Following the appointment of Kwesi Nyantakyi to the position of CAF 1st Vice-President, Citi Sports’ Benjamin Nketsia believes that while the GFA boss’ personal rise is wonderful, he has done little in terms of building Ghana football. On days of accountability, he enters with the aura of a mobster, flanked by “well-wishers” and statuesque men … Read more
Rugby’s leading nations will be hoping for a big slice of luck at Wednesday’s 2019 World Cup draw, where seedings stacked with dangerous teams could throw up more than one ‘Pool of Death’. More than two years before the tournament in Japan, the draw ceremony in historic Kyoto could go a long way to deciding … Read more
Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor will not be selected for the 2017 World Cup, after allegations they took cocaine, say New Zealand Rugby League. Bromwich stood down as national captain after it was alleged in court he and Proctor bought the drug following Friday’s defeat by Australia. The World Cup runs from 27 October to … Read more
Two years on from the corruption crisis which consumed FIFA, football’s governing body meets for its latest annual Congress in Bahrain this week still far from free of suspicion. It was May 2015 in Switzerland, as delegates prepared for that year’s Congress, when plain-clothes officers pounced and arrested scores of FIFA officials. The ramifications of … Read more
Former Ghana captain John Mensah is the latest key figure to lash out at the Italian federation for its pathetic failure to arrest racist abuse in the European country following recent attack on Ghanaian star Sulley Muntari. Muntari, who plays for struggling Seria A side Pescara, suffered racial abuse from Cagliari fans during a league … Read more
Asked which player he would add to the club if he were the sporting director this summer, the World Cup winner told Goal he would choose the Brazilian Bastian Schweinsteiger doesn’t believe his former club Bayern Munich need to change much, even if the German giants will only add the Bundesliga title to their large … Read more
Former Ghana international Rev. Osei Kofi has told Maxwell Konadu to stay off from the Black Stars. According to the former Asante Kotoko great, Black Stars assistant coach Maxwell Konadu should leave the team following Kwesi Appiah’s reappointment. Rev. Osei Kofi believes the presence of Maxwell Konadu in the team will hamper the progress of … Read more
England-born Stuart Baxter was named South Africa coach Thursday for a second time after a saga in which three preferred candidates dropped out of contention. Baxter, 63, who coaches Pretoria-based top-flight club SuperSport United, was hired when plans to lure Carlos Queiroz, Herve Renard or Hugo Broos failed to materialise. Iran wanted a large pay-out … Read more
Returning Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah will have no resource challenge in order to achieve his set targets, Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah has assured. Coach Appiah who was Ghana boss between 2012 and 2014 has agreed to a two-year deal for his second stint and will officially assume duties May 1. Interacting with the media … Read more
The Black Stars will play against the United States in an international friendly on July 1 at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. The match forms part of the United States’ preparations for their hosting of the Gold Cup tournament which starts on July 7. The match was announced by the United States Soccer … Read more
The United States will take on old rivals Ghana in a friendly international on July 1 The United States will take on old rivals Ghana in a friendly international on July 1 as they build-up to the CONCACAF Gold Cup, it was confirmed Monday. US Soccer said in a statement the match would take place … Read more
The United States will take on old rivals Ghana in a friendly international on July 1 as they build-up to the CONCACAF Gold Cup, it was confirmed Monday. US Soccer said in a statement the match would take place at the Pratt & Whitney Stadium in East Hartford, Connecticut. “Ghana is certainly a team that … Read more
Togo’s National team captain Emmanuel Adebayor has tipped Egypt to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ahead of the Black Stars. Ghana are currently five points behind Egypt in Group E of their World Cup qualifying group and face an uphill task in their quest to make their fourth consecutive appearance at the world … Read more
Almost seven months after the Black Starlets qualified for the Under-17 Africa Nations Cup, players of the team are yet to receive their qualification bonus from the Ghana Football Association (GFA). Graphic Sports investigations indicate that the players were promised $1.500 each after they qualified for the continental showpiece last September but the GFA had … Read more
It is fair to say that Ghana regularly dispenses with its national coaches at the turn of this generation with the Black Stars having welcomed 13 in the past 15 years. The impacts they leave, and the tangible successes they chalked have been varying. But nothing has generated so much fuss about the hiring and … Read more
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
As many as 1,000 Qatar World Cup construction workers are receiving health checks as part of a pilot programme agreed between the 2022 tournament organisers and Weill Cornell Medicine. In a statement Tuesday World Cup organisers said workers, selected at random, are being tested for such things as diet, blood pressure, and kidney function. Researchers … Read more
Head Coach of Zambia’s U-20 side Beston Chambesi has backed Kwesi Appiah to succeed on his return to the Ghana senior national football team. Chambesi, whose young Chipolopolo side won the Africa U-20 championship title, believes the former Ghana international would thrive as head coach of the Black Stars when given the needed support. The … Read more
A 32 year old painter, Mawunyo Atoklo has won the first out of six brand new cars in the “Paint Your Dream into Reality promotion” by Coral Paints Ghana. Mr Atoklo won the price after he found a dummy key in one of three pails of Coralatex he bought. The Hyundai Accent salon car was … Read more
Kwesi Appiah arrived in Ghana April 21, 2017 after his appointment by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to replace Avram Grant as the new Black Stars Coach. His reappointment follows the departure of Israeli coach, Avram Grant due to the expiration of his contract. He has been handed a two-year deal to lead the Stars … Read more