Turkish Super Lig side Kayerispor will have to find goals from elsewhere against Gztepe on Sunday as they will not have celebrated forward Asamoah Gyan due to a back problem. The 30-year-old picked up a back problem on his debut against Besiktas and has been receiving treatment to recover in time. Gyan returned to Europe for the first time in seven years but will not be rushed back as the season is a very long one. This will be Kayerispors first home game and they will be desperate to start

Ghana international Ebenezer Ofori sat on the bench as Stuttgart struggled and fell to a 2-0 defeat against Hertha Berlin in their first Bundesliga match of the season on Saturday. Ofori was surprisingly omitted from the starting team and never had a look in despite the team struggling to get any creativity in the middle of the pitch. He joined the club last January and was a revelation, going on to help the team to gain promotion to the top tier. Ofori played in every pre-season game after

Goalkeeper Razak Brimah was on the Mamelodi Sundowns bench on Saturday when they opened their PSL campaign with a 2-0 win over SuperSport United. The Ghana international warmed the bench as coach Pitso Mosimane preferred to start experienced ace Denis Onyango. His International Transfer Certificate from the Spanish FA was received late by which time, Mosimane had settled on his team for the league match. Brimah signed for the Brazilians last month on a free transfer after leaving Spanish

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey sat out Atletico Madrid's Spanish La Liga opener on Saturday against Girona due to suspension. Partey accumulated cards during last season and will have to serve the ban in the new campaign. The 24-year-old was key for coach Diego Simeone during pre-season and was tipped for a starting role when the season got underway. In his absence Atltico showed class, courage and heart to draw 2-2 with with 10 men following Antoine Greizmann's sending off. Correa

Columbus Crew defender Harrison Afful will serve a one-match suspension after his sending off against Orlando City in the MLS on Saturday. The right back received a straight red card in the 77th minute for violent conduct. Crew have confirmed that the Ghana international will not be available for their midweek home match against LA Galaxy. Afful was making his 17th league appearance for the Blood and Gold this season....

Ghana youth midfielder Godfred Donsah has been named in Bologna's squad to face Torino, a club has been linked with this transfer window. Donsah was left out of their Coppa Italia defeat last week and that fueled speculations he was set to be sold. But coach Roberto Donadoni has included the 20-year-old in his 23-man squad to Turin. Bologna squad Goalkeepers: Mirante, Ravaglia, Santurro. Defenders: De Maio, Gastaldello, Gonzalez, Helander, Krafth, Maietta, Masina, Mbaye, Torosidis.

Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp insists Afriyie Acquah is still top on their wishlist despite there not being any developments on the move. The Championship side are bent on signing the Ghana midfielder from Serie A side Torino. Reports of an 8m bid from Birmingham for Acquah but talks have slowed. Birmingham's move to land Nigeria international Ogneyi Onazi suggested Acquah was no longer needed. But Redknapp has made it clear his club were ''always'' pursuing

Former Asante Kotoko coach and now head coach of the Ghanas senior female national team the Black Queens, Mas-ud Didi Dramani has tipped the Northern Region to emerge as the winners of the ongoing soccer competition in the Inter Regional SHS Sports Festival in Cape Coast. According to him, the competition is still opened for any team to emerge victorious but the performance of the team from the north places them in a good position to lift the trophy. Maybe someone might think I am a Northerner

Former Ghana U20 defender Lalas Abubakarscored his first Major League Soccer League goal to help Columbus Crew earn a 1-1 draw with Orlando City on Saturday. The centre back invaded the Orlando City penalty box and wedge himself between two defenders before heading home for the opener in the 35th minute. Abubakar signed this season as a draft pick has come on in leaps and bounce for the Crew. It was also his first league goal for the Black and Gold. Watch the extended highlights of Columbus

Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang Badu says he is overly proud of himself and excited for opening his scoring account for Super Lig side Bursaspor in his maiden league game. The Black Stars midfielder netted his maiden goal for the Green Crocodiles in their 3-2 win over Alanyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig at the Timsah Arenaon Saturday evening. Badu, who joined the Green Crocodileson loan from Italian club Udinese two weeks ago, lasted the entire duration of the game as he powered his side

Ghanaian striker Eric Ocansey ensured his Belgian top-flight side Eupen secured victory on Saturday night by scoring winning goal. The 19-year-old curled in a sublime effort from inside the box to restored Eupen's lead as they piped KV Oostende 2-1 at home. It was Ocansey's first goal of the season in his fourth appearance. Senegalese MBaye Leye opened the scoring for Eupen but the visitors levelled through Michiel Jonckheere in the 37th minute.   Eric Ocansey Goal - Eupen

Ghana striker David Accam insists Chicago Fire are still good enough to make the MLS playoffs despite Saturday's 3-1 home defeat to Toronto FC. Accam was on target- his 13th league goal of the season- but that could not save the Fire from suffering their first home defeat in 2017. The 26-year-old said in his post-match speech: ''For us from the beginning our goal is to make the playoffs. We stay in a good position. We have good players and we just need to be mentally stronger and

David Accam's 13th league goal of the season was not enough to prevent Chicago Fire from tasting their first home defeat this term. His 54th minute goal cancelled out the match opener from Toronto FC courtesy Marky Delgado. 'Dax McCarty laid a pass off to Bastian Schweinsteiger near the top of the box. The German midfielder blasted his shot off the post, and the ricochet deflected off of Accam into the net. Hasler headed in the game-winner from a Victor Vazquez cross in the 63rd

Striker Eric Ocansey scored the match winner for Eupen in their 2-1 win over KV Oostende on Saturday in the Belgian Jupiler League. The 19-year-old sneaked in the Oostende defence and curled the ball past goalkeeper Proto to give Eupen the lead in the 59th minute. Ocansey was making his fourth appearance for the club this season. He is in his fourth season at the club and could surpass his personal best of four league goal a season-which was achieved last term....

Defender Lalas Abubakar scored his first Major League Soccer League goal to help Columbus Crew earn a 1-1 draw with Orlando City on Saturday. The centre back invaded the Orlando City penalty box and wedge himself between two defenders before heading home for the opener in the 35th minute. Abubakar signed this season as a draft pick has come on in leaps and bounce for the Crew. His partnership with experienced defender Jonathan Mensah is paying some dividends. But Orlando City equalized

Defender Harrison Afful received a straight red in Columbus Crew's 1-1 draw at Orlando City FC in Major League Soccer on Saturday. The Ghana international right back was sent off on the 77th minute mark for violent conduct. Afful, 31, was playing his second match after a recent injury. He was making his 17th league appearance for the Blood and Gold....

Ghana Premier League League giants Hearts of Oak paid a visit to Hyundai Motors & Investment Ghana Limited as part of the clubs Corporate Visitation Tours. Commercial Affairs Manager Kwaku Sakyi-Quashie together with Administrative Manager Hackman Aidoo, Communication Manager Kwame Opare Addo, Planning Controller Alexander Blom, and Board member Alhaji Brimah Akanbi Moro, and star players Robin Gnagne, Kwame Kizito and Leonard Tawiah, were at Hyundai Motors to form a relationship with the