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Even though he was elected as the new Ghana Football Association (GFA) President about two weeks ago, Kurt Okraku is still facing questions over the elections that saw him voted into office. Despite winning all three rounds of voting at the GFA’s Elective Congress, including the solo final round which saw him almost unanimously endorsed, there have been claims that ...

The delegation, lead by Ambassador Erieka Bennett, Diaspora Africa Forum, (DAF) adopted mother of Bechem United Football Club, with nine selected players out of the twenty three who traveled to France, Italy, Denmark and Portugal paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Anne Sophie Ave of France. Their quest of the group was simple, to say thank you to Ambassador Anne ...

President of Nzema Kotoko Football Club, Mark Addo has been elected the  Vice President of the Ghana Football Association by the Executive Council of the FA on Tuesday. Mark Addo was elected on Tuesday during the Exco’s maiden official meeting in Accra. Last month, Addo was elected onto the GFA Executive Council as one of three representatives of Division One ...

Tuesday, October 25, 2013, has been etched in the history books of Egypt as one of the nation’s dark days in football. It was the day that Ghana’s Black Stars soared high above the Pharaohs and inflicted on them, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup qualifier. A rampant Black Stars side eased past Egypt with an emphatic 6-1 victory ...

The Reds boss couldn’t help responding as the war of words continues ahead of their huge Premier League clash on Sunday Jurgen Klopp has ironically promised “not to mention tactical fouls” in response to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s recent comments regarding Liverpool‘s Sadio Mane. Guardiola ramped up tensions between the two teams ahead of Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash by accusing Mane of going to ground ...

The Ghanaian forward has shared his thoughts on racism in the beautiful game Kevin-Prince Boateng has taken to social media to express his feelings, writing “Nothing has changed” in the fight against racism. He made these remarks in the wake of the racial abuse towards Mario Balotelli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona and Brescia on Sunday. The Italian forward was ...

The Premier League have appointed Michael Oliver as referee for Liverpool’s title clash with Man City, after more high-profile incidents over the weekend. Despite the introduction of VAR intending to aid referees and end post-match debate over big decisions such as offsides and penalties, the opposite has occurred so far. There were a number of questionable calls both from on-field officials and those ...

The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku and some members of the Executive Council were at the Kotoka International Airport to see off the national Under 23 team, the Black Meteors for the African Under 23 Championship in Egypt. The President was accompanied by Messrs Randy Abbey, Kingsley Osei Bonsu and Samuel Anim Addo, and in a brief ...

Ashleigh Barty of Australia tops the end of season women’s tennis rankings released Monday, a day after her triumph in the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China. With 7,851 points, Barty, who has topped the rankings since early September, eclipsed second-placed Karolína Plíšková (5,940 points) by almost 2,000 points. Naomi Osaka (5,497) held on to third place from Simona Halep, who ...

Jose Mourinho has been heavily linked with the Arsenal job in recent days – but how could the side look under him? Unai Emery is reportedly on the brink at Arsenal following a poor start to the season which sees the Gunners six points adrift of top four. After 15 months in the Emirates Stadium hotseat, fans and, ostensibly, board members are ...