Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Aduana Stars defender Hafiz Adams has ended his years of association with the former Ghana Premier League side. The player was let go following the non-renewal of his contract by the side after hugely impressing for them in the just-ended season. Hafiz Adams joined the two-time Ghana Premier League champions from Legon Cities FC in 2016. Hafiz made over 33 appearances for the side in the just-ended season scoring a goal to his credit.  Saharafootball.net understands that the player has begun talks with some other Ghana Premier League sides ahead of the new season.

Ghana  Premier League Champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko have outlined pre-season plans outside the shores of the country.  The European country of Turkey have been named by the club as their destination for the 2022/23 preseason campaign.  Last season following their disappointing spell losing out to bitter rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak, the club made giant strides in putting measures in place to recapture the league trophy, which had long eluded them from their city rivals.  The record holders, as part of their pre-season tour, would lock horns with, Nigeria champions, Rivers United, who came out tops ahead of  Plateau United,…

The Ghana Black Galaxies took a giant leap to qualification as they put their West African neighbors, Benin to the sword in the first leg of the CHAN qualifiers at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. Coach Annor Walker named a strong starting eleven to do honors and they didn’t disappoint as they started the early exchanges of the game on the bright foot.  Augustine Randolph’s cross was adjudged to have hit the hand of the opposition player hence a penalty which, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh calmly slotted to give the host the lead.  A well-worked goal five minutes after the first…

Hearts of Oak winger, Patrick Razak has agreed to join the newly promoted side, Nsoatreman FC ahead of the new season. The pacy winger made a return to the capital-based club after a failed stint with Guinean side Horoya AC but failed to re-established himself under coach Samuel Boadu.  READ: FEATURED: Prosper Narteh resignation; Kotoko making a mistake? The 27-year-old made a paltry 15 appearances with most of them coming from the bench but that did not deter his about-to-be new employers, who view his pace and experience as immeasurable for their chances in staying in the Ghana Premier League. …

In the late embers of Thursday, June 21, 2022, we(football lovers and stakeholders)were sprung with a big surprise, Prosper Ogun Narteh tendering his resignation to the board through the management. I had lots of questions racing through my mind in search of concrete answers but I found the situation hazy to contend with at the time.  For starters, I’m asking myself that, why would a championship-winning coach opt to resign from such a lucrative job, Kotoko at a time, when things were beginning to fall in place for him, winning the Ghana Premier League which had long eluded them for…

Asante Kotoko striker Franck Mbella Thierry Etouga is set to join Italian outfit Udinese Calcio Football Club, Sahara football understands. According to circling rumors in the Ghanaian media landscape, the Italian club have verbally finalized contract details with the player’s representatives. The player will travel in the next few days to seal his medicals and officially pend down his signature to a new contract with the club. Franck Etouga joined Kotoko from Cameroon earlier in the season and took the league by storm as he terrorized defenders at will with speed, precision, technique, and immense talent.  Etouga scored 21 Goals…

Ghana Premier League side Aduana Stars have re-appointed Paa Kwesi Fabin as the club’s Head Coach ahead of the upcoming season, the club announced on Wednesday. Paa Kwesi will be assisted by W.O Tandoh who previously served at Hearts of Oak. The two are not new to the job having served some two seasons ago under varied portfolios.  Paa Kwesi until last season was the head coach of the club but the culmination of bad results meant that he had to be released from the job only to be replaced by Asare Bediako. https://twitter.com/Aduana_fc/status/1549655163677413377?s=20&t=7svabaQrEZ-fkMKQUSDjTQ Asare Bediako’s tenure as Head Coach…

The head coach for the Black Galaxies, Coach Annor Walker has named his 25-man squad for the upcoming double-header against West African neighbors, Benin. The team have been in camp for the last two weeks feverishly preparing for the crucial CHAN doubleheader against old football foes. With barely a week before the game, the technical team sized down and finalized its 25-man squad list for the game.  Notable amongst the players are Asante Kotoko’s Danlad Ibrahim, Medeama’s Vincent Atinga, Hearts of Oak trio, Gladson Awako, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, Seidu Suraj, and  Great Olympics’ top marksman for the just-ended Ghana Premier…

The Ghana Football Association has instituted play-off games between three second-placed teams of the just-ended Division One Leagues.  The 3 teams who will be gunning of a spot in the upcoming Ghana Premier League following the demotion of Obuasi-based club AshGold are Dansoman-based Liberty Professionals, Ebusua Dwarfs, and Tamale City. This week, the Appeals Committee’s upheld the Disciplinary Committee’s ruling against AshGold over their match-fixing scandal involving Inter Allies. The fixtures will be as follows: Team A vs Team B  Team B vs Team C  Team C vs Team A The winner of the matches will then proceed to play…

Accra Hearts of Oak have set sights on signing Great Olympics defensive midfielder Razak Kasim, Sahara Football understands. The club, which will be contesting in the upcoming CAF Confederations Cup following their victory over Bechem United in MTN FA CUP final have targeted the player from their city rivals.  Kasim put up a number of high-profile performances in over 30 games for his side aiding them to a 5th place finish in the just-ended Ghana Premier League.  The Accra-based side will have to fast-track any efforts to sign the player, who is clearly wanted by as many as 4 other…