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CARDIFF, Wales – Chants of “Cristiano! Cristiano!” rang out from the half of the National Stadium of Wales bleached with white Real Madrid shirts. The Juventus supporting half was eerily quiet and a select few were even breaking the no-smoking rules to calm the nerves. Cristiano Ronaldo had forced them to reach inside their pockets and fumble for lighters. Ronaldo ...

WORLD Boxing Organisation (WBO) welterweight title holder, Obodai Sai, has promised to clinch a world title for Ghana when he mounts the ring on June 16. Obodai will mount the ring at the Bukom Boxing Arena for the WBO middleweight world title eliminator organised by Lions Boxing Promotions. Sai will face off with Namibian Kautondokwa Walter. The Ghanaian boxer has ...

AshantiGold coach Charles Akonnor is delighted with his side’s response to the second round of the season as the Miners look to battle relegation. Ashantigold beat Dwarfs 3-0 in Obuasi as they went three games without defeat in the league and earn 4 points out of 6 in the Premier League. Two goals from the spot by Richard Ocran and ...

Hearts of Oak coach Frank Nuttall has lamented on his charges failure to heed to his tactical instructions in their 5-0 annihilation at WAFA on Sunday. The Phobians were taken to the cleaners by a well-organized WAFA side at the Red Bull Arena in Sogakofe on match day 17 of the Ghana Premier League. A brace from Daniel Lomotey, Majeed ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has excluded three players from his squad ahead of the trip to Kumasi for Sunday’s 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. The Black Stars have spent the past four days in non-residential training in Accra and will travel to Kumasi on Monday to continue with preparations for the game. Coach Appiah named a 30-man ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has excluded three players from his squad ahead of the trip to Kumasi for Sunday’s 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia. Denmark-based goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey has been omitted from the squad after he asked for permission due to a family emergency in Norway. Another Denmark-based player Godsway Donyoh has also been left out as ...

On June 15, Floyd Mayweather will arrive in Ghana in the gentle cunning smile he wears anytime he tears his opponents apart in the ring. With 49 fights without a defeat, 24 of which came through a knockout, the Playboy Mayweather has every right to embark on an “Undisputed Tour” of Africa, his “Motherland” as he puts it. It will ...

Former Ghana midfielder Kofi Ntow Gyan has alleged that the sons of legendary Ghanaian striker Abedi ‘Pele’ Ayew are causing division within the Black Stars. According to Gyan, a similar confusion caused by Abedi Pele and Tony Yeboah over captaincy led to the failure of the Black Stars to win the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana lost the final ...

Former Ghana international Otto Addo has been confirmed as the latest addition to the backroom staff of German club Borussia Monchengladbach. The 41-year-old takes up the new job after leaving the coaching staff of Danish outfit Nordsjaelland last month. “We have a lot of talented players in our squad who have come from the academy and made their first steps ...

The Black Stars opened a non-residential training camp on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium but it is the cars of some of the players that has caught the attention of fans rather than their skills on the pitch. Case in point being, English Premier League siblings Andre Dede Ayew and Jordan Ayew who pulled up together in a customised ...