Asante Kotoko rallied from behind to beat Burkinabe side Rahimo FC 2-1 in a friendly match played on Sunday in Kumasi.Kelvin Andoh scored the winner for the Porcupine Warriors in injury-time, following Martin Antwi's 74th-minute leveller to Rahimo FC's first-half goal.The match forms part of Kotoko's preparations for the CAF Champions League.Kotoko have been drawn against Kano Pillars of Nigeria in the preliminary round.
AshantiGold will face Equatoguinean side Akonangui FC in the preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup which starts next month.The Miners will travel to Equatorial Guinea for the first leg on the weekend of 9-11 August with the return leg scheduled for Obuasi on the weekend of 23-25 August.Ashgold qualified for the Confederation Cup after clinching the tier II trophy of the Normalisation Committee's special competition.They will be hoping to reach the group stage which
Herve Renard has stepped down as head coach of Morocco after failing to guide the Atlas Lions to win the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt this year.The Royal Moroccan Football Federation earlier this week denied reports the Frenchman had stepped down, but Renard used social media to confirm he has left his post.Morocco endured a disappointing campaign, exiting the competition in shock circumstances in the round of 16 with a 4-1 penalty shoot-out defeat to Benin following a 1-1
Asante Kotoko have been drawn against Kano Pillars of Nigeria in the preliminary round of the 2020 CAF Champions League which gets underway next month.The first leg of the tie will take place in Kano with the return leg set for Kumasi.Kotoko qualified to represent the country after winning the Normalisation Committee's special competition Tier I.Their opponents, Kano, on the other hand, finished as in the Nigeria Premier League last season.Kotoko will be hoping to reach the
African giants TP Mazembe have sent Ghanaian youngsters Prince Nana Kwesi Darmang and Najeeb Abbas on loan to DR Congo top-flight side CS Don Bosco.The two midfielders are joining CS Don Bosco in search of playing time in the upcoming season.Don Bosco is a feeder club to the Ravens where fringe players at TP Mazembe are sent on loan to seek much play time.Darmang (21) and Abbas (23) joined the DR Congo champions in the 2017/2018 season but have since struggled to seal first-team
Hundreds of thousands of Senegalese poured into the streets of the capital Dakar on Saturday to celebrate the national team’s accomplishment at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.Although the Teranga Lions lost 1-0 to Algeria in the Cairo final, the players were given a hero's welcome.Arrived from Cairo at Leopold Sedar Senghor airport at 16:00 (GMT and local), Sadio Mané and his teammates boarded a white bus to get to the Palace of the Republic, where they were received
Africa Cup of Nations winners Algeria were welcomed home by hundreds of thousands of supporters as they paraded down the capital city Algiers on Saturday.They beat Senegal 1-0 in Cairo on Friday to win their first title since 1990.Captain Riyad Mahrez, the Manchester City winger, and his team-mates were greeted by Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui.The bus was decorated with two stars to mark a second Cup of Nations triumph.Enjoy more photos below.
English-born Ghanaian forward Eddie Nketiah continued his impressive form during pre-season as he scored twice in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Fiorentina in the International Champions Cup in Charlotte, North Carolina.Boss Unai Emery opted for a youthful side spearheaded by the 20-year-old Englishman, who scored the winner against Bayern Munich this week.The youngster opened the scoring in the 15th minute, before substitutes Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alexandre Lacazette combined to
Right to Dream Academy beat Nigerian side TikiTaka Academy 4-3 on penalties to win the Boys U17 edition of the prestigious Gothia Cup on Saturday.Both teams were tied 1-1 after regulation time.It was the Ghanaian side who opened the scoring just before half-time.TikiTaka Academy’s goalkeeper spilled a cross from the right side and winger Simon Adingra slotted home.But after 50 minutes the equaliser came whhen Trek Anthony Stephen knocked in a rebound from close range.The winner
Midfielder Edwin Gyimah has scuttled reports he was a flop at South African Premier Soccer League side Bidvest Wits and has been sacked.The former Ghana international explains his contract had run out and refused to extend his stay at the club.''My contract just ended with Bidvest on 1 July,2019. There was an option for both parties to extend at the end of my contract but I didn’t take the option because I need to also play somewhere and have game time,''
Ghana forward David Accam scored the winner for Columbus Crew as they pipped Montreal Impact 2-1 in the Major League Soccer on Saturday night.Crew dominated the opening stages of the game and were rewarded an early advantage after Josh Williams’s shot beat goalkeeper Evan Bush in the 6th minute.Zakaria Diallo pulled parity for Blues at the death of the first half.But their joy was short-lived in the first minute of the second half after David Accam’s low curler beat Bush.Accam
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