Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Ghana Premier League coaches for the second round The Ghana Premier League 2020-21 season is about to enter its second phase, the first round produced scintillating match results, which wowed fans across the length and breadth of the country. In our part of the world, very little credence is giving to the men on the touchline, when match results are skewed in favour of clubs, players receive high praise but coaches receive a chunk of the bashing when things turn sour. Saharafootball.net takes a look at the men, that will lead their charges for the next phase considering clubs have…

GPL Match Preview: Great Olympics vs Medeama The Ghana Premier League 2020-21 second round is back, after a month hiatus, paving ways for African Cup of Nations qualifiers, friendly games, rest for sportsmen to regroup and come back fresher amongst others. The Accra Sports Stadium will host the first of many games, this weekend with, Accra Great Olympics, having impressed in the first round under Coach Annor Walker take on money bags, Medeama SC, who have a strong title ambition under new coach Yaw Preko and Acheampong. Both teams will look to outdo each other on the day, with three…

Featured: The Black Stars of our future Ghana played out a pulsating 1-1 draw with Rainbow nation, South Africa in the penultimate game of group C match in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the FNB Stadium then two days later; they crowned it off with a 3-1 victory over Sao Tome and Principe at the Accra Sports Stadium. In the end, Ghana will be pleased with its ninth consecutive qualification to the continent’s biggest football tournament together with Sudan, who did everything humanly possible to secure the second slot ahead of South Africa. Ghana may have qualified for…

Second round of the Ghana Premier League begins this weekend After several weeks of Ghana Premier League hiatus, the second round is billed to resume football in yet another nerve-racking fashion this time with no fans. The first round of the league produced some interesting match results, which saw some teams defy odds to end the first round at remarkable positions on the log. Other players that performed well have secured moves outside the shores of the country, mostly in the North Africa region. The goal king chart sees players like Daniel Lomotey (ES Setif), Kwame Opoku (USM Algiers), Joseph…

OFFICIAL: Asante Kotoko appoint Mariano Barreto as Head Coach After weeks of intense speculations Ghana Premier League club Asante Kotoko, have named former Blackstars coach Mariano Barreto as their new head coach. https://twitter.com/asantekotoko_sc/status/1375380940286009347?s=21 The 64-year old Portuguese takes over from Abdul Gazelle and Johnson Smith, who were served in interim capacities following the sacking of club legend and coach Maxwell Konadu far back in December 2020. Hopefully, Barreto’s confirmation as the new head coach will settle nerves within the Porcupine fraternity amidst lots of tension between the fans and the board on where the club was heading technically.

Zakaria Mumuni gives back to society Zenab Abubakar wife of Medeama SC winger, Zakaria Mumuni has donated items worth thousands of cedis to the Good Shepherd orphanage located at Ofaakor, Kasoa in the Central Region. The kind act forms part of activities to mark Zenab’s birthday celebration to aid the less privileged in society. Items presented to the orphanage home included cartons of water, toiletries, bags of rice and oil, assorted soft drinks, and an undisclosed amount of cash. According to her, it has always been her harbored dream to give to society. After the donations to the Orphanage home,…

FEATURED: Abednego Tetteh; The forgotten Jewel So like usual, I was surfing my phone and chatting when my notification bell rang followed by a news feed from the official twitter handle of Hearts of Oak announcing the capture of predatory striker, Abednego Tetteh. Initially, I didn’t know what to make of the news, because days prior, I had hints on his imminent move to the capital-based club, Hearts, as a free agent, so I was only in wait for an official announcement and behold the hour dawned gracefully. Abednego Tetteh signing for Hearts. I said to myself, this was a…

Hearts of Oak circle around Victorien Adebayor Ghana Premier League giants, Hearts of Oak are said to have expressed strong ambitions to sign former Inter Allies striker, Victorien Adebayor in the ongoing transfer window. The Nigerien international was purported to have agreed on a move to Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities last week but fresh reports emerging from the camp of Hearts of Oak indicate that he is said to be interested in a move to the capital-based club. Hearts of Oak have in recent times, made giant strides in competing for honors by poaching former Medeama trainer, Samuel…

Ghana FA revokes three GPL clubs licenses The Club Licensing Board of the Ghana Football Association, have revoked the licenses of three Ghana Premier League clubs in the country. This decision was borne out of an inspection conducted by club licensing board on various league clubs in the country. The affected clubs are Liberty Professionals, Berekum Chelsea, and Elmina Sharks, who use the Carl Reindorf Park, Golden City park, and Ndoum Sports Stadium respectively for their home duels. The aforementioned clubs will have to resort to other venues they deem appropriate for the upcoming home fixtures in the ongoing league.…

President Akufo-Addo splashes $350k reward on Black Satellites Ghana President Akufo-Addo has announced a $350,000 cash reward for the Black Satellites team for coming out tops in the recently held Africa U-20 Cup 2021 of Nations held in Mauritania. The president met the players, technical team, and management team in the early hours of Tuesday at the Jubilee House in Accra to officially congratulate them on their success. The U-20 team won the trophy for the fourth time in their history following 2-0 wins over debutants Uganda on the country’s 64th birthday. Akufo-Addo announced that each team member will receive…