Aside from Riyad Mahrez, whose Manchester City side test their recent improvement against Manchester United, which other stars from the continent are set to feature across the top five leagues this weekend? Edouard Mendy Hakim Ziyech’s injury leaves Mendy as the only African star to take to the pitch for …

Former Barcelona midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has urged the Catalan side’s captain Lionel Messi to join Napoli next season. The Ghanaian international – who is Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng’s half-brother – spent part of the 2018-19 season at the Nou Camp. Given Messi’s contract expires next summer, he can leave …

Osman Ibrahim’s strike in the 10th minute ensured that Asante Kotoko recorded their first win of the season against Legon Cities in this matchday five-fixture played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday. The Porcupine Warriors started the game with a lot of intent at scoring in the opening minutes. Legon Cities …

Legon Cities FC defender Joseph Adjei has fired a warning shot to Asante Kotoko ahead of their Ghana Premier League Week 5 encounter on Friday. The Royals are still searching for their first win in the ongoing campaign after four round of matches. Coach Bashir Dauda’s men will have to …

The former Sports Minister is alleged to have masterminded the fracas in the constituency. In a video which has gone viral on social media, nurses are seen stitching the open wound of Bukom Banku. Although one of the nurses attending to the boxer called to an end of the clashes, …

Ghana ends the year 2020 as the 52nd best men’s national football team in the world, according to the latest Fifa Rankings. Released on Thursday on Fifa’s official website, the new table sees the Black Stars, sandwiched between Greece (51) and Costa Rica (53), locked on their position from last month, …

Ghana captain Andre Ayew’s goal against Sheffield Wednesday has been adjudged as the Swansea City’s Westacres Goal of the Month for November. The 30-year-old grabbed the equalizer for the Jack Army on the hour mark when he curled a left-footed effort from inside the box following a pass from Connor …

Asante Kotoko has through a letter to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) given reasons for their desire to use the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium as their home venue from henceforth. The Kumasi-based club last week made the request to the country’s football governing body but saw it rejected with the …

Italian Serie A outfit, Udinese Calcio have joined the race to re-sign Kwadwo Asamoah in January according to reports in Italy. Footballghana.com has exclusively reported that Asamoah is likely to join Sampdoria in January after the head coach of the side, Claudio Ranieri looks to improve his with the addition …

Ghana’s U20 men’s national team, the Black Satellites, have qualified to the semi-finals of the 2020 WAFU B tournament. Karim Zito’s men achieved the feet after 1-0 win over the Nigerian U20 side at the Stade de Gaules in Benin on Wednesday afternoon in the ongoing WAFU B tournament. Precious …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced the dates for all six outstanding games in the ongoing 2020/2021 Premier League campaign. The matches between Aduana Stars and Accra Hearts of Oak are to be played on Wednesday, December 16, 2020, with the match between Ashanti Gold and King Faisal also scheduled for the same …

Information picked by Ghanapoliticsonline.com indicates that, president Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party are preventing the chairperson of electoral commission Jean Mensah from announcing the presidential results which put the opposition leader His Excellency John Dramani Mahama in the lead. Days ago, Jean Mensah promised Ghanaians that she …

Black Stars defender, John Boye was unfortunate to be given his marching orders during FC Metz’s 3-1 loss against Olympique Lyon on Sunday, December, 6. FC Metz’s poor form in the league continued on Sunday during the Matchday 13 encounter against Lyon at the Stade Saint-Symphorien. The Maroons are still searching for their …

Asante Kotoko Executive Board chairman, Dr. Kwame Kyei, was refused entry to the Accra Sports Stadium by officials of the National Sports Authority ahead of their CAF Champions League preliminary round game against FC Nouadibou that was cancelled. GHANAsoccernet.com has gathered that the top official and some other board members of the …

Andre Ayew contributed an assist and a goal as Swansea City cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Luton Town in a Championship outing on Saturday. The 30-year-old delivered an outstanding performance to lead Steve Cooper’s side back to winning ways after Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough. Ayew laid the …

