SPORTS

Former Black Stars management committee member Yaw Boateng Gyan has said that Charles Kwabla Akonnor betrayed former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah after accepting the Black Stars job. Coach Kwesi Appiah appointed CK Akonnor as his deputy coach before he was sacked by the Kurt Okraku-led administration. After Kwesi Appiah’s sacking there was a communique to the Ghana FA to appoint ...

Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council member Dr Randy Abbey has said the association are in no rush to make a decision despite public pressure to sack Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor. Many Ghanaians have lost faith in Akonnor and want him dismissed by the GFA after the Black Stars performed poorly in Johannesburg against South Africa on Monday. Akonnor’s ...

Former Ghana international Yaw Preko has said calls for the sacking of Black Stars coach Charles Akonnor have come “too early” and he doesn’t support it. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has been urged by many Ghanaians to dismiss Akonnor after the Black Stars lost to South Africa on Monday to leave them second in Group G in 2022 FIFA ...

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt says it is “too late” for a comeback but admits he has “got that itch” for a dramatic return to the sport. The Jamaican, 35, ended his glittering track and field career in 2017. He says he was tempted by a possible return for the Tokyo Games, but his coach persuaded him otherwise. “It’s too ...

Asante Kotoko’s Chief executive officer, Nana Yaw Amponsah has confirmed plans to sever relations between the club and it’s Portuguese coach Mariano Barreto. Porcupine Warriors chief will however not confirm or deny the growing reports that the team will appoint former Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah to replace Mariano Barreto. The Porcupine Warriors are on the brink of mutually terminating ...

The Chief Executive Officer for Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah has revealed that he can never work for their sworn-rivals Hearts of Oak after his tenure at the Porcupine Warriors comes to an end. The former GFA Presidential hopeful in an exclusive interview with Starr FM disclosed that it will be impossible for him to ever cross-carpet to join the ...

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has announced that former Real Madrid boss Carlos Queiroz will replace Hossam El Badry as coach of the Pharaohs. The EFA, who did not give any details about Queiroz’s contract, added that the new coach will be arriving in Egypt “at the end of next week.” Queiroz takes over a team that currently trails Libya ...

Accra Hearts of Oak SC will play CL Kamsar of Guinea in a single match on September 19, 2021 at the Accra Sports Stadium with the winner of the tie set to advance to the next stage of the 2021/22 Total Energies CAF Champions League. The Organising Committee of the Competition has decided that the match which was scheduled to ...

The leadership and Management of Zenith Bank Ghana Limited headed by the MD/CEO, Mr. Akindele Ogunranti has responded to H.E the President’s appeal to corporate Ghana to support the National teams especially the Black Stars with their widows mite to embark favourably on the the 2022 FIFA World cup qualifiers and next year’s AFCON Tournament. In a short ceremony to ...

Eight Premier League players will be stopped from playing for their clubs this weekend after Brazilian football authorities triggered a Fifa rule to prevent them appearing. Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Leeds United will all be affected. Players not released for an international window can be banned for five days after the window ends under the Fifa regulations. ...