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The technical director of the Ghana Football Association wants to ring changes after the Black Stars failed to secure an early qualification to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after losing 1-0 to Sudan last month. Lippert has questioned the technical ingenuity of the former Hearts of Oak and Asante …

Germany-based defender Kasim Nuhu became the fifth person from the Ghana team to test positive for coronavirus following last week’s friendlies against Mali and Qatar while striker Caleb Ekuban has been hospitalised over symptoms of the disease. With the sudden rise in the number of confirmed positive cases in the …

English side Crystal Palace have hailed the performance of striker Jordan Ayew in Ghana’s 5-1 victory against Qatar in a friendly match on Monday. The four-time Africa champions recovered from the humiliating 3-0 loss against Mali on Friday to thump 2020 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar. Ghana opened the scoring courtesy Tariq …

For the first time in 2020, the Black Stars are in action. Far away in Turkey, Akonnor is taking charge his first Black Stars game which is a friendly match against Mali. Boosted by the big money move of Thomas Partey to Arsenal, the Black Stars are taking their West …

Ghana will take on Mali and Equatorial Guinea in two separate friendly games in Antalya, Turkey. The Black Stars will play Mali on Friday, October 9, before taking on Equatorial Guinea on Monday, October 12, 2020. They will play both games behind closed doors and under strict COVID-19 protocols. The …

Head coach of the Ghana national football team, CK Akonnor, has been told he must take a pay-cut before his salary is paid. According to the Minister of Youth and Sports, the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has forced his office to insist on the salary slash from the former …

Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey has commended coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor on his choice for leadership of the Black Stars. C.K Akonnor retained Andre Ayew as captain of the Black Stars, with Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey and goalkeeper Richard Ofori appointed as his deputies. Public opinion has been divided especially …

On this day 28 August 1960 (Exactly 60 years ago today) history was made when two enduring rivals – Ghana and Nigeria – contested the first-ever FIFA World Cup preliminary match south of the Sahara. The Summary 28 August 1960, Accra Sports Stadium Ghana 4 (Edward Acquah 18, Edward Boateng44, Aggrey-Fynn54, …

Ex-Ghana midfielder, Sulley Muntari has called on black players to walk off the pitch if they are racially abused during the game. Despite the fight to eradicate player discrimination, racism has been a pandemic in global football. Muntari, 36, has been a victim of racism. In 2017, the former AC …

ormer Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has expressed interest in coaching the Black Stars again. The Serbian tactician is regarded as the best Black Stars coach in recent times after leading Ghana to the finals of the 2010 Nations Cup and the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Rajevac described Ghana as …