Ghana coach, Maxwell Konadu, has charged the team to put last Monday’s 2-0 loss to Nigeria behind them and ‘fight’ for the ultimate in the ongoing WAFU tournament, offensive midfielder Thomas Abbey has revealed.

Abbey, who missed Ghana’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria last Monday due to injury, told the Graphic Sports that Coach Konadu tasked them to banish last Monday’s loss by going all out to win tomorrow’s semi-final clash in Cape Coast to redeem the team’s image.

Black Stars B coach, Maxwell Konadu, says he would approach tomorrow’s semi-final game the same positive way as he did in their previous games to ensure victory a place in the final of the WAFU Cup of Nations.

Konadu said the wining mentality with which his side started the competition would be maintained tomorrow, and he was confident his team had what it took to scale the semifinal hurdle and later channel their energies into winning the final on Sunday.

Islam Slimani's superb strike helped Leicester see off a wasteful Liverpool at the King Power Stadium to reach the fourth round of the Carabao Cup.

The Algeria striker's left-footed shot found the top corner after substitute Shinji Okazaki had put the Foxes ahead.

Barnsley coach Paul Heckingbottom has revealed that Andy Yiadom is likely to be back in the first-team reckoning by the middle of next month.

Yiadom is currently sidelined with a back issue and is due to undergo a scan today, having missed the Reds’ last seven matches in all competitions - having made just two appearances this term.

Flying African star Kingsford Adjei says he hopes Westfields can provide him with an opportunity to eventually play professional football.

The Ghanaian is in his second year at Hartpury College and was at the Right to Dream Academy at the same time as Sirdic Grant.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria put up solid second half performance to beat Ghana’s Black Stars B 2-0 at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium yesterday to qualify alongside the host from Group A into the semi-finals of the WAFU Cup of Nations tournament.

The Nigerians needed a win to qualify, as a win for Mali against Guinea in the other group fixture at Elmina could have complicated issues for the Super Eagles.

Guinea and Mali both exited the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations after playing to a 1-1 draw in their final group stage match at Nduom Sports Stadium in Elmina yesterday..

With Nigeria beating Ghana 2-0 in a concurrent Group A match in Cape Coast to reach the semis, the result between the Syli Nationale and the Eagles of Mali was nothing more than academic.

Rising Ghana star Emmanuel Lomotey is set for life in the Spanish Segunda B after signing for Extremadura UD.

The talented midfielder who is currently a part of the Ghana Black Stars squad playing in the ongoing WAFU tourney made the switch from Dreams Football Club on transfer deadline day, August 30.

Tema Community 8 Primary School edged Twedease Primary School 1-0 to win the finals of this year’s OMA FutureStars Festival of Sport held at the Tema Sports Stadium on Saturday.

The 4th edition of the festival saw students from five Tema-based schools competing for honours in 5-aside football and netball plus the introduction of a sprint competition to discover the fastest boy and girl.

Nothing can go wrong for Ghanaian striker Patrick at the moment. After ending last season as the best foreign player at the Kazakh club Astana, Twumasi picked-up from where he left-off this season by winning the August Player of the Month award.

DEFENDING champions, Ampem Darkoa Ladies have qualified for their third successive final despite losing 1-2 to Lepo Ladies in their final game of this season’s National Women’s League (NWL).

Ampem Darkoa, champions in the northern zone, will play LadyStrikers in the champions play-off on October 7 after the Cape Coast-based team also shrugged off competition to win the southern zone league.

Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe has moved up the rankings in World Boxing Council’s (WBC) latest ranking, moving up a place from 11th to 10th position.

Dogboe beat Argentine Javier Chacon in the Bukom Boxing Arena and that rendered the Ghanaian youngster undefeated in 17 fights in July this year.
Isaac Dogboe currently holds the WBO International Super Bantamweight title. This jump in the ranking inches him closer to the WBC super-bantamweight title.

Coach J.E.Sarpong has revealed that Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, has given him a firm assurance that he will hang up his boots after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In recent times there has been a clamour among fans for the ageing striker to retire and give way to younger players because of declining form and recurrent injuries which have prevented him from giving his best for Ghana lately.

GHANA’s Under-20 female football team, Black Princesses, have put their best foot forward in the 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifying campaign after thrashing Algeria 5-0 in their opening game last Friday.

Goals from Grace Asantewaa, Sandra Owusu-Ansah, Helena Obeng and a brace from Olivia Anokye in their first round, first leg game in Algiers comfortable cushion for the Princesses when they host the return leg on September 30.

Ghana midfielder Winful Cobbinah scored a spectacular goal to hand Black Stars B a deserved 1-0 win against Mali last Saturday to send the Black Stars B to the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations at the Cape Coast Stadium.

Windful put up a man-of-the-match performance as Maxwell Konadu’s charges coasted to their third successive victory in the competition to raise the hopes of Ghanaians that the team was well be on their way to win the competition.