Author: Selasi Fiawoyi

Black Princesses progress to the fourth round of the 2022 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup qualifiers after beating the Young Copper Queens of Zambia 1-0 at the Cape Coast stadium on Saturday. Princesses headed into the game  on the back of a goalless draw in the first leg fixture  in Zambia two weeks ago. Both teams needed  a win to ensure progress into the next stage, the match started off on a high note but it was the Princesses who had the first opportunity in the 3rd minute but Salamatu Abdullai failed to bury it. Both teams had decent opportunities…

Hearts of Oak forward Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Hasaacas Ladies Captain Janet Egyir has been awarded as the best Home-Based footballer for the year 2021 by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG). Afriyie Barnieh was named local  Footballer of the Year at the 46th SWAG Awards on Friday night. The striker captained the Black Satellites to win the U20 Africa Cup of Nations in March and has played a significant role for Hearts of Oak to win their first Ghana Premier League title in 12 years. Dreams FC attacking midfielder Fatawu Issahaku, U20 Africa Cup of Nations Best Player was…

Hasaacas Ladies head coach, Yusif Basigi has revealed that he is struggling to hold his players after their excellent showcase in Africa. The Western Giants were led by the experienced coach to win every trophy in Ghana as well as the WAFU Zone B qualifiers and lost to Mamelodi Sundowns in the finals of the maiden Edition. Key play “After the CAF Women’s Champions League, we have been inundated with offers from top Africa and European clubs for most of our girls. I’m struggling to convince some of them to stay but at least, six of them leave”. “I picked…

Coach Yusif Basigi has revealed there was no Prize Money on the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League.  The Hasaacas Ladies Gaffer enquired if the champions will be given cash prize but CAF told them to wait for a response, which they are yet to receive. Hasmal lost to Mamelodi Sundowns in the finals of the CAF Women’s Champions League last month, in Cairo,Egypt. “There was no prize money in the CAF Women’s CL. We paid for our flight. They only accommodated us & meals. During the tourney, we asked if there is prize money but the CAF officials told us…

The Africa Cup of Nations will be televised on BBC and SuperSports when the tournament kicks-off in January. The last 10 games of the prestigious  AFCON will be shown live on the BBC. Two quarter-finals and both semi-finals will also be on the BBC, which also has digital clips as part of the deal. Scotland base SkySports will telecast all 52 games in the event, which will start in Cameroon between 9 January and 6 February. “We’re thrilled to be bringing such a prestigious event free-to-air for UK audiences,” Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport said. The competition will start…

Amidst Rumors of a possible AFCON cancellation, CAF intensify preparation for the tournament to be hosted in Cameroon, in January. CAF on it website posted “CAF General Secretary joins team in Cameroon as preparations for TotalEnergies AFCON intensify” The European Football Association (EFA) made their intentions of not to release European-based African Players for the major tournament to CAF through FIFA known. The letter generated talks of a possible cancellation of the tournament by the confederation of African football who seems to respond on its official website with a report of final preparation being done in the host country, on…

European Club Association (ECA) has made their intentions of not releasing African Players for Januarys AFCON The Association wrote  to CAF through FIFA that they have no plans of releasing their African players for next month’s AFCON in Cameroon due to lack of clear preventive measures against COVID-19. The  AFCON, is a key tournament for African national team football but one that has the managers of top European clubs tearing their hair out at the thought of losing some of their top players for six weeks of the season. It was postponed for a year due to the COVID Pandemic…

Accra Lions Football Club has introduced James Francis as a Stop-gap coach after Rainer Kraft. The 39-year-old British coach will replace Rainer Kraft who parted ways with the club a few weeks ago on personal reasons to return to his native country, Germany. James has had a good profile in professional academies in the UK and the USA before arriving in Ghana in January 2019. He previously acted as the Director of a youth football project called GFP in Ghana before becoming head coach of DOL side Tudu Mighty Jets. Over the 16 months in charge at Mighty Jets, he…

Ex-Cameroon Captain, Samuel Eto’o has emerged as the President of the Cameroon Football Association. The former Barcelona and Chelsea attacker defeated rival Seidou Mbombo Njoya, the fourth vice-president at the Confederation of African Football on Saturday. The Four Time African footballer contested with seven other candidates for the highly esteemed position but 5 withdrew their candidacy on the morning of the election. Eto’o speaking to the press said, “We have to bring footballers to the center of our policies, It is our role to ensure that those who play this discipline make a decent living out of it.” The 40-year-Old…

Ghana Premier League champions Accra Hearts of oak have finally arrived at the Kotoka International Airport after JS Souara’s defeat in the CAF confederation second leg. The Phobians fell to a 4-0 defeat to the Algeria side on Sunday  after winning the first leg at the Accra sports stadium 2-0 seven days earlier Following a bizarre traveling arrangement that saw them use numerous transit, the Accra-Base- Club finally settled in the country on Friday evening. “The Rainbow Boys” failed to progress into the champions league and Confederation cup group stage after a disappointing outing which saw them concede 10 goals…