Aston Villa were happy to let Jordan Ayew go in January and he is making a positive impression at Swansea City. Back in the January transfer window, Aston Villa’s decision to swap Swansea City left-back Neil Taylor for misfiring attacker Jordan Ayew appeared to make sense.
Ghana Black Stars B played a determined game to beat the Flying Eagles of Mali 1-0, in the WAFU 2017 tournament on Saturday at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.
A thunderbolt 18-yard strike from the left foot of Windful Cobbina in the 73rd minute of the game gave the Stars the maximum three points and qualified them as the first team from group "A" to advance to the semifinals of the competition.
Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City moved top of the table and handed Watford their heaviest ever top-flight defeat.
Previously unbeaten Watford could have also topped the Premier League with a win against Pep Guardiola's side, but they were undone by City's prolific attack who have now scored 15 goals in three matches.
Astros Football Academy will on Saturday, September 15 hold a fundraising dinner event to raise funds in aid of grassroots football in the country.
The Academy has been in existence for five years and has championed the development of football in the country with the establishment of Astros Football Academy.
The Management of Box Office Sports Promotions has rescheduled to next month the much-anticipated bout between Braimah ‘Bukom Banku’ Kamoko and Bastie Samir, dubbed “Make or Break".
The bout has now been moved from September 30 to October 21 at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
Dreams FC’s young player of the season, Montari Kamahini, says he is ready to make his mark in the elite division next season.
The 17-year-old left back was instrumental in the Dawu-based club’s qualification back to the Ghana Premier League as Division One League Zone Three winners.
The National Sports Authority (NSA) has made a formal request to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to enable it hire over 100 coaches for the various national teams across different sporting disciplines in the country.
The NSA Director General, Robert Sarfo Mensah, told the Graphic Sports in Accra that the move was aimed at employing coaches who would be tasked to unearth talents and develop sports in the country.
Many people, if not everyone has a talent but not everyone knows what they are good at. Many will therefore, live their lives not knowing their talents partly due to lack of opportunities to develop them. This is one of the greatest challenges confronting sports development in the country.
Whilst it is a fact that schools remain Ghana’s best bet to unearthing young talent, the missing link has been how to go about it. Some of the greatest talents that Ghana has produced in sports like Michael Essien and Asamoah Gyan were unearthed at the school level and any project that seeks to encourage students to stay at school whilst playing sports in a safe environment must be encouraged.
A Technical Director at the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Oti Akenten, has lauded the organisers of the WAFU Cup of Nations, saying the participating countries need such tournaments to enhance their football development programmes.
He said the competition had so far lived up to expectation and expressed the hope that the group stage would witness more competitive and exciting games.
HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings limited, will begin its “Ride Out Malaria” cycling tour with the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation today from Tamale to Accra on September 23.
The 668-kilometre cycling tour, which is scheduled to commence today, will end at the bank’s head office at Cantonment in Accra as cyclists ride through the various regional branches across the country.
A Determined Ghana Black Star B, beat their Guinean counterpart Syli Nationale, 2-0 to advance to the next stage of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) tournament at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Thursday.
Alexis Sanchez scored a stunning goal as Arsenal came from behind to beat Cologne in a Europa League match delayed for an hour following crowd trouble.
Chilean Sanchez, who nearly left the club to join Manchester City on transfer deadline day, picked the ball up outside the area and curled a shot past keeper Timo Horn.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) is hopeful of securing corporate sponsorships for the female senior national football teams after holding talks with eight companies on Tuesday.
Ghana currently has three female teams; the senior national team, Black Queens, Black Maidens (U-17) and Black Princesses (U-20).
After surviving a scare from The Gambia in their eliminating game of the ongoing WAFU Cup competition, Ghana’s Black Stars B must now make their intentions clearer as they start the group campaign with the opening game against the Syli Nationale of Guinea at the Cape Coast stadium today.
The Black Stars B, who sold out a lucklustre performance in their first game of the competition, managed to sail through to the group stage after benefiting from an injury time spot kick last Saturday to get to the group stage.
The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped out of the top 50 countries in the FIFA World Rankings to 52nd place in the list released for the month of September on Thursday.
However, the Stars improved from ninth place in the August ranking to become the eight best team on the African continent for September.
