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Coach Samuel Boadu of Accra Hearts of Oak, after the victory over his former club Medeama has described the game as a normal game and has confessed the final will be a very difficult game. The Rainbow Club inflicted a convincing 3-0 triumph over Medeama SC to advance to the final of the MTN FA Cup. Benjamin Afutu opened the ...

Heart of Oak forward Daniel Afriyie Barnieh visited his boyhood club Madina Republicans on Monday. The in-form forward was at Republicans training grounds on Monday to present a jersey and some cash to the club that nurtured him. Chairman of Madina Republicans Haruna Mohammed thanked the player from remembering his roots. “Do you know the feeling a parent has when ...

The President of the Ghana Football Association Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has met with the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Isaac Ken Yeboah and other top Police Officials on Monday, July 26, 2021. The meeting was to officially inform the Police about the alleged match-fixing and betting that hit the Ghana Premier ...

Asante Kotoko head coach Mariano Barreto, wants investigations launched into their final Ghana Premier League game of the season against Elmina Sharks. The Portuguese gaffer who was not on the bench for the Porcupine Warriors last game of the season due to a suspension failed to speak to the specific issues but was visibly incensed. Kotoko lost by a lone ...

Barcelona have reached an out-of-court agreement with their former player Neymar to end a legal dispute in “amicable fashion”. Brazil forward Neymar, 29, claimed Barca refused to pay him £37.2m in owed loyalty bonuses after his £200m move to Paris St-Germain in 2017. Barca then started legal proceedings to get him to pay back the £8m he received when he ...

Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffered a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earned a straight-set win in Tokyo. Osaka, 23, has been one of the faces of the Games in the Japanese capital and had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron in last week’s opening ceremony. But the four-time Grand Slam champion could not back ...

Ghana’s Sulemanu Tetteh will face Cuban boxer Veitia Yosbany in the round of 16 in the 48-52kg flyweight boxing at the Olympic games after securing victory over Dominican Marte de la Rosa Rodrigo on Monday morning. Sulemanu Tetteh who is the captain for Ghana’s boxing team displayed incredible energy to fight from behind to secure a 3-2 victory over his ...

Asante Kotoko coach Mariano Barreto has revealed his players were left frightened after some fans of the club invaded their hotel to rain insults on them ahead of their MTN FA Cup exit. The Portuguese claims the incident- which happened hours before kick-off- affected his players in their elimination on Sunday in Obuasi. Kotoko were ousted 5-4 on penalties after ...

The Porcupine Warriors are unable to retain title in the cup competition after losing to Berekum Chelsea. Asante Kotoko have been knocked out of the Ghana FA Cup following a penalty shootout defeat to Berekum Chelsea on Sunday. Following a 0-0 draw after extra-time, the Porcupines Warriors fell 5-4 on penalties in the quarter-final fixture at the Len Stadium in ...

Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Peter Twumasi, has described the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a victory for the world, athletes and Ghana to conquer the Coronavirus. Motivating Team Ghana ahead of the opening ceremony at the Games Village, when he led government’s delegation to visit the athletes and officials, he praised the federations’ ...