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Retired Ghanaian referee, Emmanuel Okoampah has detailed how a minister under the Rawlings administration instructed him to show bias in a football game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Without giving details of the date of the match, ex-referee Okoampah disclosed that the game which was a …

The friendly match between the Black Galaxies of Ghana and Mozambique has come to a sudden end after the coach of Mozambique ordered players to leave the pitch. The game between the two countries ended abruptly on Tuesday afternoon after the coach of Mozambique stormed the pitch to order his …

The Communication Director of the Ghana Football Association, Henry Asante Twum, is optimistic that a new head coach for the Black Stars could be appointed before the end of January 2023. The Black Stars coaching job became vacant on the night of Friday, December 2, 2022, after Otto Addo resigned from the position following Ghana’s elimination from …

French Football Federation (FFF) president, Noel le Graet, has come under heavy fire over statements directed at the nation’s football great, Zinedine Zidane. The 1998 World Cup winner and former Real Madrid coach Zidane, had been considered a candidate for the France national team job, but the FFF said Saturday …

Modeste Mbami, a former Cameroonian footballer who played for Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain before retiring at Le Havre, has died at the age of 40. The cause of death, according to reports, was a heart attack. He rose to prominence in Ligue 1 in the early 2000s before …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that it has appointed Swiss tactician Nora Hauptle as the new head coach of the Black Queens. “Nora Hauptle has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Senior Women’s national team – otherwise known as Black Queens. “The 39-year-old former Swiss International …

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a slip of tongue on his first day at work as an Al Nassr player. Speaking at the first press conference preceding his official unveiling last Tuesday, he referred to Saudi Arabia, his new host country, as South Africa. “The football is different, …

Ex-Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah has said he is open to returning to the Black Stars as head coach if he’s approached. The 62-year-old has already had two stints with the national team, with his first being from 2012 to 2014, including leading Ghana to the World Cup in Brazil. Appiah was reappointed …

Coach Otto Addo was the toast of Nima residents, a vibrant and diverse suburb in the Ghanaian capital Accra on New Year’s eve. The immediate past head trainer of Ghana at the World Cup in Qatar and current development coach at Borussia Dortmund in Germany, was the special guest at …

Some Ghanaians on social media have hurled at the world’s football governing body, FIFA to construct a stadium in Ghana before thinking about naming a stadium after the late football legend Pele. FIFA president, Gianni Infantino who was in Sao Paulo in Brazil for Pele’s funeral disclosed that FIFA plans …