The Black Queens of Ghana trained for the first time on Sunday at the Wits Sports Complex in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, in preparation for their match against Namibia on Tuesday in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier second leg. Early on Sunday, December 3, the team landed at the O.R. Tambo international airport and immediately made their way to Pretoria to set up camp. Following that, Nora Häuptle and her team got right into training at the Wits Sports Complex in Bloemfontein, Johannesburg. The little over hour-long session involved all twenty-three players. Prior to the pivotal game on Tuesday, the…
Author: Kelvin Papa Sackey
According to reports, former president John Dramani Mahama has chosen to keep Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang who previously served as Mahama’s running mate will return to the role. When Mahama chose her as his running mate for the 2020 election, she became the first female vice presidential candidate of a major political party in Ghana. Professor Opoku Agyemang has a strong political background and has served in a number of roles while making a substantial contribution to the field of education. The outcome of the anticipated…
Ghana’s Dreams FC beat Rivers United 2-1 in their second CAF Confederations Cup group stage game at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium Kumasi. The ‘Still Believe’ lads for the first time in their history cruised to a win in the group stage of any of the CAF inter-club competitions as in this case the CAF Confederations Cup. Their dreams of getting back on track in their group stage campaign after a 2-0 loss to Club Africain became reality as goals from John Antwi and Abdul Aziz Issah on the 35th and 75th minutes respectively saw the home side take the…
Ghanaian forward Antoinne Semenyo scored as Bournemouth drew 2-2 with Aston Villa 2-1 in match week 14 of the EPL at the Vitality Stadium. Semenyo was impressive in his 71 minutes of action on the pitch. He played as a right winger and got the first goal for Bournemouth 10 minutes into the game. Aston Villa scored 10 minutes later put both sides on level(1-1) after piling pressure on the home sides.The first half ended in a draw as both sides failed to score again. Dominic Solanke restored Bournemouth’s lead on the second half on the 52nd minute to make…
Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus scored his 3rd League goal on match week 14 of the English Premier League. Kudus scored in West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Jordan Ayew’s Crystal Palace to take his goal scoring tally to three in the Premier League out of five starts. The Ghanaian international started and played the full throttle as a right winger. Kudus opened the scoring on the 13th minute after connecting a cut back pass from Coufal towards the bottom corner. Crystal Palace equalized through Edouard on the 53rd minute of the game. After Crystal Palace’s equalizer both sides came close to scoring…
Black Stars forward Inaki Williams scored his 7th goal of the season in Athletico Bilbao’s 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano. Inaki Williams’ played 81 minutes of the game as a right winger. In the first half Guruzeta scored the game’s first goal after 23 minutes with Oihan Sancet providing the assist.The stayed 1-0 in favour of the home team after the first half. Two minutes into the second half Vallecano’s Espino scored an own goal to double Bilbao’s lead. Inaki scored his first goal of the game and his seventh of the season on the 64th minute to make the…
Ghanaian defender Jerome Opoku scored his second goal of the season in Istanbul Basaksehir’s 3-2 loss to Rizespor. The Ghanaian defender put up a spectacular performance but his efforts were not enough to get his team the maximum three points. Istanbul Basaksehir opened the scoring on the 6th minute through a goal from Piatek.Six minutes on, Rizespor’s Olawoyin scored the equalizer to make the score 1-1.Rizespor scored again on the 17th minute to take a 2-1 lead but before recess, Jerome Opoku found the back of the net with a left footed strike to the top left corner after joining…
Ghana’s senior women’s national team, Black Queens secured a 3-1 lead in the first leg of the final qualifier against Namibia at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, December 1, 2023 courtesy goals from Doris Boaduwaa and Portia Boakye. Coach Nora Hauptle and her charges continued their blistering campaign in the ongoing qualifiers with a 3-1 win in the first leg; Spartak Subotica’s Doris Boaduwaa opened the score cards and a cushioning from Skipper Portia Boakye saw Ghana end the first half 2-0 up. Doris Boaduwaa scored her second and Ghana’s third inside the second half as it looked like…
Betpawa Ghana Premier League Champions Medeama SC defeated CR Belouizdad 2-1 in their second group stage game in the CAF Champions League. Medeama were very eager to make a statement after losing their first group stage game in a 3-0 scoreline at the hands of Al Ahly. CR Belouizdad’s Benguit scored the game’s first goal on the 39th minute through a penalty kick but the Algerian side’s lead did not last as Daniel Lomotey scored the equalizer for Medeama on the 45th minute. In the second half, Medeama dominated play in an attempt to get the winning goal but the…
Ghana has dropped out of the top 60 countries in the most recent FIFA rankings after a poor 2026 World Cup qualifiers campaign. After losing their last game the Black Stars, who were before ranked 60th in the world, have dropped to 61st position. They battled to victory against Madagascar at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi to start their World Cup qualifying campaign, but things went south when they lost to Comoros by a close 1-0 margin in the Moroni Stadium. This defeat proved expensive for Ghana because it not only hurt their chances of making it to the…