Category: Soccer
Sulley Muntari trains with Black Stars
Ghana captain Sulley Muntari unexpectedly joined his teammates for Tuesday’s training session ahead of next month’s double header. The AC Milan midfielder has been a doubt for the matches against Lesotho at home and Zambia in Lusaka after sustaining a thigh injury during a Serie A match. The 27-year-old will captain the Black Stars in [...]
Black Stars to play warm-up game against Prampram United
The Black Stars will play a warm-up game against Prampram United on Thursday. The team entered day two of training at the Accra Sports Stadium on Tuesday ahead of the crucial qualifiers against Lesotho and Zambia next month. The West African powerhouse will trim the rough edges with a low-profile friendly against the second-tier side at [...]
Defender Daniel Addo Eyes Black Stars breakthrough
Defender Daniel Addo has set an audacious target of breaking into the starting line-up of the Black Stars. The 21-year-old has been call up into the team after putting solid defensive displays for Ukrainian Premier League side FC Zorya Luhansk. But there is an array of other impressive central defenders in the team who are [...]
Black Stars begin training for world cup qualifiers today
The Black Stars will hold their first training session on Monday afternoon ahead of next month’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers double-header. This will begin the first phase of non-residential camping and training will be at the Accra Sports Stadium. Head coach Kwesi Appiah has invited 30 players for the double assignments against Lesotho on [...]
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu hails quality of Ghana Premier League
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu believes the Ghana top-flight can be rated among the best Udinese midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has expressed delight with the standard of the Ghana Premier League. The former Berekum Arsenal and Asante Kotoko star claims level of competition can match the other leagues in the world. The Ghana international believes the local league has [...]
Abdul Majeed Waris wants to end season as top scorer
In-form Ghanaian striker Abdul Majeed Waris has targeted to end the season as the top scorer. The 20-year-old has raked in 12 goals in nine matches for Swedish top-flight side BK Hacken. The former Right to Dream graduate created history when he became the first Ghanaian player to score five goals in a single game [...]
Udinese Reject €12 million Manchester United offer for Kwadwo Asamoah
Italian side Udinese have rejected a €12 million offer from Manchester United for Kwadwo Asamoah, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. The Ghana international is sought-after by a host of clubs including newly-crowned Italian champions Juventus. This means Asamoah will remain at the Friuli and play in their UEFA Champions League campaign. Last month, Turkish [...]
Michael Essien Wins Evasive Champions League Title With Chelsea
Michael Essien became only the fourth Ghanaian to win a Uefa Champions League title after Chelsea defeated Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties on Saturday. The match had to travel all the way to the lottery of penalty kicks after the game ended 1-1 after 120 minutes of exhilarating football at the Alianz Arena. The [...]
Sulley Muntari to captain Black Stars in qualifiers
Sulley Muntari will captain the Black Stars for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zambia next month. The mantle falls on the AC Milan midfielder following the absence of substantive skipper John Mensah, his deputy Michael Essien. The next in line John Paintsil was also axed from the latest Black Stars squad for [...]
Kevin Prince Boateng snubs Kwesi Appiah
Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng avoided seeing Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah in Italy and sources say he is unlikely to be called up for the national team anytime soon. SuperSport.com sources in the Ghana FA say the new coach is already fed up with the repeated snubbery from the player. Kwesi Appiah has already [...]
