The group stage draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers to be staged in Morocco will come off today, Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. After moving up from 14th to 12th position on the continent in last month’s FIFA rankings, the Black Stars are among the top seeded nations ahead […]
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Ghana beats Nigeria again for relay gold
Just as they did at the World Relay Championships, Ghana’s 4×100m relay men’s team on Monday beat rivals, Nigeria to win the gold medal at the 23rd African Athletics Championships (AAC) taking place in Douala. Ghana’s quartet made up of Fuseini Ibrahim, Isaac Botsio, Edwin Gadayi, and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu made sure there was no room […]
Jordan Ayew honoured after joining ‘Centurions Club’
Ghana forward Jordan Pierre Ayew received a special honour from the Ghana Football Association (GFA) last Monday, celebrating his entry into the exclusive group of international football centurions. Ayew has become the third Ghanaian to achieve 100 appearances for the Black Stars. In a memorable evening, moments before Ayew dazzled football fans with a hat-trick […]
World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Jordan Ayew’s hat-trick gives Ghana 4-3 victory over Central African Republic
An impressive second half performance by the senior national football team, Black Stars, enabled Ghana to overcome the Wild Beasts of the Central African Republic with a 4-3 victory in their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Monday, June 10. A hat-trick from Jordan Ayew and a goal from […]
World Cup 2026Q: Black Stars squad for Mali and CAR games out
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has named his Black Stars squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mali and Central African Republic. Baba Iddrisu, Inaki Williams, Majeed Ashimeru, Joseph Paintsil, Nathaniel Adjei, Denis Odoi and Daniel Amartey are all unavailable for the two games due to their injury concerns. Andre Ayew and […]
GFA accepts Kingston’s shock resignation, names Jacob Nettey and Nana Agyemang as replacements
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced that it has accepted the resignation of Laryea Kingston as Head Coach of the National U17 Team, the Black Starlets, following their failure to qualify for the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The resignation comes in the wake of Ghana’s 2-1 defeat to Burkina Faso in the […]
Corruption in FIFA statutes doesn’t mean corruption in Ghana law – Kwesi Nyantakyi
Former President of the Ghana Football Association Kwesi Nyantakyi, has rebuffed suggestions that he lacks good character to consider himself worthy enough to become a Member of Parliament in Ghana. Mr Nyantakyi is among nearly 10 persons seeking to contest for the Ejisu parliamentary seat on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party following […]
I have reached my pinnacle in sports – Nyantakyi
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi says there is no need to go back to football because he has achieved everything he wanted. Nyanktakyi served as the president of the football governing body in Ghana beginning in 2005 until the Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ expose in 2018 taking the Black Stars to their first […]
African Games: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah wins gold for Ghana in high jump
Ghanaian high jumper Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah delighted the home crowd at the University of Ghana Stadium on Tuesday evening by successfully defending her African Games champion title with a jump of 1.90 metres. Yeboah, who secured gold at the 2019 Games in Rabat, Morocco, surpassed her previous jump of 1.84 metres from five ars ago […]
Black Stars: Otto Addo was the most impressive candidate – Kojo Addae Mensah
Otto Addo was the most impressive candidate among the over hundred applications received by the Black Stars coach search committee, says Kojo Addae Mensah, a member of the committee. Otto Addo has been handed a 34-month contract with an option for a further 24 months, following a lengthy but significant emergency meeting of the Executive […]
Otto Addo reappointed as Black Stars coach
Otto Addo has been reappointed as coach of the Black Stars by the Ghana Football Association. The former Ghana international replaces Chris Hughton who was dismissed after leading the team to a disastrous Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON campaign in Ivory Coast earlier this year. Following the recommendation of the five-member Black Stars Head Coach […]
Asamoah Gyan named Youth and sports lead on NPP’s manifesto sub-committee
Former Ghana international Asamoah Gyan, has been named on the Manifesto Committee of the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer for the 2024 election, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Gyan, Ghana’s all-time top scorer, has agreed to serve as the lead for the “Youth and Sports” manifesto sub-committee. Gyan will join twenty-three others to undertake what the NPP says […]