FC Strasbourg defender Alexander Djiku has been named the Ghanaian footballer of the year at the 2022 Ghana Football Awards held on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The Sevilla-bound defender scooped the topmost awards alongside the Ghanaian foreign-based footballer of the year award. Ghana Premier League Champions Asante Kotoko was the male team of the year and the most vibrant club on social media whiles its CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah went home with the best CEO of the year award. Bayern Munich newest signing and Senegal superstar Sadio Mane was adjudged the best African player of the year whiles Real Betis…
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The Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi has filed a defamation lawsuit against two staff of the authority, seeking Gh¢4million in damages. The defendants are Kwame Baah Mensah and Edmond Appiah who are all staff of the authority. A two-page court document sighted by Kyfilla.com filed at the Supreme Court, Professor Twumasi is seeking the demages for a “defamatory statement recklessly and maliciously” published by the defendants in a letter dated June 20, 2022 titled “Petition against the Director General of the National Sports Authority Professor Peter Twumasi to step aside for thorough investigation.” Professor Twumasi…
President Akufo-Addo has authorized Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inviting the Fund to support an economic program put together by the government of Ghana. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Information, the authorisation by President Akufo-Addo follows a telephone conversation between the President and the IMF Managing Director, Miss Kristalina Georgieva, conveying Ghana’s decision to engage with the Fund. “At a meeting on June 30th, 2022, cabinet indicated its support for the decision,” the statement said. “The engagement with the IMF will seek to provide balance of payment…
Former Asante Kotoko coach Abdul Razak popularly referred to as the Golden Boy is not happy with Ghana FA for continuously snubbing him whenever appointing coaches for the national teams. According to the former Ghana international, he has what it takes to handle any of the national teams but flabbergasted on why the Ghana FA keep ignoring him for national team appointment. Speaking on Accra-based Angel FM, Abdul Razak, who won the 1978 AFCON for Ghana and went ahead to win the best player on the continent, believes now is the time for the Ghana FA to assign him with…
Hearts of Oak coach Samuel Boadu has responded to what it seems like a demeaning comment made against him by the deputy board chairman of the club Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe. The former Ghana FA boss was on record to have said that Hearts of Oak will need an experienced head coach for Africa next season and not Samuel Boadu who has won five trophies since joining the club last two seasons including the Ghana Premier League title which eluded the club for many years. “I have a problem with Hearts of Oak’s technical direction of the club, most of the players…
Hearts of Oak head coach Samuel Boadu says he will never be troubled should he be sacked from his position in the club. Boadu has been making the headlines for the past hours after news of his imminent sacking from Hearts of Oak flooded the internet. Despite winning five trophies in the space of one and half years with the club, reports in the local media indicate that the board of the Accra-based club have decided to sack Samuel Boadu as the head coach as the team prepare for Africa. It is believed that former Schalke 04 and Salzburg manager…
Deputy chief executive officer of AshantiGold Sporting Club, Albert Commey has apologized for a match-fixing allegations he made after the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season. The former Ghana FA Executive Committee member alleged that some four matches played during the final games of the league season were fixed. Albert Commey stated emphatically that the four matches fixed were Hearts of Oak versus RTU, Goldstars versus AshantiGold, Eleven Wonders versus Aduana Stars and King Faisal versus Legon Cities FC. “The match between GoldStars and Ashgold was a fixed match. Eleven Wonders vs Aduana Stars was a fixed match, King Faisal vs…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced nominees for the player of the year award. The 30-man list featured no Ghanaian player despite the likes of Thomas Partey, Daniel Amartey, Joseph Aidoo, Edmund Addo, Andre Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp impressing at their respective clubs and the Ghana national team in the 2021/22 season. The list was dominated by top football stars like Manchester City superstar Ryhad Mahrez, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane, Liverpool talisman Mohammed Salah, Borussia Dortmund and Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller, Achraf Hakimi of PSG and Morocco, Mohammed Elneny of Arsenal and Egypt as well as Naby…
Ghanaian winger Kamaldeen Sulemana has been nominated for the CAF young player of the award. The 20-year old has been nominated following his incredible form for French Ligue I outfit Rennes and the Ghana senior male national team. Kamaldeen will be competing with Illaix Moriba from Guinea, Dango Quattara from Burkina Faso, Ivorian Karim Konate and host of other top emerging footballers from the continent. Born in Techiman, Bono East Region, Kamaldeen was a part of the Right to Dream Academy before joining its cooperative club in Denmark, FC Nordsjælland, in January 2020. He signed a five-year deal with the club on his 18th birthday and…
Three Asante Kotoko players have landed in Moldova to undergo trials at FC Sheriff Tiraspol. The trio of Richard Boadu, Mudasiru Salifu and Andrews Appau left the shores of Ghana few days ago to begin the justify. The three players were key to Kotoko success in the just ended league season where the team was crowned champions of the Ghana Premier League. The trio are expected to ink a deal with Sheriff Tiraspol should they impress the technical handlers of the club during the trials. Meanwhile, Asante Kotoko have begun preparations for the next season’s CAF Champions League after winning…