Promising Ghanaian youth winger Bernard Tekpetey marked his full debut for German giants Schalke 04 but was sent off in the dying embers of the clash as the Royal Blues triumphed 2-0 over OGC Nice. Tekpetey, 19, was handed a starting role alongside Chelsea loanee Baba Rahman and he lasted until he was sent off in the 93rd minute for second booking. The game was the former Unistar Academy since he was promoted to the first team by manager Markus Weinzierl. Ukraine international Yevhen Konoplyanka

Deputy coach of Wa All Stars Abubakar Sokpari has lauded his side's performance in the FAB G6 Tournament despite exiting the competition. The Ghana League champions lost their second group game to Asante Kotoko and exited the tournament but the deputy coach says he is impressed with his boys. We decided to play the experimental side to give them some experience. "You know our senior team is camping in Accra, like we did last season, ahead of our defense of the Ghana Premier League

Nigeria's Super Falcons head coach Florence Omagbemi is left disappointed a penalty was not award to her side in their 1-1 stalemate with Ghana in the 2016 AWCON. Asistat Oshoala opened the scoring for Super Falcons in the 22nd minute. The striker who netted four in her first game against Mali proved her worth again as she connected from close range. But Black Queens levelled the score through Elizabeth Addo. The midfielder calmly converted a spot kick in the waning moments to ensure the

Experienced winger Bernard Don Bortey has fired a warning to Asante Kotoko after scoring for Hearts of Oak in a pre-season friendly on Thursday. Hearts clash with Kotoko at the Baba Yara Stadium in the semi-final of the G6 tournament. Bortey, who remains a bad memory for the Kotoko fraternity for his perpetual harassing of the Kumasi-based giants, says he will score against the club if he is given the chance to play. The former Ghana international scored the opener from the spot for Hearts

Veteran winger Bernard Don Bortey has announced his likely return to the Ghanaian scene after scoring to inspire Hearts of Oak to a 3-1 win over lower-tier side Vision Explorers FC on Thursday afternoon. The 35-year-old, who scored 9-times in 27 appearances for Ghana, got on the score-sheet in the 24th minute after converting from the spot kick at the Pantang Vision Explorers Stadium in a suburb of Accra. Maxwell Boakye and Kwame Kizito were the other scorers for the Phobians on an afternoon

Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila keeps performing in the Qatar top flight for giants Al Gharafa following his third man-of-the-match award in six matches. The Ghanaian defender was voted the player of the game after impressively guiding the Tigers to their third straight win in the league away at Al Khor on Thursday evening. The game which saw Al Gharafa winning by 2-1 witnessed Ghanaian-born Qatari international Mohammed Razaq scoring the winner for The Tigers to clinch all three points. Brazilian-born

An African youngster has slapped Fifa witha lawsuit in a Zurich court over regulations that ban the transfer of players under the age of 18. The case was been filed at the Zurich Commercial Court on behalf of the unnamed 17-year-old African player and his parents, who say that the rules make Fifa's transfer regulations unlawful. A spokesman for Zurich law firm Nater Dallafior Rechtsanwaelte, which has brought the case, said in a statement that the player, who had represented his country at

North African giants Egypt are still reaping the dividends of their memorable 2-0 victory over Ghana in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier a fortnight ago. The Pharaohs have moved 10 places on the ranking following the hard-fought win in Alexandria. Egypt have moved to 36th place from 46th spot in the previous ranking. Ghana have slumped to 53rd from 45th place from the last month rankings. The Pharaohs played their second big game in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Ghana, beating

Ghanaian defender Dennis Appiah has undergone calf operation to help him speed up his recovery from the injury. The 24-year-old Toulouse-born was on his way to recovery until he injured his calf at training. He posted on his official Twitter account confirming his surgery and expressing gratitude to his well-wishers. Opration faite !! Maintenant place la rducation. Merci tous pour votre soutien, a fait chaud au cur 🙏🏾 #onlacherien pic.twitter.com/N3sbfgI8h3 Dennis Appiah

Spanish prosecutors have recommended that former Barcelona and Chelsea striker Samuel Etoo should serve more than 10 years in prison for alleged tax crimes committed while he played for the Catalan club. Spanish court documents reveal that prosecutors are investigating four counts of tax fraud that totals to nearly $4m from 2006 until 2009, when the Cameroon international left the club to join Inter Milan. They are demanding for a fine of $15.1m [12.1m] for defrauding Spains tax authority,

Kumasi Asante Kotoko players and officials dressed gorgeously to show up at the seven days funeral rite of the Queen Mother of the Asante Kingdom on Thursday afternoon at the Manhyia Palace. Obaahemaa Nana Afia Kobi passed on to glory last week and the club's management, players and technical team graced the occasion....

