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A young girl who was fined for invading the pitch to grab Cristiano Ronaldo’s shirt after Portugal’s draw with Republic of Ireland had her €3,000 penalty waived by the country’s football association. Addison Whelan, 11, evaded security at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium in the aftermath of the 0-0 draw in World Cup qualifying on Thursday before making a beeline for Manchester ...

A retired Ghanaian Referee, Wilson Sey has said there is no law in football to overturn the Black Stars 1-0 win over South Africa in Sunday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier. South Africans are unhappy with the performance of Senegalese referee Ndiaye Maguetta after he awarded Ghana a penalty, that was converted by Andre Ayew as the Black Stars reached ...

The South Africa Football Association has revealed their intentions of filing a complaint to FIFA and CAF for a rematch of 1-0 loss to Ghana in Cape Coast on Sunday. The Black Stars won the game by a goal from Captain Andre Ayew in the 33rd minute by a penalty sending Ghana into the play off. According to Chief Executive ...

The Ghana Premier League continued this weekend as all the teams tried their best to glean all three points in week three of the league. Asante Kotoko maintained their hundred percent win record this season after beating Bibiani Goldstars 1-0 at the Dun’s park on Friday. An Isaac Oppong curler ensured that the Porcupines took all three points from the ...

The Black Stars of Ghana have qualified to the next stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers to be staged in Qatar after they won 1-0 against South Africa at the Cape Coast sports stadium. The Stars started the game on a high note as they pressed Bafana Bafana for the ball. In the 6th minute, a Kudus Mohammed free ...

Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a dramatic late winner as Serbia booked their place at next year’s World Cup and condemned Portugal to the play-offs. Hosts Portugal only needed a draw to qualify and looked to have done enough, with Renato Sanches’ opener cancelled out by Dusan Tadic’s equaliser. Mitrovic had started the game on the bench but was sent ...

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has applauded the Black Stars for topping Group G to qualify for the World Cup play-offs following a 1-0 victory over South Africa on Sunday, 14 November 2021. Dr Bawumia descried the victor as hard-fought. Captain of the team Andre Ayew who won his 100th Cap on the day, scored the only goal of the match ...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has made clear its intention to file an official complaint with world football governing body FIFA as well as continental counterpart CAF for a replay of the 1-0 defeat to Ghana in Cape Coast on Sunday, November 14. According to the Chief Executive Officer of SAFA, Tebogo Motlanthe, there were many infractions in the ...

Paris St-Germain women’s midfielder Aminata Diallo has been released without charge by French police investigating an attack on her team-mate Kheira Hamraoui. Diallo had been arrested on Wednesday. Diallo, 26, was driving Hamraoui and another unnamed team-mate home after a team meal in Paris on 4 November when they were ambushed by two masked men. The Versailles prosecutor’s office has ...

Former Black Stars midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has tipped youngster Fatawu Ishahaku as Ghana’s new Abedi Pele. The 17 year old has received praise aplenty for his performances in the Ghana premier league, scoring two goals in two appearances for Dreams FC. With the current CAF U20 best player being called to the Black Stars squad for the double header ...