Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan suffered an ankle injury while playing for English side Sunderland on Saturday. The forward fell awkwardly during the Premier League clash against Liverpool which ended 1-1. Gyan was helped off the field in the 66th minute and could not return to continue the game. South Korean striker Ji Dong-won replaced the [...]
Ivorian striker Ahmed Toure was named the Best Player of the 2010/2011 Ghana Premier League season on Saturday night after seeing off two strong contenders. The Asante Kotoko player fend-off competition from Chelsea’s Emmanuel Clottey and then Heart of Lions midfielder Gladson Awako to emerge the grand winner. The rest of the categories were dominated [...]
A new season dawns in the Premier League this weekend and after a summer of transfers and continued speculation, it is now time for action. Unrest has spread across England this week with riots flaring up in London and other major cities, and as a result Tottenham’s home clash with Everton has been postponed. But [...]
Andre Villas-Boas has put his cards on the table and admitted second best will not be good enough. Roman Abramovich’s seventh Chelsea boss since 2004 does not intend to hide from the challenge of meeting the Stamford Bridge trophy demands. Villas-Boas knows predecessor Carlo Ancelotti was sacked 12 months after delivering the only Double in [...]
Barcelona youngster Thiago Alcantara believes Barcelona are in “pole position” to win their third trophy of 2011 by beating rivals Real Madrid in the Spanish Supercopa. Primera Division champions Barcelona take on Copa del Rey winners Real Madrid this Sunday in the first leg of Spanish football’s traditional curtain raiser. The first clash between the [...]
Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic believes the continuity afforded to the club by Sir Alex Ferguson’s long tenure as manager has been key to the Red Devils’ success. Vidic, 29, has blossomed into one of the world’s best defenders under Ferguson since arriving as a relative unknown from Spartak Moscow in January 2006. The Serbian [...]
Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes has admitted the riots have left the club living in fear. Tottenham’s home game with Everton on Saturday is under threat, as their White Hart Lane ground is one of the areas worst affected by London’s recent rioting . Brazilian Gomes says the sickening events have left his team-mates shell-shocked. Police [...]
Frustrated Arsenal fans may feel manager Arsene Wenger is drinking in the last-chance saloon but old foe Gary Neville insists they should be careful what they wish for. The now-retired former Manchester United captain knows all about the Frenchman’s contribution to the Gunners, having battled Wenger’s North London side for 15 years. And Neville believes [...]
Germany claimed an impressive 3-2 scalp of Brazil in Wednesday night’s international friendly in Stuttgart. The impressive Bastian Schweinsteiger opened the scoring from the penalty spot for Germany before Mario Gotze doubled their lead, capping off a fine attacking move. Robinho reduced the deficit on 72 minutes, slotting home a spot-kick, but Andre Schurrle restored [...]
Chelsea may be without £50 million striker Fernando Torresfor the start of the Premier League season after he suffered a head injury in Spain’s 2-1 defeat by Italy on Wednesday night. Torres lasted just 14 minutes of the international friendly in Bari before leaving the field with suspected concussion and being taken to hospital as [...]
Newly promoted Wassaman United could sell their Premier League slot to relegated Real Tamale United. The Tarkwa-based side claim they are ill-prepared for the elite division with less than two months to start of the 2011/2012 season. Per the rules and regulations of the Ghana FA, clubs are allowed to sell their rights in takeovers. [...]
Ghanaian Sam Ayew Yeboah has begun a two-week trial with Danish SuperLiga side Aalborg BK. Ayew, 23, will be keen to impress officials of the club as he eyes a long term future with the Danish top-flight side. The ex-Professionals attacking midfielder was initially billed to join second-tier side Thistel FC but has been given [...]
Ghana youngster Mohammed Abu is ruing a missed opportunity to make his Ghana debut after Tuesday night’s botched international friendly against Nigeria in Watford. The 19-year-old Manchester City loanee was named in the Black Stars starting line-up coach but organisers called the match off due to riots in London. The Stromsgodset ball-battling midfielder says he [...]
Ghanaian teenager Richard Boateng is among players tipped by Spanish football experts to excel in the country’s top-flight this season. The 19-year-old, the kid brother of Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng, joined Spanish top-flight outfit Granada on a season-long loan deal from Italian side Udinese. He has already excelled in the team’s pre-season scoring one goal [...]
