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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ El Hadj Diouf plays a very unique role in Senegal's national team setup: with no official title, one of things he does so well is to absorb pressure so that the players can focus. Here he is, "engaging" hostile DRC fans in Kinshasa. Senegal won 3-2.

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ El Hadj Diouf plays a very unique role in Senegal's national team setup: with no official title, one of things he does so well is to absorb pressure so that the players can focus. Here he is, "engaging" hostile DRC fans in Kinshasa. Senegal won 3-2.

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The goal: ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco's coach took a gamble and used 1 of 2 available VAR requests to ask for a penalty. He did not get it, but ref gave a freekick instead. Then Zabiri stepped up and did this for 1-0.

The goal: ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco's coach took a gamble and used 1 of 2 available VAR requests to ask for a penalty. He did not get it, but ref gave a freekick instead. Then Zabiri stepped up and did this for 1-0.

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Iรฑaki Williams has every right to feel aggrieved about what seems to be a pattern of repeated snubs when he makes great runs in the Ghana team. So unfair.

Iรฑaki Williams has every right to feel aggrieved about what seems to be a pattern of repeated snubs when he makes great runs in the Ghana team. So unfair.

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Arsenal's Emirates nicer than the Bernabeu. ๐Ÿ™„

Arsenal's Emirates nicer than the Bernabeu. ๐Ÿ™„

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Clocks installed at the University of Ghana Stadium. Athletes can now see their times after the hitches of the last two days.

Clocks installed at the University of Ghana Stadium. Athletes can now see their times after the hitches of the last two days.

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Asante Kotoko were leading when, late into Ghana's biggest club football match, Hearts of Oak got this goal โ€” but ref Reginald Collins whistled for offside just before Mawuli Wayo pulled the trigger. Good call or not? FT: ๐ŸŒˆ 0-1 ๐Ÿฆ”

Asante Kotoko were leading when, late into Ghana's biggest club football match, Hearts of Oak got this goal โ€” but ref Reginald Collins whistled for offside just before Mawuli Wayo pulled the trigger. Good call or not? FT: ๐ŸŒˆ 0-1 ๐Ÿฆ”

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All of you chastising Prez Nana Akufo-Addo should be ashamed! Who told you his body language here when talking to the Prez of the Ghana Journalists' Association means he was unhappy with the GJA boss' speech? Haters! ๐Ÿ™ƒ #FreeTheCitzens #StopGalamsey

All of you chastising Prez Nana Akufo-Addo should be ashamed! Who told you his body language here when talking to the Prez of the Ghana Journalists' Association means he was unhappy with the GJA boss' speech? Haters! ๐Ÿ™ƒ #FreeTheCitzens #StopGalamsey

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Delighted to have touched down in ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Doha from ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ DC. Here for: โœ…๏ธ Fifa Arab Cup, ft AFCON-bound ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ MOR & ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ALG โœ…๏ธ Fifa Intercontinental Cup, ft African champs ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Pyramids, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Flamengo & ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท PSG โœ…๏ธ Qatar 2022 legacy as we begin to realise how $$ worse 2026 WC could be.

Delighted to have touched down in ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Doha from ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ DC. Here for: โœ…๏ธ Fifa Arab Cup, ft AFCON-bound ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ MOR & ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ALG โœ…๏ธ Fifa Intercontinental Cup, ft African champs ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Pyramids, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Flamengo & ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท PSG โœ…๏ธ Qatar 2022 legacy as we begin to realise how $$ worse 2026 WC could be.

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Arthur Masuaku vs Chelsea Arthur Masuaku vs Guinea ๐Ÿ“น @smirky_mikee

Arthur Masuaku vs Chelsea Arthur Masuaku vs Guinea ๐Ÿ“น @smirky_mikee

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Excited to have a new female voice on the GH sports scene to host #TotalEnglishFootball starting Monday on SportyFM Ghana.

Excited to have a new female voice on the GH sports scene to host #TotalEnglishFootball starting Monday on SportyFM Ghana.

