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Unfortunate news reaching Ghanasoccernet.com is that popular Hearts of Oak supporter Paa Kofi Sumsum is dead. Sumsum is said to have died yesterday afternoon as he was unable to recover from a brief illness. This comes less than 24 hours after Hearts of Oak booked their place in the MTN FA Cup final with an impressive 3-0 victory over Medeama. ...

Forty-three players have been invited, as the Black Stars ‘B’ team commence camping ahead of their upcoming assignments. The invited players are expected to report to the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram on Wednesday, 4 August 2021. Below are the invited players: Goal Keepers Richard Attah, Razak Abalora, Danlard Ibrahim, Stephen Kweku, Richard Baidoo Right Back Fatawu Mohammed, ...

Real Tamale United have officially been crowned champions of the just-ended Division One League in Zone One after skipping past Bofoakwa Tano for the title. The Pride of the North engaged town folks Steadfast FC in their coronation game which ended 1-1 in an entertaining fashion. The Blue and Whites finished on top of the Zone One table with 65 ...

Former Ghana international defender and Asante Kotoko legend Godfred Yeboah, popularly known as TV3, has died. Yeboah played for Asante Kotoko for nine seasons and left the club in 2008 to Wa All Stars after winning the 2007/08 Ghana Premier League trophy with Kotoko. The 41-year-old is said to have been unwell for some time now and was taken to ...

Samuel Takyi has won a boxing bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Ghana’s first podium finish in 29 years, but his incredible Olympic journey came to an end in the semi-final at the hands of the USA’s Duke Ragan. “The Golden Ring Warrior” up against a more experienced boxer in 23-year-old Ragan, Takyi once again left it all in ...

Ghana’s Hasaacas Ladies have secured qualification to the maiden edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League after reaching the final of the WAFU Zone B Championship on Monday. The Dooo Ladies posted a 2-0 win over Burkina Faso’s USFA in the semi-final clash in Abidjan. Veronica Appiah steered Yussif Basigi’s ladies ahead in the first-half before attacker Doris Boaduwaa sealed ...

Coach Samuel Boadu of Accra Hearts of Oak, after the victory over his former club Medeama has described the game as a normal game and has confessed the final will be a very difficult game. The Rainbow Club inflicted a convincing 3-0 triumph over Medeama SC to advance to the final of the MTN FA Cup. Benjamin Afutu opened the ...

Heart of Oak forward Daniel Afriyie Barnieh visited his boyhood club Madina Republicans on Monday. The in-form forward was at Republicans training grounds on Monday to present a jersey and some cash to the club that nurtured him. Chairman of Madina Republicans Haruna Mohammed thanked the player from remembering his roots. “Do you know the feeling a parent has when ...

The President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has met with the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Isaac Ken Yeboah and other top Police Officials on Monday, July 26, 2021. The meeting was to officially inform the Police about the alleged match-fixing and betting that hit the Ghana Premier ...

Asante Kotoko head coach Mariano Barreto, wants investigations launched into their final Ghana Premier League game of the season against Elmina Sharks. The Portuguese gaffer who was not on the bench for the Porcupine Warriors last game of the season due to a suspension failed to speak to the specific issues but was visibly incensed. Kotoko lost by a lone ...