Ghana Soccer, Football and League News

The year 2022 has brought us some wonderful local and international football action with plenty more marvelous entertainment coming our way. The AFCON 2021 was the first big football tournament this year and was hosted by Cameroon. The final took place on the sixth of February saw the Lions of Teranga walk away with the cup after a thrilling final match against Egypt which ended in a penalty shootout.

The fifth Happy Man Bitters Inter Community Soccer Competition (HAMISOC) 2021 ended on a high note on Monday at the COS Park Navrongo.

This will be the first-ever meeting between Villarreal v Juventus in an European competition, and only the second time they have faced an Italian side in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League. Villareal eliminated Inter Milan in the quarter-finals in 2005-06, after edging them on away goals (2-2 on aggregate).

Chelsea and Lille have met in just one European campaign previously - the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League – when the English side won both group stage matches by the same 2-1 scoreline.

FIFA has revised the dates for next month's World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying play-off matches between Ghana and Nigeria.

INTERIM Black Stars Coach, Otto Addo, has hit the ground running just days after his appointment as head of a reconstituted technical team to lead Ghana against Nigeria next month in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff.

Asante Kotoko’s forward, Franck Mbella Etouga’s form could be crucial in Sunday’s Ghana Premier League Super Clash against Hearts of Oak after scoring 11 goals for his side in 10 matches.

A former scout of the Black Stars, Augustine Ahinful, believes the Ghana Football Association (GFA) erred in its decision to appoint an interim coach for the senior national team for the crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff against Nigeria next month.

Former Black Stars striker, Augustine Ahinful, has called on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to come clear on Chris Hughton’s role as a technical advisor to the interim Black Stars coach, Otto Addo.

Kwesi Nyantakyi, former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has implored government to consider building football academies in the country to help develop youth football in the country for the country’s future benefit.

Former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has called on Ghanaians to support the new technical team of the Black Stars as they look to qualify the team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Imax Media as the official broadcast partner of the Ghana Women’s Premier League (WPL) for the next two seasons.

Some senior Black Stars players have been accused of playing a role in Ghana’s abysmal performance at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroun where they exited at the group stage.

The news of Robert ‘Stopper’ Quaye and George ’Red Tiger’ Ashie fighting for the WBO Africa title is good news for Ghana boxing and I hope they give enthusiasts a good show on March 6, 2022.