Former Sports Minister Dr Rashid Pelpuo has bemoaned the lack of attention given to boxing in the country. The former amateur boxer and the lawmaker, speaking to Class Sports, noted that boxing had the tendency to win Ghana more laurels at the international level and, therefore, called on authorities pay attention to the sport. “Boxing … Read more
Ghana’s Youth and Sports Minister Nii Lantey Vanderpauye has asked the Black Stars team and officials train in Equatorial Guinea ahead of their participation at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Recent reports suggested officials of the team had opted to be in Dubai for two weeks but our sources reveal the outgoing … Read more
Ghana’s senior female football team, the Black Queens Thursday marched on the streets of Accra to Parliament and the Sports Ministry over match and camp bonuses owed the team. According to the ladies who only returned from a bronze medal feat at the 2016 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon, each player is owed … Read more
Ghana’s Black Queens are currently at the Ministry of Youth and Sports to meet the Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, over unpaid bonuses after the 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations. Ghana finished third in the tournament but the players are yet to be given bonuses from the tournament and from previous assignments. The team … Read more
Ghana football legend Osei Kofi has revealed that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) have been bribing Sports Ministers in order to get them to their side. Reverend Osei Kofi confidently said he could back his revelation with facts, since he once worked in the Sports Ministry. “I work at the Ministry so I know what … Read more
Former Black Stars player Reverend Osei Kofi has incontrovertibly slapped a damning and image-tarnishing allegation on the Ghana Football Association and previous Sports Ministers insisting the FA have been bribing them (Sports Ministers) to tow their line. According to him, he has evidence to show that the FA always bribes Ministers who are appointed to … Read more
FIFA has fined all four home nations for displaying poppies during World Cup qualifiers around Armistice Day. England and Scotland players wore armbands featuring the symbol when they met at Wembley on 11 November. Wales and Northern Ireland’s respective games featured displays on the pitch or in the stands to mark the event. England’s Football … Read more
Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has revealed Randy Abbey and Fred Pappoe as being among his key advisors in his antagonistic and disastrous reign as Ghana’s sports minister. Abbey and Pappoe, who were rumoured to be seeking to force Kwesi Nyantakyi out as the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), are now confirmed by Vanderpuye to … Read more
Oh what joy! The day I feared may never come in 2016 came on December 7th, when Ghanaians voted massively to kick President John Dramani Mahama and his governing National Democratic Congress out of office. This was my prayer on January 6, 2016 . It was my fervent prayer that we could get rid of … Read more
Oh what joy! The day I feared may never come in 2016 came on December 7th, when Ghanaians voted massively to kick President John Dramani Mahama and his governing National Democratic Congress out of office. This was my prayer on January 6, 2016 . It was my fervent prayer that we could get rid of … Read more
Nigeria’s sports minister Solomon Dalung has called for a “reputable audit” of the country’s football federation. It comes over claims of irregularities in the use of Fifa grants. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied claims by Dalung that there is $802,000 (£656,500) unaccounted for in its finances. The discrepancy has lead to world football’s … Read more
The sale of tickets for the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON 2017) in Gabon started on Thursday according to the Organizing Committee (COCAN). The tickets for the continent’s biggest football showpiece will cost between 500 and 40,000 FCFA (between $0.80 and $63), the COCAN earlier confirmed. The tournament to be held between January-February next … Read more
President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi has tagged out-going sports minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye as an antagonist claiming he opposed the association’s plans. Hon. Nii Lante Vanderpuye had a frosty relationship with the GFA leading to the Black Stars poor run of form in six consecutive games without a win. Under his administration, … Read more
Russia’s right to host the 2018 World Cup amid revelations about a state-sponsored doping programme has been questioned by MP Damian Collins. A World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report detailed an “institutional conspiracy” involving more than 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Football was one of 30 sports implicated by the McLaren report. “Fifa now have to … Read more
One person has been arrested in the Odododiodoo constituency in connection with the alleged stealing of ballot papers meant for the presidential and parliamentary elections specifically at the Sakumo Tsonshi polling station in the Greater Accra region. According to reports filed by Wallace Worlanyo, the ballot papers retrieved were in one hundreds with other thump … Read more
General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia says the party has done nothing wrong to be voted out. “We have not done anything wrong,” he said, adding the “NDC has not betrayed the trust of Ghanaians since it was voted into office.” Speaking at the final rally of the party at … Read more
The Premier League club says the former employee in question is dead. Chelsea have begun an investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse concerning an individual who was employed by the club in the 1970s. The Premier League club says the former employee in question is dead. The club says it will provide “all possible … Read more
Ghana’s sports minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye claims Kwadwo Asamoah’s absence is a contributory to the Black Stars recent struggles. Asamaoh, who plays for Italian giants Juventus, has been battling injuries the last two years and that has kept him away from the national team. The talented midfielder has not played for Ghana since featuring at … Read more
NPP chairman for Effutu constituency, Theophilus Kojo Halm has accused the Tufuhene of Efutu in the Central Region, Neenyi Otubua Siripi II of doing the bidding of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, the chief’s comment demanding an apology from NPP’s flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo over his ‘Simpa Panyin” comments he deems … Read more
NPP chairman for Efutu constituency, Theophilus Kofi Halm has accused the Tufuhene of Efutu in the Central Region, Neenyi Otubua Siripi II of doing the bidding of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, the chief’s comment demanding an apology from NPP’s flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo over his ‘Simpa Panyin” comments he deems … Read more