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The media launch for the 2018 African Cup for Clubs Championship has taken place at the Theodosia Okoe Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana where the tournament involving the top clubs on the continent of Africa will vie for honour, from January 20 to 28, 2018. President of the Ghana Hockey Federation (GHF), Richard Akpokavie said it is about time Ghanaian ...

Ghana’s Female U-20 side, Black Princesses will leave for Cameroon today ahead of the first leg of the final qualifier for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup. The team departs for the central African country tonight for the big tie this weekend with a contingent of 18-players and 7- Officials Ghana progressed to play in the penultimate qualifier after edging ...

BARCELONA star Lionel Messi has stopped Sergi Roberto from joining Liverpool, according to reports. Liverpool and Barcelona have already negotiated for one player this month in the form of Philippe Coutinho, who left Anfield for the Nou Camp in a huge £142million transfer deal. However, it appears the two clubs’ off-field rivalry may be set to continue. Spanish publication Diario ...

Former Black Queens player, Mercy Tagoe temporarily takes charge of the Female national team as Didi Dramani is believed to have secured an offer from Danish side Nordsjaelland to become their assistant coach and has therefore resigned according to FA sources. Dramani’s exit as Black Queens head coach comes as a major blow to the team ahead of the African ...

The Ghana Football Association will hold a two-day seminar on February 7-8, 2018 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence (GSCE) in Prampram. Club Owners, Chief Executive Officers, Coaches and Media Officers of respective Premier League, Division One League and National Women’s League clubs are all expected to attend both seminars which will be held from 09:00hrs to 17:00hrs each ...

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is delighted after the Nigeria Football Federation confirmed that a friendly match between the Super Eagles and England’s Three Lions will take place at the Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday, 2 June, 2018. The Nigeria Football Federation announced the friendly in a press release on Wednesday and confirmed that it will serve as the ...

LIVERPOOL have been offered the chance to sign PSG star Lucas Moura from under the noses of Manchester United, according to reports. Liverpool are on the lookout for a new attacker after losing Philippe Coutinho to La Liga giants Barcelona at the weekend. Moura could fit the bill with the Brazil international likely to leave PSG in order to secure ...

Nottingham Forest, who upset Arsenal in the English FA Cup third round, on Monday appointed Spanish coach Aitor Karanka as their new manager. Championship club Forest beat Arsenal 4-2 on Sunday with caretaker manager Gary Brazil in charge following the departure of Mark Warburton last month. Karanka, a former Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao player, was fired by Middlesbrough last ...

ANTONIO CONTE has no regrets over his war of words with Jose Mourinho and insists that the row is purely personal. Chelsea manager Conte, whose side face Arsenal in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge, has traded an increasingly bitter series of insults with Mourinho over the past few days. Conte first responded when Manchester ...

MANCHESTER UNITED have announced the signing of Aliou Traore – but who is he? It was revealed on Tuesday that Traore has penned his first pro contract at the club, a month after officially joining the Academy. Traore is a midfielder who only celebrated his 17th birthday on Monday. He has been training with the Reds since the pre-season trip ...