Aduana Stars midfielder Elvis Opoku has signed a new three-year deal with the Ghana Premier League champions. Opoku's initial three-year deal expired at the end of the season. He has been influential for the club as he played a key role in their title winning services. His availability will help the Dormaa-based side to make a huge impact in the 2018 CAF Champions League qualifiers. Opoku was top scorer in in the 2014 MTN FA Cup with seven goals for Mine Stars....

Asamoah Gyans latest set back is likely to cast the spotlight on why Andre Ayew has been left out of the team despite being in a very good shape. The West Ham man is the deputy captain of the team and has looked back to his best just before the international break. His two gaols against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup made him the first West Ham United player to score two goals at Wembley. Gyan and Ayew enjoy a good relationship in public but there are whispers of a strained relationship off

Striker Patrick Twumasi must pass a late fitness test for Ghana's final 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Egypt on Sunday in Cape Coast. FC Astana ace suffered an ankle contusion during Thursday's friendly win against Glow Lamp Academy. Twumasi is being observed by the medical team two days to the redundant qualifier at the Cape Coast Stadium. A Ghana FA statement on Twitter read: ''Ghana team doctors are working hard to get winger Patrick Twumasi fit for Sunday's

Ghanaian striker Joel Fameyeh continued his scintillating form with a brace for Dinamo Brest in their 3-2 defeat to Austrian Vienna in a friendly on Friday. The Ghanaian scored twice within five minutes on 63 and 67 minutes to draw level after going down 2-0. The Austrian side scored the match winner in the second half to seal victory. Fameyeh has impressed heavily since he joined the Belarus side. He has now scored five goals in his last four matches for the side. By Patrick Akoto.

Newcastle United will definitely not take it lightly with both Christian Atsu and Ghana Football Association after the player picked up a thigh injury on international duty. Atsu has worked his way into Rafael Benitezs team this season and has played in 11 league games and scoring a goal. The Magpies have enjoyed a stellar start to the campaign and that has been partly due to their ability to handle players with injuries very well. Last month the team withheld Christian Atsu from national

Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu is now a major doubt against Manchester United after picking up an injury while on international duty with Ghana. The 25-year-old pulled out of training with what appears a thigh strain on Wednesday as fitness concerns grow over the Ghanaian. However, the Ghana FA has confirmed the former Bournemouth man won't be available for the dead-rubber clash against the seven-time African champions with a muscle tear. Tests have revealed that winger Christian

Newcastle United winger Christian Atsu has been ruled out of Sunday's final 2018 FIFA World Cup final due to a thigh injury he sustained in training. Atsu limped off training on Tuesday in Cape Coast and cannot recover in time for the redundant qualifier. He reported for international duty and an injury doubt after coming off in Newcastle United's defeat to Bournemouth in a league match. Two days to the match, the Ghana FA has confirmed the pacey winger will not be available for

Bankroller of second-tier side Heart of Lions, Randy Abbey has launched a veiled attack on Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, implying football has retrogressed dramatically under his tenure. The former communications director of the GFA, viewed as one of the potential successors to the incumbent has passed a damning verdict on Nyantakyi's recent two terms. He implies the recent two terms have 'retrogressed' amid lack of sponsorship for the local league and downward performances of

Ghana will be without captain Asamoah Gyan for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Egypt on Sunday, the FA has confirmed. The 32-year-old did not recover in time after pulling out of the team's training on Wednesday due to a thigh problem. The Ghana FA has now confirmed theKayserispor striker won't be available for the game in Cape Coast. Tests have revealed that #Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan won't play in Sunday's World Cup qualifier against #Egypt. Team doctor says scans

Andre Ayew will not be allowed to leave West Ham United this January transfer window as new manager had David Moyes has chosen to rather bin Marko Anautovic who joined only four months ago. Ayew is the clubs top scorer alongside Javier Hernandez with four goals having fully recovered from a thigh injury he picked up last season. There were talks earlier on in the season that fans of the club called for his sale having fallen short of the 20.5 million pounds the Hammers paid for him to join

Ontinyent CF Ghanaian midfielder Michael Anaba has set the standard after being named in the Segunda B best XI for the month of October. The 23-year-old has pumped out impressive statistics to crown an electrifying four-week period in the Spanish second-tier. The ex-Asante Kotoko intelligent enforcer, who joinedOntinyent CF on a free transfer, has been a mainstay of the team. The former Ghana Under-20 star has featured in every single game for the side as they lie 9th on the table..

Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack has stoked controversy by claiming winger Emmanuel Gyamfi is a 'better player' than Hearts Oak's Patrick Razak, in what could split heads in the West African nation. The two players light up the recently ended Ghana Premier League with their pace and trickery. The debate has been raging as to who is better than the other amid a nagging sense both may be overrated. But Kotoko coach Steve Polack has claimed his star man is ocean ahead of his rival.

Hugely talented Ghanaian youngster Samuel Kwame Owusu scored the only goal of the match forFK Cukaricki in their 1-0 win at AIK on Thursday. The 21-year-old netted on the stroke of half time to give the visitors the win at the AEK Training Centre. The former Vision FC star, who joined the Serbian side in August this year, has been impressive for the European outfit since joining. The formerGencerlibiligi midfielder has made 10 appearances in 16 games in the Serbia Super Liga. FK Cukaricki

Adidas has revealed the official ball to be used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Telstar 18 is the official match ball to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russiaas announced by Adidas. The Telstar 18 evokes unforgettable memories of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and of legends like Pel, Gerd Mller, Giacinto Facchetti, Pedro Rocha and Bobby Moore and will feed the dreams of those who will play for footballs most coveted prize in Russia next year. I was lucky enough to get to know this ball

Ghanaian side Vision FC will start justify-your-inclusion exercise later this month. The four-day exercise will take place between November 20-24 at the Madina Estate School Park. Trialists should be between 16-19 years and must be either befree agents or obtained permission from their respective clubs if under contracts. Vision FC have produced several young talents in Ghana over the past years. YoungstersGideon Ofori Offei and Alex Yamoah have joined Greek side Veria FC while former

Ghana forward Kevin-Prince Boateng says he dislikes his first name 'Kevin'. According to the former AC Milan ace the name Kevin was a mistake on his birth certificate. He says I should actually be Kelvin and not Kevin as widely known in the world of football. At Eintracht Frankfurt Kevin-Prince Boateng runs on the jersey only with the name Prince for the native Berliner that has a good reason. I do not like my first name. That was a mistake in the birth certificate, nobody knows

Former Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng has put up a luxurious five-star hotel in the Ghanaian capital, Accra,as he prepares for the rainy days towards life after football, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report. The highly-respected football star has named the property after his adorable three children - Mendy, Taisha and Terick. The facility is named 'MENDIATA HOTEL - and located near the Golf Park, Achimota, top sources have told Ghana's leading football website, GHANAsoccernet.com

Ghanas Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports, Youth and Culture has endorsed the Oneconstituency, One Artificial Turf' project initiated by Wembley Sports Construction Company Limited (WSCCL). The select Committe chaired by Hon. Alex Agyekumon Thursdaytook some time off their busy legislative schedule to inspect some football pitches in the capital to assess their usability. The Committe inspected the Tema Sports Stadium, the Kaneshie Complex and the newly constructed Accra Academy Turf

AshantiGold CEO Kudjoe Fianoo has revealed he was approached by a betting syndicate to to fix the result of his team's matches in the Ghana Premier League. But sadly adds, he did not get the needed support from the Ghana FA hierarchy to get the people arrested. Fianoo, who is chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association [GHALCA], says he received from a Sunyani-based syndicate to strike a deal. They [the betting firm] wanted AshantiGold to lose their match against Aduana in Dormaa.

The president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday December 10, 2017 unveil the Tamale sports stadium that has been renamed in honour of the late Vice president Alhaji Aliu Mahama. The president will be in the Northern Regional capital, Tamale as part of the fifth anniversary celebrations of the demise of the Vice president and to rename the sports facility in the name of the ex-vice president. As part of the programmes to commemorate the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in the metropolis