Andre Ayew and his younger brother Jordan Ayew featured but their contributions were not enough as Swansea dropped into the relegation zone following a 1-0 loss to Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon. The two lasted the entire duration of the game which Swansea needed to win to all but ensure their safety. A training ground routine caught the Swanoff-guardrd on 37 minutes. Andrew Surman rolled his free-kick across the edge of the box to Fraser, who curled a beautiful right-footed effort past

Elmina Sharks FC head coach Yaw Acheampong has expressed his dissatisfaction of the result his side recorded against Ashanti Gold SC on Saturday. The "Botweaku Mba" were held to a scoreless stalemate by the league leaders at the Nduom Sports Complex. "We are disappointed with the results. We planned to win this game but Ashanti Gold SC also came with a plan and they stopped us. Even though Acheampong was disappointed with the final results, he praised his players for their performance

Gye Nyame FC commenced the inaugural Ghana Amputee Football League (GAFL) with a 9-1 thumping of Ayawaso FC at the Kotobabi Wembley Park on Saturday, May 6. The highly anticipated maiden Ghana Amputee Football League started with opening remarks from the President of the Mr Daniel Nii Mensah as he urged all the eight competing clubs to apply the fair play rule and make the competition a memorable one. The matches started with Eefsa FC locking horns with AMUGISCO, which the former won by 2-1

Ghana goalkeeper Razak Brimah is set play against LaLiga champions FC Barcelona as they face his South African club Mamelodi Sundowns in a friendly later this month. The Catalan giants will lock horns with Absa Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday, 16 May 2018 with Brimah likely to play. Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe confirmed that the club will play hosts to the LaLiga giants later this month. Eight-time Absa Premiership winners Sundowns announced on their Twitter account

Aduana Stars captain Emmanuel Akuoko has lauded the hospitality given to them by ASEC Mimosas ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup opener, though he insisted it will not distract them from their aim of returning home with the maximum points. The Ghana Premier League champions have been paired in Group A, which consists of one-time CAF Champions League winners, ASEC Mimosas, three-time champions Raja Casablanca and DR Congo giants AS Vita. The Fire Boys will kick-start their campaign with a

The England Football Association has charged West Hams former head of player recruitment Tony Henry with misconduct by over comments he made about Andre Ayew and other African players earlier this year. Ayew was part of the eight African players with the Hammers the recruitment boss made the comments which is now being investigated by the governing body. West Ham have six first-team squad members of African descent with Cheikhou Kouyate, Pedro Obiang, Joao Mario, Angelo Ogbonna, Arthur Masuaku

Communications Director of Asante Kotoko Obed Acheampong has reiterated his outfit's confidence in coach Samuel Fabin despite their abysmal start to the season. Fabin, who joined the Porcupine Warriors prior the campaign, has largely failed to steer the team to the heights expected by their management - having lost four games, drawn three and masterminding just four wins as they sit 10th on the log after 11 round of matches. Reports went rife during the past week that, the former Ghana

Fatau Dauda has emerged as one of the four goalkeepers in the Nigerian Premier Football League to record most clean sheets. Dauda joined Enyimba FC at the start of last season and quickly established himself as one of the key players in the side's camp with his impressive performances. The 33-year-old has continued his form in the ongoing season by keeping 8 clean sheets in 15 appearances as the People's Elephant occupy 8th spot on the standings after 17 games. The former AshantiGold

WAFA defender Konadu Yaidom has been handed a late call up into Ghanas national U20 side ahead of their clash with Algeria, GHANAsoccernet.com can reveal. Yiadom, 18, was handed the late call up following his impressive display in the Ghana Premier League for the Academy Boys in recent times. The former Tema United defender stepped in for Musah Nuhu who pulled out of the WAFA team during their 5-0 mauling of Dreams FC. He continued his impressive run in their 2-1 away win over Berekum Chelsea

Dreams FC captain Leonard Owusu has set his sights on picking maximum points against Medeama SC on match day 12 of the Ghana Premier League. The Still Believers will hope to keep their momentum when they travel to the Tarkwa T&A Park to engage Medeama SC in week 12 of the ongoing Ghana top flight league following their victory over Inter Allies in midweek - where they had to comeback twice in the dying embers to beat the Capelli Boys. Speaking ahead of the game, Owusu, who bagged a brace

