Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah has made football history after being named the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Men’s Player of the Year 2025, becoming the first player to win the coveted award three times. The 33-year-old forward capped off a remarkable 2024/25 season in which he led Liverpool to the Premier League title, finishing…
Ghana winger Christopher Antwi-Adjei was subjected to racist abuse during Schalke 04’s DFB-Pokal first-round clash against Lokomotive Leipzig on Sunday. The incident occurred in the 13th minute when the 31-year-old moved to the touchline to take a throw-in. At least one home supporter is reported to have directed racist insults at him, prompting the referee…
Bechem United Football Club President, Kojo Owusu-Achau, has met Black Stars midfielder Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi in Europe as part of his ongoing continental tour. In a Facebook post, the club described the meeting as “a proud moment as two sons of Bechem connect on the global stage,” sharing a photograph of the pair. The encounter,…
MTN Ghana has signed a two-year partnership with the Ghana Football Association worth $2 million to become the headline sponsor of four male and female national teams. The deal marks a shift from the agreement signed before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which was also valued at $2 million but covered only the Black…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has approved an amendment to its statutes, extending the presidential term limit from two to three terms. The decision was taken during the Association’s 31st Ordinary Congress held in Prampram. Mandated by Article 31(2) of the GFA Statutes (2019), the Congress is held annually before the start of the football…
If you read or listen a lot, chances are that you may have probably come across the idiom “old habits die hard.” The expression is a simpler, kinder way of describing the difficulty in changing behavioural patterns or routines that someone or a group has/have been doing for a long time. For this reason, even…
Nigeria staged an extraordinary second-half comeback to defeat hosts Morocco 3-2 and lift their 10th TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) crown at the Stade Olympique in Rabat on Saturday night. Trailing 2-0 at half-time in front of a partisan Moroccan crowd, the Super Falcons showed their pedigree and resilience, clawing their way…
In March 2025, I was posted to Tumu as the Municipal Police Commander in the vibrant Tumu Municipality. Upon my arrival, I was struck not only by the town’s rich culture and community spirit but also by the untapped potential in sports among its youth. During my initial explorations, I encountered an extraordinary number of…
Ruth Chepngetich, the women’s marathon world record holder, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a banned substance. The diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) was detected in a sample collected from Kenyan Chepngetich on 14 March, the AIU said in a statement. Chepngetich, 30, broke the world record to win the Chicago Marathon…
Black Queens midfielder Jennifer Cudjoe says Algeria is one of the “strongest” sides ahead of Ghana’s quarterfinal clash at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The Black Queens will face Algeria on July 19 at the Stade de Berkane, after securing a 4-1 win over Tanzania in their final Group C match to…
