English side Fulham has announced the capture of Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng on a one-year deal with an option for a further year According to the club’s official website, the deal was finalized on Wednesday following the confirmation of the international clearance of the 30-year midfielder. The deal end months of speculation about the future of Boateng, who has not tasted club action for...

The Premier League Board (PLB) has altered the fixtures of the 2012/2013 Premier League, which will see the season end on Sunday, June 23. The revision of the fixtures was necessitated by the rescheduling of a three-nation tournament involving the local Black Stars in Liberia billed for the weekend. The Premier League was due for a three-week break returning on June 9 before the redesigning of the...

Berekum Chelsea and Medeama will face-off in the battle of joint-leaders in the peak of the Week 27 matches at the Golden City Park on Sunday. Expectations will be high of the encounter despite the fact that the week-end matches has been blighted by news in the course of the week including the withdrawal of Berekum Arsenals following an 8,000 cedis fine slapped on them by the Ghana Football Association...

Hearts of Oak’s captain, Mahatma Otoo has taken his goal tally to 16 and further consolidate his hold of the summit of the scorers chart. Otoo was on the score cards as Hearts thumped Berekum Chelsea 3-0 at the weekend to remain on course for the Golden Boot at the end of the season. The 21-year old is trailed by AshantiGold forward Yakubu Mohamed, who has netted 14 goals in 26 matches. Kennedy...

Austrian side, Red Bull Salzburg look set to price away Ghanaian midfielder, Aziz Tetteh from Greek side, Platanias. The seven-time Austrian Bundesliga champions, are reported to have offered half-a- million Euros (500,000 Euros) for the signature of the midfielder who has had his best form yet since joining Platanias just before the start of the second round of the just ended season. Aziz who has...

Austin Jay Jay Okocha says Ghana and Nigeria ought not to regard themselves anymore as giants in African football. The Black Stars have not won any major title since winning its last Nations Cup in 1982 while Nigeria won their first Nations Cup title earlier this year – 19 years after winning their last title. Despite both sides offering memorable performances at the world stage at the FIFA World...

Ghana remained unchanged at 22nd in the May edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released Thursday. The Black Stars took that position in the previous ranking as they hold on for the second consecutive month with their point build up still 874 points. Kwesi Appiah’s team are still ranked second on the African continent behind Ivory Coast with Mali in third place. With little changes, the...

Ghana’s Braimah “Bukom Banku” Kamoko recorded the 20th knock-out of his career in the early hours of Saturday, after his Georgian opponent, George Tevdorashvili failed to return to the ring after six rounds. Bukom Banku, fighting his 26th bout in a ten-round International Cruiserweight contest started on a slow note with a deficits on his score cards as the Georgian dominated the first three...

Asante Kotoko lunched a dramatic comeback to beat visiting Eleven Wise 2-1 in their MTN FA Cup quarter final clash at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday, to book a place in the last four. The vociferous Kotoko supporters were sitting on thorns until Michael Helegbe produced that stunning strike three minutes in extra time to seal victory for the Porcupine Warriors. Kotoko went ahead in 42minutes...

Airtel Ghana has launched the third edition of its football talent hunt dubbed “Airtel Rising Stars” – an initiative aimed at discovering juvenile players at the grass root. The event which would commence on May 31, in Sunyani, would be played on zonal basis with Zone One comprising the three northern regions, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Region, whilst Eastern, Volta, Greater Accra and Western Region...

Accra Hearts of Oak progressed to the semi finals of the MTN FA Cup competition by beating Bibiani Gold Stars 2-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. Hearts went ahead in 28minutes through a penalty converted by Gilbert Fiamenyo after Owusu Bempah was brought flying in the box. Hearts hanged on to the lone goal lead despite creating several scoring chances which were blown away by Fiamenyo and Ashietey...

The Central Regional Director of the Sports Development Council, Kweku Baidoo Wilson says his outfit will soon establish community football clubs for children between the ages of 6-12 in the region. The initiative is to train more children at the regional level to acquire the requisite skills and talents which would enable them to easily fit into the Ghana Football Association (GFA) programmes. The...

Emmanuel “Game Boy” Tagoe, survived a real scare from his Philipinno opponent, Robald Pontilas to claim a 2-1 majority decision in the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa and World Boxing Authority (WBA) International Super Featherweight Championship bout at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday morning. Tough talking Tagoe, who few months ago put up a sterling performance to beat George Ashie...

Black Stars manager, Kwesi Appiah is ranked the 69th best coach in the world, according to the Institute of Football Coaching Statistics (IFCS). Appiah, who turns 53 on June 30, moved three places up of his previous 72nd position, with a point haul of 3721 according to the latest ranking of the Netherlands-based IFCS. Information gathered by GNA Sports indicates the Stars trainer is ranked above globally...