Thomas Partey is undoubtedly the most in-form Ghanaian player in Europe this season and the attacking midfielder has credited Atleti manager Diego Simeones patience as the catalyst that has shot him into his explosive form. Partey, 24, has been in an incredible form for both club and country, scoring four goals in the last three competitive matches for Ghana - a feat that has earned him a nomination into the Africa footballer of the year. The stupendous midfielder has already made seven La

Becoming a star and maintaining a consistent high performance at the top level places a lot of responsibilities on players and Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey admits a lot is expected of him from both club and country. The hardworking Ghana star whose form is skyrocketing at an astronomic speed has started feeling the heat of stardom revealing his knowledge of the pressure and how he sweeps it under the carpet. The 24-year-old has acknowledged that his prominent role with the Spanish heavyweights

Accra Hearts of Oak beat Zambian side Mighty Mufulira Wanderers 3-0, in a game that came to be christened, The Miracle of El-Wak at the El-Wak Stadium on 6thNovember, 1977 to seal the clubs maiden appearance in the finals of the Africa Club Champions Cup. Anas Seidu and Peter Lamptey scored in the 59thand 79thminute respectively to set up a nerve-wrecking finish before Seidu again grabbed the golden goal with barely two minutes to fulltime to send the El-Wak Stadium crowd into high-pitch delirium.

While the 1-1 draw with Qarabag was very disappointing and potentially disastrous toAtletico Madrid's Champions League campaign, it did nonetheless show that Thomas Partey can always be relied upon. Partey is the only player who has scored in all competitions for the club this term; he netted against Las Palmas in LaLiga, Elche in the Copa del Rey and now the Azerbaijani side in Europe. Few could have envisaged it at the beginning of the year, especially with rivals like Pierre-Emerick

Atletico Madrid midfielder, Thomas Partey believes his side can still qualify for the knockout stage of the UCL. The Ghana international scored the goal that helped Atletico Madrid claim a 1-1 draw against Qarabag. The Rojiblancos currently sit third on the table in their group and have a slim chance of qualifying, but Partey believes it possible. We lacked a bit of luck to score the second goal. We played a great game and now we cannot lower our arms, Partey said. We created many occasions.

Atletico Madrid began 2017-18 boasting of how they had overtaken giants Bayern Munich and Barcelona to move into second place in the UEFA rankings for club competitions. However the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finalists now find themselves almost out of the competition already following Wednesday's 1-1 home draw against rank outsiders Qarabag. The most obvious problem for Atletico in four Group C games so far has been missed chances. They dominated when drawing 0-0 in game week one

The climate has changed radically for the better, with the administration "winning" some time in paying the money that corresponds to them. The case of Michael Essen and Totece is on course for Panathinaikos, following the recent communication of the "greens" with the legal representative of the two former "clover" footballers. The climate has changed radically for the better, with the administration "winning" some time to pay the money corresponding to the agreed

The Black Stars will open camp in Cape Coast on Tuesday to prepare for their final 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. With majority of the players expected to touch down in the capital on Monday night, the technical team wants to start training in the next day [Tuesday]. Head coach Kwesi Appiah wants to get the full compliment of them and start preparations for the final Group E clash. The ex-Ghana captain plans to use the match to prepare his squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals.

Ghanaian youngster Arvin Appiah has been called up to Englands World Cup-winning Under-17s squad. Nottingham Forest striker will link up with the Young Lions for a mini international tournament which will see them face Portugal, Russia and Germany this month. Appiah, who has featured for Forests Under-18s and Under-23s this term, has been capped for the Under-17s before, though was not part of the team which lifted the World Cup last weekend. Steve Coopers side beat Spain 5-2 to triumph

The Ghana international is Diego Simeone's joint top-scorer and has already played more minutes than he did during the whole of 2016-17. "This goal has kept us alive", said Thomas Partey after his stoppage time winner in Riazor. The Ghana international, who proved his versatility by filling on the right of midfield in place of Koke, scored the only goal of Atlticos 1-0 victory in Galicia, four days after earning his side a Champions League draw against Qarabag in the Metropolitano.

