English-born Ghanaian footballer Kwame Poku has been handed a debut call up to the Black Stars ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome. The 19-year old who plays for Colchester United in the English League Two has made 31 appearances in the ongoing campaign …

After an amazing performance at the U-20 African Cup of Nations, Black Satellites defender Frank Assinki takes his turn on Sports Check. A strong pillar in defense for the Ghana-U20 side, Assinki reveals how he managed to man the back line to ensure the Satellites won the tournament. Assinki who …

Asante Kotoko have registered 29 players with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for the second round of the Premier League, footballghana.com can report. The Kumasi-based club is geared up for the final hurdle of the 2020/2021 football season where they are keen on lifting the league title at the end …

Ghana’s Premier League and Championship contingent including Arsenal midfielder Thomas Teye Partey, Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew, and Swansea City forward Andre Ayew have been left out of the Black Stars’ final squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying games against South Africa and Sao Tome e …

The headmistress of Achimota School is under fire for allegedly denying a guy admission because of his dreadlocks. Ghanaians are divided on whether it was a good step to deny a student the right to education based on his choice of hairstyle. Some are hailing the Headmistress for her bold …

A public school in the Upper East Region, where schoolchildren sit on the floor to learn for lack of furniture, has received 81 dual desks after a teacher made the children’s ordeal public through social media. A number of entities donated the writing desks to the Naaga Primary School after …

Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor seems to have done the image of the team little favours with his final squad for the all-important Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome. The final list of players for the tournament was announced on Thursday, March 18, 2021 with …

Aduana Stars defender, Farouk Adams who has been accused in the hit–and–run incident which claimed the life of Police Officer Amos Mattey has been granted a bail of Ghc60,000 by the Berekum Circuit Court, with four sureties. Adams was charged on four counts of Careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing …

First-year Senior High School (SHS) students Thursday reported to school to begin the 2021/22 academic year. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to the St Thomas Aquinas SHS and Accra High School saw the ‘freshers’ going through the registration process. Mr Paul K. Amoasi Baidoo, the Headmaster of …

Black Stars Head Coach C. K Akonnor has named a 29-man squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe. The team is a mixture of home based and others who play abroad. Coach Akonnor who has been training with home-based players …

English Premier League side Crystal Palace has decided not to release Black Stars duo Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp for this month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The decision is a massive blow for the Black Stars as they face a tough clash with South Africa in Johannesburg before taking on …

He stepped up, took a few quick steps, directed his kick to the right bottom corner and it’s a goal. Asamoah Gyan has scored in a game involving the Black Stars but this time unlike previous occasions, Gyan did not score for Ghana, instead, he scored against the team that …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) have signed a five-year cooperation agreement. The partnership which takes immediate effect covers technical and professional exchanges, General Management, Study and research and assistance in sports facilities. Others include Sports science, Sports medicine, Futsal, Women’s Football, Youth Football, promotional …

Former Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan was on target for Legon Cities as they succumbed to the Black Stars by 3-1 in a friendly on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium. The former Sunderland striker found the back of the net from the spot after Jonah Attuquaye was brought down in …

Kumasi Asante Kotoko are back in the spotlight having announced the signing of Michael Vinicius Silva de Morais. The 27-year-old attacker is the second player from Brazil the porcupine warriors have hired in less than a year. Having had a prior stint with clubs such as Fluminense (Brazil), Linkoping City and Vasalunds …

Mother of Berekum-born AS Roma Ghanaian sensation Felix Ohene Gyan, Juliet Adubea, has revealed that she had to stand her grounds to ensure her son sealed a move to the Italian giants. The Sunyani-born striker has already hit the ground running in Rome after scoring and assisting on his debut …

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have completed the signing of Brazilian, Michael Vinicius Silva de Morais on a two-and-a-half-year deal. The 27-year old attacker joins the Porcupine Warriors to bolster their attack for the second round of the Ghana Premier League which resumes on April 2. The former Fluminense forward becomes the second Brazilian …

Ghanaian Premier League giant, Asante Kotoko has signed another Brazilian footballer. Michael Vinicius Silva de Morais joins the Porcupine Warriors in a 2 and a half years deal. The Brazilian forward formerly of Fluminense in his native Brazil and Linkoping City and Vasalunds IF both in Sweden.   The new …

CEO of J’S Eye to Eye Clinic Ltd, Aflao Mr Jerome Yevugah has donated a large number of first aid supplies to Ghana Beach Soccer Champions Sunset Sports Keta at their base in Keta. The donation is in fulfilment of a pledge he made to the club after they emerged …

Legon Cities chief executive officer Maxwell Terry Aidam has revealed the club will be far from running at a loss despite concerns about the returns from their big-money signing of Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan. In October last year, the Royals broke the bank to bring the former Sunderland and Stade Rennais …

The Food and Drugs Authority has assured the Ghanaian public that the AstraZeneca vaccines are safe adding that no side effects have been recorded in Ghana yet. Over 300, 000 Ghanaians have been given the jab after the country took delivery of some 600, 000 doses of the vaccines last …

Black Stars Head Coach C.K Akonnor has handed call ups to three players of the victorious Black Satellites squad. The trio, Ibrahim Danlad, a goalkeeper of Asante Kotoko who was adjudged the overall best goalkeeper of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania, Philemon Baffuor of Dreams FC who …

As part of measures to help recover Ghana’s economy, government has announced a one percent increment (1%) in the National Health Insurance Levy(NHIL). This is to say that the hitherto 2.5% NHIL charge on goods and services has increased to 3.5%. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament …

It has been exactly 21 years since Accra Hearts of Oak registered a famous 4-0 victory over their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko during a Ghana Premier League game in Accra. March 15, 2000, was a day that the 64 Battalions of Hearts of Oak, spearheaded by Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo and Charles Taylor confirmed their …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Legon Cities Football Club, Terry Maxwell Idam, has posited football is about business and every serious club should it as such. According to him, as a football club, their focus is to build a brand and be prepared to recruit quality players and make …

It started on the very first day that we returned from our honeymoon. We had barely taken our seats when he told me that he had something to discuss with me. He sounded very excited and that made me wonder what he had to tell me. He said, “This is …

The Ghana Aids Commission chalked some notable successes at the end of 2020 as it was focused on achieving its mandate. One of the most recognizable achievements was the reduction of new infections from 20,068 in 2019 to 17,581 in 2020. This was captured in the 2021 budget presented by …

Legendary Ghanaian footballer Mohammed Polo has downplayed suggestions that a spell has been cast on the Black Stars by some aggrieved ex-footballers. For more than 38 years, the nation has tried unsuccessfully to win the Africa Cup of Nations title. There have been near-misses with the Black Stars reaching the semis of the competition …

Parliament is expected to invite the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum to appear on the floor of the House to answer questions relating to newly-authored history textbooks for students. This comes after lawmaker for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said he has filed an urgent parliamentary question requesting the …

The qualifiers of the Total Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 resumes on March 24, 2021, with Matchday 5 games taking place across the continent. Following are the fixtures (in GMT) Group A 24.03.2021 16:00 Conakry Guinea v Mali 24.03.2021 13:00 N’Djamena Chad v Namibia Group B 24.03.2021 13:00 Kampala …