Outgoing Black Stars coach Avram Grant has described Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi as the perfect talisman to save Ghana football. Mr. Nyantakyi has been occupying the highest GFA position since 2005 and has steered the four-time African champions to three World Cups, but has failed to win a medal at the African showpiece. The … Read more
Outgoing Ghana senior national team coach, Avram Grant has revealed that he is a big fan and loves Ghanaian musician Kofi Kinaata’s song ‘Confession’. Speaking to Bola Ray on his Starr Chat Show, the Israeli trainer disclosed how he loves the song from Kofi Kinaata though he never knew the name of the musician behind … Read more
The management committee chairman of the Black Stars, Mr. George Afriyie has admitted that officials of the Stars probably were wrong for not kicking Razak Brimah out of camp after the goalkeeper’s rant in a recorded video he put on Facebook. The shot-stopper, who was Ghana’s first choice at the AFCON in Gabon, stunned the … Read more
The Akans say if you continue to cover your sore, no matter how hard you try, you cannot heal it. So you have to uncover the sore once in a while and apply harsh remedies. When I was growing up in my holy village, the commonest disease was Malaria Fever. In those days we had … Read more
Outgoing Black Stars coach, Avram Grant has revealed that he is sad he is leaving his post at the end of the month. Grant took over from Kwesi Appiah in December 2014 and guided the national side to a second-place finish at the 2015 Afcon in Equatorial Guinea. However, he was unable to repeat that … Read more
Ghana goalkeeper Richard Ofori has cast his eye on cementing a regular spot in the Black Stars after making his debut for the team in the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Ofori, who helped Wa All Stars to win their first premier league last season was handed his maiden appearance in the Black Stars … Read more
Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah believes the backroom staff of the national team should be dissolved after the team finished fourth in the just ended Africa Cup of Nations. The country’s chances of winning the trophy for a fifth time was halted by Cameroon in the semifinals of the competition when they beat the … Read more
Avram Grant has drawn the curtain on his tenure as Ghana’s Black Stars coach -a post which he held for over two years. His resignation came days after the Black Stars’ disappointing loss of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2017 title. The Israeli coach finally decided to throw in the towel, after a rather … Read more
Ghana once again faltered in its quest to win a 5th AFCON trophy in 35 years. These are 10 key issues I observed from the abortive adventure which I believe can be part of critical success factors for the next AFCON. 1. Men of Character – In times past Ghana had men of character who … Read more
Former Ghana midfielder Laryea Kingston is ruing what he says is a lack of meritocracy in current team under Avram Grant. A swashbuckling player in his day, Kingston argues that this worrying trend contributed to the team’s choking at the semifinal of the competition this year – the sixth straight time the Black Stars have … Read more
Ghana duo Christian Atsu and Daniel Amartey are the only Black Stars players to have been named in the CAF Best XI for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Atsu, who plays for Newcastle, was selected as one of the five midfielders after some impressive displays for the Black Stars, winning Man of the Match … Read more
The 2016 edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scored Ghana 43 points out of a possible clean score of 100 and showed that Ghana’s performance has dropped by four percentage points from its 2015 score of 47 points. A release by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), the local wing of Transparency International (TI), a … Read more
Ghana coach Avram Grant has resigned from his post as head coach of Ghana’s Black Stars with barely two weeks to the end of his contract. The 60-year-old Israeli coach signed a 28-month contract with the Ghana Football Association in 2015 following a troubled 2014 World Cup campaign. Citi Sports sources close to the Ghana … Read more
GHANA’S Volta Delta is yet to be recognised as critical and viable potential ecosystem that could spur sustainable development for communities, Mr. Ken Kinney Executive Director, Development Institute, has said. According to him, communities currently situated at the countries Volta Delta wallowed in abject poverty. The Volta Delta is near Keta and Dzelukope in the … Read more
Ghana coach Avram Grant has attributed the Black Stars poor show in the Gabon championship to set pieces. To the Israeli trainer, Ghana could have traveled far in the competition if it had not conceded the set pieces which all resulted in goals. He told this writer that ” The set pieces really caused us. … Read more
Deputy Black Stars captain Dede Ayew has revealed that the team experienced a high level of camaraderie in the just ended African Cup of Nations in Gabon. He mentioned that contrary to wild speculations that the team’s camp broke, it experienced the best of camps since Angola 2010. It emerged from the Stars camp that … Read more
Seven persons died when a Neoplan Bus with registration number AS 2733 travelling from Bolgatanga to Kumasi collided with a truck with registration number AS 6615 along the Techiman-Kintampo Highway. The truck carrying tomato was traveling from Kumasi to Burkina Faso. The accident occurred at 4:50am on Friday at Tano Boasi, near Techiman in the … Read more
Black Stars head coach Avram Grant has refused to state whether or not he will be leaving or staying with the team after the 2017 African Nations Cup tournament. The Israeli’s contract is set to expire at the end of the month and many observers believe that he will not be retained after failing to … Read more
Former Black Stars player Augustine Arhinful has decried the suppression of young talents in Ghana’s football despite shinning potentials available. Speaking with Sammy Forson on GHOne after the Black Stars debacle at the just ended AFCON, he lamented the underutilization of skillful young players who were benched throughout the tournament when they could have meaningfully … Read more
The Minister-designate for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah will appear before Parliament’s Appointments Committee today, Tuesday, February 6, 2016, for vetting. Two other minister-designates are also expected to appear before the committee. They are Mavis Hawa Koomson, minister-designate of Special Development Initiatives, and Awal Ibrahim Mohammed, Minister-designate of Business Development. Mr. Asiamah, appears before the … Read more