Several Ghanaian players who play abroad featured for their various clubs especially in Europe. Below is a breakdown of the performance of some Ghanaian players last weekend. England In England, a couple of Ghanaian players played in the Premier League and the Championship. Abdul Fatawu Issahaku played for Leicester City on Friday 28th March as they were defeated by Bristol City 1-0 Issahaku played the full throttle as a right winger and had a rating of 6.4. Kamaldeen Sulemana started and played 63 minutes for Southampton as they drew 1-1 with Middleborough. He was rated 7.0. In the Premier League,…
Author: Kelvin Papa Sackey
Black Stars and Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey, discusses the challenges he experienced during a protracted injury absence that lasted almost five months. Partey, an important member of both Arsenal and Ghana’s national team, had a difficult time with little games played. This season, the Gunners have only made six Premier League appearances with Partey making two of those appearances as a substitute after an injury. Due to his injury, he was unable to participate in important club and national fixtures, such as the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. But the Ghanaian…
The Black Stars of Ghana drew 2-2 with the cranes of Uganda in an international friendly at the Grande Stade de Marrakech in Morocco. The Black Stars started the game with a lot of intensity in the first half creating chances in an attempt to get a goal. Eventually the Black Stars got the lead through Jerome Opoku. A few minutes on, Asante Kotoko forward Steven Mukwala gave Uganda the equalizer from the spot to make the game 1-1. The Black Stars of Ghana came back into the game to reclaim the lead on the 26th minute through a Jordan…
The 2023 African Games gold medalists from Ghana are expected to get $3000 a piece as payment for their exceptional feats. Ghana won nineteen gold medals in all in the 2023 edition of the African Games in Accra. With eight gold medals in armwrestling, three in athletics, four in boxing, two in football, one in hockey, and one in weightlifting, the nation excelled in many sports. The Ministry of Youth and Sports revealed prize packages in advance of the competition for athletes who would win medals at the 2023 African Games. The ministry states that an athlete who wins a…
Otto Addo, the head coach of the Black Stars, has expressed his satisfaction with his backroom staff. Otto Addo’s backroom staff consists of former Black Stars players John Paintsil and Fatawu Dauda, as well as Moroccan-German coach Joseph Laumann. According to Head Coach Otto Addo, he had several positive reasons to name his current backroom staff as his assistants.Otto Addo claimed to be acquainted with the three. He explained his decision to choose them as assistants. “First of all, I knew all of them before the job. I played with John Painstil together. For Fatawu Dauda, I met him in…
Ivorian footballer Max -Alain Gradel finally calls it quit with the Ivorian national team after 13 years in The Elephant jersey. Gradel had his first international call – up in 2010 by then swedish coach Sven Goran Erickson in 2010 ahead of friendly match with Poland but had to wait till June 2011 to officially feature for the Ivorians in Afcon qualifier against Benin. The 36 years old winger scored total of 18 goals in 113 appearance for the national team. Max Gradel played huge role in Cote D’Ivoire’s success in Africa cup of nations in 2015 and 2024 against…
Ghana defeated Uganda in the battle for gold in the men’s football competition at the 2023 African Games on Friday night at the Accra Sports Stadium. The Black Satellites’ lone goal of the match was scored by Jerry Afriyie, who made sure they would repeat their valiant performance at the 2011 tournament in Maputo. Ghana had a great start to the match and appeared to have taken the lead inside 20 minutes, but the referee disallowed it due to a foul inside the box. Both sides had a few good opportunities in the first half, but no team was…
The Black Stars of Ghana lost 2-1 to Nigeria at the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco I’m a friendly game. The game was a fairly balanced one as Ghana had a slight possession advantage of 51 percent however, it was the Nigerians who had most goal attempts (12) and made the best out of them. Nigeria took the lead with a penalty kick from Cyriel Dessers on the 39th minute of the game. The Black Stars made attempts to get back on level in the first half but all attempts proved futile. In the second half head Coach subbed off…
Ghana’s U-20 women’s team, known as the Black Princesses, won their 11th gold medal in the current African Games on Thursday night at the Cape Coast Stadium after rallying from behind to defeat Nigeria in extra time. Goalkeeper Afi Amenyeku misplayed an innocuous pass in the penalty box, letting Edeh Njideka seize the opportunity to put Nigeria ahead in the 23rd minute, sending the Ghanaians behind early. Yussif Basigi’s girls finally broke through in the 77th minute when Tracy Twum found space on the left side and shot into the roof of the net, to the cheers of a boisterous…
New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary aspirant of the Esikado-Ketan Constituency Giovanni Osei-Tutu Agyeman has congratulated and declared his support for the newly elected Parliamentary Candidate Mr. Charles Bissue who emerged as victor in the most recent NPP primaries. In a statement for release dated Thursday, 21st March 2024, Giovanni Osei-Tutu Agyeman pledged his support for Mr. Charles Bissue and urged supporters to rally behind him as well as the Presidential Candidate of the NPP. “Moving forward in the spirit of unity and progress, I hereby with this statement pledge my unwavering support to the newly elected P.C Charles Bissue. To my…