Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

The Ghana Premier League 2022/23 has been postponed until Thursday, October 20, 2022, after the Accra Human Rights Court adjourned the case of Ashanti Gold SC vs Ghana Football Association (GFA). The league was put on hold last Wednesday after Ashgold filed a Motion on Notice for Injunction at the Human Rights High Court and served it on the GFA’s lawyers. After being found guilty of Match Manipulation in their 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game against Inter Allies FC, Ashanti Gold SC was demoted to the Division Two League. After lengthy deliberation, the court adjourned the case to…

Former Karela United player, Umar Bashiru has penned down a one-year contract with Ethiopian Insurance Corporation FC. The 25-year old towering midfielder cut a career for himself in the Ghana Premier League with Karela United following a failed stint with Kotoko. During his time with Karela United, he helped them to admirable finishes in the Ghana Premier League and it’s no doubt that his outstanding displays earned him a call-up to the Black Galaxies.  In the Ghana Premier League 2021/22 season he scored 13 goals in 33 outings to help Karela to a top-6 finish. 

Ghana’s teenage sensation, Lawrence Agyekum made his senior debut for Austrian club, RB Salzburg in a five goals thriller away to Altach in the Admiral Bundesliga. The 18-year-old midfielder was introduced in the 61st minute as a replacement for Sekou Koita Adamu at the Cashpoint Arena. In the over 30 minutes of game time that, Agyekum had to play, he put up some solid display in the heart of midfield, dazzled runs, groundbreaking passes, and a supreme work ethic.  READ: Watch Highlights: Real Bamako thrash Hearts of Oak 3-0 The victory sees Salzburg open a 5 points gap at the summit…

Former Ghana Premier League champions, Accra Hearts of Oak suffered a major blip in their first leg preliminary stages of the CAF Confederations Cup after losing 3-0 to Malian side, Real Bamako at the Stade Modibo Keita. The host started the game brightly mounting a series of pressure on their visitors which paid off in the 11th minute.  It wasn’t until 20 minutes later that, Hearts of Oak were finally finding their feat in the game, they were stunned yet again, 2-0 to end the first half of the game.  https://youtu.be/pTBA8JUmVf0 Coach David Ocloo serving in an interim capacity following…

Ghana Premier League club King Faisal Babes have officially confirmed the appointment of Jimmy Cobblah as the club’s new head coach. The former Ghana U20 national team coach comes into this role as a replacement for the sacked Serbian trainer Bozovic Branko who failed to help the club in the former season.  https://twitter.com/KingFaisalFC/status/1578306462127751168?s=20&t=WhANza6du-sersZ9v6zg8A  Cobblah has a lot of experience on the local font having managed  Wa All Stars, Inter Allies FC, Tudu Might Jets, and Maranatha de Fiokpo in the Togolese top-flight in Togo. The experienced head will be assisted by former club legend, Godwin Ablordey as an assistant coach.…

Ghana Premier League side, Accra Hearts of Oak have intensified their training regiments ahead of their crucial CAF Confederations Cup game against, AS Real Bamako in Mali on Saturday. The former continental champions left the shores of the country on Thursday,  October,6, and arrived successfully in Bamako. The team will train this evening at the Stade 26 Mars, Stadium to familiarize themselves with the pitch before their crunch game on Saturday at 16:00GMT. https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1578430057097220096?s=20&t=WhANza6du-sersZ9v6zg8A Former Asante Kotoko assistant coach David Ocloo will be the acting Head Coach with assistance from Samuel Noi and Benjamin Mensah. Hearts will hope to secure…

The Ghana BlackStars escaped with a tight win against Nicaragua in Lorca, Spain in their second pre-World Cup friendly game in a space of 3 days.  On the back of being humbled by Brazil, the Otto Addo-led team was expected to regroup and get a win over Nicaragua which didn’t come on a silver platter.  A first-half strike from Sporting Lisbon winger Abdul Fatawu Issahaku was enough to separate the two sides at the Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco in Spain.  I picked a few things from the game against Nicaragua tonight. NO IDENTITY AND PATTERN Otto Addo has overseen 8…

Accra Hearts of Oak head coach, Samuel Boadu has expressed grave concerns about the team’s poor run of form in the ongoing betPawa Ghana Premier League. Since, the start of the new season, they have picked just 2 from 9 points in matches against, Aduana Stars, Great Olympics, and Kotoko. In a post-match interview with StarTimes after the game, Coach Samuel Boadu he expressed concerns about the happenings the club is going through in the league. “It is a concern we have only picked two points so far but let’s put this into consideration that the matches we have played…

Black Stars Otto Addo is upbeat about the “dangers” of recruiting new players into the senior national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Prior to Ghana’s friendly game against Brazil, some players of Ghanaian descent switched allegiance in order to play for the country.  Spanish-based, Inaki Williams, English-based, Tariq Lamptey, and  Ransford-Yeboah Konigsdorffer and Stephan Ambrosius Williams were amongst the players to be handed call-ups by Otto Addo and his technical team.   In a recent interview, Otto Addo disclosed that it’s always dangerous getting a new player into the squad.  “It’s always a danger to get new players, especially…

The Ghana Black Stars contingent have left France for Spain ahead of their International friendly game against Nicaragua on Tuesday. The BlackStars engage the Selecao’s of Brazil on Friday night but ended the game on the losing side by a 3-goals stretch. A total of twenty-seven players and the technical team are expected to touch base in the Spanish capital of Madrid in the coming hours to prepare for their final friendly game.  Vice-captain, Thomas Teye Partey, who was initially named for the game against Brazil has asked to leave camp to Arsenal as a precautionary measure having suffered a…