Communications Director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Elvis Adjei Baah has disclosed that the much anticipated meeting between government and FIFA went well. A FIFA delegation led by Caribbean Veron Mosengo-Omba were at the offices of the Ministry of Sports to discuss the unfortunate incident which has rocked the game in the country after governments decision to dissolve the Ghana Football Association. A five-member committee was set-up by the government to replace the Ghana

Ahmed Musa scored twice on his return to the starting line-up as Nigeria kept their World Cup knockout hopes alive and dealt Iceland's chances a blow with a 2-0 win in Volgograd. The Leicester forward, on loan at CSKA Moscow last season, struck a volleyed opener four minutes after the restart and further repaid boss Gernot Rohr's faith with a fine second 15 minutes from time. Gylfi Sigurdsson looked set to give Iceland a late lifeline when Alfred Finnbogason earned a VAR-awarded penalty

Ghana forward Kevin Prince Boateng joined in the celebrations as Croatia thrashed Argentina on Thursday at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Ghanaian, who is missing the World Cup following the Black Stars failure to qualify for the mundial, has a team he supports and that is Croatia, who have his Frankfurt teammate Ante Rebic. Ante Rebic was the hero for the Croats last night after opening the scoring for the Europeans who deservedly beat Lionel Messi's Argentina 3-0. Boateng, who has

Ghana forward Kevin Prince Boateng joined in the celebrations as Croatia thrashed Argentina on Thursday at the FIFA World Cup in Russia. The Ghanaian who is missing the World Cup following the Black Stars failure to qualify for the mundial, has a team he supports and that is Croatia, who have his Frankfurt teammate Ante Rebic. Ante Rebic was the hero for the Croats last night after opening the scoring for the Europeans who deservedly beat Lionel Messi's Argentina 3-0. Boateng, who has

Brazil had to battle to see off Costa Rica at the St Petersburg Stadium and record their first victory of this World Cup, winning 2-0 with goals in added time from Philippe Coutinho and Neymar. After their opening 1-1 draw with Switzerland, the result lifts Brazil up to four points, while Costa Rica are out of the World Cup, having lost their opening Group E match 1-0 to Serbia. Brazil had more of the possession and more of the shots in the first half but they could not turn their dominance

Ghana forward Kevin Prince Boateng has reiterated missing the greatest football competition in the World, the FIFA World Cup following the Black Stars failure to qualify for the mundial. Boateng, who has been dismissed from the senior national team following his role in the debacle at the World Cup four years ago, has been a keen follower of this years competition, posting actively on social media. The Eintracht Frankfurt forward posted on twitter that he is missing the competition where he

Ghana has maintained its 46th position in the latest FIFA World ranking released on Friday for the month of May. In Africa, the Black Queens are still the second best national team on the continent with Nigeria (38th) occupying the first position. Ghana amassed1503 points in the month of May which is same as Slovakia who occupy 47th position. The top three remains unchanged with USA in the lead followed by Germany and France....

The government of Ghana is set to hold a meeting withFIFA officialsin Accra on today at 2pm to discuss the way forward for football in the country, according to media reports. Themeeting was initially scheduled to take place at FIFA's headquarters in Switzerlandbutinstead the world football governing body decided to send its officials to the West African country. The meeting is at the requestof the government after it initiated steps to overhaul the Ghana Football Association in reaction

Ghanaian midfielder Hans Nuno Sarpei has returned to parent club VFB Stuttgart following the expiration of his loan deal at FK Senica. The 19-year-old was farmed out on loan at the Slovakian side after failing to hold a regular spot at the German side. The youngster has featured for the side but failed to help the side avoid relegation. He has returned to his parent club ahead of the new season....

