Russia produced a dominant display to lead Saudi Arabia in the opening game of the Fifa 2018 World Cup.

The fixtures for the 2018-19 English Premier League (EPL) season have been released and the pick of the opening weekend fixtures sees current champions Manchester City travel to Arsenal for Unai Emery's first competitive match as Gunners manager.

Ghana's Under-20 female football side, the Black Princesses, have been sent home from camp as a fall out from the current crisis that has hit Ghana football.

The Princesses, who have been in camp since last May, preparing for their 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) in France in August, were asked to go home last Tuesday, after government had secured a court injunction to stop all football activities for 10 days, as part of its efforts to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

As part of their preparations, the Princesses were set to leave for Singapore for a four-nation tournament over the weekend before continuing to China for another four-nation tournament at the end of the month.

With the current situation, it is unclear if these trips will come on.

Head Coach Yusif Basigi who confirmed this to the Daily Graphic, said he was not sure what would happen so they would wait for further directives.

The government has set-up a five-member Interim Management Committee to oversee the administration of football and other related matters in Ghana.

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has requested all banks and non-bank financial institutions in Ghana to provide it with the banking details of the Ghana Football Association and its former President Kwesi Nyantakyi.

The undercover Ghanaian journalist who filmed soccer officials appearing to take bribes said on Monday that African football will continue to be held back on the world stage unless corruption is tackled more vigorously.

The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico after their joint bid beat Morocco's proposal to host it.

Julen Lopetegui has been removed as Spain manager a day after it emerged that he had agreed to take over at Real Madrid after the World Cup.

Fulham are in talks to sign striker Jordan Ayew from Swansea, Sky Sports News understands.

Black Stars striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom is hopeful of recapturing his rich goalscoring form which saw him net 15 goals in 14 matches for Red Star Belgrade last season.

Yiadom's goalscoring spree in the Serbian Superliga with Red Star saw score 39 goals in just over a year and earned him a lucrative transfer to Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning.

Since his move, Yiadom, 25, has found goals hard to come by, scoring only two goals in eight appearances.

However, the former Juventus starlet has revealed that he has been struggling with a niggling ankle injury and hopes to be back among the goals soon.

"By God's grace its (the ankle) getting well, everything is going as planned I will be leaving very soon to Italy to check it up to make sure that everything is Okay," Yiadom told Graphic Sports on Sunday at the sidelines of the Calcio Trade Ball (CTB) in Accra.

"I had a two-and-a-half months injury w

For young Ghanaian footballer, Francis Acquah, success as a footballer would be wearing the jersey of Ghana's senior national team to play for the Black Stars.

Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes on Tuesday announced that its App video streaming service is officially launched in Ghana ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo has announced government's plans to liquidate the Ghana Football Association (GFA) because the association in its current state is not fit for the purpose for which it was established.

The process by the government to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA) was set in motion on Tuesday when the High Court temporarily froze all activities of the association.

The otherwise vibrant office of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) remains closed and continues to be under police guard, three days after it was declared a crime scene.