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Ghana’s Black Stars defeated Mauritania 3-1 in an international friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday. The game formed part of the team’s preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. With Both Ghana and Mauritania confirming places at the competition, they needed to test their strength before the tournament. Coach Kwesi Appiah however handed opportunities to some ...

Many Ghanaian-born players who could have worn the jersey to play for the Black Stars are the subject of most people’s football fantasy, as such, this write-up is putting together the first 11 who could have played for Ghana. The parameter of this fantasy team is limited to players currently in the game. This means that the likes of Marcel ...

Portugal Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo left the field with a thigh injury in Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Serbia after half an hour of play yesterday on the same night that all the other big teams won their matches convincingly. Ronaldo’s Juventus play the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal at Ajax on April 10. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, ...

The GFA Normalization Committee Special football tournament has officially been launched and is set to commence this weekend, March 30 and 31. All Premier League Clubs and Division one Clubs with the exception of WA All Stars and New Edubiase have confirmed their participation in the competition. According to organizers, each participating team will receive GHc30, 000.00 with the winner ...

The senior national team of Ghana, Black Stars have been seeded in pot one for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations draw to be held in Cairo on April 12. The Black Stars find themselves a pot which also consist of host Egypt, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Senegal. This means the four-time Champions will not be facing any of ...

Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), producer of Club Beer, has launched the maiden five-a-side amateur football tournament. Dubbed the Club 5 on 5, the tournament is part of the African zone’s football activation, with eight other countries in the ABInBev Africa family aimed at strengthening current friendships and starting new ones. The winning team will represent Ghana in the continental competition ...

Undercover investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw has begun an online petition to get former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi prosecuted. Anas who is alarmed that months after his undercover Number 12 exposé was premiered, no proper action has been taken against Mr. Nyantakyi by the government of Ghana. Nyantakyi who was captured in the Number 12 exposé ...

Ghana’s U-23 side The Black Meteors have arrived safely in Gabon for the return leg of the U-23 AFCON qualifier but not without some scary moments after their flight failed to land in Gabon on arrival. With a contingent of 33, Ghana would have been thrown into a state of national mourning after the Askyy Airline on which the team ...

Zinedine Zidane’s journey to the top of professional football has been a long and arduous one. The Frenchman spent the last five years of his playing career at Real Madrid, winning the Champions League and LaLiga Santander alongside greats such as Ronaldo, Raul and Luis Figo. However, but his first steps into the game weren’t quite as glamorous. “It was ...

ROME (AP) The Italian soccer federation has signed a wide-ranging memorandum with the Chinese government to promote soccer between the two countries. The deal foresees playing the Italian Super Cup or Italian Cup in China within the next three years. The Italian Super Cup – which pits the Serie A champion against the Italian Cup champion – has already been ...