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Ghana Premier League holders, Medeama SC have bolsted their squad with the acquisition of Diawisie Taylor in the ongoing transfer window. Taylor will arrive in Tarkwa today, Monday, January 8, 2024, for his medicals and pen down a two-year deal with the mining-based club. READ MORE: Bibiani Goldstars’ striker Prince Owusu Kwabena acknowledges an upcoming move to Asante Kotoko. The 24-year gained prominence in the Ghana Premier League where he earned the goal king award after plundering 18 goals in the 20220/21 season. Medeama SC has been unable to score a load of goals in the ongoing season, scoring, 12…

A Peter Aminu goal was enough to send Kotoko riding high into the sunset with a win over GoldStars from Bibiani at Duns Park. Nania FC was unperturbed as they once again slew the Ghana Premier League side. Great Olympics, 5-4 on penalties after beating Hearts of Oak the last time out in the Round of 64. Elsewhere, RTU fell to Wa Power as Bechem United proved too strong, PAC Academy. A goal each from Godfred Atuahene and Abdul Azizi helped, Dawu-based Dreams FC avenge their midweek loss to Hearts of Lions. ROUND OF 32 Kasalgu 1-5 Karela Utd Berekum…

A host of BlackStars players have arrived in Kumasi to commence their camping ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.  There were initial plans for the team to pitch camp in Johannesburg, South Africa but upon agitations from the public, the decision was reversed to Kumasi, Ghana.  READ MORE: GFA President, Kurt Okraku rallies for support for BlackStars ahead of AFCON tournament Coach Chris Haughton initially released a provisional 55-man squad list and whittled it down to a 27-man squad list on Monday, 1, January 2023.  WATCH VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LSplXe_pvs A host of players have arrived in the country…

The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku, has called on the teeming fans of the country to give the senior male national team unwavering support ahead of their participation in this year’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Mr. Okraku made this passionate plea to football-loving fans of the BlackStars before head coach, Chris Hughton’s press announcement of his 27-man squad for the tournament.  READ MORE: Asante Kotoko coach Prosper Ogum expresses delight in Richmond Lamptey’s AFCON call-up  “My plea to all of us is that once the squad is announced, the entire nation must get behind the squad,”…

Ghana defender Baba Rahman recused himself from the Black Stars ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. According to the informed Greek-based defender, his withdrawal from the squad is factually based on football reasons and has nothing to do with the incessant boos he suffered from the fans whiles playing for the BlackStars back in September. READ MORE: AFCON 2023: Ayew, Kudus, Lamptey make final list as Partey, Baba Rahman, Issahaku miss out He posted on his official Twitter handle that past injury struggles were consistent with the  Rahman tweeted, “Playing for my country will always…

Ghana coach Chris Hughton announced his final 27-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The final list saw players such as captain, Andre Ayew Mohammed Kudus, Inaki Williams, Daniel Amartey, Richard Ofori, and Mohammed Salisu. READ MORE: GPL Week Seventeen Review: Hearts, Kotoko, Aduana Stars win as Medeama draw Deputy captain of the BlackStars deputy Thomas Partey was left out of the final list after he recently resumed training last month and won’t fit enough for the start of the tournament.   https://twitter.com/GhanaBlackstars/status/1741786449047921039 Surprisingly, high-flying Greek defender Baba Rahman and Leicester City swift winger Fatawu Issahaku…

Kpando Hearts of Lions bagged their first win in fifteen games at the expense of Berekum Chelsea at the Hohoe Sports Stadium. A last-gasp Martin Karikari goal was enough to spur Hearts of Oak’s blushes against, Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. READ MORE : Nations FC announces the signing of midfielder Abdul Karim Two goals from Ugandan hotshot, Steve Mukwala were enough to salvage a win for Kotoko at the expense of, Bofoakwa Tano at the Sunyani Coronation Park. READ MORE: Hibernian announces Joseph Wollacott’s selection in the final Black Stars squad. Elsewhere, Nations FC continued their…

Hearts of Lions defender, Sakabutu Dickson has attributed the team’s first win of the campaign over Berekum Chelsea at the Hohoe Sports Stadium to sheer determination.  The newly promoted side had endured a rather torrid campaign after gaining promotion to the top-flight league which has seen them at the bottom of the league log with a paltry 11 points from 15 games.  READ MORE: Match Report: Martin Karikari penalty inspires Hearts of Oak to victory over Bechem United According to hard-tackling defender, Sakabutu Dickson, they were determined to win today’s game and change their status on the league log.  Speaking…

Hearts of Oak needed a last-minute goal from Martin Karikari to pick their first win in six games against Bechem United in a feisty encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday.  The Phobians were looking to break a trend of bad results in the league which had seen them winless in six games.  Coach Abdul Rahim Bashiru was quick to effect some changes to his lineup, Richard Attah was handed a starting berth in the post, and Kofi Agbesimah partnered Thomas Wimini in defense flanked by Michael Ampadu and Dennis Korsah on the right and full-back positions. …

The Ghana Football Association has announced that BlackStars coach Chris Hughton will make public his squad expected to play in the upcoming AFCON 2023 slated for Ivory Coast on Monday, January 1, 2024. The media event will take place at the Alisa Hotel at 11 am. Haughton initially put out a 55-man squad list in the squad which he is said to trim down to a final 27-man squad before camping starts on Januey.2,2023 in Kumasi, Ghana.  READ MORE: Match Preview & Predictions – Hearts of Oak vs Bechem United The BlackStars were billed to travel to South Africa for…