Ghana has been handed the honour of hosting this year’s FIFPro Division Africa Finance Committee Meeting. From Wednesday the 30th of January 2019, high powered representation from the ten accredited member union countries and one observer country will converge in Accra for important deliberations concerned with player welfare on the continent. Representatives from
Egyptian striker, Mohammed Salah has been crowned the African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football’s 2018 Awards Night in Dakar, Senegal. For the second successive season, Salah beat off competition from Liverpool teammate and Senagalese star Sadio Mane as well as Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. It was
Ghanaian midfield maestro Thomas Partey has chalked yet another memorable feat after he was named in the FIFPro African Best XI for the year 2018 at the CAF Player of the Year Awards night in Dakar, Senegal. The prestigious Team of the Year accolade is CAF’s newest award category in collaboration with FIFPro Division
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana(PFAG) has praised the recent exploits of Egypt-based Ghanaian striker John Antwi. On Sunday, the red hot striker bagged his 63rd goal to become the top foreign goalscorer in Egyptian football history. Antwi, a product of Ghana Premier League team Dreams FC, achieved the accolade in style, netting
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has extolled the brilliance of Ghana’s U-17 Women’s team, the Black Maidens despite their painful quarter-final exit at the hands of Mexico. The Maidens were unable to crown their promising FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign with the ultimate gold, as they lost on penalties to their
The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana(PFAG) has urged the senior national women’s team, the Black Queens to look forward to better days despite the disappointment of their AWCON 2018 elimination. The Queens, three-time silver medallists in the competition, were held to a one all draw by the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroun on Friday. The
Black Stars midfield maestro, Thomas Teye Partey has been named in the 5-man shortlist for the 2018 BBC African Footballer of the Year Award. The other nominees for the prestigious honour are Medhi Benatia of Morocco, Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, as well as Senegalese duo Kalidou Koulibaly and Sadio Mane. Partey has over the
Ghana’s Black Queens defeated their Algerian counterparts to secure an opening day win at this year’s African Women’s Cup of Nations. The Queens took a 12th minute lead courtesy Gladys Amfobea’s long range strike, and never looked back. The Algerians put up a brave fight throughout the contest, but it was the Queens who
The Black Maidens of Ghana have reached the quarter-finals at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay. The Maidens turned in another strong performance to defeat Finland by 3 goals to 1 in Montevideo. Milot Pokua, Abdulai Mukarama and Grace Animah were on the scoresheet as Ghana recorded a second straight victory
Women’s football fever in the country will reach its zenith over the course of the next fortnight as Africa’s elite eight lock horns here in Ghana for the right to be crowned queens of continental women’s football. Aside the glittering trophy on offer, the eight participating teams will also be vying for the three