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How to watch Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago: TV channel and live stream for Unity Cup third place play-off today
Ghana face Trinidad and Tobago in the Unity Cup third place play-off this afternoon (Getty Images) The Unity Cup international football tournament concludes this afternoon and first up is the third-place play-off between Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago. A vastly inexperienced Black Stars squad were beaten 2-1 by rivals Nigeria on Wednesday night, though that was certainly a game of two halves. Second best in the opening 45 minutes at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium, Otto Addo's side trailed by two at the break. Advertisement However, they rallied in the second half, halved the deficit with Brandon Thomas-Asante's first international goal and were inches away from sending the game into penalties when Abu Francis had an effort superbly saved by Stanley Nwabali in injury time. 24 hours earlier, Trinidad did fight back from two-goal deficit in a thriller against Jamaica. But Dwight Yorke's side conceded an injury time penalty from which Richard King successfully dispatched in a dramatic finale. If the games both nations were involved in earlier in the week is any indication, entertainment is guaranteed in west London this afternoon. Here is everything you need to know about how to watch the match... How to watch Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago TV channel: In the UK, the game will not be broadcast on TV. Advertisement Live stream: However, Premier Sports subscribers will be able to watch a live stream via the Premier Sports website or the Premier Sports Player app. Coverage starts at 12.25pm BST ahead of a 12.30pm kick-off. Live blog: You can follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Partey nets twice for Ghana while Ivorians win again
Thomas Partey and Mohammed Kudus strengthened Ghana's bid for a place at the 2026 Fifa World Cup, while Ivory Coast won to return to the top of their qualifying continental champions Ghana failed to reach the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations but the Black Stars sit five points clear of second-placed Madagascar in Group I following their 3-0 victory away against the cause was also helped as Mali, the top seeds in their group, were held to a goalless draw away against Central African Eagles are third, six points behind Ghana, with four rounds of the 10-game campaign Coast moved to the top of Group F, a point ahead of Gabon, as Sebastien Haller's first-half header was enough to settle a nervy home encounter with The the nine group winners in African qualifying are assured of a place at the expanded 48-team World Cup four best second-placed sides will play off for a space at an intercontinental qualifier which will provide the chance for a 10th side to reach the United States, Mexico and Canada. Elsewhere on Monday, Lassina Traore scored twice as Burkina Faso won 2-1 away against Guinea-Bissau to cut Egypt's lead at the top of Group A to two Group H, second-placed Namibia are a point behind leaders Tunisia after a 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea and Liberia are two points further adrift after beating Sao Tome e can extend their advantage to four points if the Carthage Eagles take all three points at home against Malawi later on Monday (21:00 GMT).The sixth round of qualifiers will be completed on Tuesday, when there are 15 fixtures spread across eight groups. Ayew bags hat-trick of assists Ghana's disastrous Afcon qualifying campaign at the end of last year means they will be missing from the tournament for the first time since 2004, but the West Africans are in pole position to secure back-to-back appearances at the World Cup gave the Black Stars the perfect start against Madagascar when the Arsenal midfielder powerfully met Jordan Ayew's pinpoint free-kick in the 11th same two players combined to make it 2-0 eight minutes into the second half as Partey again found space to head home Ayew's corner from the five minutes later newly-appointed Ghana captain Ayew was the creator again, threading a through ball into the box for Kudus to Black Stars, who thrashed Chad 5-0 on Friday, extended their lead in Group I after Mali were frustrated by CAR in neutral Eagles struggled to create clear chances, with Yves Bissouma firing a volley over the bar and Abdoulaye Diaby heading narrowly side. Haller header enough for Elephants Ivory Coast continued their unbeaten start in Group F, but the reigning African champions had goalkeeper Yahia Fofana to thank for several crucial saves in the second half against The Elephants had started well in Abidjan, as Brighton winger Simon Adingra clipped in a cross for Haller to guide home in the 15th Diomande rattled the crossbar for the hosts after the break but The Gambia