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Michael B. Jordan, after winning Best Actor in a Leading Role: "My father's here. Hey Pops, where you at? My father flew in from Ghana to be here..." His father, Michael A. Jordan, lives in Ghana. Not Ghanaian, however. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ #Oscars
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Michael B. Jordan, after winning Best Actor in a Leading Role: "My father's here. Hey Pops, where you at? My father flew in from Ghana to be here..." His father, Michael A. Jordan, lives in Ghana. Not Ghanaian, however. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ #Oscars

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Well, this was awkward. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chris Robinson had to deal with his privates constantly coming out of their holder at today's 400m hurdles in Ostrava. Clearly slowed him down a bit โ€” but he still won in a SB of 48.05! Competition wasn't stiff, obvz.
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Well, this was awkward. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chris Robinson had to deal with his privates constantly coming out of their holder at today's 400m hurdles in Ostrava. Clearly slowed him down a bit โ€” but he still won in a SB of 48.05! Competition wasn't stiff, obvz.

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7,704,157 views โ€ข 11 months ago

Two years ago, today. When Brazilian channel TV Globo caught this live: a young Fluminense fan's sashaying emotions - from despair to dizzy, delirious tears - as the 99th minute winning goal went in. โค๏ธ
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Two years ago, today. When Brazilian channel TV Globo caught this live: a young Fluminense fan's sashaying emotions - from despair to dizzy, delirious tears - as the 99th minute winning goal went in. โค๏ธ

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3,193,162 views โ€ข 7 months ago

๐Ÿšจ Derek Boateng: "To be honest, I don't think [Eddie Nketiah and Hudson-Odoi] will add anything significant to the team right now....The team is not a place for players to come and 'try their luck' when they realise they canโ€™t play for England or..."
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๐Ÿšจ Derek Boateng: "To be honest, I don't think [Eddie Nketiah and Hudson-Odoi] will add anything significant to the team right now....The team is not a place for players to come and 'try their luck' when they realise they canโ€™t play for England or..."

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1,689,590 views โ€ข 5 months ago

Hope this helps. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon coach David Pagou: "I dedicate this win [against Gabon] to Samuel Eto'o and to my family."
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Hope this helps. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon coach David Pagou: "I dedicate this win [against Gabon] to Samuel Eto'o and to my family."

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716,781 views โ€ข 5 months ago

E no be say I no see say killฤ—rs tag-tag me yesterday about the GPL AttahKumi miracle service oo. Bro, I just shy chale. ๐Ÿšจ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ.
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E no be say I no see say killฤ—rs tag-tag me yesterday about the GPL AttahKumi miracle service oo. Bro, I just shy chale. ๐Ÿšจ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ.

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Nice touch from CAF Online to recognise the African Player of the Year winners on the pitch today. Boos greeted ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Osimhen, Lookman, and huge cheers for ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hakimi. #AFCON2025
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Nice touch from CAF Online to recognise the African Player of the Year winners on the pitch today. Boos greeted ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Osimhen, Lookman, and huge cheers for ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Hakimi. #AFCON2025

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410,970 views โ€ข 4 months ago

For the avoidance of doubt, this is the call ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Daniel Laryea made to give Kaizer Chiefs a penalty vs Al Masry today. Ball to hand? Look at the replay again. Let's be fair to the guy. #CAFCC
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For the avoidance of doubt, this is the call ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Daniel Laryea made to give Kaizer Chiefs a penalty vs Al Masry today. Ball to hand? Look at the replay again. Let's be fair to the guy. #CAFCC

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332,678 views โ€ข 3 months ago

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Gana Gueye after Senegal beat Botswana: "It's good to win 3-0, score three goals and not concede any. But I find it a shame to only score three goals when you are better than a team. You've got to crush them, that's how they show you respect!"
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๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Gana Gueye after Senegal beat Botswana: "It's good to win 3-0, score three goals and not concede any. But I find it a shame to only score three goals when you are better than a team. You've got to crush them, that's how they show you respect!"

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415,365 views โ€ข 5 months ago

๐Ÿšจ NEW: Authorities in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana begin hunt to replace Otto Addo after 50-year-old sacked on Monday. Understand former ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Black Stars coach ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ž๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ต an early favourite to be interim coach, despite him being in charge of Sudan now.
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๐Ÿšจ NEW: Authorities in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana begin hunt to replace Otto Addo after 50-year-old sacked on Monday. Understand former ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Black Stars coach ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ž๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ต an early favourite to be interim coach, despite him being in charge of Sudan now.

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134,519 views โ€ข 2 months ago

Just landed from a flight to see a response from my source close to Joachim Lรถw and, as first reported by Sky Sport, the coach confirms he has had no official contact from GhanaFA. Source, however, said Lรถw sees Ghana project as"๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜."
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Just landed from a flight to see a response from my source close to Joachim Lรถw and, as first reported by Sky Sport, the coach confirms he has had no official contact from GhanaFA. Source, however, said Lรถw sees Ghana project as"๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜."

