abedi Pele, is shooting up with speed. More than a few grassless pitches in the region are layered with unwanted nails, bones, broken bottles, gullies as well as rocks and, as such, players dare not ...

  Kurt Okraku and Yaw Ampofo Ankrah meet on Beach Soccer road map The President of the Ghana Football Association has assured Beach Soccer management and stakeholders of his commitment to the development and vision of beach soccer in Ghana. Kurt Okraku and Yaw Ampofo Ankrah met at the FA headquarters on Thursday at the invitation of the FA boss ...