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Why Morocco will host 2025 AFCON in July-August

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will take place in Morocco from July 23 to August 21. Morocco’s decision to host the AFCON in July-August comes after the North African country agreed to host the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup …

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Countryman Songo declares war on John Paintsil after UTV appearance

Controversial sports journalist, Patrick Osei Agyemang, alias Countryman Songo has vowed to deal with former Black Stars right-back John Paintsil following the latter’s perceived unpopular comments about the state of Ghana football. Countryman Songo believes that the comments made by John Paintsil during his appearance on UTV’s United Showbiz programme …

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Newcastle releases captivating documentary on Christian Atsu’s life

Premier League side Newcastle United have released an emotional documentary chronicling the life of the late Ghanaian footballer, Christian Twasam Atsu. Christian Atsu met his untimely demise in the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey on February 18, 2023. A year after his passing, Newcastle United, the club where Atsu had …

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Akufo-Addo announces plans to construct 100 new artificial pitches in 2024

The government of Ghana will construct one hundred new artificial pitches by the end of the year 2024. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced the government decision during the official commissioning of the newly constructed Borteyman Sports Complex on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Speaking at the ceremony, Akufo-Addo first highlighted …

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Professor Mintah appointed new GFA technical director

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed Prof. Joseph Kwame Mintah as the new Technical Director of the GFA. Prof. Mintah replaces German technical director, Bernhard Lippert who held the position from 2020 till 2023 when his contract with the GFA expired. Prof. Mintah was previously the GFA’s Director of …

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See list of universities ‘built’ by NDC that Akufo-Addo has renamed

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to revert the names of public universities which were renamed by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government to their original names if the NDC comes into office in 2025. Mahama accused President Akufo-Addo and his party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), …

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We can’t hire Hervé Renard because of his wages – GFA

Ghana Football Association Executive Council member, Frederick Acheampong, has noted that appointing renowned manager Hervé Renard as Black Stars coach looks impossible because of wages. He indicated that Ghana is not in the best of shape economically to afford a manager with high wages as Renard. He asserted that Renard …

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