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Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women’s qualifiers
In light of growing concerns and evolving nature on COVID-19 amidst lockdown in most countries, the CAF Emergency Committee has decided to postpone the following matches until further notice: Total CAF Champions league and Total CAF Confederation Cup Semi- final matches: Both legs scheduled for the 1-3 May & 8-10 May 2020 FIFA Women’s U-17…
Read MoreCOVID-19: FIFA President Infantino talks Health, Relief Fund and more
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has outlined his three immediate priorities for FIFA to support football during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. In a video message addressed to the 211 FIFA member Associations and shared with members of the FIFA Council on Friday, President Infantino reiterated, in order of priority, that health comes first, that FIFA…
Read More2019/20 Women’s Premier League first round in numbers
Here is a compilation of some vital statistics from the first round of the 2019/20 Ghana Women’s Premier League. It ranges from matches played in each week, number of goals scored, drawn games, home and away wins and overall statistics. In all, 56 games were played in the Northern and Southern zones and 156 goals…
Read MoreINFORMATION: SECOND REGISTRATION WINDOW
The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce that the second Transfer Window of the 2019/20 season that opened on the midnight of Monday, March 16, 2020 would be allowed to run till midnight Monday, April 13, 2020. However, the Executive Council has decided that following the guidelines advisory from FIFA when normalcy is restored the…
Read MorePROFILE OF NATIONAL TEAM COACHES: BEN FOKUO
In this edition of our profiling, the focus is on Ben Fokuo, Head Coach of Ghana’s Under-17s, Black Starlets. He is a former international who now Coaches Division One side Kpando Heart of Lions. Full Name: Ben Fokuo Place of birth: Chiraa Nickname: Falcao Age: 58 Ben Fokuo hails from Banda Ahenkro but was born…
Read MoreI WILL ALWAYS RESPECT KWASI APPIAH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY – AKONNOR
CK Akonnor recently opened up to the Communications Department on his appointment as latest head coach of the Black Stars. Here is a transcript of episode II of the serialized conversation with the ex-captain now trainer of the Ghana senior national team talking about support and his predecessor Kwasi Appiah: Has any of your former…
Read More“HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE” THEME FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced “Hope and Perseverance” as the theme for the month of April 2020. This forms part of the Association’s grand marketing and communication strategy to project the vision of the Executive Council. With all football activities suspended in the country due to the Coronavirus pandemic, there seems to be…
Read MoreCAF FINES GFA DUE TO CAPE COAST PITCH INVADER
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined Ghana an amount of Ten Thousand US Dollars (US$10,000) for the invasion of the field of play by a soccer fan. This is in relation to the incident that occurred at the latter stages of the Black Stars’ win over South Africa in the 2021 Africa Cup…
Read MoreGFA closes offices until further notice
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has closed its offices until further notice because of Coronavirus concerns. Members of the GFA including clubs, Regional Football Associations, etc are being reminded to use the online systems of the GFA (email, Registration System – FIFA Connect) to communicate with the Secretariat until the offices reopen. The GFA will…
Read MoreCAF postpones AFCON qualifiers, other matches
The Emergency Committee of the Confederation of African Football has postponed this month’s Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers following growing concerns of COVID-19 and the latest declaration of the World Health Organization describing it as pandemic. The following matches have been postponed until further notice: Total AFCON 2021 Qualifiers – Match days 3 and 4…
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