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GFA officials influence player call up – Says a former ExCO member

Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer says player selections to form the various national teams are being influenced by top officials of the Football Association. According to...

How Jordan Ayew has stepped out of his brother’s shadows

One of the most fascinating narratives of the 2019-20 campaign in England’s top-flight has been that of Crystal Palace and Ghana striker Jordan Ayew. While...

Ligue 1 season set to be cancelled

The Ligue 1 season will be cancelled as French football instead attempts to restart in August, according to reports on Tuesday afternoon. French Prime Minister...

Just in: France’s top two football divisions effectively ended

The Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 seasons will not resume after France banned all sporting events, including behind closed doors, until September. Prime Minister Edouard...

Coronavirus: Club owner calls for cancellation of 2019/20 season

Techiman City FC boss, Charles Kwadwo Ntim, has called for the cancellation of the 2019/2020 Ghanaian football season. The cancellation he said, is to give...

Hearts of Oak announce partnership with GTV Sports Plus

Hearts of Oak have announced a partnership with GTV Sports Plus, which belongs to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. The arrangement will see the club’s exclusive...

Ex-Black Stars player praises administrators who influenced his career

Ex-Ghana international, Felix Aboagye, has named Nana Sam Brew Butler and the late Alhaji Ibrahim ‘Sly’ Tetteh as two figures who influenced his career. He played...

Ghana FA receives raw footage of ‘Number 12’ exposé from Tiger Eye

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ethics Committee has taken delivery of the raw footage of 'Number 12' exposé from Tiger Eye PI. The Accra-based investigative...

Coronavirus: How football fans want to fill stadium if league returns [photos]

Fans of German club, Borussia Monchengladbach,  have paid for more than 8,000 cardboard cutouts of themselves to fill their stadium if the Bundesliga returns...

Ronaldinho ‘totally surprised’ by Paraguay arrest

Ronaldinho says he was “totally surprised” to have been arrested and charged with using a fake passport in his first interview after being released...

Coronavirus: GFA urged to donate part of FIFA’s $500,000 stimulus package to govt

Bechem United boss, Nana Kwasi Darlington, has implored the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to donate part of the FIFA stimulus package to the government. The...

Osei Palmer slammed for ‘nothing has changed’ comment

Henry Asante Twum has slammed Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer for claiming nothing has changed since Kurt Okraku took over as the new president of...

Coronavirus: FIFA’s $500,000 package meant for GFA, not for clubs – Says FA’s spokesperson

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, says the stimulus package from FIFA is not meant for clubs. The world football...

Agyemang Badu reveals regrets in his career

Ghana international, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, has revealed some regrets that involve Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars. The FIFA U-20 World Cup winner says his less...

Spanish season unlikely to resume before summer, says health minister

The Spanish football season, halted like most major sporting competitions due to the coronavirus pandemic, is unlikely to return until the summer, the country’s...

Serie A set to return on June 2 as Italy prepares to emerge from lockdown

Serie A is planning to return to action on June 2 as Italy prepares to begin the process of phasing out the nationwide lockdown. The...

Agyemang Badu vows to return to Asante Kotoko

Emmanuel Agyemang Badu says he will love to coach Ghana Premier League giant Asante Kotoko in the future when he retires from actively playing...

Black Stars midfielder rates Ronaldo over Messi

Ghana and Hellas Verona midfielder, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu has rated Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo over Barcelona's Lionel Messi. The two super stars have dominated world football...

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud set to extend contract

Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud is set to extend his contract, keeping him at the club until 2021. The Frenchman, 33, looked like he would leave...

Wolves’ Jota beats Liverpool’s Alexander-Arnold to win ePremier League title

Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Diogo Jota won the ePremier League Invitational title for his club on Saturday after beating Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold with a...

Didier Drogba gets zero in Ivory Coast FA elections

Former Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba’s ambition of leading Cote d'Ivoire football faced a halt after former players unanimously voted for his rival. All eleven out...

Ekow Amoasi writes: Five key ‘highlights’ of Osei Palmer’s interview on Asempa FM

On Thursday, April 23, 2020, the president of Tema Youth FC, Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer, spoke to the media for the first since last...

Ghana winger Edwin Gyasi dismisses reports of signing pre-contract with Besiktas

Ghana international, Edwin Gyasi, has debunked reports suggesting he has signed a pre-contract with Turkish SuperLig side, Besiktas. The SKA Sofia winger has been on...

Ghana’s Christian Atsu crashes out of ePremier League tourney

Ghana and Newcastle United winger, Christian Atsu, has crashed out of the Sky Sports ePL Invitational at the quarter-final stage. Atsu was beaten 4-1 by...

Coronavirus: Eredivisie cancelled due to pandemic

The Eredivisie - the top tier of football in the Netherlands - has been abandoned for the season with no title winner and no...

GFA to receive $500,000 stimulus package from FIFA amid coronavirus outbreak

FIFA will release all operational funding due to member associations for the years 2019 and 2020 in the coming days as the first step...

Neymar’s mother dumps 23-year-old toyboy after discovering he had dated a string of men

Neymar's mother has dumped her toyboy lover after finding out he had dated a string of men, according to reports in Brazil. The Paris Saint-Germain star only gave his...

Selling TV rights to only StarTimes wrong decision – Osei Palmer

Wilfred Osei Palmer believes it was a poor decision for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to award Ghana Premier League (GPL) broadcasting rights to...

Coronavirus: I’m not Drogba, Eto’o; I won’t donate – Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor has defended his refusal to donate to support Togo capital Lome’s coronavirus battle as has been done by fellow African football stars, Didier...

Lukaku apologises after claiming Inter coronavirus outbreak in January

Romelu Lukaku has apologised after reportedly claiming that as many as 23 Inter Milan players were ill with coronavirus symptoms as early as January. Italy...

Bundesliga ready for May 9 restart, says league chief

The Bundesliga could restart as soon as May 9 with backing from the government, DFL chief Christian Seifert confirmed on Thursday. The Bundesliga has been...

Frederick Acheampong quits as Ashgold CEO

Frederick Acheampong, Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has left his role as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ashgold SC. He was...

Palmer reveals money spent at CAS over presidency disqualification

Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer has revealed that he spent $49,000 to file his case against the Ghana Football Association (GFA) at the Court of...

GFA presidency is not on my mind for now – Osei Palmer

Wilfred Osei Kwaku says it will be unfair to confirm his interest in the Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidency for now. The Tema Youth FC...

Starting 2019/20 GPL season was premature – Tema Youth president

Astute football administrator, Wilfred Osei Kwaku Osei Palmer, says it was premature to have started the 2019/2020 Ghana Premier League season. After a year and a...

Asante Kotoko land in fresh ‘trouble’

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have suffered another 'casualty' as telecommunications giants, MTN suspends all financial obligations to the club with immediate effect. Football activities in the country have come...

GFA Elections: My disqualification was far from fair – Osei Palmer

Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer says his disqualification from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential election was not done on good grounds. With few weeks to...

Ghana football has not seen any change under Kurt Okraku, says Osei Palmer

Renowned football administrator, Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer, has unequivocally reiterated that nothing has changed under the administration of Kurt Okraku, Ghana Football Association (GFA)...

Coronavirus: Osei Palmer slams GFA for demanding stimulus package from govt

Mr Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer, president of Tema Youth FC, has slammed the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for demanding stimulus package from the government. Following...

Otumfuo to investigate Kotoko, Esperance transfer saga

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for an investigation into the tussle between Asante Kotoko and Esperance over the non-payment of a...