The management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko have confirmed granting their head coach, Kjetil Zachariassen, permission to remain in Cote d’Ivoire after the club were eliminated from the CAF Confederation Cup by Ivorian side San Pedro on a 2-1 aggregate last Sunday. The coach did not travel back to Ghana with …
Read More »Spanish coach Antonio Flores interested in Asante Kotoko coaching job
Spanish coach Antonio Flores has expressed interest in Asante Kotoko’s coaching job after immense pressure on Kjetil Zachariassen to resign. Coach Kjetil Zachariassen has come under a lot of criticism after the failure to qualify the Porcupine Warriors to the group stages of the 2019/20 Caf Confederation Cup. The Reds …
Read More »Ex-Sports Minister details how Ghana used ‘juju’ to beat Egypt 6-1 in 2013
Tuesday, October 25, 2013, has been etched in the history books of Egypt as one of the nation’s dark days in football. It was the day that Ghana’s Black Stars soared high above the Pharaohs and inflicted on them, their heaviest defeat in a World Cup qualifier. A rampant Black …
Read More »Profile of Mark Addo, the new Ghana FA Vice-President
Mark Addo, who is the Director for second-tier side Nzema Kotoko, was named Ghana FA’s vice president on Tuesday after surprising Randy Abbey to win the election. Mr Addo has quietly spent the past 20 years in football administration by owning Accra-based Mandela Stars since the 1990s before switching to …
Read More »Akonnor is new Black Stars assistant coach; Appiah, Olele stay on
Charles Kwablan Akonnor is the new assistant coach of the senior national team, Black Stars, Joy Sports can confirm. The former Hearts and Kotoko trainer was introduced to the technical team on Wednesday and is expected to start work immediately. He replaces Ibrahim Tanko, who was appointed in 2017 following …
Read More »AFCON 2021 qualifiers: Appiah names squad against South Africa & São Tomé and Príncipe
Black Stars Head Coach Kwesi Appiah, has named a 23-man squad for two 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifying matches to be played next month. Ghana will host Bafana Bafana of South Africa at home on Thursday, 14 November 2019 at the Cape Coast Stadium, before travelling to São Tomé …
Read More »Be wary of spiritual attacks on the Ghana FA – Sannie Daara warns Okraku
Former spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has warned the association’s new president Kurt Okraku to be wary of “spiritual attack” in his administration. Daara, who served as the communication chief for the association for seven-years, says wicked characters within and outside the association have the penchant …
Read More »FIFA ‘don’t care’ about racism in football – Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure says Fifa is not doing enough to stamp out racism and that England should have walked off the pitch in the face of monkey chants during their Euro 2020 qualifier in Bulgaria. The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder made the comments to AFP after helping Qingdao …
Read More »Thomas Partey’s Atletico Madrid held by Alaves
Thomas Partey came on as a second-half substitute as Atletico Madrid could only claim a point in the 1-1 draw at Alaves on Tuesday in La Liga. Diego Simeone’s men were 2-0 victors at home to Athletic Bilbao last time out, which ended their three-game winless streak in the league, …
Read More »2021 AFCON qualifiers: Kwesi Appiah drops Asamoah Gyan, three others for South Africa game
Ghana coach, Kwesi Appiah has dropped snubbed four key players ahead of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa according to Kumasi Oyerepa FM. Asamoah Gyan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Christain Atsu and John Boye have been left out of Ghana’s squad to face South Africa and Sao Tome and …
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