Ghana’s Black Starlets are set to face off against host country India, USA and Colombia in group A for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup. Ghana qualified to the competition after placing second at the 12th edition of the CAF U17 Championship which was held in Gabon this year. The West African nation won the tournament eight … Read more
Former Ghana international Mohammed Polo insist the Black Starlets should have won the Africa U17 Championship. Ghana failed to make history by becoming the first African country to win the competition on three occasions after losing to Mali in the finals. The Black Starlets team were tipped favorite to annex the trophy having started the … Read more
Paa Kwesi’s boys failed to the clinch the 2017 U17 Cup of Nations title after losing 1-0 to the Malians, who came to the tournament as champions of the last edition. They [Mali] go into the history books as part of countries to have won the tournament most times [2] joint with Ghana, Nigeria & … 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
Former Coaches Fred Osam Duodu and Emmanuel Afranie will be buried on Saturday in their hometowns. Coach Afranie died in November 2016 when an ambulance transporting him from Accra to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi involved in an accident killing him instantly. His final funeral rites will be held at the Heroes Park at the … Read more
Majority leader in Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu is greatly concerned about the Ghana Football Association’s continuous appointment of foreign coaches for the Black Stars job. The MP for Suame who is also the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs stressed on the need for Ghana to appoint local coaches due to the limited success the country … Read more
Majority leader in Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu is greatly concerned about the Ghana Football Association’s continuous appointment of foreign coaches for the Black Stars job. The MP for Suame who is also the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs stressed on the need for Ghana to appoint local coaches due to the limited success the country … Read more
Ghana’s majority leader in parliament Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu has condemned the nation’s football governing body for its continual interest in appointing expatriate coaches for the national team at the expense of equally qualified indigenous trainers. Osei-Kyei who doubles as the minister for Parliamentary Affairs stressed the need for Ghana to start believing in local coaches … Read more
Ghanaians will pay its last respect to two legendary coaches Emmanuel Afranie and Fred Osam Duodu who be laid to rest on Saturday, 25th February 2017. Fred Osam Duodu, passed way in October last year after a short illness while Afranie died in November last year in a tragic accident. Osam Duodu will be sent … Read more
Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has lamented on the lack of recognition the country provides to its retired sportsmen. Just about three years, Ghana has lost six of its great sports heroes with the latest being ex-Black Stars coach Fred Osam Duodu, Sam Ardey and Emmanuel Afranie. Addressing the August House … Read more
When death knocks at your door once, you may take it in stride, but when it visits and visits again, then you are left struck with fear and worry. That is how the Ghana Football Association (GFA) feels after losing some of its great technical brains in such rapid succession — ‘Sir’ Jones Cecil Attuquayefio, … Read more
Deceased Ghanaian coaches Emmanuel Afranie and Fred Osam Duodu will be laid to rest simultaneously this weekend. Duodu died in October last year whiles Afranie in November after some short sickness . Duodu, who led the Black Stars to the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title and in 1993 he won the continental under-20 title … Read more
Deceased Ghanaian coaches Emmanuel Afranie and Fred Osam Duodu will be laid to rest simultaneously this weekend. Duodu, who led the Black Stars to the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations title, passed way in October last year. In 1993 he won the continental under-20 title with Ghana before taking them to the runners-up spot at … Read more
Legendary Ghanaian coach and originator of the “multi-system” is reported to have passed-away today. Details about his demise remain sketchy, but Arday was the Technical Director of Ghana Premier League side West Africa Football Academy. He also managed the Ghana national side on two occasions – from 1996 to 1997, and again in 2004. He … 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
The Minister of Youth and Sports Edward Nii Lantey Vanderpuje has sent his condolences to the wife, children and family of the late coach Emmanuel Akwasi Afranie. Coach Afranie, who passed away on Wednesday, was involved in an accident at Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi road when he was being transferred from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital … Read more
FIFA President Gianni Infantino is the latest to join the millions who have sent in their condolences for departed Ghana football icon Osam Duodu who passed on last week. Below is the full letter the FIFA President sent to the Ghana Football Association. In memory of Fred Osam Duodu Dear President, Please accept my deepest … Read more
Ghana is mourning the death of one of its finest technical brains Osam Duodu who died yesterday at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital after battling ill health. He was also a CAF and FIFA Instructor. Duodu is known for winning the Africa Cup of Nations for Ghana in 1978 and 1982, he also led the national … Read more
Former national team coach Fred Osam-Duodu has passed on. The 1978 African Cup of Nations-winning coach died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, October 4 after a short illness. This was confirmed to 3news.com by a family member. Fred Osam-Duodu last coached the Black Stars at the 2002 Nations Cup in Mali, where … Read more
Former Black Stars coach Fred Osam-Duodu has passed on at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra on Tuesday. According to sources close to the highly respected technical brains, he died after a short illness. Osam-Duodu won the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana in 1978 and also coached in several African countries, winning the 2005 … Read more