Ghana Sports news

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has been unveiled by UAE giants Al Ahli as their new striker ahead of the start of the Arabian Gulf League season.

38-year-old troubled boxer, Bukom Banku real name Braimah Kamoko was hauled before a circuit court in Accra for slapping a hair stylist who reportedly denied him a kiss.

Accra Sports Stadium is virtually empty as the black stars of Ghana lock horns with the Amavubi (The Wasps) of Rwanda.

Madam Abena Atea sold her television set and  bought a Football boots for her son  born on September 3 1976 in Kumasi, who worked at age 14 as a shoe shine boy. The shoe shine boy Fortunately and unintimidated moved through the ranks of football from Kumasi Envoys to  Fanthomas and then King Faisal all in Kumasi and apparently  moved to Italy where he joined Torino at a tender  age of 16 after a splendid performance he exhibited at  FIFA U-17 championship in Italy.

Britain's Johanna Konta produced a commanding display to beat Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1 and secure her place in the US Open fourth round in New York.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has left midfielder Yaya Toure out of his 2016-17 Champions League squad.City could not include more than 17 overseas players in their squad.

After making a U-turn on his national team retirement, Lionel Messi scored the only goal as Argentina beat Uruguay in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday.

Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso says they are focused on winning Saturday's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda, despite controversies surrounding the team.

Black Star captain, Asamoah Gyan has had mixed bag of a week with English club Reading claiming he had failed his medicals hence the club’s refusal to sign him.

It's no secret that David Luiz was not Chelsea's first-choice option to bolster their central defence. The club had pursued a range of center-backs, most notably Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly and Milan's Alessio Romagnoli, without success. Chelsea were stuck. Indeed, if manager Antonio Conte hadn't signed off on Luiz in the last 72 hours of the transfer window, this deal might never have happened.

Teams had already spent a combined £1.005bn as of 08:30 BST on Wednesday, shattering last year's record £870m. Thirteen top-flight teams broke their own transfer records.

Chelsea have re-signed Brazil defender David Luiz from Paris St-Germain for a fee of around £34m.The 29-year-old travelled to London for a medical as the Blues confirmed the signing of left-back Marcos Alonso from Fiorentina for a reported £23m.

Controversial Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has premanently joined French Ligue 1 side, OGC Nice  in a deadline day deal.

The Brazil international defender has passed his medical in London to return to Stamford Bridge only two years after leaving the club for the French champions.

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan is moving back to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after completing a season-long loan move back to Al Ahli from Chinese outfit Shanghai SIPG.

A Member of Parliament’s Select Committee on Youth and Sports Issac Asiamah has called on the Sports Minister and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to employ an appropriate dialogue system to resolve the issues rather than media arguments which will not help the development of football in the country.

Youth and Sports Minister, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has disclosed the ministry decided on using local base players for the AFCON qualifies against Rwanda due to monetary constraints.

Ghana Premier League giants, Kumasi Asante Kotoko is 81 years old today.

French Ligue 1 side Olympique Marseille is set to be taken over by American businessman and former LA Dogers owner, Frank McCourt.

Cameroonian footballer Samuel Nlend who signed for Egyptian Premier League side Al Ittihad just four days ago has been sacked by the club after tests revealed he was HIV positive.

Serie A side Torino are set to announce the loan signing of Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on Wednesday.

Accra Hearts of Oak have announced  their second major change in technical direction for the season.

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has hinted that his outfit plans to boycott the final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda slated for September 3, 2016 due to the Ministry of Youth and Sports’s inability to provide funds to fly down the players.

Many South Africans citizens have applauded the decision by the Ghana Black Stars deputy captain Andre Dede Ayew for paying for the tickets for some of the Black Stars players to honour the final AFCON group clash with Rwanda.

Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye has slammed the Black Stars management as 'lazy' for refusing to name a squad full of home-based players for this week's 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Rwanda.

Manchester City star Raheem Sterling lauded manager Pep Guardiola for his "massive help" in turning his form around.

The Albiceleste captain reversed his decision to quit international football after speaking with coach Edgardo Bauza, but he could miss the next games with fitness issues.

Ghana international Christian Atsu has been farmed out on loan again by Chelsea.