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Ghana winger Yaw Yeboah says he draws inspiration from football stars Lionel Messi and Neymar after his stunning solo goal in the Polish top-flight league. The former Manchester City man’s goal helped his side Wisła Kraków beat Gornik Leczna 3-1 on Saturday to move up to fourth on the league table. In the matchday 5 fixture, the Ghana U23 captain ...

Premier League sides are among leading European clubs set to prevent players from going to red-list countries for September’s international break. Unless quarantine exemptions are made, players would be forced to miss several domestic league matches because of the 10-day isolation period required on return to the UK. The Football Association and Premier League are in talks with the Department ...

Coach Kobina Amissah is the new coach of Division One League club Samatex two weeks after he left Bibiani GoldStars. In a shocking decision, Amissah quit GoldStars just three weeks after guiding the club to secure Ghana Premier League promotion for the first time. Amissah said that he was tired and needed a break from the game to enable him ...

President of Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Kwabena Yeboah has urged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to include Asamoah Gyan in Ghana’s team for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The seasoned football commentator acknowledges Gyan, who plays his in Ghana for Legon Cities, is not in great form but believes his presence can inspire the ...

Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson has signed a new deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2026. The 27-year-old Scotland captain joined the Reds from Hull in July 2017 for an initial fee of £8m and has made 177 appearances for the Anfield club. Robertson follows Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk in extending his ...

Ghana coach, Charles Kwablah Akonnor, has expressed strong belief in his squad ahead of next year’s African Cup of Nations (AFCON) scheduled for Cameroun. He is as a result calling on the entire nation to remain positive ahead of the biennial competition which has eluded the Black Stars for close to 40 years; winning their last in 1982 when Libya ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has told Juventus he is staying at the club this season, manager Massimiliano Allegri told a news conference on Saturday. Earlier this week, Ronaldo lashed out over the transfer rumours regarding his future, accusing people of being “disrespectful” yet stopping short of committing his future to the Serie A giants. But ahead of Sunday’s season opener against Udinese, ...

Gemini Life Insurance Company Limited (GLICO) Group has pledged to increase the GH¢150,000 insurance package it promised the triumphant Hasaacas Ladies. Hasaacas Ladies returned from the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B tournament as the overall winners. Consequently, the team presented the trophy to the insurance giants (GLICO) at their head office at Adabraka in Accra, last Thursday. The ...

Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has charged communicators of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to go all out to sell the laudable achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration. In a one-on-one interview with Nana Yaw Okoapa on Osimpam 95.5 FM in Winneba, the Effutu Member of Parliament stated that the party has done more than enough and for that ...

Hearts of Oak Board Chairman Togbe Afede XIV has reportedly rewarded members of the playing body with $5,000 (30, 000) each for their successful 2020/21 campaign. Togbe who became the majority shareholder in 2011 can finally boast of winning trophies with the Ghanaian giants as they captured the Ghana Premier League and MTN FA Cup. And according to local media ...