Striker Francis Narh celebrated qualification with Bulgarian side Levski Sofia on Thursday after a 0-0 draw with Sutjeska. Narh was handed a starting but substituted in added on time. Levski Sofia had won the first leg 3-1 and so have advanced to the second qualifying round. Narh is in his third season wit the club....

Anthony Annan and Evans Mensah helped HJK Helsinki to overturn a first leg deficit to progress to the Europa League second qualifying round. The Finnish beat Connah's Quay Nomads FC 3-0 on Thursday night at home to advance 3-1 overall. Annan lasted the entire duration while Mensah came on in the 86th minute. HJK will face eitherDacia or Shkendija in the next round.  ...

Richmond Boakye-Yiadom produced his purple-patch of scoring form again by scoring a double and provided an assist in Red Star Belgrade's 3-3 draw at Floriana in the Europa League. The deadly striker gave the Serbian giants the lead as early as the 12th minute against the Maltese side. But the home side fought back to snatch the equalizer through Stephen Pisan on the 45th minute from a penalty. After 70 minutes, Boakye again found the back of the net to restore Red Star's lead.

Ghana striker Patrick Twumasi scored his season's seventh goal in FC Astana's 2-0 win over Kaisar in the Kazakh top-flight on Thursday. The 23-year-old put his side ahead in the 14th minute before Yuri Logvinenko doubled the lead on 70 minutes. Twumasi is now three goals shy of equalling his personal best of ten league goals netted in the 2014 season. FC Astana are on top of the league table with an eight point lead but have played one game more than Kairat....

Midfielder Abdul Aziz Tetteh saw full time action for Lech Poznan in their Europa League first qualifying round second leg 3-0 win at Pelister. The Polish side advanced 7-0 on aggregate after winning big in the first Just like the first leg, Tetteh was a key man in the middle of the park. Lech Poznan will face Haugesund (NOR) or Coleraine(NIR)....

Striker Richard Gadze scored again to ensure Azerbaijani side Zira advanced to the next stage in the Europa League. The former Ghana youth international netted the winning goal in the 2-1 win at FC Differdange 03 in the 68th minute. Gadze was substituted in the 76th minute. The result ensured Zira reached the second qualifying round of Europe's second-tier inter-clubs competition. Gadze also scored in the first leg 2-0 win at home last week....

Godfred Donsah's agent, Oliver Arthur has admitted that his client could swap Bologna for Torino in the ongoing summer transfer window. Reports in the Italian tabloids indicate that the Ghanaian midfielder has been identified as the Grenade's top target for the summer, with a reported fee of 5 million mentioned as his price tag. And according to the 21-year-old's representative, everything is possible in football hence his client could move to the Turin-based club before the window

The Ghana FA has ordered Swedish coach Tom Strand to pay Medeama GH 35,000 as compensation for the illegal termination of his contract, the club has announced. The Status Committee of the FA ruled on Thursday that the 35-year-old was in breach when he walked on his two-year contract without following due process. Medeama were seeking substantial damages from the Swedish for his unprofessional conduct but the FA opted to reduce the amount oncompassionate grounds. But the Mauve and Yellows

Eight people including seven children have died in a stampede ahead of a football match in Malawi, police say. Dozens more were injured in the crush at Lilongwes Bingu national stadium. The stampede reportedly happened as thousands of people tried to find seats ahead of a friendly between top sides Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers. President Peter Mutharika has offered his condolences and said the government will do all it can to assist the families of the bereaved. It was

Ghana goalkeeper Razak Brimah is now officially a free agent and can join any club of his choice after his two year contract with Cordoba officially came to an end. The former Mirandes man lost his starting line up to Polish Pawel last season and subsequently lost national team slot. Brimah will have to use the opportunity he has to get his career back on track and play more at club level. Yes I have left Cordoba and as at now I dont know where I am going. I have attracted interests from

