Ghana’s Sports and Recreation Minister, Kofi Adams, is urging the 2026 World Cup host nations to relax certain requirements for fans intending to travel for the tournament. The USA, Mexico, and Canada will welcome the rest of the world from … Read more →
A joint Fifa/Caf mission responsible for the setting up of the Normalization Committee for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has arrived in the country. The 3-member task force touched down in Accra on Tuesday afternoon. Luca Nicola, Fifa’s Manager of … Read more →
The Venue Local Organising Committee of the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Cape Coast sports Stadium. The 15-member LOC members for the host city of Cape Coast will be chaired by Thomas Adjei, … Read more →
Liberia president George Weah played in an international friendly for his country on Tuesday – at the age of 51. Weah, the first African footballer to win Fifa’s World Player of the Year award, featured for 79 minutes of a … Read more →
Real Madrid and Brazil star Marcelo Vieira has accepted a four-month suspended jail term and a €750,000 fine after admitting fraud in Spain. The 30-year-old football player defrauded the Spanish authorities in 2013 of €490,000 (£436,000; $576,000) by using foreign firms to handle … Read more →
When Novak Djokovic won the US Open for a third time on Sunday, he regained his place as his sport’s biggest ever on-court earner. That is despite winning fewer Grand Slams – the most lucrative tournaments in tennis – and … Read more →
The FIFA/CAF Normalization Committee which is set to run Ghana Football for the next six months will be named on Wednesday, September 12. The team which will be made up of a minimum of five members or maximum seven are … Read more →
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President and First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Amaju Pinnick is leading a joint FIFA/CAF mission to Ghana that will identify persons who will constitute a normalisation committee tasked with running the Ghana Football … Read more →
Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among the contenders in the reckoning to feature in FIFPro and FIFA’s World XI, Soccernet reports. FIFPro and its affiliated player associations asked professional footballers to pick a team from the best … Read more →
Former West Ham United and Black Stars midfielder John Paintsil has denied borrowing US$20,000 from his former teammate Derek Boateng during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Paintsil has been sued by Boateng for failing to refund the $20,000 … Read more →
Ex-Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng, has sued former international teammate John Paintsil to refund US$ 20,000 he borrowed in camp during the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa. In a writ, Boateng is demanding the recovery of the amount … Read more →
Forward Mario Balotelli has been dropped by Italy coach Roberto Mancini for Monday’s Nations League game against European champions Portugal in Lisbon. Nice striker Balotelli came under fire for his performance in their Nations League opener against Poland on Friday, … Read more →
Football Kenya Federation realized kshs 3,873,600( $38,262.8) in gate collection in Kenya’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier against Ghana on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at the MISC Kasarani. Big Brother Events and Ticketing, the company charged with the event, sold … Read more →
At least one person has been killed and nearly 40 injured in a stampede at a Madagascar football stadium. The incident occurred just before the start of Madagascar’s match against Senegal in the qualifying round of the Africa Cup of … Read more →
The death of a fan overshadowed Madagascar’s 2-2 draw with Senegal yesterday as qualifiers continued for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. At least 40 more people were injured in a stampede before kick-off at the stadium in Antananarivo. Despite the … Read more →
Serena Williams’ claims of sexism in the US Open final have been backed by the governing body of women’s tennis. WTA chief executive Steve Simon said the umpire showed Williams a different level of tolerance of Saturday’s outbursts than if … Read more →