Tag Archives: Ghana News

The Ashanti Regional  branch of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has condemned Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan for allegedly sending some “macho men” to assault Mr. Daniel Kenu, the  Ashanti, Regional correspondent of the Daily Graphic . The said macho-men were allegedly led by the senior brother of Asamoah Gyan, Baffour Gyan, who is a also a former Black Stars ...

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has backtracked on its earlier decision to allow fans to watch the African Cup of Nations qualifier between Ghana and Uganda at the Baba Yara Stadium on Saturday, free of charge. According to sources at the Sports Ministry, this decision is due to some security concerns which were raised by the National Security officials. ...

As the apathy surrounding the Black Stars ahead of their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Uganda keeps growing, Sports Minister Mahama Ayariga has announced that the gates of the Baba Yara Stadium will be opened for free on Saturday. His decision would see the players and the Ghana Football Association breathe a huge sigh of relief following analysts prediction ...

Nigeria will be suspended from world football on Monday at 07:00 GMT if Chris Giwa does not give up his claim to be football federation president. World governing body Fifa issued the ultimatum,  reiterating that it does not recognise his election on 26 August. The ban will only be lifted when the NFF board as it stood on 25 August, with Aminu ...

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has indicated that the team is eager to get in the good books of Ghanaians with a victory against the Cranes of Uganda in their 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifier at the Baba Yara Stadium at the weekend. Kumasi, which has been the home ground of the Black Stars in recent years due to ...

The Black Stars are currently in Kumasi and have begun training  for their AFCON 2015 qualifer against the Cranes of Uganda. The team got to Kumasi on Tuesday morning and went into their first training at the Baba Yara Stadium involving 21 players and the technical team. The team was joined by Harrison Afful but the Esperance defender did not ...

The Cranes of Uganda are currently in Niger to hold their training camp and prepare for the AFCON 2015 Group E qualifier against the Black Stars on Saturday 6th September. The team landed in Niger earlier on Tuesday and will begin getting ready for the match in Ghana with a friendly tie against Niger later on Tuesday in Niamey. The ...

President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated Ghana’s first ever gold medalist, Martha Bissah, describing her achievement as outstanding and an encouragement to the youth and athletics in general. Martha Bissah was the first Ghanaian to win an Olympic gold medal after running a life time best and a new junior national record of 2:04.90 to snatch victory in the 800m final ...

AC Milan’s talented striker, Isaac Akuetteh, was knocked down by a train in the town of Como on Sunday. The 15 year-old is a product of the Milan Youth Sector. According to reports, Akuetteh was knocked down while listening to music on his headphones and was unaware of the oncoming train. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where he is ...

Real Sociedad came back from two goals down to seal a famous victory over European champions Real Madrid. The visitors, who were without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, were superb in attack and led thanks to early goals from Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale. But Sociedad exposed their defensive deficiencies to level through Inigo Martinez and David Zurutuza. Zurutuza struck again ...