Source: Pulse.com.gh Ghana welcomed Uganda back into the Africa Cup of Nations with a defeat in Port Gentil on Tuesday. A first half penalty from vice captain Andre Ayew gave the Black Stars a narrow victory in the opening game of Group D at this year’s AFCON in Gabon. Ghana was by far the better side in a first half ...

Source: Pulse.com.gh Avram Grant has announced his starting line-up as the Black Stars come up against Uganda on Tuesday in their AFCON group D opening game. With the exception of John Boye who missed Ghana’s 0-2 defeat against Egypt in Alexandria, Avram Grant has announced the same line-up for the Black Stars tie against Uganda. Thomas Partey is the only ...

FIFA has rubber-stamped plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams, brushing aside concerns that enlargement could lower standards.Football’s international governing body unanimously approved the changes at its headquarters in Zurich earlier on Tuesday.The new format will see 16 groups of three teams, followed by a 32-team knock-out.The changes mark the first expansion since 1998 and will come into ...

President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi has warned that the scandal over bonuses that rocked the Black Stars during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil could recur if measures are not immediately taken to sort out the bonuses for players of the national team ahead of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. “We had a ...

Twenty-three members of the Black Queens have each received $13,000 from the Sports Ministry as part payment of their outstanding winning bonuses over a period of six years. A total amount of $25,000 over the six years period includes qualifiers from the 2011 All Africa Games, World Cup and Nations Cup. The Sports Ministry on Thursday settled part of the ...

Source: Myjoyonline.com   Ghana coach Avram has submitted his final squad for the .African Cup of Nations after dropping three players from his provisional 26 man squad after his third training session. Former Ghana youth international, Joseph Attamah Laweh, Strikers Majeed Waris and Raphael Dwamena failed to make the final cut. The final list therefore sees goalkeeper Richard Ofori, defender ...

Coach of the senior national team Avram Grant has announced a 26-man provisional squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations Cup competition. Skipper Asamoah Gyan leads the team which will camp at the UAE before travelling to Gabon on January 13 for the AFCON. Below is the list: Goalkeepers: Razak Braimah (Cordoba, Spain), Adam Kwarasey (Rosenborg, Norway) Richard Ofori ...