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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has delivered buses to nine Division One League clubs in a bid to support their operations and enhance football development. The presentation ceremony, held with members of the GFA Executive Council in attendance, fulfilled a promise made by GFA President Kurt Okraku during the 29th Ordinary Congress in Kumasi last year. The beneficiaries, comprising the ...

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has added his voice to the Black Stars inability to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, saying it an embarrassment. Ghana, who are four-time champions of the AFCON struggled in the recently concluded qualifiers, losing three games and drawing three. And playing six games without a win, ...

West Ham United striker Michail Antonio believes his teammate Mohammed Kudus has the potential to become Africa’s best footballer. “With Mo’s [Mohammed Kudus] talent, there’s a 100% chance that he can win [African Footballer of the Year],” Antonio stated on Prime Take with Muftawu Nabila Abdulai. The 24-year-old, since making his Black Stars debut in November 2019 against South Africa, ...

Manchester United defender Tyrell Malacia has opened up on his injury nightmare as he closes in on a return to full fitness after almost 18 months on the sidelines. Malacia has not played for United since the final game of the 2022-23 season, where he lasted 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over Fulham at Old Trafford. He returned to ...

Black Stars’ Head Coach Otto Addo has expressed confidence that the team will “do it” today in the match against Angola. His team takes on the Palancas Negras in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier at the Estadio 11 de Novembro in Luanda. Ghana need to pick all three points in order to stand a chance of making ...

Niger on Thursday, November 14 beat Sudan 4-0 in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series to throw themselves into contention as one of the qualifiers for the tournament. The Menas had languished at the bottom of Group F since the start of the qualifiers until the win over Sudan. Goals from Daniel Sosah, Youssouf Oumarou and Ousseini Badamassi ...

Angola coach Pedro Goçalves has given a gloomy picture of the chances of the Black Stars in qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Goçalves’ side, who have already qualified for the continental showpiece in Morocco, will host the Black Stars on Friday at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in a Group F encounter. The visitors need a ...

Ghana’s Black Stars are in Luanda, Angola. After three training sessions in Accra and a donation made to students of Dzorwulu Special School, the Otto Addo-led team flew for Luanda on Wednesday. At 8 PM (which is 7 PM in Ghana), the Black Stars will hold their official training at Estadio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, today, Thursday, November 14, ...

Ghana face Angola in their penultimate game of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers on Friday, but their fate could be decided today. After failing to register a win during the last round of qualifiers, Ghana’s hopes of making an 11th straight competition look in jeopardy. The Black Stars’ hopes could be dashed, if Sudan pick up a point against Niger on ...

South Africa Football Federation President, Danny Jordaan has been arrested for alleged fraud and embezzlement totaling 1.3 million Rand ($71k). The administrator, who is seeking a fourth term as South Africa’s Football Federation head, was arraigned before court on Wednesday. In March, officers from the Hawks – the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations under the Minister of Police, raided Safa’s ...