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WAFA Coach Klaavs Rasmussen and Chelsea player Stephen Sarfo have been named by the Premier League Board as NASCO coach and player of the month for April respectively. Coach Rasmussen sweeps the NASCO coach of the month award ahead of his contenders following a remarkable run in April, in which he led WAFA to win all their five matches. The ...

The setting is that of defensive masters against attacking maestros. For the second successive occasion, Juventus defensive masters come up against one of Europe’s attacking sides, AS Monaco, Wednesday evening. The Italian side have conceded goals just twice in 10 games in this season’s European campaign. It is to be found out if Juventus will be able to overcome Monaco ...

The family of late Ghanaian coach, Herbert Addo have declined an offer from the sports ministry and the Ghana Football Association to hold a state funeral for the record Ghana Premier League winner. Herbert Addo who won the Ghana Premier League on five occasions with four different clubs – and he remains the only coach to have achieved that feat ...

Former president John Dramani Mahama has tweeted in solidarity with Ghanaian player Sulley Muntari for walking off the pitch during Cagliari – Pescara match due to racist taunts on Sunday. Muntari, who plays for struggling Serie A side Pescara, said he heard the chants throughout the match at Cagliari’s Stadio Sant’Elia and asked referee Daniele Minelli to stop the game. ...

Blessing Okagbare says she is set to compete at the International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League which begins on May 5 in Doha. Okagbare is a World Championships silver medallist and is ranked 18th in the world in 200m. IAAF said on its website on Wednesday that Okagbare would be competing alongside seven other top 200m sprinters. According to ...

A striker of infamous Portuguese side Canelas has been banned for four years after kneeing a referee in the face. Footage emerged last month of Marco Goncalves physically assaulting an official in their match against Rio Tinto before being escorted off the field by police. Canelas are top of the Portuguese fourth tier this season, although the majority of their ...

Stephen Leroy Appiah has been named by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the Team Manager for the Black Stars. The former Ghanaian international player for the first time will be serving as a technical member of the team after retiring from football. The former Juventus star made history after becoming the first captain to qualify the Black Stars to ...

Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez does not want to be drawn into speculation regarding winger Christian Atsu. The 25-year-old is nearing the expiration of his one-year loan deal at the club. The Ghana international is expected to revert to parent club Chelsea at the end of the season. The Toons have the option to sign the talented Ghanaian on a permanent ...

Former 2-time IBF Bantamweight champion of the world, Joseph King Kong Agbeko (31-5, 23 KOs) makes a return to the ring again next month when he takes on experienced Kenyan slugger, Nick Otieno (31-11, 13 KOs) at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra as part of Ghana’s 60th independence anniversary celebrations. On a bill dubbed ‘Legacy Boxing Night’ put together ...

Black Stars Coach James Kwesi Appiah says there is has never been any frosty relationship between him and Abedi Pele. The two players endured a torrid time off and on the pitch during their days in the Senior National team over captaincy issues. It would be recalled that handlers of the Black Stars took the armband from Kwesi Appiah and ...