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How do you even name five players to form a team among a side that won everything? The CAF Champions League, the Super Cup, local Ghana league titles, domestic cups and all? It can be tough and Ishmael Addo admitted as such when he was required to name a five-a-side team made up of players from the Hearts of Oak ...

Former Ghana goalkeeper Michael Owusu Mensah has opened up on how he made erstwhile Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi shed tears in the wake of the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations final. On March 19, 1892, the Black Stars defied all odds to beat Libya, the host nation 7-6 on a penalty shootout to win the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations ...

GFA President Kurt Okraku has demonstrated a strong commitment to unity and togetherness in the football fraternity by offering a crucial role to his closest rival in last year’s GFA elections. Barely a week after quashing reports of sidelining his opponents in a www.ghanaweb.com interview, Kurt Okraku’s administration has appointed the experienced George Afriyie to serve on the Division One ...

Ex-Ghana international Abedi Ayew ‘Pele’ has been ranked as the 4th greatest African player of all-time by France Football magazine. Liberia’s George Weah, Cameroon duo Samuel Eto’o and Roger Milla were the only footballers who were rated above the “Maestro”. While Didier Drogba, Rabah Madjer, Jay Jay Okocha, Mustapha Dahleb, Salif Keita, and Laurent Pokou completed the Top 10. Ayew ...

Legendary Ghanaian footballer Osei Kofi has recounted an interesting story of how a goalkeeper threatened to boycott an AFCON final over the team management’s failure to supply him with Indian hemp. Osei Kofi in an interview with Peace FM narrated how the goalkeeper in question felt uneasy ahead of the game and had to rely on the skipper of the ...

But for his wife, he could have joined Hearts of Oak for the money on offer but Kwabena Adusei chose Kotoko after he was told to play even for free when it is Asante Kotoko. The defender says he was on the verge of joining Hearts of Oak for a mammoth signing on fee in 2012 from Medeama but just ...

Former Bayern Munich and Black Stars defender Samuel Osei Kuffour has revealed that the two most regrettable things in his life were fathering children with different women and piercing his ears. Samuel Osei Kuffour had a great football career with Bayern Munich and the Black Stars: He won several Bundesliga titles, German Cups, UEFA Champions League and Inter-Continental Cup with ...

A Black Stars and Asante Kotoko goalkeeper has recommended a minimum salary of one thousand dollars ($1000) for players in the Ghana Premier League. Felix Annan who doubles as the captain of Kotoko in a chat with Sports journalist on a WhatsApp group (Sports of WhatsApp) indicated that such a pay structure policy will ensure the retention of quality players ...

President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kurt Okraku has revealed that he has a good relationship with former FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi despite reports of a fallout. Reports were rife in the media that the current FA president has issues with his former boss after winning the FA elections in October last year. But Mr Okraku has refuted those ...

The captain has only one year left on his contract in north London and former Gunners striker Jeremie Aliadiere says he must now be sold Jeremie Aliadiere says Arsenal have no option but to sell Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer – even if it is for a cut-price fee. The Gabon international is about to enter the final year of his ...