Ashanti Gold SC has bowed out of the 2020/2021 CAF Confederation Cup after losing 2-1 to Salitas FC in the 2nd of the preliminary round of the competition. With the first leg ended scoreless last week in Obuasi, the Burkinabe side advance to the next stage on a 2-1 aggregate score. …

Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has named 27 players for the WAFU Zone B Nations cup which will take place in Benin. The team left Ghana this morning with an air force plane to Benin. Ghana has been paired with Ivory Coast and Nigeria in their group with the top …

Ghanaian born, British middleweight champion, Denzel Bentley, also known as, Denzel Ntim Mensah is craving for the opportunity to fight in Ghana as he works his way to the top. Bentley, who is undefeated in 14 bouts became the new British middleweight champion last month after his opponent Mark Heffron …

Shortage of antiretroviral medications has hit the Ashanti Region, Starr News has learnt. Persons Living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Starr News sources say there has been an emergency requisition sent by the Ashanti Regional Medical Stores to get some stock …

Ghana striker Yahaya Mohammed believes international colleague Asamoah Gyan must change his ways to succeed in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). Seventeen years after leaving Liberty Professionals for Italian Serie A side Udinese, the forward has made a return to his homeland by putting pen to paper on a one-year deal with …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the release of GH¢90,000 to the 18 clubs in the Ghana Premier League. The Ministry of Youth and Sports announced in a statement on Friday, December 4, 2020, that approval has been given for the disbursement of the stated amount to the Premier …

The new head coach for Hearts of Oak, Kosta Papic has named an 18-man squad to face Karela United on Friday as he prepares for his first game in the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League season. The Serbian tactician was appointed as the new head coach for the Phobians on Tuesday …

The Government of Ghana is set to pay Ghana Premier League and National Division One clubs compensations for playing games behind closed doors, Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM has gathered. This is to serve as a cushion to clubs in the two top divisions of Ghana football, playing matches without supporters, the …

Ghana international Quincy Owusu-Abeyie has made a return to football after joining Dutch amateur side SV Robinhood Amsterdam. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from football a year ago and ventured into music after difficult spells with the likes of Arsenal, Spartak Moscow, Panathinaikos and Boavista. He, however, joined SV Robinhood …

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has announced referees for the second leg matches of the CAF Champions League involving Asante Kotoko and Ashgold in Ghana and Burkina Faso respectively. According to CAF, the game between Asante Kotoko and FC Nouadhibou at the Accra Sports Stadium would be handled by referee Komlanvi Aklassou from …

Newly appointed Accra Hearts of Oak coach, Kosta Paic has met the playing body ahead of his first game on Friday, December, 4 against Karela United. The Serbian trained was named as the head coach on Tuesday following the demotion of Edward Nii Odoom to the youth. Papic arrived in …

Having erectile dysfunction (ED) once a while isn’t necessarily a cause for concern. When it becomes persistent then it can cause stress, affect once self-confidence and contribute to relationship problems. There is however another side of ED that is little talked about. That is ED which is considered the worse nightmare of …

Boxer Patrick Allotey has said former President John Dramani Mahama has been his biggest fan and, so, he (Allotey) will retire from the sport if the presidential candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) gifts him a two-bedroom house. The former WBO Africa Super welterweight champion told Docta Kay on Accra100.5FM’s Nkran …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has lauded the NDC and its leader John Mahama for the latest update of the party’s tertiary education policy proposal. The policy proposals dubbed ‘Kyemu Pe’ and ‘Fa Ninyinaa’ will see the full absorption of fees for all fresh tertiary students admitted from …

Accra Hearts of Oak have confirmed Serbian Kosta Papic as head coach of the club, replacing Nii Odoom. The 60-year-old returns to the Phobian dugout after leading them in the 2008/09 season, the last time they won the Ghana Premier League. However, he did not complete the season with them. …