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112,545 views โ€ข 2 months ago

A private citizen is capable of inviting all these big names of our society to "discuss Ghana's World Cup chances" in his capacity as... *checks notes* ...a private citizen. Life, they say, imitates art.
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A private citizen is capable of inviting all these big names of our society to "discuss Ghana's World Cup chances" in his capacity as... *checks notes* ...a private citizen. Life, they say, imitates art.

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132,988 views โ€ข 2 months ago

I spoke to journalists from Nigeria and other nations โ€” no Ghanaians, for obvious reasons โ€” to rate referee ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Daniel Laryea after the Morocco game. #AFCON2025
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I spoke to journalists from Nigeria and other nations โ€” no Ghanaians, for obvious reasons โ€” to rate referee ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Daniel Laryea after the Morocco game. #AFCON2025

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๐Ÿšจ Quickie: How ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria qualify for the CAF Playoff and why they have 3 more games to play before qualifying for WC 2026. Match 1๏ธโƒฃ. Win semi in Morocco Match 2๏ธโƒฃ. Win final in Morocco Match 3๏ธโƒฃ. Win semi in Mexico next year at Fifa Playoff Only then do they qualify for WC26.
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๐Ÿšจ Quickie: How ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria qualify for the CAF Playoff and why they have 3 more games to play before qualifying for WC 2026. Match 1๏ธโƒฃ. Win semi in Morocco Match 2๏ธโƒฃ. Win final in Morocco Match 3๏ธโƒฃ. Win semi in Mexico next year at Fifa Playoff Only then do they qualify for WC26.

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337,553 views โ€ข 7 months ago

Dr. Randy Abbey: โœ…๏ธ CEO of COCOBOD, managing a $3.9 billion (2025) export portfolio of Ghana's most important cash crop that is currently struggling. โœ…๏ธ Chair of ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Black Stars Management C'ttee. In a crucial year for both ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ cocoa and football, one position must go. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ
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Dr. Randy Abbey: โœ…๏ธ CEO of COCOBOD, managing a $3.9 billion (2025) export portfolio of Ghana's most important cash crop that is currently struggling. โœ…๏ธ Chair of ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Black Stars Management C'ttee. In a crucial year for both ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ cocoa and football, one position must go. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฟ

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147,189 views โ€ข 3 months ago

๐—จ๐—ก๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก: Why a quota for Ghana-based players in Carlos Queiroz's 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ World Cup squad is a good thing.
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๐—จ๐—ก๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก: Why a quota for Ghana-based players in Carlos Queiroz's 2026 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ World Cup squad is a good thing.

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57,919 views โ€ข 1 month ago

I was pitch side and got this view of the 90+ penalty that gave Asante Kotoko their 10th MTN FA CUP title. Thoughts? #MTNFACupFinal
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I was pitch side and got this view of the 90+ penalty that gave Asante Kotoko their 10th MTN FA CUP title. Thoughts? #MTNFACupFinal

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391,593 views โ€ข 11 months ago

Chelsea fans celebrating Cole Palmer's first goal at the replay viewing as if it were live. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ Gonna be a long night for us haters.
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Chelsea fans celebrating Cole Palmer's first goal at the replay viewing as if it were live. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ Gonna be a long night for us haters.

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339,929 views โ€ข 10 months ago

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜†, after hugging Shatta Wale on stage: "If President say hug, you won't hug? You want us to be jailed?!" B.You by Berla Mundi responds: "So it's because you don't want to be jailed?" @Stonebwoy [nodding]: "Obey power!" ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜†, after hugging Shatta Wale on stage: "If President say hug, you won't hug? You want us to be jailed?!" B.You by Berla Mundi responds: "So it's because you don't want to be jailed?" @Stonebwoy [nodding]: "Obey power!" ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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92,471 views โ€ข 2 months ago

AFCON usually clashes with my wife's birthday, and it's been tough missing it almost every other year as I'm often away. Thank you, John Terry, for this. Happy birthday, Kafui. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿพ
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AFCON usually clashes with my wife's birthday, and it's been tough missing it almost every other year as I'm often away. Thank you, John Terry, for this. Happy birthday, Kafui. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿพ

Gary Al-Smith

145,677 views โ€ข 4 months ago