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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 ...

The Ghana Football Association has prevailed on all footballers to disregard the claims of the South African Football Association that a recent World Cup qualifier between the Bafana Bafana and the Black Stars of Ghana, was fixed. According to the GFA, the South African Football Association has chosen to spread falsehood to the media rather than project the real picture ...

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has issued a statement on allegations made by the South Africa FA after the Black Stars beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 to advance to the play-offs of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Sunday. South Africa claim they were robbed after they conceded a contentious penalty and have lodged a formal complaint, asking FIFA to investigate what they believe ...

There was a clear pattern of match manipulation during South Africa’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana, according to South African Football Association (Safa) president Danny Jordaan. Ghana beat Bafana Bafana 1-0 on Sunday in the crucial qualifier – a result which saw the Black Stars advance to Africa’s play-offs for the tournament at the expense of the South Africans ...

Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has said Manchester United are committed to delivering success with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the club announced their latest financial results. In a statement issued on Wednesday, United revealed revenues are up by 16% to £126.5 million thanks in part to supporters returning to Old Trafford after the coronavirus pandemic but in pointed comments, Woodward ...

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez will move up to cruiserweight to fight Ilunga Makabu for the WBC title in a bid to become a five-weight world champion. Alvarez’s latest move to cement his legacy as one of the greatest fighters of all time comes less than two weeks after he became the undisputed super-middleweight champion by stopping Caleb Plant in Las Vegas. ...

South Africa remain unconvinced they lost genuinely to Ghana in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Sunday with their defender Rushine De Reuck saying that ‘it felt like the game was rehearsed’. South Africa FA organised a press conference on Wednesday in which De Reuck, who conceded the penalty that helped Ghana win 1-0, spoke emotionally about Bafana Bafana’s defeat. ...

After Manchester City’s first Champions League game of this season, Pep Guardiola expressed his disappointment over the low attendance of City fans at the Etihad Stadium that evening. “I would say the last three games we played here; we scored 16 goals”. Guardiola told BT sport, “So I would like more people to come to the next game on Saturday, ...

Former Accra Hearts of Oak Managing Director Neil Armstrong Mortagbe believes the Ghana Premier League champions will retain their title despite a slow start to the season. The Phobians’ title defence is not going as planned as the Accra giants are winless in their first three league matches. The rainbow club lie 11th on the current league table after three ...