The CEO of Astro Football Academy, Wesam Moussallem, has announced an ambitious tournament which will present young footballers with the opportunity to earn contracts with foreign clubs.
According to Madam Moussallem, Ghana abounds in football talents but many are unable to realise their dreams of becoming global superstars because they do not have access to professional agents to guide them on the path to success.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has successfully organised the second edition of FIFA “Live Your Goals’(LTG) Campaign in the Volta regional capital, Ho.
Vice-President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Tuesday received the Queen’s Relay Baton for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Ghana, expressing optimism that Ghana’s participation in the games would bring more laurels to the country.
The next Commonwealth Games, slated for April 2018, and christened the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, will take place in Australia.
Promising Ghanaian boxer Musa Rahman Lawson has vowed to make light work of Lebanese Elias Farah ahead of their International Middleweight Amateur contest in the Azumah Nelson Fight Night on April 1.
The hugely anticipated fight will take place at the plush Bukom Boxing Arena.
Benjamin Fumi last Friday claimed his first National Ranking Tour title with a thrilling 6-1, 6-3 victory over Daniel Quartey in an action-packed final at the tennis arena of the Accra Stadium. It was a significant win for Fumi, who finally ended chains of heartbreaks in five unsuccessful attempts in the past.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided to ban Ghanaian match official Joseph Odartei Lamptey from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at national and international level for life.
The official was found guilty of breaching article 69 paragraph 1 (unlawfully influencing match results) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ qualifying match between South Africa and Senegal on 12 November 2016.
Former Nigerian international Peter Osaze Odemwingie is set to become the second high-profile African star after Michael Essien to move to the Indonesian Liga 1.
Graphic Online can reveal that the former Stoke City striker has signed a pre-contract agreement with Madura United and will be unveiled later this week as their marquee signing.
The Deputy Director in charge of technical at the National Sports Authority (NSA), Mr Saka Acquaye, has lauded the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, for his directive to get the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to work under the NSA, which is the mother body of all sporting disciplines in the country.
For him, the move was a step in the right direction, saying he was looking forward to working with leadership of the GFA who had neglected his outfit in their activities over the years.
Accra Hearts of Oak yesterday brought smiles to the faces of their teeming followers when they defeated Kumasi Asante Kotoko 1-0 to obstruct them from climbing onto the top spot of the Ghana Premier League log.
A penalty in the dying minutes of the game, converted by Vincent Atinga, seperated the two sides and ended Kotoko’s dominance over Hearts in Accra in recent times.
Indonesian Liga 1 club, Persib Bandung are cashing-in on replica jerseys of former Ghana and Chelsea star Michael Essien in an attempt to recoup the 800,000 euros they will repay him over the course of his one-year contract.
The Jakarta Globe reports that the recent signing of Essien, 34, has sparked a high demand in Persib jerseys.
Goodwill Sports ambassador and patron of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), Mr Ray Quarcoo, has promised to support boxing in the country.
Interacting with the press on the evening of the “Freedom Fight Night” at the Bukom Boxing Arena, Ambassador Quarcoo pledged to lend a helping hand to restore Ghana’s dwindling boxing fortunes.
An 83rd minute penalty converted by defender Vincent Atingah handed Accra Hearts of Oak all three points in a 1-0 victory over Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday afternoon at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Ghanaian international Raphael Dwamena scored a brace for FC Zurich as they drew 2-2 with Winterthur in the Swiss Challenge League.
Dwamena scored in the 73rd and 86th minutes to earn his side a vital point at home.
A former national athletics chief George Haldane Lutterodt has tasked the new leadership of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) headed by Ben Nunoo-Mensah to institute a forensic audit into the financial spending of the previous administration headed by Professor Francis Dodoo.
The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has revealed that he voted for the newly elected Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad, to hand a shock defeat to Issa Hayatou last Thursday to herald new era in African football.
