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Former Cameroon international Samuel Eto’o is to stand as a candidate in the race for the presidency of his country’s football federation (Fecafoot). The former Barcelona and Inter Milan star made the announcement on his social media pages on Tuesday evening, saying he had taken the decision “out of love for Cameroon and passion for our football.” “Time is running ...

Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Sports Ministry would have a meeting with Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac to discuss his salary before naming him Ghana coach. Ghanasoccernet.com sources have said that Rajevac is leading the race to succeed Charles Akonnor whose tenure came to an end disappointingly this week. Akonnor was booted out on Monday, a week after a shambolic ...

Serbian tactician Milovan Rajevac’s name has emerged as the probable candidate to replace CK Akonnor as Black Stars coach. Indications are that the country’s football governing body, GFA’s three-member committee has contacted the 67-year-old following CK’s sack on Monday. Nicknamed Milo, the Serbian trainer guided a less fancied Ghana side to the 2010 Nations Cup final where they lost 0-1 ...

Legon Cities Football Club has agreed a one year deal with Fitogether Incorporated based in the South Korean capital of Seoul. Under the terms of the agreement, the Korean giants FINC would provide their wearable GPS devices ‘ohcoach’ and opportunity to participate in an on-site /virtual Sports Science Conference for Legon Cities Football Club. Speaking to the clubs in house channel, CEO Terry Maxwell-Aidam ...

Ghana has dropped one place to the 53rd position in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of September. This comes on the heels of the country’s poor showing in the opening two World Cup qualifiers, beating Ethiopia and losing to South Africa in their first 2 games. The Black Stars are currently seventh in Africa, maintaining their position from ...

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said his side deserved victory over AC Milan at Anfield. The Reds trailed 2-1 before beating their Italian opponents 3-2 in an entertaining game. “It is deserved but we had 10 minutes where Milan nearly changed the whole tie,” added Klopp. “We are experienced in the competition, or should be. Now we won I can say ...

It has come up that over 50 foreign coaches have put in their applications for the vacant Black Stars coaching job. The hot seat has become vacant after the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and its Executive Council relieved CK Akonnor of his post on Monday evening following uninspiring supervision of Black Stars’ FIFA 2022 World Cup campaign. Consequently, the FA ...

Chief Marketing Manager of Twellium Industrial Company Limited, Ali Ajami, has said he and his outfit believe in alms giving, a key feature on the company’s calendar, hence their support for Team Ghana for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He said the gesture goes beyond the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility policy, and has as a result promised the team (all ...

Brazilian legend Pele says he feels ready for “90 minutes plus extra time” after leaving intensive care. The 80-year-old had surgery to remove a tumour from his colon at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. The three-time World Cup winner has been having treatment at the hospital since 31 August after the tumour was detected in routine tests. “I ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) stalwart Professor Joshua Alabi has declared interest in handling the senior national men’s soccer team, the Black Stars. The role became vacant on Monday after the Ghana Football Association (GFA) parted company with Charles Kwabla Akonnor. A three-member committee was immediately announced to search for an interim gaffer within 72 hours. With barely 24 hours to complete the search, the ...