Management Committee chairman of the National Women’s U-17 team, Augustine Asante, has revealed that financial difficulty is preventing the Black Maidens from residential camping ahead of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. The Maidens team have yet to kick-start preparations for the tournament as a result. Asante admits the players might be rusty … Read more
Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Nana Sam Brew-Butler, has described deputy Black Stars captain Andre Ayew as a brilliant player, as the 26-year-old prepares ahead of a new season in the English Premier League with Welsh side Swansea City. The player, over the past weeks, has become the subject of media speculation. Some … Read more
Coach of the National Under-20 team, Mas-ud Didi Dramani has described Ghana’s exit from the African Youth Championship (AYC) as a major setback in the development of the current crop of players. The Black Satellites were knocked out on a 3-2 aggregate by Senegal in Cape Coast. U-20 tournaments have served as a major springboard … Read more
After releasing the audio for her debut ‘Daadaada’ few months ago, the UK based Ghanaian Gospel musician Sandra Black is back on to the scene with the music video for the song to give accurate visual meaning to the song. The video directed by Prince Dovlo right here in Ghana paints a picture of Joy … Read more
Two second half goals gave Ghana a comfortable win over Mauritius in Port Louis on Sunday to seal a place at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Deputy Captain Andre Ayew and Christian Atsu finished off from inside the box in four minutes to open a seven-point lead in Group H with one … Read more
A Washington state man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for his role in helping the management of the successor website to Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods were sold. Brian Farrell, who prosecutors say was a staff member for Silk Road 2.0, was sentenced by … Read more
Insurance firm GLICO has promised each Black Stars player a GH¢7,500 bonus if they win their two remaining matches in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Ghana will travel to Port Louis to play Mauritius, who have not lost at home in the qualifiers, on Sunday in the penultimate match. Their final match will … Read more
Eighteen Black Stars trained at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday evening for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mauritius. Razak Brimah (Cordoba, Spain), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City, England), Edwin Gyimah (Orlando Pirates, South Africa) Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid, Spain) and Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo, Italy) are yet to report. The team is expected … Read more
The Black Stars will open their training camp in Accra Monday evening for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures against Mauritius. Coach Avram Grant has invited 23 players including home-based players Samuel Tetteh of WAFA, Mohammed Kadri of Ashgold and Wa All Stars goalkeeper Richard Ofori in the squad which began arriving in … Read more
Former Black Stars defender, John Paintsil, led a delegation to the office of the East Legon district police commander to ask him for forgiveness after allegedly punching him, it has been reported. The delegation was to plead with DSP Emmanuel Basintali to forgive the footballer for assaulting him and one of his investigators last Tuesday … Read more
John Paintsil, Former Black Stars defender, has reportedly been arrested by the East Legon police in Accra for slapping a policewoman. Paintsil and his wife are said to have reported to the East Legon police station over a domestic issue. It is not immediately clear how he ended up slapping the policewoman, who is said … Read more
Asamoah Gyan, Ghana’s national mens soccer team captain on Monday, November 23, 2015, presented a $30,000 cash prize to the senior women’s national team, the Black Queens, for winning the 2015 All Africa Games. The brief ceremony held at the GFA Secretariat, was in fulfillment of a pledge Gyan made to the team during the … Read more
The Black Stars captain believes Andre Ayew will be his perfect successor to lead the team in the future. Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan claims Andre Ayew will be a great leader in the future with the Black Stars. Gyan, 29, has been dragging a nagging knee injury which has visibly affected his performance, with local … Read more
Black Stars players and technical handlers received an amount of $10,000 each from the Ministry of Youth and Sports as payment of their outstanding bonus for the Ghana-Rwanda World Cup qualifier. However, the winning bonus for their 2-0 victory over Comoros in the return leg World Cup qualifier last Tuesday remains outstanding, the Graphic Sports … Read more
Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila says he thinks the nature of the field in Comoros contributed to the Black Stars’ inability to defeat the lowly-ranked Island city. Ghana settled for a goalless draw with the 117th ranked team in the first leg of the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Moroni and Rashid thinks the field did … Read more
Ghana’s Black Stars were held to a goalless draw by minnows, Comoros in the first leg of second round of African qualifying to the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Friday. The Black Stars who were overwhelming favorites before the game, in the end had to even thank the brave but competency of an assistant referee … Read more
Veteran hi-life musician, Obouba J. A. Adofo, has disclosed that rains have never truncated any of his shows since he began his career decades ago. According to him, God has given him the power to stop the rains whenever he has a show to perform. “Rain has not destroyed my show before because God has … Read more
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed that players of the Black Stars nearly called off their training at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday because of the disastrous state of the pitch, insisting they will look for an alternative venue if the pitch is not improved on Tuesday. The sports ministry’s failure to pay the … Read more
Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah is gearing up for the FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Comoros. The Evian Thonon Gaillard player has been named in the Black Stars 23-man squad set for camping ahead of the game during the international break on November 13. Jonathan Mensah shared a picture on social media after a … Read more
The Black Stars of Ghana will commence fine tuning on Monday in Accra ahead of the Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Comoros Ghana national team will kick off preparations on Monday in Accra for the upcoming Fifa World Cup qualifying games against Comoros scheduled for November 13 and 17, an official has confirmed. The Black … Read more