The local players can only justify themselves in the Black Stars only when coach Otto Addo give them enough playing time says Karela United head coach, Bismark Kobby-Mensah. This comes after Black Stars coach Otto Addo dropped all the local-based players from the team’s camp ahead of 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Central African Republic. Hearts of Oak duo of Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Dennis Korsah were axed from the Black Stars final squad for the trip alongside in-form Bechem United attacker Augustine Okrah. READ ALSO: Afriyie Barnieh, 2 others axed from Ghana squad to face Central African Republic…
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Asante Kotoko goalkeeper, Danlad Ibrahim has been handed late invitation to the Black Stars for four-nation tournament in Japan. Danlad has replaced Richard Ofori who is out of the team after aggravating his hamstring injury while at training. Ofori wss part of the Black Stars squad the defeated Madagascar in the opening game of the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Cape Coast last Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Black Stars have landed in Central African Republic for the second game of the qualifiers on June 5 without Celta Vigo defender Joseph Aidoo due to injury. Ghana after playing Central African Republic…
Hearts of Oak defender Dennis Korsah has been dropped from the Ghana squad to face Central African Republic in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. The left-back earned a late call-up to the Black Stars after Abdul Baba Rahman picked up an injury in Madagascar game. Korsah was however dropped from the final squad for the Central African Republic game on Sunday despite impressing at training. Other players dropped include Hearts of Oak attacker Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, Augustine Okrah of Bechem United and Celta Vigo ace Joseph Aidoo who is out injured. The Black Stars after beating Madagascar 3:0…
Ghana coach Otto Addo has axed three players from the Black Stars squad to face Central African Republic which includes Daniel Afriyie Barnieh. The in-form Hearts of Oak attacker alongside Augustine Okrah of Bechem United have been dropped from the Black Stars traveling squad for the fixture scheduled for June 5, 2022. Also exiting the Black Stars final squad for the Central African Republic game is Celta Vigo defender Joseph Aidoo who has sustained an injury. VFL Bochum sensation Christopher Antwi-Adjei is expected to join the squad for the four-nation tournament in Japan. The Black Stars after beating Madagascar in…
Arsenal FC midfielder, Thomas Partey has been conferred with a new traditional title on Krobo land. Partey has been handed the title ‘mahefalor’ which means the defender of Krobo by the Krobo Traditional Council. He has been given the title following his exploits with Arsenal and the Ghana senior male national team, Black Stars. Born in Krobo Odumasi in the Eastern Region, Thomas Partey began his professional career at Spanish club Atlético Madrid in 2013, going on loan to Mallorca and Almería, and returned to Atlético in 2015, with whom he won the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup in 2018. In 2020, he joined Arsenal in a transfer worth…
A young man has been arrested for attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money rituals. A video making the trends on social media shows a man being handcuffed whilst performing the money rituals. In the video, the man whose name is not yet known is said to be leaving abroad but has returned to Ghana after years of struggle and unsuccessful spell in the foreign land. He returned to Ghana to meet a traditional herbalist identified as Nana Adu-Boafo who directed him to offer his daughter for sacrifice. The desperate man without hesitating decided to offer his daughter for the…
AshantiGold SC winger, Yaw Annor has said Paris Saint Germain and Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is his role model. According to Annor, he watch videos of the former FC Barcelona captain and tries to replicate same on the field of play hence the reason behind his goal-scoring form this season. “The only player I look up to is Lionel Messi, I watch his videos after every match and I think that’s the reason behind my form this season”, Annor said on Kumasi-based Wontumi Radio/TV. Yaw Annor is currently vying for the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League topscorer award with three matches…
The Western Regional Minister, Kobby Okyere-Darko will not be reshuffled by President Akufo-Addo says the regional communications officer of the New Patriotic Party Fuseini Issah. This comes following a call from the regional Communications Officer of the opposition NDC, Richard Kirk Mensah, that President Akufo-Addo should sack Okyere-Darko from office if the NPP want to take the region by storm in the 2024 elections. “It will be in the best interest of the New Patriotic Party to reshuffle their current Western Regional Minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Takoradi, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah before election 2024 because he…
Asante Kotoko are the champions of 2021/22 Ghana Premier League after AshantiGold stalemate. The Porcupines drew 1:1 with AshantiGold Sporting Club in an outstanding fixture at the Lenclay Sports Stadium in Obuasi on Thursday afternoon. In-form attacker Yaw Annor broke the deadlock for AshantiGold in the early minutes of the game to give the Miners the lead. Kotoko defender Maxwell Agyemang restored parity for the visitors with a powerful header in the second half to give the team the league title with three games to spare. The Porcupine Warriors have won the Ghana Premier League for a record 25 times…
The Western Regional communications officer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Issah Fuseini says the regional minister Kobby Okyere-Darko is a nightmare to the opposition National Democratic Congress. To him, the remarkable achievements of Okyere-Darko as the regional minister under President Akufo-Addo makes the NDC in the Western Region shiver. Responding to a claim by the Western Regional communications officer of the NDC, Richard Kirk Mensah on Skyy Power FM that Kobby Okyere-Darko should be reshuffled to save the NPP from a shameful defeat in 2024, Fuseini Issah said, “Okyere-Darko is a smooth runner, a team player, very active…