One would be certainly bold to believe Riyad Mahrez and Algeria would struggle at this year’s AFCON tournament. With Mahrez scooping up two titles (BBC and CAF African Footballer of the Year Awards) after a brilliant 2015-2016 season, a few would have predicted the lackluster showing the Desert Foxes have displayed thus far in the … Read more
We have now had the opportunity to see the opening fixtures of all 16 teams competing for the title of African Champion. So what have we learnt from the opening exchanges? ‘Small minded’ resilience One observation the opening round has yielded is this: Just like the Euro 2016 tournament, the so called small teams will … Read more
We have now had the opportunity to see the opening fixtures of all 16 teams competing for the title of African Champion. So what have we learnt from the opening exchanges? One observation the opening round has yielded is this: Just like the Euro 2016 tournament the so called small teams will not just roll … Read more
Ghana is yet to know the extent of Baba Rahman’s injury he picked up in their Group D opener against Uganda. The on-loan Schalke 04 left back looks to have suffered a muscle sprain after stretching his leg to make a tackle and had to be stretchered off. He was replaced by Anderlecht star Frank … Read more
Avram Grant has announced his starting line-up as the Black Stars come up against Uganda on Tuesday in their AFCON group D opening game. With the exception of John Boye who missed Ghana’s 0-2 defeat against Egypt in Alexandria, Avram Grant has announced the same line-up for the Black Stars tie against Uganda. Thomas Partey … Read more
Runners-up two years ago, Ghana start their latest bid to recapture the Africa Cup of Nations crown when they face Uganda in Port-Gentil in Group D on Tuesday. The Black Stars are in Gabon looking to win a fifth Cup of Nations but a first since 1982, and Israeli Avram Grant remains at the helm … Read more
I was listening to BBC at dawn of Monday, 13th October, 2014, when a news item chronicling the exploits of the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president. The story was about amount of properties he has acquired in America with stolen cash from his nation. The properties included a $30m dollar mansion at Malibu-California, $500,000 Ferrari … Read more
The Black Stars held their first training session in Gabon on Sunday ahead of their Group D opener at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The team had touched down in Port-Gentil on Saturday, a day after earlier scheduled. There were media reports that the team had rejected its training pitch as well as hotel … Read more
President Akufo Addo has charged the Black Stars of Ghana, participating in the 2017 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON2017) to “Go for Gold” whiles wishing the entire technical and management team well. The President told the team that it was “time to end our 34 year wait for the AFCON trophy” and … Read more
President Akufo Addo has charged the Black Staff of Ghana, participating in the 2017 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON2017) to “Go for Gold” whiles wishing the entire technical and management team well. The President told the team that it was “time to end our 34 year wait for the AFCON trophy” and … Read more
Asamoah Gyan was the busiest Ghana player in Al-Ain during the two weeks of camping and that was not just because he has a lot of friends there. Often he would arrive at his old stomping ground first with physical trainer Jamie Lawrence and subject himself to the grilling of the ex-Jamaica international Jamie Lawrence … Read more
The Lions of Teranga are looking to – at least – make it out of the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their last six attempts. The Senegalese faithful will feel that their team should be aiming higher, but the tournament has not always smiled on them. In … Read more
Ghana has been drawn in Group F in qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in Cameroon. The draw, which was held on Thursday, pitched the Black Stars against Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Kenya. Forty-eight teams were put in 12 groups of four. Group winners will automatically qualify for the tournament … Read more
The 2017 edition of the African Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday January 14 in Gabon with the best football nations meeting to battle it out for the ultimate prize. 3news.com takes a look at the various groups and how they would be fairing in the tournament. The Panthers will be playing in their … Read more
With an air of unease hanging over the tournament, the African Cup of Nations soccer competition returns to Gabon for the second time in five years. Opposition parties in the oil-rich central African nation have stated their intention to use African soccer’s biggest show as an opportunity to express their grievances against Gabon President Ali … Read more
Last Saturday, before noon, the then President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his Vice President-elect, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumiah, were sworn into office at the Black Star Square in Accra to commence the process of rebuilding Ghana’s near-collapsed economy. Present at the presidential inauguration were African heads of states from Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Egypt, … Read more
Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan will equal the number of appearances record of Ghana football legend Abedi Ayew Pele at the Africa Cup of Nations appearance at this year’s tournament in Gabon. Pele remains the only Ghanaian player to have made six appearances at the tournament, an achievement which is hugely admired by all. The Maestro … Read more
Striker Asamoah Gyan is most likely to rewrite history as he seek out to equal the record of former Ghana international Abedi Pele at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Soccer Maestro, Pele is the only Ghanaian footballer to have represented the Black Stars of Ghana at six different Africa Cup of Nations competitions. … Read more
Black Stars assistant coach and video analyst Gerard Nus say the team’s preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which starts on Saturday are on course. The Spaniard has teamed up with Avram Grant’s backroom staff just like he did in 2015 for the tournament in Equatorial Guinea- in the United Arab Emirates for … Read more
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has tipped the Black Stars of Ghana to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Gabon. Ghana has not won the competition in over three decades and will be looking forward to breaking the jinx when the competition begins on Saturday, January 14. … Read more