Ghana Black Stars defender Rashid Sumaila has joined Serbian Superliga side Red Star Belgrade on a 1 year loan deal. The 25 – year old completed his move on Thursday after passing medicals. He has joined the Serbian giants as replacement for his Compatriot Abraham Akwasi Frimpong who recently joined Hungarian side Ferencvarosi TC. Sumaila made sixteen (16) appearances for Al Qadsia in the Kuwaiti top-flight last season. He was part of Ghana’s 23 man squad for the 2014 FIFA World cup in Brazil.
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Former West Africa Football Academy(WAFA) midfielder Majeed Ashimeru have joined Swiss Super League side St.Gallen on a season -long loan move from Austrian giant Red Bull Salzburg. The 20- year-old spent his maiden season in Europe on loan at lower tier side Austria Lustenau after completing the season at elite side Wolfsberger AC. He made a combined 27 appearances last season during his loan outings at Lustenau and Wolfsberger.
Very interesting season for the former Chelsea flop, Mohammed Salah finished his first season in a Red shirt with a golden cup and even had a Ballon D’Or contention under his belt. But will that be erased if he exits the world cup with a wooden spoon? The 2017-18 season has been the best of times, and is turning out to be a bile for Mohamed Salah. Mohammed Salah’s long season officially ends tonight in Volgograd in a largely meaningless match when the eliminated pair of Egypt and Saudi Arabia face off to ensure the final rites to their sorry…
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is set to honour Legendary Africa’s boxer Azumah Nelson on his 60th birthday which falls on July 19,2018. The three- time world boxing champion will be presented with an award at the next edition of the Azumah Nelson Fight Night at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday 21st July,2018. The event which is produced by the Azumah Nelson Boxing Promotions ,will also mark the 20th Anniversary after the boxer called time on his career. The ‘Professor’ is regarded as Africa’s greatest boxer and the EBC greatest super featherweight of All – time. He was honoured…
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) on Thursday 14 June ,2018 meet with the captains of the various Premier league Clubs and a representative of the female league to discuss the position of the PFAG as per their earlier discussion with FIFPRO,the World Players Union. Major issues discussed at the meeting includes the players union affiliation with FIFPRO through the PFAG, insurance and life after Football Policy. Key among the issues discussed were the challenges facing Ghana Football with current impasse between Government and the football Association. This was released in a statement signed by the Deputy General Secretary…
The entirety of Sekondi-Takoradi is primed for Empire FM’s Oil City Health Walk as the clock ticks to the D-day. The much anticipated event comes off this Saturday, June 30 and will draw thousands of people from across various public and private institutions, Fitness Clubs and Associations, Youth Groups and the general public. The Oil City Health Walk; the biggest in the metropolis, has seen most people count down to the event date with gravid expectations. The event will have the needed gaiety and also serve as a perfect platform to keep fit, make new friends and build bonds. The…
Black Stars Captain Asamoah Gyan was on Friday night joined by hundreds of Ghanaians to unveil his latest achievement BJ’s (Baby Jet’s) Sports Bar located at Osu in Accra. The BJ’s Sports Bar according to the Ghanaian Striker will serve as a relaxation center for Ghanaians and other nationals from all walks of life to ease stress, discuss business issues as well as have fun after a hard day’s work. The facility which is located just behind the Osu KFC branch on the Oxford Street possesses a restaurant which offers amazing dishes, a standard bar, executive lounge and many more.…
A delegation of the government of Ghana on Friday 22nd June, 2018, had a fruitful first meeting with representatives of the Federation of international Football Association (FIFA) in Accra. According to a communique signed by the Minister for information, Hon.Mustapha Abdul- Hamid, from the deliberation they had with the FIFA officials, it was agreed that ” both FIFA and the Ghanaian government have a zero tolerance for corruption, criminality and all other forms of illegality. ” ” The government of Ghana has the right to enforce its national laws against criminal conduct and illegality. The meeting was attended Hon Isaac…
Nana Kwesi Coomson and 32 others have left to the United States of America (USA) on the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) for a 6-week leadership training. Mr. Coomson who is also the Chief Executive of Prestige Knight, a multimedia enterprise and operators of online news portal www.233times.com is on the Business and Entrepreneurship track and he is having his training at the Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. YALI is the Mandela Washington Fellowship’s flagship prorgam which takes young African leaders to the United States for 6 weeks of leadership training and mentoring in USA at twenty Universities and…
Chelsea legend Michael Essien’s reported move to Romanian top flight side CFR Cluj is off after the midfielder was declared too old at age 35 by new coach Edward lordanescu. The 35 year old Ghanaian was set to sign a contract worth almost 1 million pounds a year with the Romanian side CFR Cluj after been released in March by Indonesian outfit Persib Bandung but new coach Edward lordanescu has vetoed a deal since taking charge last week, claiming Essien is too old. ” l stopped Essen’s transfer to CFR Cluj, l already have a lot of experience players who…