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The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association has terminated the appointment of Black Stars Coach Charles Akonnor and his two Assistants with immediate effect. This follows the receipt of the Technical Report from the Head Coach of the Senior National Team and the report from the Black Stars Management Committee following Ghana’s Group G World Cup qualifying matches against ...

Champions Hearts of Oak lost to newly-promoted Ghana Premier League side Accra Lions in a friendly ahead of their CAF Champions League campaign. The Phobians were beaten 3-2 in the exciting match played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, a week before they play Guinean side CI Kamsar. Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, who was named in Ghana’s squad for recent ...

Ghana captain Andre Ayew Sunday made his competitive debut for Qatari top-flight club Al Sadd. Ayew played in Al Sadd’s season opener against A-Sailiya which ended 2-0 at the Al-Gharafah Stadium in Doha. Ayew partnered Algerian Africa Cup of Nations winner Baghdad Bounedjah in a two-man attack, and despite not scoring head coach Xavi Hernandez was pleased with him. Winger ...

Hopes are high that this year’s inaugural African Women’s Champions League can raise the standard of the game in Africa to unprecedented levels, both on the continent and more globally. The line-up for the maiden finals was decided after Malabo King of Equatorial Guinea clinched the last place. Malabo King beat Amani FCF 1-0 in DR Congo to secure a ...

Kotoko have announced midfielder Richmond Lamptey as their first signing ahead of the 2021/22 season. Lamptey has joined the Porcupine Warriors on a three-year deal from relegated Inter Allies. Last season, Lamptey started 30 games for Inter Allies and scored three goals including his long-range stunner against champions Hearts of Oak, and provided three assists. The 24-year-old also picked up ...

Head of communications for the Ghana Football Association, Henry Asante Twum has admitted the Football Association and coach CK Akonnor are aware of the need to turn things around in the world Cup qualifiers for the Black Stars. Ghana won by a lone goal in a unimpressive game against Ethiopia and lost to South Africa in the opening fixtures in ...

Lewis Hamilton has said Formula 1’s ‘halo’ safety device saved his life in his crash at the Italian Grand Prix. The 36-year-old seven-time world champion was hit by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with the Dutchman’s car driving over Hamilton’s Mercedes. The ‘halo’, a curved, reinforced bar in front of the driver’s head, protected Hamilton from a more severe impact. “I ...

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev won his first Grand Slam title by shattering Novak Djokovic’s hopes of completing a calendar sweep of the majors in a one-sided US Open final. Second seed Medvedev, 25, lost his two previous Grand Slam finals but was composed throughout a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win World number one Djokovic had already won the Australian Open, French Open ...

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has called on fit-again midfielder Thomas Partey to be the ‘boss’ in the team’s midfield as they look to recover from a disastrous start to the season. Partey has yet to feature this campaign after injuring his ankle in a pre-season friendly defeat to Chelsea but has been passed fit ahead of Arsenal’s Premier League encounter ...

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo is capable of playing until he is 40 as he has adapted his playing style to extend his career, former captain Wayne Rooney said. Ronaldo, 36, spent six seasons at Old Trafford between 2003 and 2009, winning eight major trophies, and rejoined United from Juventus last month on a two-year contract. “The last time he ...