Danish giants FC Copenhagen have handed a two-year contract extension to Ghanaian winger Danny Amankwaa, the club has announced. The 22-year-old will remain at the Telia Parken until 2018 and is tipped to continue his progress at the club. Amankwaa joined Copenhagen's senior squad from the club's Academy side in 2012 and has featured in 85 games for the first team. The Danish Superliga title-holders have shown great deal of confidence in the youngster by handing him the extension

Accra Hearts of Oak's chances of reaching the G6 semi-finals is hanging in the balance after drawing 1-1 with Medeama SC in a nail-biting clash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Thursday evening. The Phobians had what appeared to be a legitimate goal disallowed before Benjamin Bature struck a late equalizer to cancel out a first-half goal by Paul Acquah. Hearts assistant coach Henry Wellington lined up a strong side with a victory mentality after losing in the opener against Aduana

Hearts of Oak assistant coach Henry Wellington has made four changes to his line-up to face Medeama on Thursday evening at the Baba Yara Stadium in the GHALCA 6 tournament. The stop-gap trainer has started goalkeeper Ben Mensah, Augustine Arhinful, Daniel Kodie and Paul Acquah. Hearts lost their opening match 1-0 against Aduana Stars in Sunyani and need a win to revive their campaign. #HEARTSXI vs Medeama: Our lineup for today's GHALCA SIX game. #PH💛💙BIA #ProudPhobian

Medeama SC technical director Evans Adotey insists the departure of key players will have any negative impact on club in the upcoming season. According to the former Ashanti Gold SC trainer, the club have 25 players at their disposal and are enough for them for the 2016/2017 campaign. "We are not going to be affected. Everybody should understand we are not bringing in any new additions," he told Adehye FM". "Last season, we were competing in both Africa and locally which

Ashanti Gold head coach Bashiru Hayford has indicated it will be too early to set targets for the new season. The Miners were dreadful in their title defence last season and ended up finishing eighth in the league. They suffered early elimination from the CAF Champions League at the expense of MO Bejaia. "We have entered into team shaping. We are starting our friendly matches next week. Should it be today, I have the boys ready to play," he told Class FM "It's too early

The occupant of the Golden stool and owner of Krobea Asante Kotoko, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has honoured business mogul, Dr. Kwame Kyei Baffour, mandating him to run the affairs of the royal club for the next three years after the tenure of the Paul Adu Gyamfi-led board and Opoku Nti-led management came to an end. I ask, can Dr. Kyei Baffour make Kotoko great again? Many did not expect him to be named but the final decision from Manhyia has brought the new wind of change blowing at Kotoko to move

Ghana duo Daniel Amartey and Jefery Schlupp missed out on Liecester Citys Young Player of the Year Award to England midfielder Damarai Gray. Gray, 20, was voted the English champions young player of the year with Ghanas Daniel Martey coming second. The 20-year-old England under-21 internationalwingerreceived 69 per cent of the vote in a poll carried out on the clubs website. Daniel Amartey got 22 per cent of the vote, with Ben Chilwell receiving six per cent and Jeff Schlupp three per cent.

Mamelodi Sundown coach Pitso Mosimane has tipped Ghanaian duo Solomon Asante and Daniel Nii Adjei to be dangerous for his side as they clash in the CAF Super Cup. Sundowns, champions of this years CAF Champions League will take on TP Mazembe, winners of this years CAF Confederation Cup and the two are set for the clash of the titans. Though the clash is three months away from now Mamelodi Sundowns, coach Pitso Mosimane has already started watching matches of TP Mazambe, tipping the Ghanaian

Hearts of oak have completed the signing of Ebusua Dwarfs striker Bright Lukman Nurudeen, GHANASoccernet.com can exclusively report. He signed a three-year contract on Thursday at the club's secretariat in Accra. Lukman is a marquee signing after the club secured the services Anthony Nimo, Joshua Otoo and Henry Jay Lamptey from lower division Club Danbort. Two seasons ago, he banged in 30 goals to help Dwarfs secure qualification to the Ghana Premier League....