Ghanaian midfielder Hans Nunoo Sarpei has returned to German side VfL Stuttgart following the expiration of his loan deal at FK Senica. The 21-year-old was shipped on loan to the Slovakian side after his proposed deal to Dutch Eredivisie outfit VVV Venlo hit a snag at the last minute following the club's inability to secure him a work permit. Sarpei quickly adapted to the Slovakian league, making 20 appearances as the side suffered relegation from the top flight division. The former

Football clubs are in Ghana are up in arms with government over attempts to dissolve the federation as pressure begins to mount on the ruling party to paddle backwards on the move amid a looming FIFA ban. The ruling New Patriotic Party appears to riding on a populist tune to disband the game after an investigative piece by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas revealed perceived widespread corruption in the game in the West African nation. A 10-day injunction secured to halt football activities elapse

Dear Mr. President, My name is Alexander Quaye, a FIFA Licensed Intermediary (formerly player agent). Pardon me for resorting to social media as a means to reach you. However, I couldnt come up with any other means that could potentially draw your attention as much as using the voice of the people who voted overwhelmingly for you. Whiles on my hospital bed I quietly observed as events unfolded and turned sour praying that someone in your inner circle will draw your attention to the fact

Solicitors for the embattled Ghana Football Association are challenging the point of the court order suspending them from the administration of football in the country for ten (10) days. An Accra High Court granted an application by the Attorney General to enable government dissolve the scandal hit Ghana Football Association. The Attorney General headed to court on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA) following an explosive revelation against the football

Italian giants Inter Milan are set to announce the signing of Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah in the coming days together with Radga Niangolan and Stephen De Vrij. The trio all left their clubs after the expiration of their contracts with Asamoah reported to have signed a three year deal with the Nerazzuris.According to calciomercato, an announcement could happen in the next few days. The Ghanaian midfielder had a successful six year stay in Turin with Juventus, where he won the Italian serie

Ghana goalkeeper Fatau Dauda has thrown his support behind Nigeria to advance to the next of the ongoing FIFA World Cup despite their slow start to the competition. The Super Eagle started the World Cup on a stuttering note after losing 2-0 to Croatia last weekend. The three-time Africa champions will be aiming to get their campaign back on track as they play European minnows Iceland on Friday. According to Dauda, who was Ghana's first choice goalkeeper during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil,

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has disclosed that the family of undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has come under threats following his latest investigative work, dubbed Number 12. According to him, the security threat was so serious that the family had to be relocated to a suburb of Accra recently. A lot of pressure is on Anas, his family, his wife and children are at a certain risk. Indeed not to long ago, there were all sorts of characters

Ghanaian quartet of Abdul Bashiru, Ben Nash Quansah, Abdul Basit and Arago Jamal have drawn Europa FC in the qualifying rounds of the Europa Cup for the 2018/19 season. The four players have been integral members of the Prishtina side that won the Kosovo FA Cup, and are set to face Rahim Ayew and Seidu Yahaya Europa FC for a place in the second round of Europe's second tier competition. Last season, Prishtina failed to progress pass the first stage after they lost toSwedish side Norkopping

If theres been a dominant trend in the first weekof the 2018 World Cup, perhaps it has been how well European nations from beyond the continents traditional giants have performed. Iceland, Switzerland, Serbia, Sweden, Croatia and Russia are all off to a strong start. This should be no surprise. Only two nations from outside Europe and South America have made the World Cup semifinals (the United States in the inaugural competition in 19302and South Korea in 2002). In 20 previous World Cups,

Ghana midfielder Bernard Yao Kumordzi has commenced pre-season training with Belgian side KV Kortrijk after recovering from a muscle tear injury. The 33-year-old picked a thigh injury during the side's 3-0 defeat at Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League Europa League playoffs. The former Dijon enforcer hit the gym last month to begin his recovery before he was confirmed fit to join his team-mates in their pre-season training camp. The Guys who commenced their pre-season training a

Ghanaian forward Seth Paintsil has expressed his delight after receiving the Ykknen League Player of the Month for May Award. Paintsil was named for the award his superlative performance for FF Jaro in the Finnish second-tier league last month. Last month the 23-year-old hitmam grabbed a brace for the side in their 5-0 win over AC Kajaani- which earned raves of praises from pundits in Finland. "Am very happy for this award and am hoping to bag more goals for FF Jaro. And also help