carved out several chances on the counter attack as the game wore showed alertness to rush off his line to foil Alieu Fadera and shortly afterwards the Scorpions man skewed wide from 12 yards was called into action again to push away a low effort from Mahmudu Bajo, while Alassana Jatta placed his effort too close to the Elephants keeper with seven minutes Gambia then came close to grabbing a point in stoppage time, but Fofana cut out Abdoulie Sanyang's cross before it reached Jatta, who was poised for a Coast are yet to concede a goal in African World Cup qualifiers, but Emerse Fae's side have been far from convincing in their performances against Burundi and the Scorpions this month. Monday's African World Cup qualifying results and fixtures Guinea-Bissau 1-2 Burkina Faso (Group A)Ethiopia v Djibouti (Group A, 21:00 GMT)Ivory Coast 1-0 The Gambia (Group F)Namibia 1-1 Equatorial Guinea (Group H)Liberia 2-1 Sao Tome e Principe (Group H)Tunisia v Malawi (Group H, 21:00 GMT)Central African Republic 0-0 Mali (Group I)Madagascar 0-3 Ghana (Group I)
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ghana vs Madagascar: Fifa Africa 2026 World Cup qualifiers preview
Ghana and Madagascar go jam for dia 2026 World Cup qualifier for Morocco on Monday. Dis dey happun afta di Black Stars hammer Chad 5-0 for di Accra sports stadium on Friday. Dat na di first time Ghana don score five goals for one game since dem thrash Qatar 5-0 for di year 2020. Goals from Antoine Semenyo (Bournemouth), captain Jordan Ayew (Leicester city), Mohammed Salisu (Monaco), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) and Ernest Nuamah (Lyon) give Ghana di emphatic victory for dat game. Wit dat win, Ghana don climb to di top of Group I wit 12 points from five matches. Madagascar dey second wit 10 points, Comoros get nine points, Mali and Central African Republic both get eight points wey Chad dey bottom of di table wit only one point. Ghana President John Mahama bin ginger di team wen im visit dem ahead of di Chad game wey im tok say make dem win dis two qualifiers and make di fans happy again. "Una go get di support of di kontri if you win dis games, make una show dedication like how una dey do for your clubs. As goment, we go support you to deliver." Afta di 5-0 win v Chad, President Mahama tok say "I bin get appetite for food wit dat result, make dis victory no enter your head. Dis gat to be di beginning of di love for di Black Stars once again." Team news Ghana no get any injury mata for dis game as di team do dia recovery training for Morocco. Coach Otto Addo bin tok say im dey want make di team focus for dis game. "Everybody happy about our last win but we still gat long way to go, na so everybody gat to be on dia toes. We dey need 100% from di whole team." Im add say "dis na tough game, wetin I call small final." Im add say di technical team bin observe di Madagascar team well well, wia we go try to beat dem. Hearts of oak goalkeeper Benjamin Asare wey keep clean sheet for im blackstars debut at 32 years, go fit dey inside post again today. Sabi pipo tok say di coach dey likely to maintain di defense - Alexander Djiku, Mohammed Salisu, Gideon Mensah and Kingsley Schindler. Black Stars legends - Asamoah Gyan and Stephen Appiah bin dey camp to ginger di boys and give dem vim for dis match. Na long time wey di kontris legends don dey around di team to inspire dem and motivate dem. Di football association believe say dis go help di squad. Madagascar coach Corentin Martins ahead of di game tok say dem go play to dia own strength to try and beat Ghana. "We don dey face ogbonge team like Ghana, but we go do our best." Dem appoint Corentin for February dis year as coach ahead of di qualifiers wit central Africa republic and Ghana. As dem appoint am, im tok say "na short term contract, we go try to qualify for di World Cup; na tough dream but we go try to make am." Di Barea go rely on dia goalkeeper Geordan Dupire wey bin make three ogbonge saves for di game against central Africa republic. Head-to-head Dis go be di fifth time Ghana and Madagascar go jam for competitive games - Black Stars bin win two, Madagascar also win two, wit 1 draw. Na so di last time dem face each oda, Inaki Williams score one late goal for di Baba Yara Sports stadium for November 2023. Dat game na di first win for di 2026 World Cup qualifiers. For June 2022, blackstars don hammer Madagascar 3-0 for di 2023 Africa cup of nations qualifiers - for di reverse game, di two teams play 0-0. Madagascar no fit score goal for dia last three games wit Ghana. Possible lineups Ghana Asare (GK); Schindler, Djiku, Salisu, Mensah, Partey, Kudus, Nuamah, Ayew, Semenyo, Williams Madagascar Dupire (GK); Morgan, Fontaine, Marcelin, Rabemanantsoa, Lapoussin, Couturier, IIaimaharitra, Raveloson, Randriananten, Caddy
CAF
23-03-2025
- Sport
- CAF
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Salah, Trézéguet leading the goalscoring charts after Match Day 5 qualifiers
