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…
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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…
The Black Stars of Ghana will open camp in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 ahead of the 33rd edition to the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations – Cameroon 2022. The team will be in Doha for a period of three weeks to prepare for the Tournament scheduled for Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022. The Black Stars will play three international friendly matches in Qatar to give Coach Milovan Rajevac the opportunity to assess his squad for the Tournament. Ghana are expected to play a yet-to-named club side on Tuesday, December 28, before taking on one…
Hasaacas Ladies climaxed 2021 season with 5th trophy as Champions of Maiden First Lady’s Cup after penalty shootouts. Hasaacas ladies take home their fifth Domestic trophy after an excellent display of football at the Accra Sports Stadium against regular rivals Ampem Darkoa Ladies. Sonia Opoku opened the score with a 30th-minute strike for Ampem Darkoa but her outfit couldn’t hold on the lead after recess, Hasaacas Ladies kept questioning the defense of Ampem Darkoa as they failed the pressure of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8J5MPTqKAw Jafaru Rahama equalized for Hasaacas Ladies on the 78th minute, both teams battled for the winning goal but…
Algeria FA President has confirmed an agreed pre-AFCON friendly with the Black Stars in January in Doha, Qatar. The match will propel Black Stars ahead of their preparation for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations next month in Cameroon. Ghana will play another friendly before departing for Cameroon for the tournament. Algeria have recorded 33 unbeaten matches in all competitions and clear favorites to defend their AFCON title. The last encounter between the Black Stars and the Fennec Foxes was in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations where Ghana won 1-0 in the end.