Four top clubs in Ghana Premier League have all missed out on the signing of Togolese wonder kid Thibault Klidje as the transfer window closed on 2 March. The talented striker who is playing in Togo top football league for Espoir FC was been reported negotiating with four top clubs in Ghana last January. Meanwhile … Read more
New-look Africa Cup of Nations and CAF Champions League competitions could emerge this week from discussions in Morocco that will include FIFA president Gianni Infantino. A two-day CAF symposium begins Tuesday in Rabat and officials, coaches and former stars have been tasked with plotting the future of the popular sport in the continent. On Friday, … Read more
Quashie was born in the London Borough of Southwark to a Ghanaian father and an English mother. He was married for ten years to Joanna, with whom he had a daughter and a son, who died shortly after birth in 1999. After a divorce and his move to West Bromwich Albion, he started a relationship … Read more
It is fair to say that Ghana regularly dispenses with its national coaches at the turn of this generation with the Black Stars having welcomed 13 in the past 15 years. The impacts they leave, and the tangible successes they chalked have been varying. But nothing has generated so much fuss about the hiring and … Read more
Former Ghana coach Claude Le Roy is optimistic Kwesi Appiah will do a great job for Ghana on his second return as coach of Ghana. Appiah was re-appointed a month after Israeli Avram Grant left Ghana after failing to win the AFCON in his second appointment. Le Roy, who was coach during the 2008 Nations … Read more
While some are optimistic about his installation, others have expressed fears about Kwesi Appiah’s appointment as Black Stars Coachthe second time… The long wait for a new coach for Ghana’s team -the Black Stars, has finally come to an end. Former coach James Kwesi Appiah was on April 4, approved by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) … Read more
The Ghana Football Association is on the verge of naming a new coach for the Black Stars following the departure of Israeli trainer Avram Grant. Local media reports suggest that, Kwasi Appiah, former coach of the team will be handed the job ahead of Belgium trainer and coach of Cameroon Hugo Broos. Below are the … Read more
Veteran sports analyst, Moses Foh Amoaning, has called the bluff of Black Stars management committee member, Wilfred Osei Palmer, to resign over the appointment of James Kwesi Appiah as the next Black Stars head coach. The reappointment of Kwasi Appiah by the 6-man select committee was met with incessant calls by Wilfred Palmer to reject … Read more
Frenchman Herve Renard is among FIVE coaches shortlisted for the South African job. Renard, who guided Morocco to the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Gabon, is being considered for the top job. The former Zambia coach must fend off competition from African Nations Cup-winning coach Hugo Broos‚ former Bafana bosses Carlos Queiroz and … Read more
An A to Z of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon… A (Algeria) Once again touted as potential champions and once again flops, exiting after first round without a win. Big names like Riyad Mahrez and Yacine Brahimi failed to deliver five-star performances. B (Bouanga) Gabon striker Denis Bouanga was a revelation, overshadowing … Read more
Top quotes from the Africa Cup of Nations tournament: “I had a feeling that I was going to save the final two penalties.” – 44-year-old Egypt goalkeeping hero Essam El Hadary after saving two penalties in a semifinal shootout win over Burkina Faso. “The bags of a coach are always half-packed – ready to stay, … Read more
Belgian Hugo Broos became the fifteenth foreign coach to win the Africa Cup of Nations. Broos guided a second-string Cameroon side to earn a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Egypt in the final of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Libreville, Gabon. He joins the elite list including Claude Le Roy (France), Pierre Lechantre (France), … Read more
Ivory Coast made a disappointing start to their Africa Cup of Nations title defence Monday when held 0-0 by lowest Group C seeds Togo in Gabonese town Oyem. Paris Saint-Germain defender Serge Aurier came close to breaking the deadlock with two minutes remaining, heading a cross narrowly wide in a match that failed to sparkle. … Read more
Herve Renard reckons Ghana is close to winning an AFCON if they can change ‘something small’ and be ‘a bit lucky’. The Frenchman has been a resounding success in the Cup of Nations, winning titles with Zambia and Ivory Coast over three Nations Cups between 2012 and 2015. He is unbeaten in three over three … Read more