Samuel Eto’o netted a superb hat-trick to help holders Inter Milan thrash Werder Bremen 4-0 in Champions League Group A. The Cameroon striker opened the scoring in the 21st minute when he slipped the ball under goalkeeper Tim Wiese after Esteban Cambiasso robbed the ball off Daniel Jensen. Eto’o added his second when converting a [...]
Javier Hernandez came off the bench to snatch a 1-0 win for Manchester United in Valencia, meaning Sir Alex Ferguson’s side go joint top of Group C with Rangers. Meanwhile, Tottenham beat FC Twente 4-1 in a dramatic contest that saw three penalties and a red card for Rafael van der Vaart. United – deprived [...]
David Villa netted a second-half penalty to earn Barcelona a point from their trip to Rubin Kazan, who once again proved a frustrating opponent for the Catalan giants. Villa slotted home on the hour-mark to cancel out Cristian Noboa’s 30th-minute penalty for Rubin, with both goalkeepers coming agonisingly close to saving the respective spot-kicks. Barca [...]
Ghana’s FA Cup will return this season atfer a nine-year absence thanks to sponsorship from continental telecommunations giants MTN. The Ghana football authorities sealed a three-year sponsorship deal worth US$3m on Tuesday night to revive the highly popular competition which was last played in 2001. The lucrative sponsorship means all clubs playing in the competition [...]
Ajax were held to a 1-1 draw by AC Milan as the Italian giants kept their UEFA Champions League campaign on course. After enduring defeat to Real Madrid in their opening Group G game, Eredivisie club Ajax were forced to settle with a point from Tuesday night’s clash as the Italian visitors came back from [...]
Michael Essien got the last laugh over his compatriot Andre Ayew as Chelsea sealed a 2-0 Champions League victory against Marseille. The victory could have been more emphatic as Essien hit the post with a long-range efforts in the second half of Tuesday night’s game. Ayew had been confident of a shock win over the [...]
Winger Ebo Andoh punished Benin on 20 minutes when he toe-poked a ball from 20-yards atfter wriggling his way through two markers. The Beninois rarely threatened the Ghana goal area and were booed by the partisan home crowd who were left frustrated by the team’s inability to keep possession. Ghana returned from the break brimming [...]
Kessben maintained top spot on the Ghana Premier League with a one-all draw with champions Aduana Stars; Kotoko ended a five-year jinx at AshGold and Hearts were shocked at home New Edubiase. Kessben shared the spoils with defending champions at the Sekondi Stadium on Sunday night whistled their lead to one point. Kotoko piled pressure [...]
For the first time in the history of African football, four Ghanaian players have been shortlisted for the CAF African Player of the Year Award, a report on MTNfootball.com claims. According to the report the list is dominated by players from Ghana and their neighbors Ivory Coast. New Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan, Kevin Prince Boateng, [...]
Rwanda’s Ghanaian coach Sellas Tetteh has arrived in Europe to check on the progress of the country’s professional players abroad. Rwanda hosts west African nation Benin on the weekend of October 8-10 at Amahoro national stadium in a Group H clash where anything less than victory will be deemed a lost opportunity for Amavubi in [...]
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti says he’ll be careful not to overload Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien with too many matches. The Ghana international missed half of last season with a knee injury that nearly blighted their season. He was fully used by Chelsea for their matches when he was fit while he travelled to the Nations [...]
Genoa insist their deal for former Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng is above board and they are not at fault over delayed payments to the English club. Genoa signed the Ghanaian in a weird and loaned him hours later to giants AC Milan who could have bought the player outright from Portsmouth. Pompey reportedly made a [...]
Defending champions Inter Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Dutch newcomers FC Twente in the opening round of the European Champions League group phase, while Barcelona put five goals past Panathinaikos. Wesley Sneijder gave Inter the lead in the Netherlands with a powerful low shot, only for the Dutch champions to level through [...]
Debut hero Asamoah Gyan was happy with a point after coming off the bench to score in the draw at Wigan. Gyan replaced Danny Welbeck at half time and wasted no time in opening his Sunderland goalscoring account at the DW Stadium. Sunderland couldn’t hang on for victory but Gyan took many positives from the [...]
