The Ghana Football Association (GFA), has organised a two-day integrity training for club and RFA integrity officers as part of efforts to protect the integrity of our matches and competitions, organised.

The meetings were held online, with Premier League, Women Premier League, Division One League and RFA Integrity officers present.

The training was to create awareness on match fixing, sanctions available to individuals who fix matches and also reporting mechanisms available to report all unethical conducts.

The presentations of the various sessions were from: Ennio Bovolenta - Head of Integrity FIFA Rodrigo Arias Grillo - Senior Integrity Manager FIFA Agnieszka Antoszkiewicz - Integrity manager

They also encouraged all participants of the game to visit the FIFA Integrity e-learning Portal to familiarize themselves with the subject. https://integrity.fifa.com/#/home

All participants of the game are advised to desist from betting on all football related activities and to report all Integrity Issues to the GFA Integrity Unit on Call/WhatsApp: 0593-371-735, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or report to FIFA on Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., FIFA integrity App or https://www.bkms-system.net/FIFA.

Source - GFA

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has extended Goodwill messages to Asante Kotoko SC.

Asante Kotoko will be hoisting the country’s flag in this year’s Total CAF Champions League competition while and Ashantigold SC, Ghana’s representatives in this year’s CAF Inter-club competitions Ashantigold represent the nation in the CAF Confederation Cup competition.

As Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold face Mauritanian side FC Nouadhibou and Burkinabe side Salitas FC respectively, the GFA has urged the two clubs to remain focused in their quest to make it to the next stage of the competition.

“The two clubs have demonstrated their determination to attain the set objectives in their respective competitions and we are confident their efforts will be rewarded”

We urge football fans and all stakeholders to offer Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold the needed support in their quest to make Ghana proud on the continent”.

“We wish the two clubs the very best of Ghanaian luck”, the GFA said in a statement ahead of the two matches on Sunday November 29.

Asante Kotoko face Mauritanian opponents in Nouakchott while Ashgold host Salitas at the Len Clay Stadium.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

In a stunning turn of events, Joe Joyce damaged Daniel Dubois' left eye and stopped him in the 10th round to hand him a first career defeat of an intriguing clash between unbeaten British heavyweights in London on Saturday evening.

Joyce thudded a ramrod jab onto his rival's badly swollen eye, sinking Dubois dramatically to one knee. When he rose again, the referee immediately called the fight off.

The vast experience of Olympic silver medallist Joyce ultimately trumped the prodigious punch-power of Dubois, who is 12 years younger, after their crossroads fight which had the British, European and Commonwealth titles at stake.

Dubois suffered broken orbital socket and nerve damage in brutal loss as eye ballooned up and will be out for months, facing a painful spell on the sidelines after Joe Joyce smashed his orbital socket and left his left eye with nerve damage.

Over ten brilliant rounds, the 35-year-old Olympic 2016 silver winner rammed an arrow of a jab into the British and Commonwealth champion’s eye.

In the end, the 23-year-old could take no more and was counted out on one knee, to hand his former Team GB sparring partner his old crowns and the vacant European belt.

The final left hand The Juggernaut landed seemed to send a shock through Dubois’ system and he compared the pain to an electric shock ripping through his skull.

From Dornu’s Corner

Lucky Annan Ayisah, a resilient golfer from the Achimota Golf Club emerged champion of the 2020 Gold Fields Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Golf Championship held at the Damang Golf Course, Western Region.

He walked away with Ghc40,000 as prize money.

Ayisah, having won the event for the first time started his game on a bright note by leading in day one and lost the lead to Francis Torgah and Kojo Barnni in day two and three of the competition respectively.

However, on the final day yesterday on hole 15, he made sure he pulled a score of five under par (-5) to open two strokes gap which he held on to win the flagship professional golf event in Ghana last Saturday.

Barnni who topped the third day leading Ayisah with two shots going into the last day, lost it on hole 15 which is par four but played seven finished second with three under course par.

Speaking to the media, Ayisah said “This is a big thing to happen to me because I’ve been working hard to win this tournament for the past 6 years.

“My patron Emos Koblah is not playing well this year so I said to myself I have to be there and win. I wanted this trophy to go to Achimota so it was always on my mind to win it.”

He stressed that, winning the Gold Fields PGA Golf Championship came with hard work and intensive training and advised the amateur golfers to stay discipline, train hard to reach the top.

On defending the title next year, he said ” I know it is extremely difficult to defend this Championship, but, whoever wants to win this must be hard working to take this glittering trophy from me because l would defend it in 2021.”

Emmanuel Osei and Francis Torgah placed fourth and fifth with Standard Scratch Score of 286 and 288 respectively.

