Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Dreams FC have become somewhat of a top 6 contention club in the last few years since they gained promotion into the top-flight league. A lot of plaudits have to be credited to the board, management on how they have laid good foundations for these successes to be chalked, this season, they are at it again.  They face off with, record holders of the league, Kotoko one of their boggy sides, matches between the pair have mostly titled in favor of the away side. Last season, the reds edged, the ‘’Still Believe’’ side in both legs of the league. The…

A season past, the Ghana Premier League 2020/21 received loads of traction, a new season is on the cards again with clubs looking to get one over each other, fans hoping to get on the end of the bragging rights, we at Saharafootball.net got in on the action.  Selassie Fiawoyi [Hearts of Oak will be the team to beat this season, I look at their stats from last season and I think they can build on that momentum considering they have all their squad intact having added others to rank as well. Kotoko are a real force to reckon with…

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe has encouraged Ghana to put in a bid to host the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The CAF President toured Ghana on a two-day visit last week and was among the guest speakers at the Youth Connekt Summit held in Accra. During his visit to the country, he visited Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, during the discussions he opined that he will be happy if Ghana hosted the AFCON once again since it had loads of benefits the country could derive from t hosting.  “I will like to see Ghana…

The 2021/2022 League season will be officially launched on Tuesday October 26 at the GFA Secretariat in Accra.  The event will be held at the GFA Conference room at 11 am. Tuesday’s launch will usher in the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season which will kick off on Friday, October 29 as well as other competitions organized by the GFA including the MTN FA Cup, DOL, Womens League, Women’s FA Cup etc. Source: ghanafa.org

Egyptian Premier League side Future FC have added Ghanaian forward, Diawisie Taylor to their ranks ahead of the new season.  The predatory striker inked his signature to a three-year deal for the newly-promoted outfit in Egypt just this week.  The 21-year old has long been courted by clubs on the African continent particularly from the North African region. But information gathered by Saharafootball.net indicated that the bids for the player didn’t meet the valuation by the player’s representatives hence the reason why most of the deals fell through.  The forward was a consistent performer for his Ainyinase-Nzema based club scoring…

Moroccan club Wydad Athletic Club will not have their fans backing them when they engage Accra-based Hearts of Oak in the second leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League at the Mohamed V Stadium. The 2017 African Champions League winners suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium and are eager to overturn that deficit. But fresh reports emanating from CAF indicate that they are to play the match behind closed doors due to a spike in number from COVID-19 in the country in the last few months. …

Ghana Premier League club Eleven Wonders have appointed Yaw Acheampong as their new head coach ahead of the new season. The coaching role of the Techiman-based club became vacant following Ignatius Osei Fosu move to Medeama SC. Interesting, Yaw Acheampong co-managed Medeama SC together with Yaw Preko the club Ignatius Osei Fosu has since taken up to manage for the new campaign. Read More: Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh explains how he selected his new Captains Acheampong is well travelled in the league, he has had the opportunity of managing clubs like AshGold, Tema Youth, Elmina Sharks and Medeama SC.  During…

The Senior National team, Blackstars did the needful by dispatching the Warriors of Zimbabwe in Harare this afternoon to keep their World Cup hopes alive.  I had the opportunity of watching the match as such I penned a few observations that would need looking into if this team so desires to qualify after missing out on Russia 2018. To start with, the current Blackstars is blessed with many talents from all walks of life. The good thing is that any of the bunch could have a fair shot at playing time with Milo in charge being noted for giving young…

Former Hearts of Oak enforcer Benjamin Afutu Kotey has secured his long protracted move to Egyptian club Eastern Company Sporting Club. The energetic player signed a three-year deal with his new club after a series of meetings with his representatives of which he is set to pocket an amount of $80,000 after penning down his signature to the new contract. The 25-year-old played hide and seek with his former club Hearts of Oak who were eager to tie him down as they prepared to compete in Africa. Benjamin Afutu was part of the squad that completed the double in the…

Ghana Blackstars engaged Zimbabwe in the first of two matches at the Cape Coast Sports and a return leg back in Harare, Zimbabwe in the ongoing World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign. I want to start from the backline, Wallocot making his first bow in the post didn’t disappoint when called upon. J.Mensah and Djiku(bar his silly tackle which led to the equalizer) solidified the base of the defence while the full-backs Amartey(caught napping on a few occasions) and Baba Rahman with an assist to Ghana’s third through Ayew was relentless with surging runs and defended resolutely.  In the heart of…