The Board of Directors of Accra Hearts of Oak has pledged to deal with any individual who is found guilty in a match-fixing probe which is currently underway at the club following allegations that the former Operations Manager of the club, Joshua Acquah, is a member of a betting syndicate.
An official of Ghanaian giants Accra Hearts of Oak has been interrogated by the Police following allegations of match-fixing at the club.
The official of the club, Joshua Acquah has reportedly resigned his post as the operations manager of the club after the allegations came to light.
India police on Wednesday confiscated musical instruments of the Ghanaian supporters preventing them from using it during the Black Starlets game against Niger at the D.Y Patil stadium in Mumbai.
The drums and trumpets were seized by the police on explaination that it was a threat to security at the stadium. And for well over 45 minutes the Ghanaian supporters were held up at the gate in an exchange with the police but they would not listen.
The Black Starlets of Ghana defeated Niger 2-0 in an all-African Round of 16 clash at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The win earns the Black Starlets a quarter-final clash versus another African opponent in Mali on Saturday in Guwahati.
Rabiatu Naa Ayorkor Ofoli was born on July 23, 2002 at La, Accra, in the Greater Accra Region.
She is a Ghanaian professional table tennis and badminton player. She was trained to play table tennis by Coach Yarboi, the former Greater Accra coach, and later by Coach Anang Whyte, the Eastern Regional coach.
This week, the President of Elmina Sharks has openly complained about the lack of fair play in the Ghana Premier League, especially in situations where referees have decided the results of matches instead of players of opposing sides, or where club administrators connive to cheat.
Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom’s club lost 1-2 to Aduana Stars at Dormaa-Ahenkro last Sunday and as a result handed Aduana the league title. But beyond protests by Sharks over perceived injustice during the match, Dr Nduom followed it up by venting his disappointment about the lack of fair play in the competition and the need for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Premier League Board (PLB) to sit up to the clear danger presently facing the sport.
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.
