Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Ghana BlackStars coach Otto Addo named his finalized squad ahead of the FIFA World Cup slated for Qatar, in 2022. Last week, the BlackStars head coach named his initial 55squad list with the intention of trimming it down to a further 26-man squad before the tournament kick starts later this month in Qatar.  In the course of the week names such as Joseph Painstil, Mubarak Wakaso, Bernard Terkpetey, and Felix Afena Gyan, were told of their exclusions whiles minor injuries to BlackStars goalkeepers, Richard Ofori, Wollacott as well as Baba Iddrissu saw them ruled out of their final squad announcement. …

Kotoko, Accra Lions, and Bibiani GoldStars bagged wins to augment their positions on the league log over Medeama SC, Bechem United, and  Samartex,   Stars in game week six of the betPawa Premier League.  The abysmal run of Dreams FC continued as they lost their third match in four games, a trend, Ignatius Osei Fosu will be hoping to change as they welcome, a bruised Bechem United for game week seven of the league.  Read More: Watch Highlights: Hearts of Oak held by Karela United in Accra Accra Hearts of Oak were left frustrated in their anniversary game at home by…

Ghana coach Otto Addo has been left in  tight corner with a day to name his final 26-man squad for the World Cup slated for Qatar. Three of the national team’s first-team players have picked up various degrees of injuries which is said to have left Coach Otto Addo in a serious dilemma. Three of the players, two goalkeepers, Joojo Wollacott(finger injury), and Richard Ofori(thigh injury) suffered separate injuries over the weekend for their respective clubs whiles Mallorca midfielder, Baba Iddrissu suffered an injury against Athletico Madrid on Thursday evening in a LaLiga game. Read More: EXCLUSIVE: Black Stars goalkeeper Jojo…

Hearts of Oak were left frustrated as they managed to share the spoils with Karela United in their anniversary game at the Accra Sports Stadium. The home side had won two consecutive games, BibianiGoldStars and Kotoku Royals, and were looking to add Karela United to their pile of victims but it didn’t work as planned. Coach Slavko Matic fielded a strong starting line-up that featured the likes of Gladson Awako,Afriyie Barnieh, Ibrahim Salifu Otanga, Addo  Sowah, and others. The Phobians started the early exchanges in on the front foot and it was least surprising to see, Ibrahim Salifu inch-perfect pass…

Medeama SC will engage the services of current holders of the league, Kumasi Asante Kotoko in what will be the top liner of the match week 6 of the betPawa Premier League at Tarkwa.  The host started the season on a front foot, one of three sides to pick two consecutive wins but as things stand they tailed off in a surprising fashion, losing their last 3 games. This spate of losing streak heightened pressure on current coach, David Duncan, who has to make sure that he turns things around quickly or things might take a different turn for him…

Arose, Arose, Arose must be ringing in the minds, hearts, and lips of fans of Accra Hearts of Oak as for the first time in a while they have managed back-to-back wins in the league with Karela United the next opponent in line to slayed at the Accra Sports Stadium.  The appointment of Serbian trainer, Slavko Matic seems to have paid loads of dividends in a short while as players are playing above their normal weight levels and seem to have regained a newfound mojo to play football once gain.  Coach Slavko Matic pointed out in his post-match reactions after…

All three of Ghana Black Stars group opponents, Portugal, Uruguay, and South Korea have released their final squad for the upcoming FIFA World slated for Qatar. Portugal’s squad features, Manchester trio, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, and Diego Dalot, as well as Joao Felix, Rafael Leao, Pepe, Bernando Silva, Joao Mario, Joao Cancelo, and other squad members. The South American side, Uruguay, led by coach Diego Alonso named L. Suarez, E. Cavani, F. Valverde, S. Coates, R. Araujo, M. Vecino, and M. Lopez. Paulo Bento’s side has some major injury concerns with Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min fitness still in limbo, it…

Mustapha Ussif, the Minister of Youth and Sports has suggested that the government won’t be able to airlift supporters to Qatar to go and support the senior national team, Black Stars at the World Cup in Qatar. In past editions of World Cups that the country has participated in, the government at the time funds the travels of supporters to these significant tournaments. Still, as things stand now, the sports minister has remarked that the current financial standings of the government will make it impossible to sponsor fans to the World Cup.  Read More: World Cup: Ghana FA reveal date for…

 Tema Youth’s owner, Wilfred Palmer was left angered and frustrated by the exclusion of Joseph Paintsil’s from the final 26-man squad for the World Cup. The pacy winger has been in scintillating form for his club side, scoring 11 goals, his recent form sparked lots of speculations that he would be World Cup-bound but interestingly per recent reports, it’s evident that, he won’t be part of the final list.  Coach Addo is said to have called the Belgian-based player to inform him about his exclusion which is said to have not sat down well, with, Palmer, linking his close ties…

Ghana defender Stephan Ambrosius has opted out of the upcoming FIFA World Cup slated for Qatar due to an injury. The German-based player was one of 55 players named as part of coach Otto Addo’s preliminary list which will be whittled down to 26 for the World Cup. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stephan Kofi Ambrosius (@stephan.ambrosius) The disappointed defender made this revelation via his social media handle following a fresh injury over the weekend whiles playing for Karlsruher against Holstein Kiel. “Very frustrating. Unfortunately, I’ll be missing the next games. Thank you so…