Ghanaian teenage midfielder David Boateng scored the opening goal for Crystal Palace U18 as they claimed a 2-1 win over Cogenhoe United in the English FA Youth Cup on Thursday.
Boateng, 17, opened the scoring for Palace in the 50th minute, which was cancelled out almost immediately by the hosts’ Jack Mullally.
Ghana international Frank Acheampong says he is happy to have escaped relegation from the Chinese Super League with his side Tianjin Teda.
The 25-year-old raked in 17 goals in 2312 league minutes in the season.
Ghana internationals Wakaso Mubarak and Patrick Twumasi have been eliminated from Spain’s Copa del Rey competition after losing 4-3 on aggregate to Girona on Wednesday night.
With the first leg ending 2-2 at the Estadio de Mendizorroza Alaves needed positive results to maintain their place in the competition.
A FIFA Committee has shortlisted goals scored by Ghanaian pair Abdulai Mukarama and Suzzy Teye for best goal of the tournament award at the 2018 FIFA U17 Female World Cup.
Mukarama, Ghana’s captain, scored a great strike for the Black Maidens when the West Africans dismantled hosts Uruguay 5-0. The Ladies Striker star netted a hat-trick in that game but her third goal has been nominated by FIFA for the award.
Kwesi Nyantakyi’s media apparatchiks calling for accountability and transparency from the Ghana FA Normalisation Committee are now yearning to dwell in an Utopian democratic dispensation which they unapologetically don’t deserve a feel of.
In thirteen (13) years of football administration in Ghana under the erstwhile administration, all organs of free flow of information which could have opened the valves of accountability were shut as club and national team contracts were shrouded in secrecy from stakeholders and the football masses alike.
Ghanaian players enjoyed yet another impressive weekend with some names standing out with dazzling performances.
Caleb Ekuban and Kingsley Schindler both scored impressive goals for their clubs in Turkey and Germany respectively.
Ghanaian attacker Caleb Ekuban found his scoring boots in Turkey by coming off the bench to score against Asamoah Gyan’s club.
Meanwhile former Birmingham City starlet Akwasi Asante scored a hat-trick in the English lower-tier league while teenage sensation Yunus Musah, who is likened to Paul Pogba scored twice for Arsenal.
Sensational Ghanaian teen midfielder Yunus Musah scored twice for Arsenal U18 when the young Gunners dismissed Reading U18 6-2 in the U18 English Premier League on Friday.
Yunus’ qualities have been likened to French midfielder Paul Pogba.
Ghanaian female young sensation Abdulai Mukarama is up for the CAF Women’s player of the year award.
Ex-Ghana U17 defender Najeeb Yakubu missed out on a dream clash with English giants Arsenal in the UEFA Europa League due to injury.