The Division One League Board plans to employ 'community' stewards at league centres to help deal with hooliganism in the country's second-tier league. Last season, there were a lot of cases of fans notoriety and violence at match venues which forced title sponsors GN Bank to threaten withdraw. This forms part of moves to make the 2016/2017 season violent-free. The community stewards will help identify and pick out fans who misbehave. ''The Division One League Board

The Ghana FA will get ten artificial pitches from StarTimes Television as part of the ten-year Ghana Premier League television rights deal. The Chinese pay-tv operators will build these pitches in all the ten regions of the country as they seek to beautify the game to be suitable to television. The nice looking pitches will be built for each region during the ten year tenure of the contract with the Ghana FA. One pitch will be built each year to ensure that by the tenth year of the agreement

Ghana's group opponents Uganda haveunveiled an ambitious seven-week preparation programme meant to whip the side into shape for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Cranes coach Micho Sredojevic unveiled his build-up plans which started on Wednesday as they seek to make the team competitive to face the Black Stars in the group phase of the tournament. The players started their preparation programme on Wednesday when they trained at the Mandela national stadium in Namboole. The coach

Trialist Bernard Don Bortey scored but picked up a knee injury as Hearts of Oak played Vision Explorers Soccer Academy in a friendly on Thursday. Bortey retired from the match after 43 minutes when suffering the injury setback. He had doubled Hearts of Oak's lead on 24 minutes from the spot after Maxwell Boakye headed in the opener in the 18th minute. Vision Explorers Soccer Academy later pulled one back through Fernandez Glaning to end the first match of the friendly 2-1. His injury

Former Kotoko defender Joseph Ochaya has been nominated for the Airtel FUFA Footballer of the Year. The left-back, who plays for Ugandan Premier League side KCCA must fend off competition fromfellow international Farouk Miya, Denis Onyango, Erisa Sekisambu and Mohamed Shaban. The former Kotoko defender won the individual accolade last year.   Of course I would love to win that one two, its a great feeling to be nominated for the biggest football awards event in the country right

Kotoko players have been commiserating with the club's owner and Life Patron Oumfuo Osei Tutu II following the demise of his mother and Queenmother of the AshantisNana Afia Serwaa Kobi. She was 111 years. Players and officials of the club visited the Manhyia Palaceto commiserate with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu the second. The event has attracted people from all walks of life including top politicians who are expected to take time off their campaigning to pay respect to the respected

Hearts of Oak owner Togbe Afede IV has been elected president of the National House of Chiefs at Thursday's elections. The paramount chief of the Asogli state polled 25 votes to succeed the Wulugu Naba Pugansoa Naa Professor John S. Nabila who has ended his term of office. Awulae Attibrukusu III, the Omanhene of Lower Axim and outgoing vice president of the house, came close but polled 11 votes. Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin had 10 votes while Essikado chief Nana Kobina Nketiah

Ghana duo Jeffrey Schlupp and Daniel Amartey will each pocket 100,000 after helping Leicester City to reach the Champions League knockout phases. The two players were second half substitutes on Tuesday as the Foxes beat Club Brugge 2-1 at home to go top of Group G. They have sealed qualification to the round of 16 with one match to spare. Leicester City have taken over 10m in prize money from Uefa for their run which comes on the back of last seasons incredible title triumph. Schlupp

Mas-Ud Dramani is happy with the performance of his side despite suffering a first round elimination at the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea. The Black Princesses got eliminated at the Group stage with two draws and one defeat. Dramami felt the ladies did their best and were evicted by well prepared sides. ''I'm not disappointed in anyway because I think what we could have done is what we did,'' Dramani said upon the team's arrival in Ghana on Wednesday.