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FIFA have revealed their shortlisted candidates for The Best FIFA Football Awards, with the winner to be announced on January 17. The players and coaches were selected by expert panels from women’s and men’s football which included Eniola Aluko, Emma Byrne and Marta Tejedor, as well as Tim Cahill, David Trezeguet and Alexi Lalas. Public voting is to be cast ...

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is set to kick start the first of many FIFA Beach Soccer courses, workshops and certification clinics specifically designed for coaches, officials, referees and related beach soccer officers. These courses which are being spearhead under the directions of the Ghana FA, would greatly boost and enhance the knowledge of Beach Soccer stakeholders in Ghana. Beyond capacity building, ...

Mauricio Pochettino is open to becoming Manchester United manager and it is not out of the question they could get the Paris St-Germain boss now. The Argentine is held in high regard at Old Trafford but there was a feeling it might be difficult to prise him away from PSG mid-season. United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Sunday and said ...

Genoa’s winless run in the Serie A hit double figures, as Ghana’s Felix Afena-Gyan’s late brace secured AS Roma a 2-0 victory at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris. After dominating the first half, Roma continued from where they left off in the second half but still failed to find the back of the net as Genoa’s defence proved to be resilient. ...

The Ghana Premier League continued this weekend with another win for high flying Asante Kotoko in whiles defending had the woes deepened with a defeat in Obuasi against AshantiGold in week four of the league. Berekum Chelsea recorded their first victory this season after a goal form Atta Agyei defeated King Faisal by 1-0 in the match-week four opener at ...

First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo says Hasaacas Ladies FC have promised her the team will be returning to Ghana with CAF Women’s Champions League trophy. The team will be playing Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa later today, Friday, 19 November 2021 in the finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League ongoing in Egypt. The South Africans have not conceded ...

The Ghana Boxing Authority has sent a goodwill message to Ghanaian boxer, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe ahead of his bout with Puerto-Rican boxer, Christopher Diaz. The Authority in a statement signed by the Secretary-General, Patrick Johnson expressed their heartfelt best wishes to the current NABF title holder. “The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) wishes Isaac ‘the Royal Storm Dogboe’ who is ...

Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane is reportedly ‘warming’ to the Manchester United job – and it could see him reunite with Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under immense pressure after suffering an embarrassing defeat by local rivals City earlier this month. That 2-0 loss to Pep Guardiola’s side came just two weeks after Liverpool humiliated the ...

The Ghana Football Association has exposed the South African Football Association over claims of traveling 9 hours from Accra to Cape Coast for the 2022 World Cup final qualifying match against the four-time African champions. SAFA made the bizarre claim of traveling close to 10 hours from the capital Accra to Cape Coast after missing out on the African play-offs. ...

Ghanaian football administrator Jonathan Abe Pobee says he disagrees with calls from the South African Football Association for a replay of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier with the Black Stars. The South Africans have questioned the decisions of Senegalese referee Ndiaye Maguetta in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. The result sealed Ghana’s progression to the ...