Ben Chilwell has today become a Blue with the left-back signing a five-year contract. The England international joins us from Leicester City, the club where he began his professional career. On making the move to Stamford Bridge, Chilwell said: ‘I am delighted to be joining Chelsea at this very exciting time for the club. I’m looking forward to being a ...
President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt Okraku has revealed that from next season, Juvenile club owners will no longer pay officiating fees. Speaking at the launch of the “Catch them young” refereeing initiative, which is aimed at training young referees, the FA president indicated that the move is to ease the financial burden of these clubs. Okraku is however ...
___ Wilfred Osei Kwaku ‘Palmer’ has dropped a massive bombshell by revealing that ‘a person very active in football administration’ in the country altered a report and specifically designed it to disqualify him from the recent Ghana FA Presidential election. The owner of Division One League side Tema Youth rejected widespread claims that government was behind the decision insisting that ...
In the last 72 hours, I have come across a news item of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), appointing Dr. Ransford Abbey and two others to put together a Strategic Business plan for the association on the contribution of football to Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In these very difficult times where COVID-19 has stung the entire country to the ...
The Ghana Football Association has launched a new policy to unearth the talent of young people interested in officiating. The “Catch Them Young Policy” is designed to identify, educate and train young talents between the ages of 13-16 to officiate juvenile matches within their regions. Speaking at the launch at the Ghana FA Secretariat, President of the FA Kurt Okraku ...
A special program for the youth in Zongo communities, dubbed the ‘Zongo Youth Football Talent Hunt (ZYFTAH)’ is to be introduced by the New Patriotic Party should the party be given a second chance come December 7. The program which will be under the Zongo Development Fund, will help unearth, develop and promote football talents in Zongo communities through competitions ...
Former Ugandan sports journalist Joseph Kabuleta is running for president of his country in next year’s general elections. Kabuleta is a former Editor of Sports at the New Vision Newspaper, Uganda’s leading daily and, from 2002 to 2006, was also president of the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA), an affiliate of AIPS. Although Kabuleta was still working in sports broadcasting ...
The Brazilian made an unfortunate typing error on social media in the wake of a painful defeat on Europe’s biggest stage. Neymar congratulated the wrong team after Paris Saint-Germain‘s loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final. PSG failed to add an elusive piece of silverware to their collection after being beaten 1-0 by Bayern at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon on Sunday. Thomas Tuchel’s ...
19-year-old Sergiño Dest had a breakout 2019/20 season, making him one of the most highly-rated young full-backs in football, so could he be the next Ajax product to make the move to Barcelona? Let’s look at what he could offer the side. Born and raised in Almere, Netherlands, Sergiño Dest is still yet to leave the nation in his club ...
The fixtures for the 2020/21 Premier League season have been released and we have all the details of who Chelsea are playing when… It’s a Monday night start on the South Coast for the Blues as we head to Brighton on the opening weekend of the season in a little over three weeks’ time! That game will take place on ...