Allies’ Baffoe Prince jumps over a sliding tackle from  Liberty Professionals’ Latif Blessing. Picture: EMMANUEL QUAYE

Liberty overpower Inter Allies

Liberty Professionals on Sunday struggled to beat a depleted Inter Allied side 2-1 at the Dansoman Carl Reindorf Park.

Allies, who dropped nine of the winning team that beat Aduana Stars 2-0 last weekend, conceded in the sixth minute when goalkeeper Kingsley Kissi failed to deal with  Cephas Doku’s corner, which sailed into the net.

Sunday  Oliseh

Oliseh quits as Nigeria coach

Sunday Oliseh has resigned as coach of Nigeria citing contract violations, unpaid wages and lack of support. Oliseh, 41, had been in the job for eight months.

"Your contractual violations and the interest of the nation necessitates that I tender my resignation," he wrote to the Nigeria Football Federation.

Fifa presidential election: Gianni Infantino succeeds Sepp Blatter

Gianni Infantino has succeeded fellow Swiss Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body Fifa.

The Uefa secretary general polled 115 votes, 27 more than closest rival Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa.

Erradi Adil  — Sacked coach

Bechem fires Belgian coach

Premier League club, Bechem United, have parted ways with their Belgian coach, Erradi Adil, just two weeks after engaging.

Tony Baffoe

Tony Baffoe, Appiah inspire Liberty

Players of Liberty Professionals were given a boost last Wednesday with the presence of two former Black Stars players, Tony Baffoe and Stephen Appiah, who visited their training grounds to encourage the players ahead of their league campaign

Inaki (left) in action against Barcelona

Inaki Williams: Athletic Bilbao’s Ghanaian wonderkid

Athletic Bilbao are desperate for his stay and in January tied him down to a contract that will keep him at the San Mames Stadium until June 2021 plus a €50 million release clause...

Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United have all reportedly made inquiries about him, while Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are also keeping a close eye...

AshantiGold are confident they would qualify for the next stage despite their slim 1-0 advantage

Ashgold plot Bejaia upset

Ashgold are in a crunch tie with Mouloudia Olympique Bejaia at the Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine in Bejaia in a fierce battle for qualification for the next stage of the Champions League.

But Ashgold CEO, Kudjoe Fianoo, is upbeat about the chances of the team despite the slender 1-0 advantage from the first leg at Obuasi which they carry to the Maghreb region.

Gilbert Fiamenyo

Fiamenyo still searching for a club

Former Accra Hearts of Oak forward, Gilbert Fiamenyo, says he is ready to sign for any club which will come foward with a better offer when the next registration window for the Ghana Premier League opens.

Fiamenyo told the Graphic Sports, that he could only move on if another club made a move for his service.

Samudeen Ibrahim — Hearts

Hearts to face real test in Medeama

Some pundits have been quick to dismiss the apparent resurgence of sleeping giants, Accra Hearts of Oak, as a flash in the pan and believe they could face the real test when they play Medeama SC at the Tarkwa T&A park on Sunday.

• President John Mahama

New boxing gym for Bukom

President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday disclosed that construction of a new boxing gym near the Korley Lagoon in Accra was in progress and would be inaugurated later in the year.

Mr Joe Kpenge with the team

Badminton team charged to qualify for Rio Games

The national Badminton team arrived from Mauritius on Wednesday with 6 medals comprising one silver and five bronze, won from two different championships held at the Rose Hill Sports Hall.

AshantiGold

Ashgold for Algeria today

A 25-man contingent of AshantiGold, comprising 18 players and seven officials, will depart Ghana today for Algeria for their return leg clash of the Champions League preliminary round tie with M.O Bejaia at the Unité Maghrébine Stadium on Sunday.

Jérôme Champagne — FIFA presidential hopeful

FIFA presidential election is beyond a joke

This travesty of a FIFA presidential election recalls the days of Comical Ali, the Iraqi information minister who declared impending victory over America while the rumble of American tanks shook the room in which he promised death to the invader.

All will be well when there is a new leader of Sepp Blatter’s failed state, next week’s poll suggests, even though major criminal investigations are in full flow. The English Football Association board met last week to decide which of the five candidates to endorse. Two are senior members of political regimes – Bahrain and Jordan – where democracy, transparency and accountability are not noticeably constitutional bedrocks.

 Rafael Mensah

Give me Gameboy now : Rafael Mensah

One of Ghana’s boxing prospects, Rafael Mensah, has dared Ghana’s rising super featherweight star, Emmanuel GameBoy Tagoe, to determine who is the best in the division.

‘Hearts will not fail’

After getting his Premier League campaign off on a winning note with a 1-0 home win over New Edubiase United last Sunday, Accra Hearts of Oak coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi says his players’ confidence remain high and believes the Phobians will not fail their followers this season.

For the US-trained coach, last Sunday’s victory was a sign of good things to come, following their disappointing performance last season. But the test of the Japanese-American’s confidence will come on Sunday when he leads Hearts to face Medeama SC at Tarkwa in the top fixture of the second week.

He told the Graphic Sports on Tuesday that he was confident his players would carry their winning mentality into their next match against the FA Cup and Super Cup holders.

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