Ghana winger Solomon Asante has been nominated for the Most Valuable Player Awards of the first half of the United Soccer League following his terrific performance for Phoenix Rising.The diminutive windeman joined the Arizona-based outfit prior to the campaign as a free agent after leaving Congolese giants Tout Puissant Mazembe.He has swiftly endeared himself with the side’s faithful after notching six goals and same number of assists to help the club move to 2nd on the Western
Majority of Newcastle United fans have shown their dissatisfactory of the club's idea of signing Ghanaian winger Albert Adomah, it has been revealed.Adomah has emerged as a target for the Toons who look to replace Matt Ritchie as he is expected to join Stoke City before the transfer window shuts.Despite not having Premier League experience, the 30 year-old had a scintillating spell in the Championship last season.He netted 15 times and assisted five in about 45 appearances
Majority of Newcastle United fans have shown their dissatisfactory of the club's idea of signing Ghanaian winger Albert Adomah, it has been revealed.Adomah has emerged as a target for the Toons who look to replace Matt Ritchie as he is expected to join Stoke City before the transfer window shuts.Despite not having premier league experience, the 30 year-old had a scintillating spell in the Championship last season.He netted 15 times and assisted five in about 45 appearances
Italian Serie A side A.C Fiorentina have joined the race to acquire Ghana midfielder Alfred Duncan from Sassuolo in the ongoing transfer window.Duncan, 25, has declared his intention to leave Black and Green lads, and disclosed the club is open to his departure and is now awaiting the right price for his sale.According to reports in Italy, Fiorentina are considering a move for Duncan in a bid to strengthening their midfield options.The left-footed enforcer has been identified by
Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah becomes the fourth Ghanaian to join Italian giants Inter Milan. Asamoah, 29, joined the Nerazurri on a three-year deal as a free agent after failing to extend his contract with Serie A champions Juventus.The versatile enforcer becomes the fourth Ghanaian to join the Milan-based powerhouse.The former Liberty Professionals ace follows in the footsteps of Sulley Muntari, Alfred Duncan and Isaac Donkor.The first on the list is Sulley Muntari, who arrived
The Black Starlets face a difficult route to book a slot for the 2019 U17 AFCON finals in Tanzania after a revised qualification format by the Confederation of African Football.Ghana will join hosts Niger, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso for the WAFU Zone B tournament.It will be played from 2-15 September.All matches will be streamed live on the CAF website and the digital platforms (Youtube, Facebook, Twitter).Winners from the other five zonal qualifiers CECAFA,
Ghana forward Majeed Waris has reported as FC Porto returned to work Monday at the Center for Training and Sports Training PortoGaia, in Olival.After a day off, Sérgio Conceição trained in the morning and afternoon as they began preparations ahead of the new season.The Dragons returned to work again on Tuesday, again at Olival, behind closed doors.Waris is contracted for four year with FC Porto following an automatic activation of the permanent clause in his loan deal.The 26-year-old
It is generally said that the Cape Coast is where it all began for football in Ghana. The credit goes to the enterprising students of the local Government Boys School. These students were already playing other sports like cricket and tennis, football just became a natural extension of their curriculum.The newspapers reporting on football’s goings-on in the rest of the world added fuel to the fire and there has been no stopping back since.Like the rest of the world it was not too
France's football team is not truly French and only progressed so far in the World Cup by recruiting "giants from Africa", the deputy president of Iran's Parliament has claimed.France's squad includes two players born outside of the country - Cameroon-born defender Samuel Umtiti who moved to France with his family aged 2, and Congo-born goalkeeper Steve Mandanda who has also lived in France with his family since he was 2.Nevertheless, Ali Motahari posted
Ghana forward Andre Ayew is close to completing a loan move to Turkish giants Fenerbache, Ghanasoccernet can exclusively report.The deputy Black Stars captain is expected to sign a season long loan with Fenerbache from Swansea City, who were relegated from the English Premier League last season.Ayew rejoined Swansea in January on a club record fee of 20 million pounds but could not help the Welsh club survive the drop.According to information gather by Ghanasoccernet, officials
