The Federation Internationale de Football Associations (FIFA) will hold an important meeting with representatives of the Ghana Football Association and relevant operatives regarding the implementation of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in Ghana’s domestic leagues. The two-day meeting, scheduled for October 31 and November 1, 2024, will take place in Accra, with the full VAR project team from FIFA ...
Former Ghana international Derek Boateng has accused the Ghana Football Association (GFA) of only “caring about money” and not ensuring standard pitches for the Black Stars.. The Baba Yara Sports Stadium, which hosted Ghana’s last game against Angola, has been banned by CAF “due to the poor quality of the pitch.” “The current state of the pitch does not meet ...
The Football Association has announced the list of match officials designated to officiate league matches for the 2024/2025 Access Bank National Division One League Season. Sixty-Eight (68) Referees and Sixty-Eight (68) Assistant Referees have made the cut after passing a mandatory test and undergoing a successful medical and fitness test ahead of the new season. The selected Referees and their ...
The head of Public Relations Strategy at the Ghana Football Association, Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, has revealed that the association is gearing up to announce new sponsorships. The 2024/25 Ghana Premier League season commenced without a headline sponsor after betPawa withdrew midway through the previous season. Armstrong-Mortagbe touted the credentials of the administration and their ability to raise sponsorships, claiming they have ...
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has reported the conduct of betting companies to the Gaming Commission. The betting platforms cited in the GFA’s report have engaged in unauthorised betting on matches organised and sanctioned by the Ghana Football Association. The Football Association has requested for urgent assistance from the Gaming Commission to investigate the companies and take appropriate steps to ...
World football governing body, FIFA, has confirmed that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) received over $260,000 for the maintenance of grass pitches in the country. In an email to JoySports’ Muftawu Nabila Abdulai, FIFA stated that the funds were allocated for the “installation of boreholes and water tanks” to improve pitch conditions. A publication on FIFA’s website last week revealed that “FIFA ...
The Referees Appointment Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Match Officials for Matchday one of the 2024/25 Ghana Premier League. Below are the Match Officials for the opening weekend: REFEREES, VENUES & OTHER OFFICIALS MATCHDAY 1 DATE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 MATCH: DREAMS FC ...
The GFA Congress, at its 30th Ordinary Session held on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, unanimously appointed ten (10) persons to serve as Members of the Disciplinary Committee. The new Disciplinary Committee membership will serve for the next four (4) years starting immediately following their appointment on August 27, 2024. In all, six members from the previous Committee were ...
President Okraku says the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is going to work to put a halt to betting companies putting Ghana Premier League matches on the market as no bookmaker has been licensed to do that. Matches in Ghana’s top flight have been featured on betting sites which has in recent times put the game in disrepute as some games ...
President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku has provided positive updates on some key projects earmarked for the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram. He says the Executive Council has granted approval for the construction of two first class grass pitches to add to the existing pitches at the facility. The two new pitches will increase the total ...