Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

The 2021/2022 League season will be officially launched on Tuesday October 26 at the GFA Secretariat in Accra.  The event will be held at the GFA Conference room at 11 am. Tuesday’s launch will usher in the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season which will kick off on Friday, October 29 as well as other competitions organized by the GFA including the MTN FA Cup, DOL, Womens League, Women’s FA Cup etc. Source: ghanafa.org

Egyptian Premier League side Future FC have added Ghanaian forward, Diawisie Taylor to their ranks ahead of the new season.  The predatory striker inked his signature to a three-year deal for the newly-promoted outfit in Egypt just this week.  The 21-year old has long been courted by clubs on the African continent particularly from the North African region. But information gathered by Saharafootball.net indicated that the bids for the player didn’t meet the valuation by the player’s representatives hence the reason why most of the deals fell through.  The forward was a consistent performer for his Ainyinase-Nzema based club scoring…

Moroccan club Wydad Athletic Club will not have their fans backing them when they engage Accra-based Hearts of Oak in the second leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League at the Mohamed V Stadium. The 2017 African Champions League winners suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of Hearts of Oak at the Accra Sports Stadium and are eager to overturn that deficit. But fresh reports emanating from CAF indicate that they are to play the match behind closed doors due to a spike in number from COVID-19 in the country in the last few months. …

Ghana Premier League club Eleven Wonders have appointed Yaw Acheampong as their new head coach ahead of the new season. The coaching role of the Techiman-based club became vacant following Ignatius Osei Fosu move to Medeama SC. Interesting, Yaw Acheampong co-managed Medeama SC together with Yaw Preko the club Ignatius Osei Fosu has since taken up to manage for the new campaign. Read More: Kotoko coach Prosper Narteh explains how he selected his new Captains Acheampong is well travelled in the league, he has had the opportunity of managing clubs like AshGold, Tema Youth, Elmina Sharks and Medeama SC.  During…

The Senior National team, Blackstars did the needful by dispatching the Warriors of Zimbabwe in Harare this afternoon to keep their World Cup hopes alive.  I had the opportunity of watching the match as such I penned a few observations that would need looking into if this team so desires to qualify after missing out on Russia 2018. To start with, the current Blackstars is blessed with many talents from all walks of life. The good thing is that any of the bunch could have a fair shot at playing time with Milo in charge being noted for giving young…

Former Hearts of Oak enforcer Benjamin Afutu Kotey has secured his long protracted move to Egyptian club Eastern Company Sporting Club. The energetic player signed a three-year deal with his new club after a series of meetings with his representatives of which he is set to pocket an amount of $80,000 after penning down his signature to the new contract. The 25-year-old played hide and seek with his former club Hearts of Oak who were eager to tie him down as they prepared to compete in Africa. Benjamin Afutu was part of the squad that completed the double in the…

Ghana Blackstars engaged Zimbabwe in the first of two matches at the Cape Coast Sports and a return leg back in Harare, Zimbabwe in the ongoing World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign. I want to start from the backline, Wallocot making his first bow in the post didn’t disappoint when called upon. J.Mensah and Djiku(bar his silly tackle which led to the equalizer) solidified the base of the defence while the full-backs Amartey(caught napping on a few occasions) and Baba Rahman with an assist to Ghana’s third through Ayew was relentless with surging runs and defended resolutely.  In the heart of…

Ghana Blackstars gave off an assertive performance to edge out their Zimbabwean opponents in a match they needed to pick all 3 points in a bid to keep the pressure on current table toppers, South Africa. The South African side smashed  Ethiopia away from home by 3-1 to solidify their position at the top of the summit.  With that in mind, Ghana knew nothing short of the 3 points would be the desired result in an operation 12 point agenda for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Rajevac named a mixture of experience and youthful exuberant lads who got off to…

Ghana midfielder, Joe Alfred Duncan has refused to state categorically reasons why he hasn’t honored call ups to the national team, Blackstars even though he has been involved with his Italian side, Fiorentina in the ongoing Italian Serie A.  Initially, eyebrows were raised as to why he had again refused to play for the Blackstars with many suggesting he was injured but in a recent post on Twitter,he emphasised that all these was a case of miscommunication which was why he was unable to team up with the side. https://twitter.com/Fredinho41/status/1445401548801073153?s=20 Duncun is one of five players (Gyasi, Ganiyu, Wakaso, Fosu),…

Ghana Premier League side, WAFA SC have almost but sealed a deal for Spanish trainer, Guillermo Hamdan Zaragoza to take over the vacant coaching position at the club.  The position became vacant earlier this month after Prosper Narteh Ogum accepted to take charge of Kumasi-based club Kotoko in the upcoming Ghana Premier League campaign. The Spanish trainer has since been spotted feverishly training with the Sogakope lads who have resumed campaigning ahead of schedule to better prepare themselves for the arduous task of playing in the league. Read More: FULL SQUAD: Milovan Rajevach names Ghana’s provisional squad for Zimbabwe It’s…