Author: Clinton Eleto

Asante Kotoko will be hugely rewarded if they secure a win against Kariobangi Sharks on Saturday according to the CEO of the club George Amoako. Kotoko need a win to progress to the group stages of the CAF confederation Cup as a scoring draw or loss will knock them out of the competition. In bid to motivate the players, George Amoaka has promised to reward his team if hey come out victorious. http://www.saharafootball.net/going-finish-kariobangi-sharks-kumasi-george-amoako/ “We have met the playing body and chairman has told them of a special package if they beat Kariobangi Sharks,” Mr. Amoako stated on Oyerepa FM. “What…

Wolves vs Liverpool Clinton’s Predictions: Away to win win 1-3 Selasi’s Predictions: Away to win 1-3 Nana Yaw’s Prediction: Away to win  1-2 Eric’s Prediction: Away to win  1-2 Goals: Over 2.5 Arsenal vs Burnley Clinton’s Prediction: Home to win 2-1 Selasi’s Prediction: Home to win 2-1 Nana Yaw’s Prediction: Home to win 3-0 Eric’s Prediction: Home to win 2-0 Goals: Over 1.5 Bournemouth vs Brighton Clinton’s Predictions: Draw 1-1 Selasi’s Prediction: Home to win 2-0 Nana Yaw’s Prediction: Home to win 2-0 Eric’s Prediction: Home to win 2-1 Goal: Less than 2.5 Chelsea vs Leicester City…

Baba Rahman is likely to return back to Chelsea as German club Schalke 04 are set to terminate his loan deal and send him back to his club. Rahman moved to Schalke last summer in search of playing time but his ambitions were thwarted by series of injuries. http://www.saharafootball.net/16024-2/ According to BILD, Schalke are ready to let Baba Rahman return to Chelsea after the management and the player have decided that the move haven’t worked out so far. Chelsea will likely send Rahman to a second loan spell till the end of the season if Schalke terminates the loan deal.…

Newcastle player Christian Atsu have freed ten prisoners in the Cape Coast Prison Annex by paying their court fines. Reports  are suggesting that he plans on releasing 40 more prisoners before the ending of December 2018. http://www.saharafootball.net/christian-atsu-pays-release-nine-african-prisoners/ In October this year, Atsu prevented a mother and her two daughters from spending three months in prison for taking some leftover corn estimated at GH¢10 which did not belong to them. A court found them guilty and consequently sentenced all three including a lactating mother after they were unable to raise GH¢ 360 slapped on them. He came to the rescue of the…

Ghanaian international Daniel Amartey have signed a new three-and-half year contract with Leicester City, keeping him at the club til 2022. The club used their twitter to announce the new deal. https://twitter.com/LCFC/status/1075790430925656066

The draw for the u-17 AFCON Competition took place on Thursday in Tanzania and the qualified eight teams were divided into two groups. Host Nation Tanzania will battle Nigeria, Angola and Uganda to qualify from Group A. Guinea, Cameroon, Morocco and Senegal will battle to survive Group B. https://twitter.com/CAF_Online/status/1075803699950297090 The competition will run through 14th to 28th of April, and the semi finalist will qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru.

The President of Fenerbahce Ali Koc wants to  make Andre Ayew’s loan deal permanent after praising the Ghanaian for his “leadership and personality”. Andre Ayew is the top goalscorer for Fenerbahce with four goals in 14 Turkish Super Lig appearances. Despite his early struggles at the club, Ali Koc has expressed his intention  of making the season long deal from Swansea a permanent one. ‘We loaned three players and one of them is Ayew, as you know. Before talking about Ayew’s career, I want to talk about his leadership and personality,” Koc said. ”He is a great man to have…

Kenya’s Kariobangi Sharks arrived Ghana on Thursday for the CAF Confederation Cup second-leg against Asante Kotoko on Saturday in Kumasi. http://www.saharafootball.net/going-finish-kariobangi-sharks-kumasi-george-amoako/ The Kenyan club arrive Ghana on Thursday morning and will fly to Kumasi on Asante Kotoko Executive Chairman, Dr. Kwame Kyei’s, Unity Airline. https://twitter.com/AsanteKotoko_SC/status/1075738210024783875 Asante Kotoko and Kariobangi Sharks settled for a 0-0 draw in their first encounter  in Kenya.

Ghana will remain at number 51 position in the overall FIFA rankings and number 6 in Africa as the year comes to an end. The Black Stars have not played since November’s rankings and so remain at 51 globally after gaining 1412 points. The four-time Africa champions also ended the year as the sixth best team on the continent. http://www.saharafootball.net/full-list-2018-caf-awards-mukarama-makes-cut-thomas-partey-axed/ Senegal are still Africa’s topmost team with Tunisia (26) and Morocco (40) in the chasing pack. Belgium maintained first place after gaining 1,727, just a single point ahead of 2018 World Cup winners France. Africa’s Top 10 on December’s FIFA rankings: Senegal (23)…

The former President of the Gambia football federation has been banned by FIFA from all football activities for four years after the governing body found him guilty of corruption charges. “The adjudicatory chamber found Mr Kinteh guilty of having violated art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 21 (Bribery and corruption) of the 2012 edition of the Fifa Code of Ethics,” Fifa said. http://www.saharafootball.net/ghana-qualify-afcon-2019-caf-disqualifies-sierra-leone/ The investigation against Kinteh began on 1 March 2017 and was linked to Fifa’s presidential elections in 2011. He was named in a 2014 investigation report by Fifa’s then-ethics prosecutor Michael Garcia…