The Ghana U-23 after eliminating Gabon from the AFCON U-23 qualifiers as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifiers will face Algeria U-23 in the final qualifiers . Ghana who are very determined to secure a qualification to the 2020 Olympics, hammered Gabon 4:0 in the first leg of the qualifiers and travelled to Libreville to share spoils with Gabon. The team advanced to the final stage of the qualifiers 4:0 on aggregates. Algeria on the other hand, managed to secure next round qualification after thumping Equitorial Guinea by 3:1 in both legs. The two countries will meet in the…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Bonzo-Kaku Senior High School finished third in the girls soccer division of the Western regional Super Zonals competition. Bonzo-Kaku managed to whipped Bogoso based Saint Augustine Senior High School two nil at the Sekondi Sports Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Goals from Rose Ackah and Sarah Amanda were enough for Bonzo-Kaku SHS as they run away 2:0 to place second in the competition. Meanwhile, tournament favorite, Shama Senior High will lock horns with Asankragua Senior High School in the finals of the competition.
The second edition of the Ahanta West Municipal Football Association’s Under-13 gala has officially been slated for April 20, 2019 at the Ahanta Aboadi Community Park. The one-day competition with ROAA Cooperative Credit Union as it headline sponsor would witness sixteen clubs within the municipality battling it out for the ultimate. Mr. Dadzie Gravity who is the Chairman for the Ahanta West Municipal Football Association, the main organizers, has disclosed that, the competition which is under the theme “Develop boots and books in Ahanta West Municipality” is aim at unearthing football talents within the municipality with scouts from Ghana Premier…
Ghana whipped Mauritania in an international friendly on Tuesday evening at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Black Stars thumped the Lions of Chinguetti 3:1 to boost AFCON confidence as they target the ultimate. Ghana opened the early minutes with brilliant of display, putting pressure on the defense of Mauritania to get the opener. AFC Wembledon sensation, Kwesi Appiah grabbed the opener for the Black Stars in his seventh appearance by perfectly converting a spot kick in the 3rd minutes of the encounter. The home side kept putting pressure on the away team but failed to get the double due to…
Tarkwa has been chosen as the venue for the final showdown of the Western regional Armwrestling challenge scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 2019. The entire township is expected to turned upside down as winners from the various towns in the region would converged at the Cyanide Park to battle for the bragging rights as the champion in the Western region. The competition organized by Accra Brewery Limited beer brand, Eagle Extra Stout in collaboration with the Ghana Armwrestling Federation headed by Mr. Charles Osei Assibey is to increase youths participation in the game. Over fifty participants from the various towns…
Ghana have secured a qualification to the next qualifying round of the African U-23 championship as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a goalless stalemate against Gabon in Libreville today. The Ghana U-23 side managed to book next round qualification after holding their age-mates from Gabon to a 0:0 score-line at the Stade Monedan in Libreville. Coach Ibrahim Tanko’s side hammered Gabon to a four unanswered goals at the Accra Sports Stadium last week Saturday and have qualified to the next qualifying on a 4:0 aggregates. Ghana, after eliminating Gabon and making it to the next round will either…
Black Stars head coach James Akwasi Appiah has named a starting line-up for Mauritania friendly today at the Accra Sports Stadium. Kumasi Asante Kotoko skipper Amos Frimpong secured a starting line-up ahead of Daniel Opare whiles AFC Wembledon forward Kwesi Appiah makes the cut. Atletico Madrid midfield dynamo Thomas Partey leads the Black Stars as captain as Andre Ayew starts from the bench. Below is the Black Stars starting line-up for the Mauritania friendly; 1. Lawrence Ati(GK) 2. Amos Frimpong 3. Lumor Agbenyenu 4. Nicholas Opoku 5. Joseph Aidoo 6. Thomas Partey(c) 7. Alhassan Wakaso 8. Alfred Duncan 9. Ernest…
Head coach for the Mauritania national team, Corentin Martins has named a starting line-up against Black Stars in a friendly today at the Accra Sports Stadium. The encounter slated for 4:30PM is a preparatory test for both countries ahead of the Total African Cup of Nations in June this year at Egypt. Both sides have secured a qualification to the 32nd edition of the prestigious tournament on the African continent and are preparing for the deal day. The Lions of Chinguetti, ahead of the friendly encounter today have announced their starting eleven to face Ghana. 1. Namori Diaw (GK) 2.…
The Bankroller of New Edubiase Football Club, Abdul Salam Yakubu says he is ready to release all the players who don’t agree to his decision of not allowing the team to participate in the Normalization Committee Special competition. According to the astute football administrator, he is not ready to finance his outfit to partake in the much talked about special competition and therefore won’t hesitate to release players who don’t agree to his decision. “Am not ready to play the special cup. I’m meeting the players tomorrow and whoever doesn’t agree can go”, he told Nhyira FM. Meanwhile, sixty-two (62)…
Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Black Stars forward Abukari Gariba alias ‘Goal na Mafife’ is now a beggar on the streets of Tamale and Kumasi. Gariba who was once a deadly attacker for Black Stars and the Porcupine Warriors now begs on streets to survive after being neglected by the Ghanaian football fraternity. According to narrators of the Ghanaian football, Gariba scored over 300 goals for Ghana and Asante Kotoko in fourteen years but all not documented. Speaking to Atinka FM’s Sadick Adams, Gariba highlighted on his days as a footballer and the sacrifices he made for both the Black…