Ghana forward Andre Ayew is close to completing a loan move to Turkish giants Fenerbache, Ghanasoccernet can exclusively report.The deputy Black Stars captain is expected to sign a season long loan with Fenerbache from Swansea City, who were relegated from the English Premier League last season.Ayew rejoined Swansea in January on a club record fee of 20 million pounds but could not help the Welsh club survive the drop.According to information gather by Ghanasoccernet, officials
Ghanaian forward Bernard Morrison has been nominated for the Goal of the Season Awards at Orlando Pirates.The 25-year-old had been a peripheral figure since signing from DRC team AS Vita, but he repaid Buccaneers Coach Milutin Sredojevic’s faith in him with superlative performances.The former AshantiGold SC hitman reminded the Sea Robbers of his quality when he grabbed a brace in a 2-0 Nedbank Cup last 32 win over Ajax Cape Town at the Orlando Stadium and was named Man of the
Ghana forward Emmanuel Boateng is expected to join the rest of his teammates at Spanish side Levante for preseason on Thursday.The 21 year old will start preseason with the club today even though the club has already began it's preseason preparations.The Black Stars forward was handed some days off because of his involvement with the national team, when he featured in the double header friendly against Japan and Iceland.The former Moreirense striker was suppose to report on
Ghanaian midfielder Majeed Ashimeru was pictured looking relaxed as he undertook his first autograph session for fans of St Gallen ahead of the coming campaign.Ashimeru, who joined the Swiss side on a season long loan deal from Red Bulls Salzburg, has already established himself as key figure, featuring in all their three games in pre-season - scoring two goals in the process.His new team were in a particularly embracing mood at headquarters of the club's main sponsor, the
Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association, Fred Pappoe has called on Ghanaians to end the pursuit for Thomas Partey to be handed Captaincy of the senior national team.According to Fred Pappoe, the 25 year old should be allowed to concentrate on his career rather than dragging him into the captaincy argument.The Captaincy at the senior national team has been a thorny issue in recent times with a purported Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan faction in camp over who leads the
I watched Godwin Attram when he featured for the Black stars, wearing the number 12 jersey, as he was part of the team that contributed to Ghana’s first qualification to it maiden World Cup in 2006. He played more of an attacking midfielder, confident in appearance and had good technique on the ball. This didn’t surprise because his calibre and style of play made him captained the Black Starlet in 1997.In September, 2016,i was invited by the Board members of Accra Great Olympics
Newly appointed coach of Aduana Stars Kenichi Yatsuhashi is buoyant of leading side to victory against AS Vita in the CAF Confederation Cup.The 49-year-old gaffer was appointed as the head coach of the Fire Boys on Wednesday after the sacking of Yusif Abubakar.The Ghana Premier League champions will battle Congolese side AS Vita club in the Confederations Cup next week Wednesday and Kenichi believes he can get a meaningful result.“We have less time, just one week for the game
The qualifiers for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will for the first time be played on a zonal basis (regional), to determine the seven teams to join host Tanzania for next year’s final tournament.The decision, one of the key elements among the resolutions of the first ever CAF African Football Symposium in July 2017 in Rabat (Morocco), was approved by the CAF Executive Committee.The new format is expected to increase participation at the level of teams in the qualifiers, enhanced
Former Ghana international Anthony Baffoe has expressed his delight after the warm reception received in Russia.The president of the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) was in Russia to work as a match coordinator for the FIFA World Cup.Baffoe, who supervised activities from the group stages of the competition has brought his work to an end after a month in the European country.He has however expressed appreciation to the positive treatment in Russia.“Time over
An High Court has appointed the Registrar of Companies as the official liquidator of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, went to court with a firm plan to liquidate the GFA because, according to her, the Association in its current state is not fit for the purpose for which it was established.The plan to liquidate the GFA was contained in a petition filed by the Attorney-General, acting on behalf of the government, last month at the High Court
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