Author: Selasi Fiawoyi

Ghana’s Emmanuel Boateng scored the only goal as Rio Ave earned a hard fought victory over Boavista in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. Boateng has now scored  four goals in eight matches since returning to Portugal after moving from the Chinese Super League. READ MORE:World Cup: Richard Ofori reacts to being in Ghana’s provisional squad Boateng has been in a very good shape after his return to Rio Ave, earning them some good points. The Ghanaian striker missed out on the provisional 55 man list coach Otto Addo presented last week. His Ghanaian compatriot Abdul Aziz Yakubu also missed out on…

The Board of Accra Hearts of Oak has appointed club legend, Bernard Dong Bortey, as the Club’s Under-14 youth development coach effective, Wednesday,2nd November, 2022. His appointment forms part of the Club’s restructuring program and renewed focus on youth development. RAED MORE: King Faisal coach Jimmy Cobblah reveals his club’s target for the season The club has stated that, as  part of Dong Bortey’s responsibilities, he will assist Coach Samuel Nii Noi at the Under-18 level while building the foundational modules to revamp the Under-14 team. Both coaches will work closely under head Coach, Slavko Matic. Bortey holds a GFA National…

The Preliminary round matches of the 2022/23 MTN FA Cup competition will continue today Thursday, November 3-10th, 2022. This round of the competition will see some interesting local derbies as participating clubs were grouped into zones for the live draw which was held at the GFA Secretariat on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. READ MORE:Minimum wage for Professional players in Ghana expected to start in the 2023/2024 season The opening match of the round was between Kasalgu Arrow Heads FC vs Kunbung Binbiem FC.  followed by the match between Wa Suntaa vs Biyad 77 Stars FC on Thursday. Below are the…

The GFA has announced a $200,000 two year deal with GOIL as the official fuel partner. The deal was signed at the at the Goil Executive Centre at Cantoments on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. “As official fuel partner, GOiL will provide fuel worth a maximum of 100,000 every year to the GFA as the GFA has also committed to buy fuel worth 100,000 for the two years” President Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku and Vice President Mark Addo were present at the unveiling ceremony. Other distinguished guests included Executive Council Members Nana Sarfo Oduro, Samuel Anim Addo, Vice Chairman of the Black…

The Ghana Football Association is set to inaugurate a “Legends Fund” to support retired football players. The president of the Ghana Football Association revealed during the dinner with the legends that, the FA is planning on setting a fund to support football legends in the country. He said: “The Retired National Football Association of Ghana (RENFAG) and the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) exist to not only think about themselves but to seek and promote the welfare of players who have sacrificed for our dear country”. “Without players, we would not be at the World Cup. Without players the world…

Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus returned to Ajax’s starting lineup to score and assist against Rangers in the Champions league. Mohammed Kudus was the man of the match with a goal and assist in the last match for Ajax in this seasons Champions league. Ajax took the lead in the fourth minutes after Kudus found Steven Berghuis with a lovely ball. Berghuis did no mistake in rolling the ball past Rangers keeper, Alan McGregor. READ MORE:Minimum wage for Professional players in Ghana expected to start in the 2023/2024 season Kudus added the second goal of the match  in the 29th minute with…

The president of the Ghana Football Association, has hinted that, come next season the much awaited minimum wages for pro footballers will commence. He pointed out that, there have many meetings with the Professional Football Association of Ghana ( PFAG) in relation to the issue and how to rollout the policy. President Simeon-Okraku had this to say during the dinner with the Legends event on Saturday; “Beyond the introduction of the standard player contact, we have also been discussing the introduction of minimum wages for professional players in this country” READ MORE:Ghana FA to organize Church service for Black Stars…

Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, Sadat Karim and Thomas Boakye have secured promotion to the Swedish top-flight with Halmstads BK for the 2023 season. Halmstads sealed  their place in the Swedish Allsvenkan on Saturday despite losing  2-0 to AFC Eskilstuna. The team has a Ghanaian trio who have been very consistent this season. Ofosu-Ayeh, Karim and Boakye all featured for Halmstads BK as they lost at the at the Tunavallen Stadium in Eskilstuna. READ MORE:Afena-Gyan, Kamaldeen and Issahaku can help us – Black Meteors coach Tanko Halmstads will play in the Swedish top-flight come 2023 season . The Ghanaian trio have been vital…

Ghana will play DR Congo in the last round of U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The two legged encounter will determine who qualifies for the 2023 AFCON U23 tournament set to be hosted by Morocco. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Ghana advanced to the final qualifying stage after a 4-1 aggregate victory over Mozambique. READ MORE:GPL Week 4: Hearts, Aduana, Kotoko win, Nsoatreman shock Karela Hearts of Oak striker  and captain of the side, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh scored three penalties in the two legs to help Ghana progress to…

Asante Kotoko beat bitter rivals King Faisal 3-0 in the first Kumasi derby of the season. Asante Kotoko ensured they grabbed all three maximum points from their King Faisal in their match day four encounter in the GPL. Steven Mukwala was unplayable as the Ugandan had a hand in all three goals scored. Kotoko dominated the game from scratch as out-of-form King Faisal struggled to cope throughout the match. https://youtu.be/05Mk5m_IPAo Mukwala had been the center of attraction after missing so many glorious chances this season. READ MORE:Thomas Partey on target as Arsenal thrash Nottingham Forest The Ugandan got his long-awaited…