In the Seniors category, Victor Brave Mensah maintained his dominance by scoring 219 gross over three days whilst the Tournament Director Akwesi Prempeh came second with SSS 234 for three days.

The 7th Edition of the PGA Golf Championship ended successfully with much more interesting display as leader board kept charging from day one to the last with three golfers from different golf clubs till final day.

This year’s edition had no foreign based golfers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This prevented the 2019 champion, Nigerian Christopher Francis from partici

By GNA

Mr. Michael Quarshie, CEO of Daily Manna Foundation who doubles as the Effa Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) Football Association chairman has through the Daily Manna Micro Credit donated cash and food items to 50 people in Bremang New York.

The items include Milo. Sugar, Milk, Bread, Malt and 200gh each went to the aged and widows towards their welfare and well being development.

Mr. Quarshie who has been making donations to people for the past five years said he want the people to celebrate a fitting Christmas as the year 2020 was difficult and tough.

He has promised to do similar donations to people in Takoradi in the Western Region on on December 4, 2020.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

The New Patroitic Party (NPP) Aspiring Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Hon. Benard Nii Anyaa Brown on Saturday organized a football gala for the youth of Korle Bu, Korle Gonno, Chorkor and Mamprobi.

20 selected community sides competed in two separated events that went on simultaneously at the Attoh Quarshie park at Chorkor and Okpotsu park at Korle Gonno.

The two best teams will clash in a special programme to commission a new astro turf pitch constructed by Hon. Jerry Ahmed’s Coastal Development Authority (CODA) for the community.

Napoli and Happy Mama will represent Korle Gonno at the finals and they have promised their fans victory.

Ismaila Mills, skipper of the Happy Mama squad said the constituency abound in sporting talents, and appealed to the authorities in the area to support the youth with employment and other opportunities that will make them cheerful.

Mr. Tettey Amankwah aka Mr. Tee, one of the party organisers urged the youth to vote wisely in the general elections as Nana Akuffo Addo has the youth at his heart.

Mr. Lamptey, aka ‘Taller’ advised the youth not to involve themselves in violent acts, but try their best to live peaceful with their political opponents as the elections is not a do and die affair, but just to find competent leadership for the nation.

By Naa Amerley Commey / Sammy Heywood Okine

Jake Paul, Nate Robinson - Former boxing greats Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson went at it for eight rounds in an exhibition match on Saturday night that was scored an eight-round draw by the three celebrity judges in their match at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Former boxing greats Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson went at it for eight rounds in an exhibition match on Saturday night that was scored an eight-round draw by the three celebrity judges in their match at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Unfortunately, the judges didn’t give any scores for the fight, so we’re left to guess what they were.

Roy Jones was bothered by the body shots that Tyson was throwing at him, and he looked gassed in the later rounds.

“I’m used to doing this for three minutes, but sometimes those two minutes felt like three minutes,” said Tyson.

The boxing fans on social media saw it as a slam dunk win for 54-year-old Tyson, who looked in better physical shape, showed superior power, speed, and talent than Jones.

Skillwise, it was a mismatch. Tyson was the far better and more powerful fighter of the two. But given that this was an exhibition match that wasn’t supposed to have a winner when it was first put together, it’s not unexpected that the judges scored it a draw.

“I’m good with a draw,” said Mike Tyson.

If they had scored it for Jones, they might have messed up future pay-per-view events for Tyson in the state of California. A loss to Jones Jr would likely have impacted Tyson’s future pay-per-view sales.

Many boxing fans won’t buy any of Tyson’s future fights because there very little entertainment value for the $50 that fans paid.

I mean, Jones Jr did nothing but clinch and move and look scared. For his part, Tyson was throwing many body punches, which is not normal for him.

During Tyson’s career, he was a headhunter who only rarely threw body shots. Tonight, we saw many body shots from Tyson, and it looked like he was making sure he didn’t knock out Jones and upset the California State Athletic Commission.

“The body shots definitely took a toll,” Jones said. “The body shots are what make you exhausted. I knew that. I had a six-pack, but I think I needed a 12-pack.”

The undercard was a mixed bag of fights that only the most hardcore boxing fans would love. The only fight I liked on the entire card, including the main event between Tyson and Jones, is a match between YouTuber Jake Paul and NBA star Nate Robinson. Now that was a fun fight.

Paul dropped Robinson in the first and twice in the second in scoring a vicious second-round knockout.

In one of the bad fights, Badou Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) defeated Blake McKernan (13-1, 6 KOs) by an eight-round decision. In some ways, that fight was similar to the main event with Badou chasing McKerman around the ring.

