Former New Edubiase United midfielder Asiedu Attobrah has revealed the reasons he swerved Hearts of Oak to sign for Iraqi side Al Shorta FC. Ghana’s leading football website, GHANAsoccernet.com, exclusively reported that the former Ghana U20 ace has put pen to paper on a short term deal to Iraqi outfit Al Shorta FC. The 22-year-old … Read more
Accra Hearts of Oak have been dealt yet another unexpected blow as Asiedu Attobrah swerves the Phobians to sign for Iraqi side Al Shorta FC, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. The former New Edubiase United star signed a 6 months contract with the club with an option to renew if the contract wears out at the end … Read more
South Korea’s new football coach criticised his predecessor Uli Stielike on Thursday, accusing the veteran German of lacking strategies and blaming communication difficulties with the players for poor results. Stielike, 62, won the European Championship and was a World Cup runner-up with Germany as a player, and went on to manage Switzerland and Ivory Coast, … Read more
Oscar is suspended for eight games after a brawl. Carlos Tevez riles fans with a trip to Disneyland while his club are playing. Ezequiel Lavezzi and Hulk deny being anti-Chinese. As the Chinese Super League (CSL) hits the halfway point of the season this weekend, the megabucks lavished on imported players has triggered unprecedented interest, … Read more
Former England, Real Madrid and Russia manager Fabio Capello was named on Sunday to lead China’s Jiangsu Suning, one of the biggest coaching signings yet in a spending binge by the Chinese domestic league. Jiangsu Suning said the disciplinarian Italian would “bring some of the world’s most advanced ideas and methods to drive the elevation … Read more
Three Jeju United players were suspended for up to six months on Friday after an AFC Champions League knock-out game against Urawa Red Diamonds descended into violence. Cho Yong-Hyung was banned for six months and fined $20,000 for pushing the referee after he was sent off in the last-16 game on May 31, which ended … Read more
Two-time winners Guangzhou Evergrande were drawn against Shanghai SIPG in a blockbuster, all-Chinese AFC Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Evergrande, who won the Asian title in 2013 and 2015, will play SIPG — their closest rivals in the Chinese Super League — over two legs in August and September. Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale also drew fellow … Read more
High expectations in the big-spending Chinese Super League have triggered a spate of departures, with six coaches shown the door in the space of just one month. More than a third of teams in the 16-strong Super League have been affected, in a season which has also been rocked by claims of racism and violence. … Read more
Chinese big-spenders Jiangsu Suning have parted ways with their coach Choi Yong-Soo after a disappointing season was compounded by elimination from the AFC Champions League. Jiangsu — who share owners with Italy’s Inter Milan — announced the South Korean’s departure late Thursday, one day after their Champions League exit at the hands of Shanghai SIPG. … Read more
Brazilian striker Elkeson scored once and forced an own goal as Shanghai SIPG downed Chinese rivals Jiangsu Suning 3-2 to reach the AFC Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday. Elkeson profited from some kamikaze first-half defending from Hong Jeong-Ho, who gifted him the opening goal, and Yang Xiaotian, who diverted a shot into his own net. … Read more
Asian player of the year Omar Abdulrahman scored a brilliant double as Al Ain thrashed Esteghlal 6-1 to storm into the AFC Champions League quarter-finals. The brace by “Amoory” — matched by two sublime strikes from Brazil’s Caio — overturned last week’s 1-0 defeat and powered last year’s runners-up to a 6-2 aggregate victory. Elsewhere, … Read more
Brazilian forward Hulk scored one goal and set up another as Shanghai SIPG won a megabucks all-Chinese clash 2-1 against Jiangsu Suning in the AFC Champions League’s last 16 on Wednesday. Hulk made his muscular presence felt with a bustling performance which terrorised the Jiangsu defence and put Andre Villas-Boas’s SIPG in the driving seat … Read more
Al Ahli striker Asamoah Gyan has hinted he may eventually be forced to sever ties with the Red Knights due to “ill-treatment”. Gyan has been plagued with injuries after making a move on loan from China last year. The former Ghanaian national team captain, now 31, scored the third goal and set up the fourth … Read more
Western Sydney Wanderers pinched only their second win of this season’s AFC Champions League with a late winner over big-spending Shanghai SIPG in their final group game in Sydney on Wednesday. Jaushua Sotirio had a tap-in in the 89th-minute to claim a 3-2 win for the 2014 AFC Champions League winners who grabbed a consolation … Read more
A Ricardo Goulart double steered two-time winners Guangzhou Evergrande into the AFC Champions League last 16 as they drew 2-2 with Suwon Samsung Bluewings on Tuesday. After cancelling out Yeom Ki-Hun’s opener, Goulart looked offside as he headed Evergrande 2-1 ahead on 68 minutes, before Kim Jong-Woo’s late equaliser caused some late jitters. But the … Read more
Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande escaped Thursday with a fine and a suspended two-match stadium ban from Asia’s football governing body after supporters unfurled a “British dogs” banner during a match in Hong Kong. The anti-independence banner, which read “Annihilate British dogs, destroy HK independence poison” in Chinese, was held up during Evergrande’s 6-0 AFC Champions … Read more
Brisbane Roar keeper Jamie Young needed stitches in a nasty arm gash from a rusty net hook during their AFC Champions League loss in Thailand, a report said Thursday, with the club set to complain. Young was diving to save Muangthong United’s 37th-minute goal on Wednesday in Thailand when he slammed into the goalpost, ripping … Read more
Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande are facing potential disciplinary action after their fans unfurled an anti-independence banner slamming “British dogs” during a game in Hong Kong. The large banner, which said “Annihilate British dogs, destroy HK independence poison” in Chinese, was held up during Evergrande’s 6-0 AFC Champions League win over Hong Kong’s Eastern late on … Read more
Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Guangzhou Evergrande crushed Hong Kong’s Eastern 6-0 on Tuesday as they ruthlessly ousted the debutants and their trailblazing female coach from the AFC Champions League. Paulinho and Alan both grabbed doubles to bury Eastern, whose coach Chan Yuen-ting, nicknamed ‘Beef Ball’, had become the first woman worldwide to lead a professional men’s … Read more
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has touched down in Tehran with his club side Al Ahli for their AFC Champions League clash the Tehran independence team. Gyan will be hoping to break into the starting line up as he seeks to end his recent goal scoring drought. Below are pictures of Gyan and his team arrival … Read more