Former Ghana Coach Kwesi Appiah has been tipped to return to the Black Stars after the disappointing showing at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Ghana finished fourth in Gabon with Coach Avram Grant tendering in his resignation. The Israeli who succeeded Kwesi Appiah spent two years with the national team. He took over … Read more
Ex-France star Willy Sagnol has expressed interest in the vacant Black Stars coaching job, according to starrsportsgh.com The Black Stars job became available after Avram Grant left his role after two disappointing years in charge of the team that ended with a 4th place finish at the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon 2017. Sagnol, … Read more
Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan jabed colleague Kevin Prince Boateng for his comments on tweeter about the teams poor showing in Gabon. The Black Stars finished the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in 4th place which came as a disappointment to the Las Palmas midfielder who took to tweeter to reveal his displeasure. However, his comments … Read more
Former Sports Minister, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije says he will petition Parliament to hold on to the approval of sports minister nominee Isaac Asiamah for ‘lying under oath’ about the budget the just ended Afcon 2017. The nominee in answering questions before the vetting committee indicated that a budget of $4.4 million was submitted by the … Read more
Black Stars head coach Avram Grant and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) have reached an agreement to mutually part ways. Grant’s two-year contract ended on November 30, 2016 but was extended to February 28, 2017 to allow him handle the Black Stars at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. In a statement on … Read more
Black stars winger Christian Atsu has thanked Ghanaians for their undying support for the team during the AFCON tournament in Gabon and has promised the team will come back stronger. Atsu and Daniel Amartey were both named in the CAF Best XI for the just ended 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Atsu, who plays for … Read more
The Ghana FA is expected to step up its search for Avram Grant’s successor and will choose the next coach with a long-term vision in mind. The West Africans are without a substantive coach following the exit of the former Chelsea coach. Grant resigned from his position on Tuesday after failing to win the 2017 … Read more
Ghana football is set for frenetic times ahead with GHALCA planning to boycott the opening matches of the Premier League this weekend amid a row over the sponsorship agreement with StarTimes, GHANAsoccernet.com can reveal. The top hierarchy of the Ghana League Clubs Association are demanding a copy of the $ 17.9million 10-year sponsorship deal signed … Read more
Ghana coach Avram Grant has resigned after failing to win the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations crown. The former Chelsea manager told the Ghana FA on Tuesday that he’s unwilling to continue with 21 days left on his current deal. The Under-fire Israeli is paying heavily for the country’s semi-final heartbreak in Gabon. The Black … 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 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
The 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) might have come and gone but the experiences will most definitely linger for a little while. Cameroon, against all odds, clinched the title at the expense of Egypt – the same team they lost to in the finals in 2008 – thanks to a 2-1 … Read more
In a shocking turn of events, CEO of Premier League side Ashanti Gold SC Kudjoe Fianoo has hinted that he is ready to die to get Ghana FA Boss Kwesi Nyantakyi out of office amidst calls that the FIFA Council member should resign from his post as the FA President. In an interview on Happy … Read more
The Ghana Black Stars are to receive an amount of US$1.5million after a disappointing campaign which saw them place fourth at the just-ended 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The champions of the tournament, Cameroon, will receive US$4million, up from the $1.5million paid the winner of the last edition of the tournament. Silver medallists … Read more
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Nyaho Tamakloe, has called for the immediate dismissal of under-fire Black Stars head coach, Avram Grant, following his failure to win the just-ended 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Tamakloe has joined the multitude who has blamed the former Chelsea trainer for Ghana’s inability to win the title … Read more
Ghana football Association communication Director Sannie Darra says Ghanaians must be pleased with the team’s performance at the Africa Cup of Nations despite failing to win the ultimate. The Black Stars failed to clinch the title having reached the semi-finals for the sixth successive time. Most Ghanaians were left disappointed after the team’s defeat to … Read more
The Black Stars of Ghana touched down at the Kotoka International Airport to a rousing welcome from Ghanaian football fans despite their disappointing campaign at the just ended AFCON 2017. Skipper Asamoah Gyan, Dede Ayew, Christian Atsu, Razak Braimah and a host of other players arrived at the airport on Sunday evening around 7:30 pm. … Read more
Communications director of the Ghana Football Association, Sanni Daara, has attributed Ghana’s failure to clinch the AFCON title down to ill luck. The Black Stars qualified for their sixth successive semifinal at the tournament in Gabon but were ousted by eventual champions Cameroon in a repeat of the 2008 semifinal. Expectations were high after the … Read more
The failure of journalists to criticise the administrators of the country’s football accounts for Ghana’s continued decline in football, Thomas Monreaux Best, a sports analyst, has said. According to him, many sports journalists have been compromised, with many forming a cabal to “condemn” other reporters who criticise officials of the Ghana Football Association, the main … Read more