Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has axed Andre Ayew and his younger brother Jordan from his 24-man squad for Ghana’s next FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Uganda on October 7.
The England-based duo’s exclusion from the team has paved way for some new entrants, as well as the return of gifted defender Daniel Opare who last played for the national team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has stated that the ministry is still consulting with stakeholders to decide whether to bid for the 2018 CHAN tournament after CAF stripped Kenya of the hosting rights last Saturday.
According to Mr Asiamah, he believes Ghana has the capacity to host any CAF tournament because of the quality of already-existing stadiums in the country.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the state to pay a bonus of USD$100,000 to the Black Stars B team that won the West African Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations in Cape Coast.
Inter Milan are lining up a January swoop for West Ham forward Andre Ayew, according to reports from Italy.
Tuttomercatoweb claim the Serie A giants' boss Luciano Spalletti is looking to finally get his man after failing to land the Ghana international three times during his time with Roma.
It's fair to say Jordan Ayew's arrival at Swansea City wasn't greeted with the same fanfare as his brother's.
The signing of Andre on a free transfer from Marseille in June 2015 was widely regarded as a superb piece of transfer business by the Swans.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has charged the newly-inaugurated Board of directors of the National Sports Authority (NSA) to work assiduously to protect the state's investment in public infrastructure in sports.
The 15-member board is also to advise the Minister on matters in relation to the promotion and development of sports and is chaired by the Mr Kwadwo Baah Agyemang.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has congratulated warmly the players, technical and management team of the Black Stars B Team for winning this year’s West African Football Union Cup “in excellent style”, after defeating Nigeria by four goals to one in the finals.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the success of the Black Stars B team has proven that football in the country is not on the decline, as many would want Ghanaians to believe.
Accra Hearts of Oak will be out to end a six-year wait for the MTN FA Cup since its re-introduction in 2011 when they clash with Wa All Stars in a dicey semi-final encounter at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday. Hearts top the FA Cup trophy chart with 10 wins but have failed to make any significant impact in the competition lately.
Dubbed ‘Super Sunday’, the Obuasi double header promises to showcase the best of performances on the local front, especially with the presence of Ghana’s two most glamorous clubs - Hearts and Kotoko.
Nigerian giants Enyimba have dismissed reports that they are interested in signing Ghana deputy coach Maxwell Konadu after he led the Black Stars B to the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations title.
The reports suggested that, the Nigeria Professional Football League side were courting Konadu after he masterminded a 4-1 victory over Nigeria in the WAFU final on Sunday.
After an enthralling and befitting end to the WAFU Cup tournament yesterday, the local stars who featured for the Black Stars will now turn their attention to local business as their sides honour MTN FA Cup duties.
On Sunday, Premier League giants, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will be looking forward to setting up a date in this year's knockout when they engage their opponents in the semi-finals at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium.
Ghana's female Under-20 football team, the Black Princesses, will host their Algerian counterparts in the second leg of their 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifier at the Accra Stadium on Saturday.
The Princesses won the first leg played in Algiers two weeks by five goals to nil and are hoping to build upon that advantage to qualify for the second round of the qualifying campaign.
The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi, has described as immeasureable, the exemplary contribution of the late Sly Tetteh to the development of football across the continent which is worth emulating.
Making the presentation at the inaugural forum in memory of the late Sly Tetteh, co-founder of Liberty Professionals at the Tang Palace hotel in Accra last Friday, the FA boss eulogised the late football administrator for the professionalism and the business dimension he introduced in the running of football in the country and on the continent.
Police Ladies are on course to defend the Sanford Women’s FA Cup title they won last season, after ditching Immigration Ladies yet again in their semi-final clash last Saturday.
In what was a replay of last season’s semi-finals, Police Ladies beat their rivals, Immigration Ladies 4-3 on penalties to advance to the final, their second successive appearance.
The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, wants the memory of the late Alhaji Sly Tetteh to be immortalized for his contribution to the development of sports in the country.
According to him, “a nation that does not honour its heroes is not worth dying for” he remarked during a legacy lecture organised in the memory of the late football administrator at the Tang Palace hotel in Accra last Friday.
Ghana’s Black Princesses will host the second leg of the first round of the 2018 Under-20 Women’s World Cup (WWC) against Algeria at the Accra Stadium on Saturday.
The Princesses won the first leg played in Algiers two weeks ago by five goals to nil and will be hoping to complete the job in Accra to advance to the second round of the qualifiers.
