Ghana international Harrison Afful 'is in tears' over the death of Sam Arday, the man who scouted and refined him a professional footballer. The Columbus Crew defender described the late tactical genius as 'the man who gave us life' for his contributions in his career at the Gomoa Fetteh Feyenoord Academy, now West African Football Academy. Arday and expatriate Karel Brokken set up the academy back in 1999 where youngsters were refinedwhile they schooled at the same time.

Liberty Professionals defender Samuel Sarfo has blamed referee Latif Adaari was their 2-1 to Asante Kotoko in Kumasi on the opening weekend of the Ghana Premier League. The centre-back thought the centre referee erred to award Kotoko a soft penalty in the second half which sparked a comeback. Kotoko winger Emmanuel Gyamfi went down inside the box with minimal contact but Adaari pointed to spot for a penalty which was converted by Yakubu Mohammed. ''The assistant line 2 was supposed

Ghana leader Nana Akufo-Addo has hailed Sam Arday's contribution to football in the country in a touching tribute after the legendary coach died on Sunday. The celebrated coach who was technical director of WAFA SC before his death, passed away on Sunday after a short illness. The President of the West African country praised the man who won Africa's first football medal at the Olympic Games for his successes. Saddened by the news of the death of Sam Arday," Ghana President Akuffo

Former WAFA trainee Felix Annan has paid glowing tribute to deceased technical director of the academy Sam Arday. Arday, a former Black Stars coach, died in Accra on Sunday afternoon a short illness. Annan was scouted to the academy-then Gomoa Fetteh Feyenoord- as a youngster and that was where he was groomed as a goalkeeper. Two seasons, he returned to the club on loan from his current club Asante Kotoko and helped them maintain their status in the Ghana top-flight. Annan has been hit

At the El Wak stadium in match day one, it's a regional derby when Inter Allies FC come face to face with Hearts of Oak. The Eleven Is To One after three seasons at the Tema stadium have adopted the El Wak as their new home. They hope to begin a new spell with a victory on Monday. This fixture always provide intriguing memories as the Phobians came from two goals down to win 3-2 in the dying embers last term at the Tema stadium. New coach Prince Owusu faces a stern test from the Phobians as

Hearts of Oak have announced the re-signing of enterprising midfielder Winful Cobbinah. The former Najran SC star has signed a two-year deal with the Phobians. But Cobbinah will not be available for their season opener against Inter Allies on Monday at the El Wak Sports Stadium...

Ghanaian coach Yaw Preko is confident his Nigerian side FC IfeanyiUbah will eliminatetop Egyptian side Al Masry from the CAF Confederation Cup despite managing the slim first-leg home win yesterday. FC IfeanyiUbah who is making her continental debut was almost being forced to a draw at her Nnewi home by top Egyptian side Al Masry. But a late strike of Cameroonian import Tamen Medrano who struck with only two minutes left of play rescued the day for the home side. With the slim victory, FC IfeanyiUbah

The much awaited Ghana Premier League finally started in five league centers. The pick of the week was the game between Asante Kotoko and Liberty Professionals. Going into the game, Kotoko had a bad record in respect to opening week games against clubs from the Greater Accra region. The Porcupines Warriors were winless in their 8 previous week 1 games against clubs from the Capital. The two sides struggled to find their rhythm on the bad Kumasi pitch. However Liberty took the lead in the 35th

Ghanaian players experienced a goal-drought weekend as Osei Barnes and Elton Acolatse scored in mainland Europe. However there were goals for Reuben Aryana in Finland, Babo Barro in Qatar and Belgian-born Ghanaian Denis Odoi in Fulham. GHANAsoccernet.com has a comprehensive wrap on the performance of Ghanaian players abroad. ALBANIA Chievo Verona loan star Caleb Ekuban played the entire game for Partizani Tirana when they held Teuta Durrs to a 0-0 draw. BELGIUM Dennis Appiah played