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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time. It is the 32-year-old Argentine’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La Liga. Virgil van Dijk was second – one of four Liverpool players ...

The Ghana Football Association Executive Council has named a seven-member committee for the Women’s Premier League. The President of the GFA, Kurt Okraku  announced the new Women’s League Committee to the Women’s League Clubs during a meeting between the GFA Executive Council and the clubs in Accra this morning Madam Hilary Boateng, an HR Consultant to head a seven-member Women’s ...

Nigerian telecom firm Globacom has paid the Ghana Football Association (GFA) $1,000,000 after an arbitration of a contractual impasse between the two entities. One hundred thousand of the amount has however been used to settle lawyers who represented the FA in the case, a statement by the GFA said. In a statement, the GFA said: “The Ghana Football Association (GFA) ...

Ghana’s Black Meteors left-back Edward Sarpong has apologized to Ghanaians after missing a crucial penalty at the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations. The 22-year-old defender who plays in Portugal has been a talk of the town after Ghana was eliminated from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics games on penalties by South Africa in Egypt last weekend. Speaking on Accra-based Adom FM, ...

The 25-year-old nursing trainee, Awal Suleman who invaded the pitch during Ghana vs South Africa AFCON qualifier in Cape Coast last week has been fined a sum of GHc2,400 by the Cape Coast Circuit court on Thursday. He was charged on two counts: resisting arrest and disturbing public peace. Awal has been asked to sign a bond of good behavior, ...

Jose Mourinho has been named as the new Tottenham manager, succeeding Mauricio Pochettino who was sacked on Tuesday. Former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Mourinho has signed a contract until the end of the 2022-23 season. “The quality in both the squad and the academy excites me,” said the 56-year-old Portuguese. “Working with these players is what has attracted me.” ...

Ghana’s Black Stars defeated Sao Tome and Principe on Monday in their second outing in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The game started on a very slow pace due to the poor nature of the field and despite Ghana’s dominant display the first half ended goalless. The four-time African champions failed to punish their opponents when Jordan Ayew ...

Ghana’s Black Meteors failed to fly past the host nation of the Africa Under-23 tournament Egypt on Monday, despite taking an early lead. The Ghanaian Olympic team took a 6th minute lead when captain Yaw Yeboah latched onto a beautiful ball from Samuel Obeng. However, the Egyptians drew level 11 minutes later with a thunderbolt header from striker Mostafa Mohammed ...

Kwasi Nyantakyi Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo has disclosed the former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi will soon face court over the corruption case brought against him. She told parliament on Thursday that what appears to have stalled the case is the unfortunate death of Ahmed Suale, an investigator with Tiger Eye PI. ...

during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Quarter Final match between Uruguay and Ghana at the Soccer City stadium on July 2, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Ghana Football Association has announced plans to launch a passion-igniting campaign for the Black Stars’ African Cup qualifying campaign. The campaign, hash-tagged #BringBackTheLove is aimed at igniting passion and galvanising support ...