Coach Paa Kwasi Fabin will be without his sensational midfielder, Sadiq Mohammed, when Ghana’s Black Starlets clash with their Nigerien counterparts at the round of 16 stage of the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mumbai today.
The 17-year-old playmaker, whose goal secured Ghana's first victory against Colombia in the opening match, is suspended after picking two yellow cards in the competition.
Undefeated boxer, Bastie "The Beast" Samir, has warned Braimah Kamoko to be careful in his bid to knock him out in round six and rather prevent going down instead.
Bastie told the Graphic Sports yesterday during an opening training session at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra that he was ready to challenge Bukom Banku on Saturday, having prepared to engage his opponent on September 30 before the fight was rescheduled.
Yusif Abubakar, the head coach of uncrowned Ghana Premier League champions, Aduana Stars, has stated that contrary to the assertion that the league is dying, it is still very competitive from the technical perspective.
He said despite steering Aduana Stars to clinch their second league title this season, the journey had been tough for the club this far.
Seven foreign-based players — six known and one yet to feature for Ghana at any level — have been invited to join the Black Queens as they play two international friendlies against France and Morocco next week.
The six are Elizabeth Addo (Damallsvenskan club Kvarnsvedens IK) and Portia Boakye, (who plays for Turkish side Trabzon Idmanocagi), who both featured for the Queens at the 2016 Africa Women’s Championship. The list includes former under-17 and under-20 team players, Ernestina Abambila, and Faustina Ampah, (both of Belarusian side ZFK Minsk), Sandra Owusu-Ansah and Alice Kusi (both of Lebanon’s Zouk Mosbeh Girls), as well as Grace Adams from University of South Florida.
Cruiserweight pugilist, Braimah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, has vowed to make the weight to fight Bastie "The Beast" Samir on Saturday despite doubts by his opponent's camp that he will weigh above the required limit.
Banku, who has been preparing feverishly to fight Bastie in their "Make of Break" non-title fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday, said he had been training hard to win the bout and was still confident of finishing off his opponent in round six.
Everton have sent scouts to watch Red Star Belgrade’s prolific striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom as the Ghanaian is attracting interest from clubs across Europe, according to Serbian publication HotSport.
The 24-year-old has been in a rich vein of form throughout 2017 – scoring 31 goals so far for both club and country – and his goalscoring exploits have not gone unnoticed.
Two-time champions Ghana will start as favourites against a gutsy continental neighbour's Niger in what promises to be an exciting round of 16 clashes in the FIFA U-17 World Cup on Wednesday in India.
Ghana has a pedigree in the age-group competition – having won it in 1991 and 1995 and having reached four out of five finals in the 1990s in which they dominated the age group competition.
The owner of Elmina Sharks, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has taken a swipe at the Ghana Football Association after his side lost 2-1 at Aduana Stars last Sunday in the penultimate game of the 2017 Ghana Premier League.
According to the businessman, his side lost the clash because of poor officiating. The win helped Aduana Stars to win this year’s Ghana Premier League.
Under-pressure Everton manager Ronald Koeman said he hoped his struggling side had gained "a little bit of confidence" after Wayne Rooney's 90th-minute penalty earned them a 1-1 draw at Brighton.
The Toffees, who spent £140m on new players in the summer, have won just two of their opening eight league games this season.
After two weeks residential camping at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra, Ghana’s male and female national hockey teams will fly to Egypt today ahead of the Africa Hockey Cup tournament which kick starts in the Egyptian city of Ismalia on Thursday.
A total of 36 players, comprising 18 males and 18 female were selected to represent Ghana in the tournament.
Polish champions Legia Warsaw have started talks with Sulley Muniru after the midfielder impressed on trials with them.
Muniru, the junior brother of former Ghana international Sulley Muntari, was handed a one-week trial by the Polish giants after he had his contract terminated by Romanian side Steaua Bucharest in April this year for fighting with a teammate and disrespecting the club President.
Ghana’s Black Starlets remain committed to ending their two decades title draught and are confident Niger will not stop their forward march when the two sides clash on Wednesday in a Round of 16 clash at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Navi Mumbai.
It would be an all-Africa battle among familiar foes and a repeat of the semifinal clash between the two sides at the Under-17 Africa Cup in Gabon where the Ghanaians triumphed 6-5 on penalties to seal a place in the continental final.
There was unrestrained joy at the Nana Agyeman Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro after Aduana Stars earned a hard-fought 2-1 home victory over Elmina Sharks to emerge winners of the 2016/2017 Premier League after going undefeated in 15 home matches this season with one game to spare.
The Dormaa-Ahenkro club won 12 and drew three times at home to claim the league title since their maiden triumph in 2010.
The FA Cup trophy was taken on a show to the secretariat of Kumasi Asante Kotoko last Saturday as part of the road map to the grand finale of the competition.
Asante Kotoko will face Accra Hearts of Oak in the grand finale of the competition in a match dubbed "unmissable".
An eight minute strike by Kotoko’s leading striker, Saddick Adams, ensured that Kotoko picked the maximum three points in the 29th week league match against Berekum Chelsea yesterday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Playing before almost an empty stadium, the Porcupine Warriors played some beautiful football and dominated the better part of the first half.
The homesters made their intention to carry the day right from the blast of referee J.A. Amenyah whistles and piled up the pressure on the visitors.
