First-half goals by Julian Draxler and Sami Khedira earned Germany victory over Northern Ireland in their 2018 World Cup Group C qualifier in Hanover.
Draxler unleashed a right-foot shot into the bottom corner on 13 minutes.
Khedira …
Scotland slumped to an emphatic defeat to Slovakia in a calamitous 2018 World Cup qualifier that intensifies the pressure on coach Gordon Strachan.
The Scots - who drew with Lithuania on Saturday - fell behind when Robert Mak netted mom…
England were thankful to the brilliance of goalkeeper Joe Hart and large slices of good fortune as they escaped with a draw from a torrid World Cup qualifier in Slovenia.
Hart, on loan at Torino in Serie A after becoming surplus to requ…
Steve Bruce is set to be named as the new manager of Championship side Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Bruce, 55, left Hull City in July and will succeed Roberto di Matteo, who was sacked on 3 October, at Villa Park.
The club's owner and c…
Ashgold Head Coach Bashir Hayford has applied for the vacant coaching job at Kenyan Premier League side AFC Leopards.
The outspoken tactician is displeased with life at cash-strapped Ashgold and is looking to swap Obuasi for Nairobi.
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Paraguay shocked Argentina in Cordoba, running out 1-0 winners in their CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier as the Albiceleste played without Lionel Messi once again.
The visitors jumped out to a dream start as Derlis Gonzalez put his right-fo…
As part of efforts to put to rest issues concerning the funding of the Black Stars the Sports Minister, Edward Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has said that arrangements are far advanced to franchise the matches of the senior national football team.…
Chelsea's Victor Moses and Watford's Isaac Success could be banned by Nigeria after failing to honour invitations for the last World Cup qualifying squad.
Both players were withdrawn from the Nigeria squad after the football federation …
Paul Pogba's unstoppable strike gave France a 1-0 victory on Monday and ended the Netherlands' remarkable 15-year streak without a defeat in World Cup qualifying.
The world-record Manchester United signing has struggled to find his best…
Zambia president Edgar Lungu has told the football association to employ a local coach for the national team. The Football Association of Zambia (Faz) had been looking to employ an expatriate coach and even conducted interviews for the pos…
Michael Osei has no word on his future with Kumasi Asante Kotoko, but the uncertainty has not stopped him from making plans for the team for the new season.
On Wednesday, Osei intends to start his pre-season with the team, hoping to put…
Players and officials of the Black Stars last Saturday emplaned to the South African coastal city of Durban to honour a friendly game against the Bafana Bafana tomorrow after making a faulty start to their World Cup campaign against Uganda…
Black Stars coach Avram Grant is confident that his team would bounce back strongly and qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in spite of their shaky start to the campaign which saw the Stars being held to a scoreless draw by The Cranes of U…
The Ghana Hockey Association (GHA) has honoured three personalities of the sport for their outstanding contributions to the development of hockey over the years.
The three, Messrs Oko-Nikoi Dzani,Ebenezer Frimpong and Georgina Sam, we…
The head coach of Wa All Stars, Enos Kwame Adipah, has set sight on a last four finish in the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Champions League, saying he was determined to take the team to the highest level in Africa.
Coach Adip…
Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan has assured the nation that in spite of their drawn game against the Cranes of Uganda, Ghana will qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
At the Tamale Sports Stadium last Friday, the Black Stars were …
Nigeria began their group campaign in Africa's 2018 World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 victory away to Zambia on Sunday in pool B.
They lead the way in the pool, after Algeriawere held to a 1-1 draw by Cameroonin the same group.
Elsewhe…
Italy rallied to beat Macedonia 3-2 as the hosts fought back and were briefly in the lead against Giampiero Ventura's team in their Group G World Cup qualifying match on Sunday.
Andrea Belotti put the Azzurri in the lead in the 24th min…
Ivory Coast, DR Congo and Senegal recorded opening group wins in 2018 World Cup qualifiers across Africa on Saturday, as South Africa conceded a late equaliser in Burkina Faso.
Ivory Coast beat Mali 3-1 to go top of Group C after Gabon …
Gareth Southgate made a solid start as interim England manager with a 2-0 win against Malta in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley, thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli.
Southgate, named in temporary charge following Sam All…
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Germany are making all of this look very easy. Another 3-0 win, their second in two qualifying games thus far, puts them top of Group C, a position they are simply unlikely to relinquish. The Czech Republic joined Norway in Germa…
The Executive Council of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) will launch its expanded pre-season tournament, G-6, on October 29 in Kumasi.
GHALCA has expanded its flagship competition from the top four clubs to the top six sides…
The Black Maidens are through to the next stage of the 2016 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup after beating Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday at the Al Hussein Stadium in Irbid.
Ghana finished second in group d after getting 6 points behind Japan who s…
Spain coach Julen Lopetegui says striker Diego Costa must be loved "the way he is" but admitted the player's conduct can damage his reputation.
Costa, 28, was dropped by former Spain boss Vicente del Bosque after a series of altercation…
Interim England manager Gareth Southgate made a solid start with a 2-0 win against Malta in front of an 81,781 crowd at Wembley thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli.
