Communications Director of Asante Kotoko Obed Acheampong is anticipating a heavy win for his side in Sunday’s Super Clash against Hearts of Oak in Week 10 of the Ghana Premier League. The Porcupine Warriors have turned the corner recently in the ongoing Ghana Football League after picking four points in their last two games while … Read more
The organizers of the 2018 Amputee Football League slated for May 5 has begun their trophy tour in the capital, Accra. The highly anticipated Trophy Tour by Ghana Amputee Football League made its stop at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) on Monday. The arrival in the Harbour City is the first stop out of some … Read more
The media launch for the maiden Ghana Amputee Football league has taken place at the Accra Sports Stadium, where stakeholders were taken through rules of the game. The league would be played in four regions, with eight teams to participating. The Greater Accra, Ashanti Region, Eastern Region and Central Region were the selected regions for … Read more
Communications Director for the Ghana Amputee League Clubs Association, Pastor Nyansa Boakwa has highlighted the concept behind the upcoming maiden Amputee league campaign. The Ghana Amputee Football Board launched the maiden edition of Amputee Football League earlier this month in Accra. The league which would be played in four regions will see eight teams participating, with … Read more
The English Football League apologised on Saturday after error-riddled graphics appeared on their online broadcast of the first round draw for the Carabao Cup, including inaccurately announcing an extra Charlton Athletic match. Glitches in the draw, which took place in Bangkok on Friday night, caused confusion and much merriment among fans but is a major … Read more
Bechem United President Kingsley Owusu Achau has honoured former England international Emile Heskey for his benevolence towards the club. The former Liverpool striker took time off his busy schedule in Ghana to visit the Hunters’ secretariat in Accra and was warmly welcomed by the President as a result of the supportive role he’s played for … Read more
A transfer fee of around £10-15m should be enough for other Premier League clubs to secure the services of the Australian playmaker Manchester City will sell Socceroos midfielder Aaron Mooy for around £10million in the upcoming transfer window, Goal understands. Mooy, who is on loan at Huddersfield Town, is one game away from helping the … Read more
Nottingham Forest have been bought by Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis after his takeover was passed by the English Football League (EFL). The businessman and Olympiakos owner is facing accusations of match-fixing in Greece but has passed the EFL’s owners’ and directors’ test. Marinakis’ buyout brings to an end Fawaz Al Hasawi’s five-year reign in … Read more
Chinese investors who failed in their bid to buy Hull City last year have succeeded in taking over Reading, who are one win away from the Premier League. Brother and sister Dai Yongge and Dai Xiuli snapped up 75 percent of the Championship club with the previous Thai owners retaining a 25 percent stake. The … Read more
World football’s governing body is looking into Paul Pogba’s world-record transfer Manchester United are within their rights to pay agents multi-million pound sums as part of transfers, FA chairman Greg Clarke has said – but the sport needs a debate about the issue. Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has called for more transparency around transfers. World … Read more
Chelsea and Tottenham have both had four of their players named in the Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League team of the year. Defenders Gary Cahill and David Luiz and midfielders N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard are Chelsea’s representatives. Tottenham’s quartet are defenders Kyle Walker and Danny Rose, midfielder Dele Alli and forward Harry Kane. Manchester … Read more
It was 125 years ago today that Liverpool Football Club was born. It was on the night of 15 March 1892 that the club’s founding president, John Houlding, proposed the creation of LFC. It all came about after Houlding, who had been president of Everton, fell out with the Toffees over various issues including rent. … Read more
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has slaughtered Leicester City’s players over their role in Claudio Ranieri’s demise. Cantona even went as far as calling Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Co ‘traitors’ for their treatment of Ranieri. He told Eurosport: “The magician came into a town and transformed a bunch of half-talented football players into glorious … Read more
It’s been amazing five weeks of scintillating football, the goals, the assists, the tackles, flicks and goal bound misses of the league have contributed to the beauty of the 2016/2017 University of Ghana Football League (UGFL). The teams in the four groups prepare to enter the final week of matches as they are anxious to … Read more
Lincoln City stunned Burnley to become the first non-league side in 103 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Sean Raggett’s dramatic last-minute header secured the National League leaders an historic 1-0 win at Turf Moor. It was fully deserved too, with Danny Cowley’s side producing a brilliant battling performance against their Premier League opponents. Burnley have … Read more
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are unable to benefit from goal-line technology but the likes of Barnsley and Brentford will after the English Football League (EFL) agreed in principle to introduce it to the Championship next season. There have been growing calls for the system to be rolled out in Spain’s top flight, particularly after … Read more
Many people have heard of and might have seen it before but few would want to identify it by the name: three-legged game. This is because it has always been known as the game played by people with one leg. The game in question is Amputee Football. Amputee football was a game that came about … Read more
Coventry City fans staged a pitch invasion as Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp consigned the Sky Blues to a sixth straight defeat in League One. The Sky Blues, who are on their worst run for 43 years, looked to have earned a draw when Dan Agyei equalised Sharp’s first-half opener. But there was a late twist … Read more
Crewe Alexandra director Dario Gradi has been suspended pending a Football Association investigation that will include looking into claims he “smoothed over” a complaint of sexual assault against a Chelsea scout in the 1970s. A former youth player at Chelsea – where Gradi was assistant manager – says he was assaulted by Eddie Heath, the … Read more
Plans for a shake-up of English football to create 100 teams in five divisions have been cancelled after talks between the English Football League and the Football Association broke down. The EFL said in May it wanted to create an extra division and have 20 teams in each from 2019-20. The plans required authorities to … Read more