The Womens League Board (WLB) has announced schedules for the quarter final stage of the 2017 Sanford Womens FA Cup. At a media briefing held at the GFA Secretariat on Wednesday morning, the WLB disclosed that the games which have been slated for this weekend will all be played on Saturday, August 12. As part of its efforts to promote the competition and enhance fans attendance at the matches, the board has fixed some back-to-back games at the same venue. On Saturday at the Carl Reindolf

Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has revealed he turned down down good money from English Championship side Birmingham City. The Ghana international was a prime target of manager Harry Redknapp but he opted to sign for Bursaspor on a season-long loan. Badu is said to have had his head turned by the offer from the Turkish but the former Udinese star says he moved for football reasons. ''I don't think I came to Turkey because of money. I want to play football and I will get it in a competitive

Farouk Aliu Mahama, son of late former Vice President of Ghana Alhaji Aliu Mahama is confident Ghana's current Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will revive the dwindling fortunes of Real Tamale United (RTU) and make it a formidable force in Ghana football again. The Pride of the North, after 33 years in the Ghana Premier League, were relegated in 2013 after failing to win a single league game the whole season and have since struggled to find their way back into Ghana's top flight football.

Ghanaian midfielder Kalif Alhassan has joined Georgian top flight side FC Dila Gori from New York Cosmos, GHANASoccernet.com can confirm. The 27 year old spent seven years in the United States of America playing for Portland Timbers, Minnesota United, Tampa Bay Rowdies and New York Cosmos. The former Liberty Professionals winger is a former Ghana youth international. He is a player of the Mak International Group (MiG) agency, a sports marketing and management company led by the Togolese

Ghanaian striker Caleb Ekuban is thrilled have scored for on debut as Leeds United reached round 2 of Carabao Cup on Wednesday night. Ekuban scored and set up another on his competitive debut at Elland Road when they defeated Port Vale 4-1 on the League Cup competition. Ekuban, who joined Leeds United in the summer from the Albanian top-flight, scored with right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. The 23-year-old scored in the 83 minute of the game to seal

Former Chelsea and Ghana coach Avram Grant has opted out of joining LevskiSofia because of the terms of the financial offer by the Bulgarian giants. The Israeli manager was almost certain of joining the club last week but their offer of a monthly salary of about $30,000 has led to the coach pulling out of the deal. The veteran manager was on the brink of grabbing his twelfth coaching post in the dugout after being locked in talks with Levski owner Spas Rusev. Grant was set to earn a salary

Ghana defender Joseph Owusu Bempah continued his superb start to Serbian SuperLiga with Vojvodina as he scored again in their 2-0 victory over Borac on Wednesday night. Bempah, who was far off his best in his first start for club in their 1-0 home win against Backa over the weekend, was given another opportunity by coachNenad Vani. The former Ghana youth captain did not disappoint this time around against Borac as he opened the scoring in the 26th minute after ghosting the host defense to slot

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has premiered his advertisement for one of the leading start-ups in Indonesia with the former Chelsea ace expected to make speculated $250,000 for his effort for the thriving company Gojek, Ghanasoccernet.com can reveal. The appearance of the former Chelsea and Real Madrid star in the advert is set to catapult Gojek to global prominence thanks to image on the international football stage. Following Essien's heroics for one of the top clubs in Indonesia, Gojek,