Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

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

A first half penalty from captain Hafiz Konkoni separated Bechem United and Accra Hearts of Oak side’s in a hotly contested fixture of week twenty-seven of the ongoing betPawa Premier League at the Nana Fosu Gyeabour park on Saturday. The host were coming into this fixture on the back of losing to Tamale City and were looking to redeem themselves this weekend against their guest, Hearts. The game started with a lot of energy and pace by both sides, the host were awarded a penalty after youngster Clinton Duodu was bundled over by Dennis Korsah, with referee, Joseph Animakwaw Kwofie…

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Former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has acknowledged having talks with Asante Kotoko on taking up the vacant coaching role at the club. The Kumasi club has been without a head coach after the sacking off, Burkinabe trainer, Seydou Zerbo following a poor string of results in the ongoing betPawa Premier League, which has left them eight points off the pace at the top of the summit. READ MORE : Match Preview and Predictions : Bechem United vs Hearts of Oak In a recent media interview with, Pure FM in Kumasi, Appiah remarked that, there has been some level of consultations between his…

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Ghana Premier hopefuls, Bechem United will be at home as they welcome former winners of the league, Accra Hearts of Oak in what has been tagged as a mouthwatering duel between the duo in week twenty-seven of the ongoing betPawa Premier League at the Nana Fosu Gyeabour park on Saturday. The host will look to quickly return back to winning ways following their 3-2 loss at the hands of Tamale City in a game they race to a two-goals lead only to surrender their lead in the second half of the game, going on to lose eventually. READ MORE : GFA…

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 A former member of the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) Executive Council, Samuel Oduro Nyarko, has urged local players chosen for the Black Stars to be consistent to merit starting spot when called up. This comes following the inability of a single local-based player in the ongoing betPawa Premier League to secure a spot in Chris Hughton’s first squad announcement for the doubleheader of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Angola in March 2023. READ MORE: Ghana Black Starlets win UEFA U16 Development Tournament after beating Switzerland According to the football administrator, if players from the ongoing league display…

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Accra Great Olympics PRO, Saint Osei has disclosed that the team made a firm decision to relocate from Accra to Sogakope for the remainder of their league games due to the team’s costs. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) finally approved the club’s petition to have their games to be played at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena. READ MORE : Ghana Black Starlets win UEFA U16 Development Tournament after beating Switzerland Prior to the start of the season, the Club Licensing Committee of the GFA approved the Accra Sports Stadium and the WAFA park for use by the club when it deems…

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Aduana Stars forward, Zakaria Mumuni has opened up about his club’s ambitions for the season after a hard-fought victory over, Accra-based side, Great Olympics at the Kwame Kyei Sports Complex in Abrankese Park. The host for the first time had to switch stadiums in the ongoing league following their match-day violence against Tamale City, which prompted the GFA to place a ban on the Nana Agyemang Badu I park. Following the temporal stadium ban, they went into the clash with the objective of solidifying their lead at the summit which was made possible through a second-half goal from Frank Owusu.…

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Bibiani GoldStars defender, Yahaya Adraman has reacted strongly to their away loss to Tamale City in the week twenty-six league at the Tamale Sports Stadium. The away side were approaching the game on the back of a home win over Legon Cities in a five-goal thriller at Duns park and with that in mind, they were looking to salvage a win or draw against their host but everything went south for them in the game. READ MORE: GPL week 26 Review: Hearts, Aduana Stars, Berekum Chelsea win as Kotoko lose The newly promoted side raced to a two-goal lead in…

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Asante Kotoko were trounced without a trace by Berekum Chelsea away from home in week twenty-six of the ongoing betPawa Premier League at the Golden City park. The two Pride of the North clubs, Real Tamale United and Tamale City separately bagged wins over, Bibiani GoldStars and Bechem United to cap off a fantastic weekend of action in Tamale. READ MORE: It wasn’t easy for us against Kotoku Royals – Alex Aso At the Abrankese park, the new manager bounce continued for Ignatius Osei-Fosu’s King Faisal posting a 2-1 win over Dreams FC whiles Great Olympics were plunged into the…

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Legon Cities’ Alex Aso was full of praise for his side’s home win over newly promoted side, Kotoku Royals in the ongoing betPawa Premier League 2022/23. Prior to this duel, the host had just recorded a single win in seven outings and with relegation staring at them, they knew exactly what was expected of them in the build-up to this game. READ MORE : ROUNDUP: Performance of Ghanaian players abroad The first half swung by with no goals, but nine minutes upon resumption of the second half Michel Otou shot his side into the lead and bagged a brace on the…

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Ghanaian players across the globe were in action for their clubs over the weekend.   In this piece, I take a look at some of these players who made the most of their game time for their clubs in England, Spain, France, Holland, Belgium, and beyond. AUSTRIA Mohammed Fuseini watched on from the bench as Sturm Graz won away to Klagenfurt in the Austria Bundesliga. Forson Amankwah saw 12 minutes as Salzburg drew to Mustapha Ibrahim’s LASK at home in the Austria Bundesliga. Lawrence Agyekum lasted the entire duration for Liefering’s 2-2 draw with Paul Mensah’s BW Linz in the…

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