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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama, has hinted at plans to build a new Black Stars team around homegrown footballers if he’s elected President in the 2024 elections. This comes on the back of Ghana’s poor performance at the recent African Cup of Nations where the team exited the competition at the […]
Ghana’s Black Stars are one of two teams set to receive a $700,000 consolation prize following their third-place finish in Group B of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Despite falling short of qualification for the knockout stages, their performance secured a share of the tournament’s $34.6 million prize money. The Black Stars’ journey […]
Black Stars forward Jordan Ayew has taken a swipe at those questioning the players’ commitment to the national cause, asserting that the team is in Cote d’Ivoire with the sole aim of winning. He made this statement during his press conference appearance on Wednesday ahead of Ghana’s second Group B game against Egypt. Scheduled for […]
Ghana’s preparations for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) are raising concerns just six days before the Black Stars commence their campaign in the Ivory Coast. In their final friendly match on Monday evening, the Black Stars settled for a lacklustre goalless draw against Namibia at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. The uninspiring […]
A former Managing Director of Accra Hearts of Oak, Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, has called for the immediate termination of the appointment of the Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton, to avoid the current retrogression facing the team. Mr Armstrong-Mortagbe, a featured guest on the Graphic Sports X-Spaces Dialogue last Friday, highlighted a lack of identity, philosophy, application, […]
Chris Hughton, the head coach of the Black Stars, has defended his decision to drop skipper Andre Dede Ayew from the starting line-up in Ghana’s recent match against Angola. Ayew, 33, was not named in the 21-man squad for the game and watched the entire game from the substitutes bench with Arsenal star Thomas Partey […]
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appointed Chris Hughton as the new head coach of the Black Stars. The FA confirmed the experienced coach as the successor to interim coach, Otto Addo, whose short-term contract expired in December after leading Ghana to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. A GFA statement on Sunday said […]