 Ghana’s Emmanuel 'The Gameboy' Tagoe on Friday beat American Mason 'Rock Hard Mighty' Menard on points in a 10-round lightweight bout at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, USA,

Before the fight Tagoe has predicted a knock out at the press conference ahead of the bout, but Menard fought a good fight to avoid the knock down.

World Ranked Lightweight Emmanuel ‘Gameboy’ Tagoe now has a record of 32 wins against one loss and 16 KOs, while Mason Menard of Rayne, Louisiana drops to 36 wins 5 defeats and 25 KOs.

Tagoe  is currently world ranked #5 by the WBO, #8 by the IBF and #9 by the WBC. The 31-year-old is remarkably undefeated since losing his pro debut in 2004 at the age of 15.

Tagoe is promoted by DiBella Entertainment and managed by Peter Kahn’s Fight Game Advisors along with Ghanaian soccer superstar, Asamoah ‘Baby Jet’ Gyan.

Said Lou DiBella, “Ghana’s Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe is a legitimate top contender in the hot 135lb. division. I’m happy that he won against the hard-hitting Mason Menard.”

“Emmanuel is in the best shape of his life,” said Peter Kahn.

Tagoe is trained by the renowned Javiel Centeno, proprietor of the Sweatbox Gym in Davie, FL. “After having to go back home to Ghana when his fight was cancelled back in March due to COVID-19, I was concerned that when he was able to get back into camp he would be out of shape.  I was wrong. He showed up in shape and we hit the ground running without skipping a beat.  Camp has gone extremely well and the entire Sweatbox team of boxers are looking forward to seeing him display his exciting, fan friendly boxing style live on DAZN.”

The ten-round clash was a featured bout on the undercard of the Super-Middleweight grudge match between Daniel Jacobs and Gabriel Rosado presented by Matchroom Boxing.

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), BoxingGhana and Friends of Boxing (FOB) have sent congratulation messages to Emmanuel Tagoe.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Asamoah Gyan shows class in Legon Cities draw with Medeama

Asamoah Gyan made his Legon Cities debut against Medeama at the Accra Sports stadium

There was a breath of fresh air surrounding the Legon Cities side as they trooped onto the pitch for the usual pre-game warm-up.

This time, Asamoah Gyan, their marquee signing was not on the touchline. The 35-year-old was fully clothed in the warm-up attire stretching alongside his teammates.

One could quickly spot Gyan from afar, not because of his distinctive punk hairstyle, but the striker kept offering support and advice to his colleagues.

Gyan, hadn’t played a game in eight months and as a result could only find himself on the bench.

It only took 31 minutes for interim head coach Wahid Mohammed to call upon Ghana’s all-time striker to warm up as Refael Ocloo was having a difficult time upfront.

The substitution was delayed as the teams went into the halftime break deadlocked. The scoreline was 0-0 but the game had been fairly eventful with Medeama hitting the bar twice and narrowly missing a free-kick from 25 yards.

For Legon Cities, the team lacked cohesion and their woes were compounded after David Cudjoe was subbed off after picking an ankle injury. The forward was later seen on crutches on the sidelines and could possibly face a long spell out.

After the break, Gyan was asked to warmup for a second time. The striker could barely keep his eye off the game as he kept dishing out instructions to his teammates on the pitch.

After the game, Gyan explained this was because he is “a passionate player who wants to help the team improve.”

The moment of history came on the 70th minute mark, when the fourth official’s board showed the number 3. Gyan came on for his second debut in the Ghana Premier League, 17 years after he made his first.

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Asamoah Gyan [Spotting the iconic No.3 jersey]

Ghana’s all-time leading goal scorer, Asamoah Gyan marked his return to the Ghana Premier League after 17 years on Friday evening when he featured for Legon Cities FC in the goalless draw against Medeama SC.

The former Sunderland goal poacher signed for the Royals on transfer deadline day of the local window as a free agent to bolster the squad of the team for the 2020/2021 football season.

Due to some fitness issues, the striker missed the first two matches of Legon Cities FC in games against Berekum Chelsea and Great Olympics on Matchday 1 and 2 respectively.

On Friday, Asamoah Gyan was named for the first time in the matchday squad of his new club prior to the kick-off to the Matchday 3 fixture against Medeama SC.

Having missed out on a starting role, the forward was introduced in the second half to replace Raphael Ocloo in the 71st minutes.

Playing 19 minutes, Asamoah Gyan dazzled with his quality attacking display but unfortunately could not find the net.

In the end, Legon Cities FC and Medeama SC have taken home a point apiece on the back of a goalless draw at the Accra Sports Stadium.

ModernGhana