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Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has suffered a fresh heartbreaking setback to his career as Spanish club Zaragaoza have detected an unknown heart problem during a routine medical check, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal. The 24-year-old has been ruled out of action indefinitely for the Spanish second tier side following the unspecified …

Asante Kotoko are set to part ways with certain fringe players in their quest to build a formidable side ahead of the Caf Confederation Cup final playoffs. According to reports, the list include players like Muntari Tagoe, Abass Mohammed, Prince Acquah and a few others. Muntari Tagoe, who joined the …

Bankroller of lower tier side Tema Youth, Wilfred Osei Kwaku ‘Palmer’ and his legal team has dragged president of the Normalization Committee (NC), Dr Kofi Amoah to the FIFA Ethics Committee according to Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM after his appeal was turned down. Palmer, who was nursing the ambitions of becoming …

The Elections Committee of the GFA NC wishes to inform the football community and the general public that the vetting process initiated to vet interested aspirants for the various advertised vacant positions came to an end on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 4 p.m. These are the fully vetted and …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee has thrown out an appeal by renowned football administrator Wilfred Kwaku Osei concerning his disqualification from the GFA presidential race. The Tema Youth FC president submitted a protest in hopes of overturning a Vetting Committee recommendation for his elimination. The disqualification was based …

Lionel Messi has revealed that he almost left Barcelona in 2014 after he and his father were charged with tax fraud. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was alleged to have used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights, and as such defrauded Spain of €4.1 …

More often than not, many footballers enter into coaching after they hang their boots and even with some of them, they undertake coaching courses getting to the twilight of their careers so that when they retire, they start their new adventure. Coaches like Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard …

FIFA has extended the mandate of the Normalisation Committee set up to run the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a second time. The second mandate of the Normalisation Committee expired on September 30, 2019. However, in view of the upcoming GFA elections, FIFA has extended the Normalisation Committee’s mandate to …

Hat-trick hero Shafiu Mumuni fired Ghana into the final of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after beating Ivory Coast 3-1 in the semifinal at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal on Tuesday. The Black Stars had the first chance on goal in the 10th minute, but Joseph Esso …

With a swish of his magic left boot, Lionel Messi broke yet another record as his stunning trademark free-kick sealed a comprehensive win against Sevilla. The strike was his 420th in La Liga, breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 419 goals scored in Europe’s ‘top five’ leagues — Spain, England, Germany, …