Great Grandson of Asafoakye Nettey founder of Accra Hearts of Oak, Darlington Nettey has revealed that the Phobians will continue to struggle both on and off the pitch for neglecting their traditional home over the years. The Rainbow club has gone more than a decade without a domestic league title …
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Each Black Satellites player to receive $10,000 for winning U-20 AFCON
President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced a $10,000 reward package to each member of the national U-20 team for winning the recently ended Africa Youth Championship in Mauritania. He however was quick to add that half of the money to the players will be in cash while the remaining half …
Read More »14 medical treatment sites, other major health projects to be constructed – Akufo-Addo
A total of 33 major health projects were approved for implementation last year by my government, the President of the Republic H.E Akufo-Addo has disclosed. He said this when he delivered his state of the nation address on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. He said his administration has shown a commitment …
Read More »FDA alerts public over the seizure of fake coronavirus vaccine in South Africa
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued an alert over the seizure of fake Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa. According to the FDA, ”this alert has become necessary as a result of reports of the seizure of fake COVID19 vaccines in South Africa. The FDA wishes to caution the …
Read More »SoNA 2021: More health workers to be recruited – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says his government will recruit more health workers in his second term to help improve Ghana’s healthcare delivery services following the devastating impact of COVID-19 across the globe. Delivering his first State of the Nation address in Parliament on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that his …
Read More »Andre Ayew excellent in making players around him better—Swansea goalkeeper
Swansea City goalkeeper, Freddie Woodman, says Andre Ayew is excellent in making players around him better. The Ghana captain scored two goals at Liberty Stadium on Saturday to help Steve Cooper’s side defeat Middlesbrough 2-1 to stay in contention for Premier League promotion. Speaking after the game, Woodman maintains that …
Read More »25-yr-old maths teacher in need of GH¢32,000 to undergo hip replacement surgery
A 25-year-old female Mathematics Teacher, Portia Afriyie, of Katakyiwa M/A Basic School in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti region, urgently needs GH¢32,000 to undergo surgery or risk being paralyzed in the coming days. Ms. Portia Afriyie, the only mathematics teacher for the Katakyiwa M/A JHS is suffering …
Read More »2021 Under-17 AFCON called-off
Footballghana.com can report that the 2021 Total CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament has been canceled. The youth championship was scheduled to start in the host nation, Morocco from March 13 to 31 according to an earlier confirmation from the continent’s football governing body. With less than a …
Read More »Two Premier League Match venue license revoked; others warned
The Club Licensing Board, acting in its capacity as the first instant body of the Club Licensing process has revoked the Licenses of Berekum Chelsea and Elmina Sharks FC to use the Golden City park and the Ndoum sports stadium respectively. As part of the mid-season spot-check inspection and review, …
Read More »Black Stars coach C.K Akonnor invites twenty-four to camp on Monday
Ghana coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor has invited twenty-four players to report to camp at 10am on Monday, March 8, 2021, at the M-plaza Hotel in Accra. The team dominated by domestic-based players are to continue with preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao …
Read More »Stop punishing children for speaking vernacular in school
The Dean at the Faculty of Ghanaian Languages of the University of Education Winneba, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie says it is unjust to prohibit children from speaking vernacular in schools. Speaking at a virtual symposium on the role of the mother tongue in improving literacy in Ghana on 3fm 92.7, the …
Read More »Watch highlights of Hearts of Oak big win over WAFA
Accra Hearts of Oak returned to winning ways with a 4-0 win over WAFA in Samuel Boadu’s first game as head coach of the club in this matchday 17 of the Ghana Premier League at the Accra sports stadium. The win gave the Phobians their third win in four games since …
Read More »Reopening for SHS 1 students postponed to 18 March
First-year Senior High School (SHS) students across the country are expected to report to school from Thursday, 18 March to Sunday, 21 March 2021 the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. First-year SHS students across the country were initially scheduled to report to school on Wednesday, 10 March 2021. However, …
Read More »Performance of Ghanaian players abroad
GHANAsoccernet.com brings to you a comprehensive report on the performance of Ghanaian Players Abroad over the weekend in their respective leagues. Our European football expert Herbert Boakye Yiadom brings to you a report on the players below from goal scorers, time duration on the field etc. ENGLAND In the English …
Read More »Ghana‘s Fatawu Issahaku wins Best Player Award at the U-20 AFCON
Ghana’s sensational midfielder Abdul Fatawu Issahaku has been chosen as Player of the Tournament after Ghana’s triumphant display at the just-ended U20 AFCON in Mauritania. The sensational player who plays for Steadfast FC was named the player of the tournament after scoring two goals in 6 games for Ghana. Fatawu, …