Ghana midfielder Thomas Abbey has sent a heart warming message to his supporters after scooping the 2017 SWAG (Local) Footballer off the Year accolade on Friday night. Abbey was the driving force behind Hearts of Oak last season - scoring 15 goals in all competitions to help the side finish 3rd on the standings as well as runners up in the MTN FA Cup final. Abbey excelled in a make-shift left back role as the Local Black Stars won the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations on home soil. His statistics

A South African footballer who was struck by lightning during a match has died in hospital, his club confirmed. Maritzburg United striker Luyanda Ntshangase, 21, had been in an induced coma since being injured in the friendly game on 1 March. In a statement on Facebook,the club described him as one its rising young starsand said the team was in mourning. Maritzburg United are currently fourth in South Africa's Premier League. "We are extremely sad about the loss of Luyanda, an exciting

Ghana star Thomas Partey will be expected to start in Atletico Madrid's Europa League final against Marseille on May 16, however, his manager Diego Simeonewill be absent from the touchline. This is becauseSimeone was found guilty of insulting a match official during the first leg of Atletico's semi-final at Arsenal and has been slapped with a four-match ban by UEFA. He served the first match of his suspension asAtletico completed a 2-1aggregate win on Thursday. It is not the first

Rafa Benitez has confirmed that Ghana winger Christian Atsu will play no part in the season again for Newcastle United after undergoing a knee surgery. The 24-year-old sustained a knee injury some weeks ago but played through the pain barrier until he could not continue anymore hence had to undergo surgery. The flying winger went under the knife in a bid to make sure that he is available for pre-season in a sign that he has a future at the St James' Park beyond his first full campaign with

Goalkeeper Ernest Sowah is set for a sensational switch to Hearts of Oak after leaving Asante Kotoko, GHANASoccernet understands. The experienced custodian rescinded his contract with the Porcupine Warriors on Friday, May 4, after being frozen out from first team duties since the start of the campaign. GHANASoccernet is reliably informed that Hearts of Oak have made contacts with the agile shot-stopper as they hope to acquire his services for the remainder of the season. Before the 30-year-old

Karela United FC winger Vincent Bekoe nears a switch to Ebusua Dwarfs on loan, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. The Mysterious Club requested for the services of the versatile player for the rest of the season. They look to strengthen their squad with the aim of avoiding relegation at the end of the campaign. Bekoe is believed to have already agreed to join the Crabs for match playing time....

ASEC Mimosas striker Amed Toure has disclosed that his outfit will critically study videos of Aduana Stars ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup clash. The Ivorian giants have been paired in Group A alongside Aduana Stars, Raja Casablanca and AS Vita of DR Congo. But the Black and Yellow lads will commence their campaign with a home game against Ghana Premier League champions Aduana Stars, which will come off on Sunday, May 6, at the Stade Robert Champroux. And Toure, who faced the Fire

Dreams FC youngster Benjamin Ayim believes the rise in form at the moment is as a result of hard work after emerging the club's man of the match in last Wednesday's league game. The Believers came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 over Inter Allies FC at the Dawu park which saw the winger flourish with delightful displays. ''It was a great performance on Wednesday and it is just the result of my hardwork,'' he told the club's website. However, he acknowledged his teammates'

Greek Super League giants Panathaniakos are set to lose points following their failure to completely settle the debts owed Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien. The Shamrocks have endured one of their worst season in the Greek top flight league and report suggest that president of the club had to let the players leave camp due to underwhelming performance. Meanwhile, the hearing of the complaints of Michael Essien and another player Mladen Petric against Panathinaikos was held on Wednesday, May

West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) have completed the signing of midfielder George Asamoah on a free transfer in the ongoing Ghana Premier League window. Asamoah finalized his switch to the Academy boys after the Club completed works on his documentation. The 20-year-old joins WAFA as a free agent after he was released by Inter Allies. Inter Allies excluded the midfielder from their set-up prior to the start of the season after failing to extend his contract. Meanwhile, WAFA agreed to sign the