Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Writer/Talker/Pundict. I have Sports at heart.

Accra Hearts of Oak have confirmed the contract extension of goalkeeper Richmond Ayi with the club for the next 3 years.  The club announced the contract extension deal which is valid until 2025 on Saturday, December 17, 2022, via its official Twitter handle.  https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1604029334544678913?s=20&t=ie61K1sq4bQQwPI2MJV_9Q A statement from the club reads, “Goalkeeper Richmond Ayi has signed a new 3-year contract with Accra Hearts of Oak. This will keep him at the club till 2025. Congratulations Ayi!” The club is looking to tie it’s high-performing players to new deals to save them risk of losing them out to other clubs on free…

Read More

Hearts of Oak have confirmed the contract extension of midfielder Nurudeen Abdul Aziz with the club. The new contract was announced, this morning on Friday, December 16, 2023, valid until 2025. https://twitter.com/HeartsOfOakGH/status/1603741184974884870?s=20&t=B-tDHnULc-4V1cg-Yu-b9w This afternoon, the club released a statement that reads, “The Management of Accra Hearts of Oak is pleased to announce that Abdul Aziz Nurudeen has extended his contract to 2025” Read More: I rejected PSG move to stay at Hearts – Prince Tagoe advice to Afriyie Barnieh The aggressive midfielder suffered a career-threatening injury whiles playing for the side and had to be flown out to South Africa in…

Read More

Former Hearts of Oak striker Prince Tagoe has advised hotshot, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh not to rush a move from Hearts of Oak.  The former goal king of the Ghana Premier League was using his playing days as an example to advise the young lad, who seems to have gained some notable prominence that he once turned down an offer from Paris Saint-Germain to stay at the club. Read  More: Yusif Basigi appointed head coach of the Ghana Women’s U20 national team.  In the last few weeks, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh has been reluctant to pen down a deal with Hearts of Oak…

Read More

Ghana midfielder, Salis Abdul Samed has reserved special praise for two of his teammates, Mohammed Kudus and Kamaldeen Sulemana. According to the midfielder, the duo can be the cogwheel around which the team can rebuild for long-term success.  Reacting to Ghana’s exit from the World Cup amongst other pertinent matters in an interview with 3 Sports, he disclosed that the duo should be integral to the team’s success.  “The guys that will take us to the next level? Kudus, I think he will be a big star to me. His qualities are different from all of us,”  “I think Kamaldeen…

Read More

Accra Hearts of Oak have begun intensive training on Wednesday, 7, Decemeber, 2022 as they prepare for the resumption of the league. The former league winners have been training under new manager, Slavko Matic with the hope of doing well in the league. A host of the first team players, Richmond Ayi, Eric Antwi, Benjamin Yorke, Samuel Inkoom, Yassan Otchang, Addo Sowah are all in camp training intensively.  Read More: Inaki Williams explains why he wants Mohammed Kudus at Bilbao Hearts are without Gladson Awako, Konadu Yiadom, Seidu Suraj, and Afriyie Barnieh who have teamed up with the Black Galaxies ahead…

Read More

German club Borussia Dortmund are looking to add Ghanaian hot shot, Mohammed Kudus to their talented fold in the upcoming winter transfer window.  The  German club is said to have scouted the midfielder for a while, the World Cup and are said to have made contacts with the representatives of the player.  Read More: Exclusive: Rangers enquire about Signing Antoine Semenyo Kudus gained more prominence in the ongoing FIFA World Cup, scoring a brace, the first Ghanaian to chalk that feat in the global tournament for Ghana, who finished bottom in a group that had Portugal, Uruguay, and South Korea.  It’s…

Read More

Ghana Black Stars defender, Daniel Amartey has opened up about the impact of Ayew’s penalty miss on the squad and subsequently on how they failed to get their acts together to secure qualification to the second round of the ongoing FIFA World Cup.  The black stars were rewarded with an early penalty after Sergio Rochet clipped goal-bound Mohammed Kudus in the box in the 21st minute which saw captain Dede Ayew miss the resulting penalty with the South Americans winning the game by 2-0.  Read More: Breaking: Ghana FA release statement after World Cup exit In a matter of six minutes,…

Read More

Hey, it’s me again. I know you are still basking in Ghana’s victory over South Korea, well that was a close shave if you ask me but nonetheless, the boys dove their hearts out to nick that win over the Asian giants.  The final 10 minutes of the game may have been longer than the 80 minutes that had just flown by, the edginess, and uneasy pain of losing it all after gallantly doing their best to cement the victory raced through lots of Ghanaian minds.  Friday 2nd, December 2022, Ghana will be at it again in its ultimate group…

Read More

Black Stars vice-captain, Thomas Partey has waded into claims that he doesn’t play above his usual weight levels when playing for the country.  This recent development spans about as a result of the midfielder’s subpar performance in Ghana’s opening two games, which has seen them lose one and draw with Uruguay in line for the next game.  According to Partey, he is only following the head coach’s instructions on the field despite requests numerous suggestions by Ghanaians to replicate his club form on the international stage for the Black Stars in the ongoing FIFA World Cup. Speaking ahead off, the…

Read More

A Mohammed Kudus brace was enough to ensure that the Ghana Black Stars edged out South Korea in a closely knitted game at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan. On the back of losing to Portugal by 3-2, the BlackStars’ only hope of staying in the competition was a win against the Koreans which they delivered with every ounce of sweat and blood. Southampton defender scrapped in Ghana’s first in a goal mouth melee, his first-ever World Cup goal before minutes later, Kudus added the second, his first on the day.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKkSCiGPo8 In what looked as a comfortable lead…

Read More