Read More »You’ve made Ghana proud – Akufo-Addo eulogises AFCON-winning Black Satellites
President Nana Akufo-Addo has congratulated the National Under-20 team, the Black Satellites, on winning the 2021 African U-20 championship. In a Facebook post, President Akufo-Addo said: “Congratulations to the Black Satellites for winning Ghana’s 4th AFCON U-20 trophy. Thoroughly deserved victory, and they’ve made Mother Ghana proud. What a way …
Read More »LIVESTREAMING: Black Satellites arrive home after resounding victory in Africa U-20 tournament
Ghana’s U20 team have arrived in Ghana on Sunday March 7, 2021, after beating Uganda to win the Africa U-20 championship in Mauritania. The players have been met with wild jubilation and cheers from supporters at the Kotoka International Airport, Accra Daniel Barnie Afriyie scored in both halves to hand …
Read More »Hearts of Oak unveils new headline sponsor today
Hearts of Oak will unveil their new headline sponsor, Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited, on Sunday when they clash with WAFA in the Ghana Premier League at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Phobians jersey for the match will feature Sunon Asogli Power. Hearts announced securing a mammoth sponsorship deal with …
Read More »Beach Soccer will become a new industry in Volta Region – Volta FA Beach Soccer Chairman
Newly appointed Volta Region FA beach soccer committee Chairman Dzidodo Ruben Adjahoe has indicated that beach soccer will soon create jobs and opportunities for the people of the region and beyond. Adjahoe said the sport has a lot to offer the Region since the Volta Region is already the hub …
Read More »Registration of private candidates for BECE begins
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has opened registration for the 2021 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for private junior high school candidates. According to WAEC, first-time candidates as well as those seeking to improve on their grades had up to March 19, 2021, to register for the examination which …
Read More »Teachers express shock over how kids in primary schools are proposing love to themselves
The world has gotten to a stage where children are experimenting everything including proposing love to themselves in their various schools. What makes the development quite worrying and disturbing is that many of these children are not even in their adolescent stages yet, they can be found in the lower/upper …
Read More »Akufo-Addo to host Black Satellites at Jubilee House
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the national U-20 men’s soccer team for their title-winning performance at the just-ended U-20 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Satellites on Saturday, March 6, when Ghana was marking its 64th independence anniversary, beat Uganda 2-0 to win the 16th edition of the tournament held …
Read More »Black Satellites win 4th AFCON on Ghana’s Independence day
The National U-20 football team, the Black Satellites, has gifted the country a huge birthday gift by winning their 4th AFCON title in the just-ended tournament held in Mauritania. The Satellites put up a spirited performance to beat the Hippos of Uganda by 2 goals to nil. The Hippos never …
Read More »COVID-19: NHIA extends service periods to students before SHS reopening
Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has announced the extension of the period of services of the Authority to the public, ahead of the reopening of Senior High Schools. She said the Authority had included Saturday, March 6, 2021, and Monday, March …
Read More »Update: Aduana Stars player charged with additional four counts
Aduana Stars central defender, Farouk Adams, has been charged with four additional counts after he was charged with two for allegedly killing a police officer. Careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm were the initial charges. The additional charges are failing to report the accident to the police and …
Read More »Former Asante Kotoko captain Amos Frimpong joins Eleven Wonders
Ghana Premier League side, Techiman Eleven Wonders, have announced the signing of former Kumasi Asante captain, Amos Frimpong. The experienced 29-year-old right-back joins the Sure Wonders on a one-year deal as a free agent after leaving Guinean club, AS Kaloum. Eleven Wonders announced the signing of Frimpong in a statement …
Read More »HOT VIDEO: Another SHS Girls Caught Twerking Like Professional Slay Queens
A clique of Senior High School (SHS) girls has been caught twerking like professional slay queens in a new video that has just pop up online. The viral video sighted by OccupyGh.com captures these young ladies, numbers 5, dancing and twerking like professional dancers. They went on twerking so professionally …
Read More »Does the height of a guy really matter when it comes to love?
I was a boy, thirteen or fifteen years when I watched a TV program where the host asked the women the kind of men they’ll like to be with. All the ladies started their sentence with, “I want a tall guy blah blah blah.” I was young and didn’t know …
Read More »Kotoko set to appoint ex-Real Madrid youth coach as new head coach
Asante Kotoko is set to secure the services of former Real Madrid youth coach Kiko Martinez Lopez as the team’s senior team head coach, information reaching footballghana.com has revealed. The Ghanaian giants started the 2020/2021 football season with Coach Maxwell Konadu as the head coach. On the back of a …
Read More »Elmina Sharks face Asante Kotoko today – preview
Fresh from their draw against archrivals Hearts of Oak on Sunday, Asante Kotoko have the opportunity to win their first game in three competitive games when they battle Elmina Sharks on matchday 17 of the Ghana Premier League at the Nduom Sports complex Friday. Their last domestic game was on …
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