The road to the FIFA World Cup 2026 is gradually taking shape, with African nations contesting the nine guaranteed places for Africa at the global showpiece, with a possible tenth on the line. With the stakes at an all-time high, the qualifiers have been nothing short of goals with some matches providing high scoring outcomes, while others being highly tactical and closely contested. CAFOnline takes a look at the top five scorers of the qualifiers following the conclusion of Match Day 5 on Saturday, 22 March. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 6 The red-hot Mohamed Salah is replicating his club form in the national team with six goals of the 13 scored by the Pharaohs coming from the forward. Egypt led Group A with 13 points from four wins and a draw, with Salah leading the overall scoring charts of the qualifiers after Match Day 5. The Liverpool forward scored four times in their opening round of the qualifiers where they secured a commanding 6-0 win over Djibouti. He then contributed with a much-needed equalisers against Guinea-Bissau on Match Day 4, before scoring against Ethiopia in a 2-0 win on Friday to register six goals in five matches for Egypt. Mahmoud Trézéguet (Egypt) – 5 Second on the goalscoring charts is Mahmoud Trézéguet who is just a goal shy from matching teammate, Mohamed Salah's six goals. Trézéguet sits on five goals from a brace in a 2-0 win over Sierra Leonne on Match Day 2, a solitary goal in their 6-0 win over Djibouti as well as another brace against Burkina Faso on Match Day 5. Denis Bouanga (Gabon) – 5 Denis Bouanga also sits on five impressive goals for Gabon. The MLS star found his first of the qualifiers in a 2-1 win over Kenya on Match Day 1. The forward continued with his goal-scoring form on Match Day 2 with a contribution to another 2-1 win which came at the expense of Burundi. Bouanga returned on Match Day 4 with another goal contribution to a 3-2 win over The Gambia, before getting his fourth and fifth through a brace in a 3-0 win over Seychelles on Match Day 5. Jordan Ayew (Ghana) – 5 Captain of the Black Stars, Jordan Ayew is leading his nation from the front as the country's top goalscorer of the qualifiers. The skipper's hat-trick in the Black Stars' 4-3 win over Central Africa Republic, which was preceded by a last minute strike in a dramatic 2-1 win over Mali has put Ghana in promising position of the qualifiers. The skipper made it five with a penalty conversion in a 5-0 drubbing of Chad in Match Day 5 of the qualifiers, as the Black Stars continues the chase to a World Cup spot. Kamory Doumbia (Mali) - 5 Mali's attacking midfielder, Kamory Doumbia has not only contributed to the Eagles' build up play but has found the back of the net five times for his nation's FIFA World Cup qualifiers campaign. Doumbia first netted in a 3-1 win over Chad on Match Day 1 of the qualifiers to open his account. The second came for Doumbia in an evenly contested 1-1 draw on Match Day 2 against Central African Republic before getting the third in 2-1 loss against Ghana on Match Day 3. Doumbia's fourth and fifth came on Match Day 5 with a stunning brace that contributed to Mali's 3-0 win over Comoros. Other notable scorers of the qualifiers include Musa Barrow (Gambia) 4, Rayan, Raveloson (Madagascar) 4, Steve Mounie (Benin) 3, Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso) 3 as well as Lassina Traore (Burkina Faso) 3.
CAF
22-03-2025
- Sport
- CAF
Ghana run rampant in Accra, Cote d'Ivoire labour to victory
Published: Friday, 21 March 2025 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers action continued on Friday, 21 March with the road to qualification gradually taking shape on Match Day 5 of the qualifiers. Below is a summary of the late evening matches which saw Ghana cruise past Chad, while African champions Cote d'Ivoire toiled to a hard-fought victory. The Black Stars secured their fourth win of the group to move top of Group I after a rampant 5-0 victory in Accra. It took just two minutes for the hosts to open the floodgates as Antoine Semenyo fired home in just two minutes. Inaki Williams extended the lead in the 31st minute before skipper, Jordan Ayew put the game beyond reach with a penalty conversion in the 36th minute. Coming back from the break, Mohammed Salisu make it four to the good before Ernest Nuamah sealed a comfortable victory for Ghana in the 68th minute to make it 5-0. Meanwhile, African champions Cote d'Ivoire laboured to a hard-fought 1-0 victory over a stubborn Burundi in a simultaneous fixture. Evann Guessand's solitary strike in the 16th minute was the only goal of what was a tightly contested encounter between the two sides. The victory sees The Elephants top Group F with just a single point separating them from second placed Gabon who are on 12 points following their win over Seychelles on Thursday.