Southgate, who has been named in temporary charge follo…
Gabon were left frustrated by Morocco at home as their 2018 World Cup qualifier in Group C ended in a 0-0 draw in Franceville on Saturday.
Gabon, who will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, were frequently denied by Herve Renard's dog…
Chris Wondolowski had a goal and an assist for the United States in a 2-0 friendly win against a resolute and opportune Cuba side in Havana.
Jurgen Klinsmann fielded a somewhat experimental XI in the team's first friendly in Cuba since …
Quincy Promes scored his first two international goals as Netherlands overpowered Belarus 4-1 in their World Cup qualifier in Rotterdam.
The Spartak Moscow winger struck twice in the first half to put the Dutch in control before Alexei …
Tiger Woods will return to action for the first time since August 2015 by playing at the season-opening Safeway Open in California next week.
Fourteen-time major winner Woods, 40, has twice had back surgery since his last tournament app…
The Black Stars of Ghana were held to a 0-0 draw by the Cranes of Uganda on Friday in their 2018 World Cup qualifying match on Friday at the Tamale Stadium.
The Stars were frustrated by a resolute Ugandan defence which kept the Black St…
The president of Ghana Fencing Association (GFA), Mohammed Mahadi, says he will use his new role as vice president of the African Confederation of Fencing (ACF) to promote the development of the sport in the country.
He polled 16 votes…
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four times, including two inside the opening four minutes as Portugal crushed Andorra 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier on Friday.
The Real Madrid star thought he had been hauled down during a corner about 70 seconds…
England must be "brave with the ball" when they face Malta in Saturday's World Cup qualifier, says interim manager Gareth Southgate.
Forward Theo Walcott will start Southgate's first game in charge, while captain Wayne Rooney will win h…
The conventional wisdom in Ghana these days is that no one cares about the Black Stars. That wisdom does not hold in Tamale where the team arrived on Wednesday ahead of a world cup qualifier against Uganda on Friday.
The side was met by…
A colts football team in Cape Coast in the Central Region has secured a court order to auction a bus belonging to a premiere club football team, Ebusua Dwarf, to offset a GHC 4,150-cost awarded against the club.
Dwarfs have failed to pa…
Deputy Captain of the Black Stars Andre Ayew has backed the team to pick up maximum points against the Cranes of Uganda in the opening game of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers on Friday. The tenacious attacker has been out with injury since W…
The Avram Grant Black Stars template is pretty straight forward. Stick to what you know, make few changes. Over and over again. In the period that he has been Black Stars coach, it has been easy to predict Black Stars line-ups. Razak Braim…
Betway, the popular online and mobile sports betting brand, has organized a workshop with officials from West Ham United to impart high-level football expertise to Ghana Premier League coaches.
The workshop held at the Alisa Hotel o…
The Black Maidens began preparations for their final group match on Thursday morning after coach Evans Adotey gave his players a day's rest on Wednesday.
The National U-17 team came from a goal down to beat USA 2-1 in their second grou…
The University of Ghana (UG) and the Ghana Football Association (GFA), are set to introduce a course in Sport Administration at the University, as part of efforts to develop sports in the country.
This is to make up for shortfalls in ef…
A physiotherapist at English Premiership side Manchester City, Robin Sadler, has held a day’s seminar in Accra for 82 physiotherapists and other sports medicine practitioners, to educate them on the best methods and diagnosis and treatment…
The 84th Airtel Ghana Golf Open will tee-off today at the Celebrity Golf Club at Sakumono with about 60 professional and amateur golfers competing for the top prizes in one of the flagship tournaments on Ghana's golfing calendar.
The Pr…
He is only a year old and he's never run a race, but the offspring of a champion racehorse has become the highest-priced yearling of 2016 after being sold for $3.4 million at a Newmarket bloodstock auction.
The colt was purchased Tuesda…
Ex-Black Stars captain, Kuuku Dadzie, says the Black Stars’ qualification to their fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup will justify the confidence reposed in the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as a member of the FIFA Execu…
Black Stars Coach, Avram Grant, says his side possesses the quality to defeat The Cranes of Uganda on Friday when they meet head to head in their FIFA World Cup Africa group qualification opener at the Tamale Sports Stadium.
Grant, who …
The former Black Stars coach who won the Afcon title in 1978 died on Tuesday in Accra after battling a long illness
Former Ghana coach Fred Osam-Doudu passed away on Tuesday at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, after suffering fr…
The FA chief has given the lowdown on their latest bone of contention with the sports ministry
The president of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has shed light on the purported 'blank budget' for Ghana's upcoming 2018 Fi…
Ghana are looking in good shape ahead of the World Cup qualifying campaign
Amidst the criticism and the discontent that’s been aimed at Avram Grant from portions of the Ghanaian media during his tenure as national team coach, it’s often…
The Minister for Youth and Sports (MoYS), Mr. Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has heaped praises on the Black Maidens of Ghana after their victory over United States of America (USA) in the second group D game of the Federation of Internation…
Members of the triumphant United States Ryder Cup team attended a memorial service for Arnold Palmer on Tuesday.
US golfer Palmer, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the sport's history, died at the age of 8…