The striker has gone 325 minutes without finding the back of the net, describing it as a frustrating run Asante Kotoko striker Yakubu Mohammed is concerned about his current low form in the Ghana Premier League. The 26-year-old has scored four goals after nine matches but failed to find the target in his last three … Read more
Herbert Addo is the latest Ghanaian coach to have passed away. Coach Addo passed away on Friday, March 24 at the 37 Military Hospital after a long illness. He had retired from coaching in 2016 after leaving Ghana Premier League side Inter Allies. He has five league titles to his credit, having done that with … Read more
Head Coach of Aduana Stars, Yusif Abubakar, has said the team would soon bounce back to winning ways after their goalless draw game with Medeama SC on Wednesday, at Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu I Stadium in Dormaa-Ahenkro. He said he wasn’t surprised or disappointed, with the outcome of the game as it formed part of … Read more
Telecommunication giants MTN have extended their contract with the FA Cup by three years. MTN have been the headline sponsors if the competition since it’s reinstatement in 2011. The competition has since its reintroduction witnessed five different winners with Nania, New Edubiase United, Medeama, Kotoko and Bechem United all winning it. This year’s edition is … Read more
Ashanti Gold SC 1-0 Liberty Professionals [Amos Addai] Tema Youth FC 2-1 Hearts of Oak [Joseph Paintsil, Ibrahim Yusif || Thomas Abbey] Great Olympics 1-1 Inter Allies FC [David Amuzu || Prince Baffoe] Berekum Chelsea 1-0 Bolga All Stars [Braimah Mohammed] Wa All Stars 1-1 Ebusua Dwarfs [Paul Asare de Vries || Nicholas Gyan] Asante … Read more
Tema Youth head coach Edward Odoom has pointed to referees in Ghana as the possible causes of the death of the local game. Odoom explained that the poor performances of certain referees would kill interest in Ghanaian football and major actors would walk away from the league. His comments came after Tema Youth lost 1-0 … Read more
Bechem United defeated Tema Youth 1-0 in an outstanding Ghana Premier League fixture on Wednesday at the Bechem Park. The Bechem based club needed Amed Toure’s late goal to win the day, after the win the FA Cup champions are now 3rd on the log sheet with seven points. Toure has now scored three goals … Read more
Ghana Football Association Executive Committee member Wilfred Osei Kwaku Palmer admits Ghana’s top flight league is unattractive. The vice chairman for the Black Stars management committee adds the Ghana Premier League can’t be compared to other leagues on the continent. Though he indicated the competitiveness level of the league is high, he said several things … Read more
Ghana Premier League leaders Aduana Stars have issued a statement to condemn allegations that sports journalists Felix Kwabena Romark and James Sowah were assaulted during their week five Premier League clash with Accra Hearts of Oak at the Nana Agyeman Badu I Park on Sunday but want SWAG to educate the media on how to … Read more
Asante Kotoko midfielder Emmanuel Gyamfi has been in an exceptional form in recent weeks, helping Zdravko Lugarusic’s side go on an impressive run of four games without a defeat in the Ghana Premier League. The 23-year-old kicked off February on the periphery of the Porcupine Warriors’ 2-1 victory over Liberty Professionals – the first game … Read more
Newly appointed Asante Kotoko manager, Coach Zdravko Logarusic, will seek to continue the team’s impressive performance in the Ghana Premier League when they welcome Elmina Sharks at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The fixture marks the first meeting of the two sides in a competitive match although both sides have met once last year in … Read more
Bechem United striker Ahmed Toure has promised to score more goals for Bechem United in the Ghana Premier League. Toure hit a brace for the Bechem based side in their 3-1 win over Accra Great Olympics in a Premier League outstanding game at the Accra Stadium on Thursday. ”It is not easy because I’m not … Read more
Torrential rains across the country were defied as all eight league fixtures went on as planned. The game in Obuasi was rained off at 1-1 due to poor visibility and unfavourable conditions for association football, but was replayed on Tuesday with Kotoko claiming full spoils with less-than convincing 1-0 win . Hostilities resumed on Saturday … Read more
play videoHearts of Oak records first win of the season Stand-in captain Thomas Abbey scored late as Hearts of Oak recorded their first win of the new Ghana Premier League season at the expense of champions WA All Stars at the Accra sports stadium on Sunday. Ivorian import Alex Kouami Kouassi shot the Phobians into … Read more
Former Bechem United and Medeama coach Tom Strand has revealed his ambition to manage a big club in the country again and that he recently spoke with the top hierarchy of Medeama before arriving in the country. Strand earlier spent three years in Ghana, guiding the Yellow and Mauve to clinch the FA Cup in … Read more
Great Olympics’ striker Abel Manomey and Seth Appiah of Berekum Chelsea hit braces in their matches to earn an automatic berth in the Week III Best XI while Tema Youth sensational winger Joseph Paintsil keeps lightening the Tema Park. Hearts’ shot stopper Benjamnin Mensah could be the man of the week for the superb saves … Read more
Aduana Stars maintained their 100 percent win rate to the new season with their third straight win in a landslide demolition of Bolga All Stars. The Ogya Boys mauled their Bolga based new comers by a 4-0 thrashing to stay top in the division. Goals from Zakaria Mumuni , Nathaniel Asamoah, Noah Martey and Tanko … Read more
Accra Hearts of Oak coach Frank Nutal after his first game in charge of the club against Medeama last Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium has stated that the Ghana Premier League is very competitive. Speaking to the press after the match he gave his assertion of the Ghana Premier League and this is what … Read more
Editor of Kotoko Express, Jerome Otchere has disclosed the team failed to utilize their chances against Berekum Chelsea. The Porcupine Warriors travelled to the Golden City Park in Berekum to take on Chelsea in the match day 2 fixture of the Ghana Premier League. The Warriors were hoping to break the jinx in Berekum but … Read more
There will be no celebration for Bechem United striker Amed Toure should he score against his former club Asante Kotoko on Wednesday at the Baba Yara Stadium in the Ghana Premier League. ”I won’t celebrate if I score against Kotoko on Wednesday because I still hold them dear to my heart,” Toure told Kumasi-based Silver … Read more