Tamale born Ghanaian Footballer, Mubarak Wakaso is among influential personalities from Northern Ghana who will be honored at the 2nd edition of the Northern Excellence Awards (NExA) in Tamale. Wakaso who plays for the Ghana Black Stars and a Chinese club Jiangsu Suning F.C. as a midfielder will be crowned Best Ghanaian Footballer of the year […]
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Olympic hopeful Wahid out of qualifiers
Ghana’s Olympic hopeful Wahid Abdul Omar has been eliminated from the 2020 Olympic qualifiers at the ongoing African boxing qualifiers Olympics in Dakar, Senegal. He lost to Namibian Jonas Jonas 0-5 in the Men’s Lightweight division on Tuesday afternoon morning. Omar, who has been Ghana’s star at major events is automatically out of the competition […]
Heavy Weight Champion Anthony Joshua visits home country Nigeria, Registers for National ID
World Heavy Weight Champion Anthony Joshua has visited his home country of Nigeria and registered for a National Identification Card. The British based boxer arrived in the country on Wednesday February 19, 2020 and went straight away to register for the Nigerian National ID. Anthony Joshua, a two-time World Champion went to his hometown, Sagamu, […]
Hearts, Ashgold share points
Accra Hearts of Oak failed to take advantage of playing at home, drawing goalless with Ashgold in a Match Day 8 fixture at the Accra Sports Stadium. The match which was played this evening witnessed a lot of entertainment but it was the Phobians who wasted numerous chances. Coach Edward Nii Odoom made only one […]
President Akufo-Addo Congratulates Ghana Rugby; donates US$ 100,000
His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo opened the gates of Jubilee House to a delegation of Ghana Rugby, led by the newly elected President and Board Chairman, Mr Herbert Mensah. The honour was bestowed on Ghana Rugby by the President of Ghana due to the fact that Ghana Rugby has flown Ghana’s flag high […]
Kwadwo Asamoah appointed as UN ambassador to fight discrimination against refugees in Italy
Ghana and Inter Milan ace Kwadwo Asamoah has been appointed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as an ambassador to fight discrimination against refugees in Italy. BestNewsGH.com can report that the former Juventus midfielder, has been playing in Italy since 2008 and has lived in the country for well over a decade. […]
Ghanaian players who made moves in January Transfer window
Here is a list of Ghanaian players to have changed clubs in the just ended January transfer window. The window closed on January 31, 2020 with a lot of deals across the globe. One of the most interesting signing was Nigerian international Ighalo’s move to Manchester United on transfer deadline day. Mubarak Wakaso – Shanghai […]
Herbert Mensah elected President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby
The Ghana Rugby Football Union (Ghana Rugby) has elected new Officers and Board Members at their just ended Special General Meeting (SGM) held in Osu, Accra. Mr Herbert Mensah was elected unopposed as President of Ghana Rugby and was subsequently appointed as Board Chairman. In a two-way contest Mr James N.A. Nunoo was elected as […]
Alfred Duncan to join Fiorentina for €15 million plus KP Boateng
Ghana midfielder Alfred Duncan will join Fiorentina for €15 million plus Kevin-Prince Boateng, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively report. Duncan is on the verge of completing a move to La Viola on Wednesday after agreeing a deal with US Sassuolo as earlier reported by GHANAsoccernet.com But reports in the Italian tabloids claim that La Viola are short […]
Details: Gov’t publishes salaries of National Team Coaches
Government through the Ministry of Youth and Sports has approved and published the salaries of coaches of the various national teams. BestNewsGH.com can report that the move comes on the heels of the recent appointment of new technical teams for the various national football teams. CK Akonnor was recently appointed as the Head Coach of […]
GFA to migrate to electronic ticketing soon
The Ghana Football Association, (GFA) is initiating steps that will enable it migrate from manual to electronic ticketing. To this end, the Association, BestNewsGH.com can confirm, is studying various proposals submitted to it and will take a final decision soon. BestNewsGH.com reports GFA President Kurt Okraku as saying his outfit is studying five proposals on […]
Super Clash: Kotoko silence Hearts in Accra
Asante Kotoko defeated their arch-rivals Hearts of Oak 2-1 in a match-day six encounter of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. A late gasp by Naby Keita from the penalty spot secured all three points for the Porcupine Warriors after Justice Blay scored in the early stages of […]