New Black Stars head coach, Kwesi Appiah held a closed-door meeting with President Nana Akufo-Addo few days before taking up his new post as the head of the senior national team. The former Al Khartoum man has been busy visiting officials of government and Ghana Football Association members ahead of his unveiling. Appiah is expected … Read more
The Ghana @60 celebration match between Kotoko and Hearts of Oak was launched at the Press Hall of the Independence square on Tuesday. The launch was to officially announce the participation of Ghana’s two most glamorous clubs in the game which is being used to commemorate the 60th anniversary celebration. The event was however graced … Read more
Contractual agreements between the Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will continually be effective to promote and support the Black Stars, according to Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Isaac Asiamah. A purported cancellation of the contract between the two bodies has been rife in the media when Minister of Parliamentary … Read more
Member of Parliament for Suame and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu has endorsed Isaac Asiamah’s assertions that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) have not cancelled their sponsorship deal to the Black Stars. Hon. Kyei Mensah Bonsu had earlier made comments suggesting that GNPC were channeling the sponsorship chunk of the money … Read more
The Ministry of Youth and Sports says government will back former Black Stars captain Kwesi Appiah fully in his new role as Black Stars coach. Sector minister Isaac Asiamah told the press after a meeting with Appiah and GFA executives on Monday, April 24 that Appiah will get the necessary backing to thrive and work … Read more
Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, has stressed that the sponsorship support from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) will not be suspended as is being hinted at by certain personalities. The entity became the national team’s sponsor in 2013 and has supported the team with an amount of USD 3 million yearly. Part of the amount … Read more
The communications director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Saanie Daara has unequivocally debunked reports that the contract between the Black Stars and state-owned company Ghana National Petroleum (GNPC) has been terminated. The Majority Leader in Parliament, Kyei-Mensah last week hinted of a termination of the agreement that saw GNPC pump 3 million dollars into … Read more
The Ghana Football Association introduced new Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah to Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah on Monday. It precedes Appiah’s unveiling later this week on his return to the job he once occupied between 2012 and 2014. The Ghana FA Executive Committee settled on the former Khartoum SC coach after interviewing two other coaches … Read more
Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has poured cold water on talks of an impending cancellation of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s $3 million-a-year sponsorship of the senior national team, the Black Stars. The GNPC’s deal for the senior national team which is almost in its final year since it was signed in 2013 has come under … Read more
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has tasked the National Sports Authority (NSA) to manage the country’s sporting facilities in a manner that would ensure value for money, particularly when they rent out the stadia for non-sporting purposes. During an inspection tour of the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi last Tuesday, Mr … Read more
The Accra Sports Stadium will undergo massive renovation in June, Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has revealed. Asiamah toured the facility on Tuesday after concerns were raised about the safety of the edifice. The Accra Sports Stadium has not been refurbished since 2008, when it hosted the Africa Cup of Nations. “Nine years of neglect has … Read more
Decathlon, owners of the biggest sports store in West Africa is partnering Ecobank and Goil Ghana to sponsor the 2017 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship which rolls out this weekend. Eight tertiary institutions will begin the journey to clinch the coveted trophy at the University of Ghana basketball court. The court has been … Read more
Hundreds of Ghanaians have gathered at the forecourt of the State House to pay their last respect to one of Ghana’s most outstanding coaches. The body of the veteran coach will be interred at the Osu cemetery after the burial ceremony that is on going at the forecourt of the State House Among the dignitaries … Read more
Hundreds of Ghanaians have gathered at the forecourt of the State House to pay their last respect to one of Ghana’s most outstanding coaches. The body of the veteran coach will be interred at the Osu cemetery after the burial ceremony that is currently on going at the forecourt of the State House Among the … Read more
The Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, has tasked the Ghana Olympic Committee to get the nation to win medals in next year’s Commonwealth Ghana in Australia and boost the nation’s performances in the competition. The competition will run from April 4 to 15, 2018 on Australia’s Gold Coast in Queensland. Apart from the 1966 Games in … Read more
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, says the government is ready to reverse the near decade-long trend where industrial establishments lost staggering numbers of their workers as a result of poor economic management and challenges in the supply of electricity. According to him, industrial jobs will soon come back in force as … Read more
Minster of Youth and Sports, Hon. Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that sports disciplines in the country may suffer in their attempt to raise funds to support their activities due to the allocation of limited funds to the ministry. According to the minster, the huge demand of GH¢46 million (10,717,800) by the Ghana Football Association out … Read more
The Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, has expressed concerns over the GH¢63 million (US$14,678,700) being demanded from the ministry’s budget of GH¢46 million (10,717,800) by the Ghana Football Association. According to Asiamah, the huge amount is what the GFA presented to his office as their budget for the year, covering the various national teams. Making the … Read more
The Ghana Football Association will need a sum of GH¢63 million (US$14,482,835) to run the activities of all national teams for the year 2017. This was contained in a detailed request presented to government, new Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has indicated. Speaking at the launch of Ghana’s participation in next year’s Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, … Read more
The Ghana Football Association will need a sum of GH¢63 million (US$14,482,835) to run the activities of all national teams for the year 2017. This was contained in a detailed request presented to government, new Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has indicated. Speaking at the launch of Ghana’s participation in next year’s Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, … Read more