Ghana and former Cordoba gloves man Razak Brimah says he is surprised that some media houses are reporting that he blames Ghana for his refusal to renew his Cordoba contract. Brimah,has seen his contract with the Spanish second tier side run out and there was interest for him to renew but the goalkeeper turned down the option with a desire to move elsewhere. At 30-and having recently been over looked by new Ghana coach the 2015 AFCON finalist is in search of regular playing time that that should

Asante Kotoko forward Sadick Adams is upbeat about their chances of beating Medeama SC on match day 21 of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday. The Porcupine Warriors will welcome Medeama to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday with the aim of extending their unbeaten streak to xxx in the league. And according to Sadick Adams, they will use their victory over sworn rivals in the President's Cup as a catalyst to record another win in the second stanza of the campaign when they square off

Former AshantiGold SC's coach Bashir Hayford says he is open to take up another coaching role. Bashir, who guided the Miners to win the 2015 Ghana Premier League, vacated his position from the club following their poor start to the current campaign. But the veteran trainer has made himself available for any vacant coaching job after taking time to reflect on what went wrong in his last job. I said I want to rest, from Lions I moved to Power FC without a break. From Power FC, I moved

Supporters of Asante Kotoko have named defender Ahmed Adams as the club's Player of the Month for June. The stalwart defender was ever-present for the Porcupine Warriors in June, where they closed the gap on the Ghana Premier League standings to eight points after accumulating eight points from a possible twelve. The former Berekum Chelsea guardsman was impressive in the club's President's Cup triumph over sworn rivals Hearts of Oak on Monday before being substituted in the

Ghana's female team, the Black Queens have slipped in the latest FIFA Rankings. The African football giants dropped from 45th to 46th position following their inactivity in the month of June. However, the three-time Africa runners up retain their 2nd spot on the continent behind powerhouse Nigeria. The Black Queens came third at the Africa Women Championship held in Cameroon last year....

Ghana's Black Stars slipped one step from 49th to 50th in the latest FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking for the of June. Ghana retained their 9th position in Africa from the June editionbehind Africas football powerhouses. Ghana slipped after their double-header international friendly defeats to Mexico and the USA. Reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions and the Super Eagles Next 2018 World Cup qualifying foes in August, Cameroon, dropped four places from 32nd to 36th. Algeria, moved up

Former Ghana youth star Clifford Aboagye wants to extend his deal at Mexican side Atlas FC. The nimble-footed midfielder joined the Liga MX side on loan from Spanish outfit Granada in the January transfer window, racking up nine appearances and providing one goal and two assists before a knee injury truncated his bright start for the side. GHANAsoccernet reported on last week that,Atlas FC owner Grupo Salinas is be ready to meet Granada's $2 million buy-out clause to sign the talented former

Ghanaian trio Daniel Kofi Agyei, Yusif Raman Chibsah and Bright Gyamfi are in Italy to start pre-season training with promoted Serie A side Benevento. The trio are all midfielders and will join the club on Saturday. Chibsah and Gyamfi helped the club to fight for promotion in the second-tier but Agyei has returned from a loan spell. ''We are all in camp getting ready for the pre-season which officially starts on Saturday,'' Agyei told footballmadeinghana.com On Friday,

Dreams FC hit the beach on Monday to continue preparations for Sunday's Division One League match against Danbort. Head coach Karim Zito and the assistant Winfred Dormon drilled the players to get them in top shape. Dreams FC, who are currently on top of Zone III table with 48 points from 19 games, are seeking to record a double over the Nungua-based side.   They won the corresponding fixture 1-0....

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has launched an expletive-laden outburst against 'loud-mouthed'Patrick Osei Agyemang, insisting the tough-talking Sports Journalist is not qualified to be his 'house-boy'. The 31-year-old has accused the journalist ofbesmirching his name at the least opportunity in an unprovoked manner. Gyan, who has ended his five-year adventure in Asia after joining Turkish side Kayserispor, is fighting back to redeem his image. Patrick Osei Agyemang, nicknamed