Ghana defender Edwin Gyimah is having no doubt that the Black Stars will recover from their 2-0 defeat to Egypt and qualify for the World Cup in Russia. Gyimah has been a regular member of the Black Stars since 2013 but will be feeling the heat following a disappointing World Cup qualifiers that has seen them pick up just a point from the first two games. The Orlando Pirates man says he is confident the team will open a new chapter in 2017 and qualify for the World Cup. I know very well

Hapless Accra Hearts of Oak have lost the race to secure the signature of former assistant coach of Nigeria Jean Francois Loscuito to South African side Black Leopards despite the coach expressing interest in the Phobia job. The 44-year old Belgian trainer hinted that he would love to coach the Phobians some few weeks ago and talks were underway to hand him the job. But serious-looking Premier Soccer League side Black Leopard have outwitted the Phobians to capture the intelligent trainer.

Ghanaian striker Patrick Adu scores the consolation for El-Nasr Taadeen in their 2-1 defeat to Petrojet in the Egyptian Premier League. The debutants went down just after the hour mark through Shimelis Bekele at home. Adu levelled for El Nasr Taadeen six minutes later with a fine header from close range. Bekele a 90th minute striker from Bekele to give the visitors the points.  ...

Juventus star Kwadwo Asamoah will return in 2017 despite reports that the midfielder has started training. Reports from the teams camp ahead of their game with Pescara over the weekend indicate that the influential Ghana midfielder will not play until 2017. This means that the intelligent midfielder will be out for the rest of 2016. Kwadwo Asamoah, a victim of an inflammation of the operated knee.He will return in 2017, an Italian newspaper reported. Kwadwo Asamoah had hoped to be injury-free

Ghana winger David Accam backs his former side Helsingbord to beat Halmstad in the Swedish Allsvenskan play-offfollowing their poor show this season. Allsvenskan have to beat Halmstad in the two-legged play-off to maintain their stay in the elite league as they are currently 13th on the table. Halmstad are third on the Superettan League table and have to go through the play-off to secure qualification into the Allsvenskan. And the Chicago Fire winger says he will support his former side

Elmina Sharks have excluded former captain Isaac Mensah from the side's pre-season tour, GHANAsoccernet.com understands. Mensah has been stripped of the captain's armband after reportedly campaigning for Ghana's largest opposition party (NPP). The Premier League debutants have strenuously denied the widespread reports after he was spotted wearing a polo shirt of the flagbearer of the main opposition leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. The club insist he was stripped of the leadership

Azam FC new signing Yahaya Mohammed admits he's in the dark over the quality of the Tanzanian Premier League. The 28-year-old completed a two-year deal with the Ice Cream Makers on Wednesday from Ghanaian side Aduana Stars. Mohammed joined on a deal reported to be in the region of $100,000. But he has revealed he has no idea about the quality of the Tanzanian top-flight. "At the moment, I do not know anything about Tanzanian football," he told the club's official website

Midfielder Malik Akowuah is NOT ELIGIBLE to feature for Hearts in the G6 tournament against Medeama today (Thursday), GHANAsoccernet.comcan confirm. The two clubs are yet to finalize the terms of agreement between the two parties following the player's controversial move to the capital. Medeama have agreed in principle to let the midfield engine join the Phobians but that is subject to the two clubs finalizing the terms of the contract. GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm that both parties

Ex-Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has passed a damning verdict on Avram Grant, claiming the Black Stars have retrogressed sharply under the former Chelsea coach. Grant's tenure has come under scrutiny following the side's unflattering campaign in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The 61-year-old is reeling under pressure after the team lost 2-0 to Egypt in their World Cup qualifier last Sunday. The Israeli has failed to win fans over with his overly cautious approach to the team. He

Azam FC Ghanaian recruit Yahaya Mohammed has vowed to win titles with the club after completing a two-year deal. Mohammed, 28, signed the permanent deal on Wednesday after agreeing a reported $100,000. He joins from Ghanaian side Aduana Stars, where he raked in 15 goals in the top-flight last season. And he has vowed to win titles with the side. "I am happy to sign a contract to join Azam FC. I have to deal with all the challenges," he told the club's official website

Anderlecht Ghanaian defender Dennis Appiah is expected to be fully fit in January. French-bornleft-back has started group training since recovering from a knee injury last week. The Belgian outfit has confirmed the 24-year-old will return to the squad in the winter The Ghanaian joined the Anderlecht from French outfit Caen.  ...