Inter Allies have been handed a GH 1,000 fine by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association for misconduct. This happened during their Ghana Premier League match against Great Olympics at the El Wak Stadium. The technical team rushed onto the assistant 1 after he flagged against Isaac Osae to disallow a goal scored. Inter Allies FC was charged for breaching Article 35(1b), 35(3c), 35(4) and 35(7a&d) of the GFA General Regulations and Article 58(1) and 66(1&3) of the

Ghanaian rapper Yaa Pono has taken a funny swipe at Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku with a lookalike picture of a comedian Bishop in the West African country after they were defeated by Chelsea. Yaa Pono, an ardent Chelsea supporter, produced picture of the comedian along with Lukaku showing a striking resemblance with the tagline 'we catch am'. Pono claims Chelsea have exposed Kukaku as a comedian in Ghana and have stopped him from scoring. https://twitter.com/ponobiom/status/927248253212614656

Frank Acheampong visited his former Anderlecht teammates before Sunday's 0-0 draw with Club Brugge in the Belgian top-flight The Ghana international was at the Constant Vanden Stock stadium and interacted with the players before kick-off. Acheampong was applauded by the club fans in appreciation of his contributions during his spell. He was returning to the club after completing a short loan deal at Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda where helped them escape relegation. Acheampong

Former Nigeria footballer Michael Emenalo is set to take up a top position at French giants Monaco after resigning from his position as Chelsea technical director. The 52-year-old, one of owner Roman Abramovich's most trusted advisors, left Chelsea on Monday. He quit the Blues after 10 years working across the scouting and technical departments amid reports of tensions between head coach Antonio Conte and the club's hierarchy. Emelano will not move to France to work with Monaco with

The foreign legion of Black Stars players invited for Sunday's final 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier will start arriving in the country on Monday night. With the exception of Aduana Stars goalkeeper Joseph Addo, the rest of Kwesi Appiah's listed players are based abroad. Majority of the players were involved in action on Sunday and so should be in town tonight. Two debutants- Nasiru Mohammed of Hacken in Sweden and Waasland-Beveren midfielder Nana Ampomah-are expected in town. Ghana

Former Nigeria international footballer Michael Emenalo has quit as the technical director of English side Chelsea, stepping down from his post after 10 years with the Blues. The 52-year-old, who played for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup, joined Chelsea in 2007 under Avram Grant, for whom he played at Maccabi Tel Aviv. He worked in both scouting and coaching departments at Chelsea before being promoted to technical director in 2011. Emenalo, who played for Notts County in the 1990s and in the

Swansea City assistant manager Claude Makelele has left the Premier League club to become the manager of Belgium's KAS Eupen. The former Real Madrid and Chelsea midfielder Makelele joined Swansea as Paul Clement's assistant manager in January and helped the team escape relegation last season. Makelele, 44, takes over at KAS Eupen with the club bottom of the Belgian Jupilar PRO League standings. Ocansey will have to wait a while before playing for the newly appointed gaffer after

The damage of Atletico Madrid's goalscoring drought is being minimised by an unlikely player in the Rojiblancos squad, Thomas Partey. A poor return of only 19 goals in 16 matches is surprising considering the quality of attacking options at Diego Simeone's disposal. But a defensive midfielder from Ghana named Thomas has emerged to net four goals and make himself the first midfielder in nine seasons to be at the top of the club's scoring charts at this stage of the season. Nine

English Premier League side West Ham United are set to announce David Moyes as coach following the sacking of Slaven Bilic on Monday morning. Bilic was relieved off his duties as coach of the Hammers after their 4-1 home loss to Liverpool on Saturday, which left them 17th minute on the standings. Reports in the UK indicate that, the club are in advance talks with former Manchester United manager David Moyes to take up the reins at the London Stadium. Bilic was thought to be on the

Newcastle United are seeking to withdraw Christian Atsu from this weekend's World Cup qualifier against Egypt claiming injury by saying the Ghana star is feeling something. The English Premier League claim Atsu suffered the unexplained injury during Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Bournemouth, condemning the club to a second successive league defeat. This is the latest excuse by the Magpies to deny the Black Stars of using the player after withdrawing the winger for the previous match