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Leicester City manager Brendan Rogers has praised the character of the fringe players in his team, including Ghana defender Daniel Amartey. Rogers admits the players limited to match minutes, have brought out the best in those playing regularly as they turn up at train and compete for places in the team. Amartey is yet to play for the Foxes this ...

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is likely to hand debutantes Mohammed Kudus and Gideon Mensah their first start for the Black Stars on Thursday when they take on South Africa in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Ghanasoccernet.com can reveal. The explosive Nordsjaelland midfielder, who is taken the Danish top-flight by storm this season has been impressive playing behind the ...

The Portuguese has had another fine year on the field, finishing fourth in the Goal 50, but his impact off it has arguably been even more impressive While discussing Cristiano Ronaldo’s petulant reaction to being substituted against AC Milan last weekend, Patrick Vieira argued, “At Juventus, the club is the real star.” Only, that’s not really true, is it? Ronaldo is bigger than ...

The Swedish defender admits he “owes a great deal” to the Portuguese tactician, who has been out of work since leaving Old Trafford last December Manchester United centre-back Victor Lindelof has confessed that he misses Jose Mourinho, whom he credits for giving him the chance to realise his dreams at Old Trafford. Mourinho was sacked by United at the end of ...

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta on Wednesday, November 13, delivered the budget statement for the year 2020. The Finance Minister highlighted some of achievements of the government and also detailed how it intends to run the country in the next twelve months. Conspicuously, missing from the 284-page document is the budget allocation for the Ministry of Youth and ...

Bafana Bafana head coach Molefi Ntseki says they have to be mentally ready to take on the assignment of facing Ghana in Ghana, and then return home to host Sudan in the Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. South Africa takes on the Black Stars of Ghana in Cape Coast on Thursday (14 November) then locks horns with Sudan ...

Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey has welcomed his third child. The child is said to be the first male of Odartey in his new marriage. The heartwarming news was announced by sports journalist, Saddick Adams who in a tweet congratulated the former Black Stars forward. Congratulations to Nii Odartey Lamptey (Ex-Ghana international) on the birth of his third child. ...

The Reds secured a vital win before the final interval of the year on Sunday, as they put Man City to the sword with a 3-1 victory. It was a crucial result which extended their lead at the top of the table, and keeps momentum ahead of the trip to Crystal Palace next time out on November 23. While some have missed out due ...

Black Meteors head coach, Ibrahim Tanko, seems to have placed his team’s dreams of making it to the 2020 Olympic Games in the hands of non-footballing elements like hope after losing 3-2 to Egypt on Monday. The Meteors threw away two leads on the night after Yaw Yeboah and Samuel Obeng put Ghana 1-0 and 2-1 up respectively. The result ...

South Africa will arrive in Ghana on Monday night to ensure early preparations for Thursday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Cape Coast and return on Friday. Bafana Bafana were originally scheduled to arrive in the Ghanaian capital on Tuesday but changed their plans to ensure early acclimatization. This means they will have two days of preparations in Ghana ...