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Ghana international Portia Boakye scored on the opening day of the Swedish Damallsvenskan on Sunday but her side Djurgården lost 3-2 away to Uppsala. The 31-year-old found the back of the net in the 31st minute to give the visitors a 2-1 lead. It was her first league goal in …

  The Ghana Football Association has announced the passing of Kwaku Ampem-Darko, a former Deputy General Secretary of the federation. Mr. Ampem-Darko was Deputy General Secretary in charge of Technical (competitions). He passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 after a protracted illness. The late Ampem-Darko, was committed to research …

Five Ghanaian players have suffered relegation from the German Bundesliga after final round games on Saturday. The curtains on the German top-flight season was drawn down as record-holders Bayern Munich retained their title. However, four Ghanaian players were at the wrong end of the final standings after matchday 34. Christopher …

Belgian giants RSC Anderlecht have submitted a loan bid to sign Ghana defender Gideon Mensah from Red Bull Salzburg, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively confirm. Mensah, 21, left the Austrian giants for Belgian outfit Zulte Waregem on a season-long loan in 2019. The left-back went on to enjoy success at the club, …

German manager Jurgen Klopp and his multinational squad of players have been given most of the credit for Liverpool’s Premier League triumph but behind the 19th top flight title has been the astute ownership of a group of American executives.   It did not take great imagination to work out …

Former Bafana Bafana defender Anele Ngcongca is happy to lead from the back at Mamelodi Sundowns as they plot to upset leaders Kaizer Chiefs and claim their third successive Premier League championship.   Ngcongca‚ who is one of the senior players at Chloorkop together with the likes of captain Hlompho …

    The Ghana Football Association is set to receive $1 million in grants from  FIFA after the world football governing body approved a $1.5 billion relief fund to help member associations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The GFA will receive an extra $500,000 to support women’s football. The GFA …

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 23rd goal of the season as Juventus moved seven points clear at the top of Serie A with victory over 10-man Lecce.   The visitors had Fabio Lucioni sent off for a foul in the first half before Paulo Dybala struck from outside the box just …

  Former Ghana international, John Paintsil has revealed fighting his Black Stars teammate during the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations due to segregation in the team camp. Paintsil sharing accounts of some of the sad moments he had in the team when he first joined said that, he had to …

  Ghanaian striker Edward Nketiah was on target for Arsenal in their 2-1 win against Southampton on Thursday. The 21-year-old fetched the opener for the Gunners when he intercepted a poor kick from goalkeeper Alex McCarthy in the 20th minute. Joseph Willock sealed the victory for Mikel Arteta’s men with …