The Ghana Football Association’s appeal against officiating in last week’s world cup qualifier between Ghana and Uganda has been dismissed by Fifa, who say they would take no action.
South African referee Daniel Bennett denied Ghana two clear goals, as well as a stonewall penalty, in the qualifier to deny the Black Stars victory.
A 6th minute goal from Liverpool’s marauding winger Mohammed Salah put bed to any World Cup hopes the Black Stars may have had due to Tuesday afternoon’s emphatic win over Congo.
Salah’s early goal handed Egypt a crucial victory which moves them back atop the Group, four points clear of the Black Stars with only two games to go.
Head coach of the senior national team, Kwesi Appiah, says he still holds out hope he can lead his team to the 2018 Fifa World Cup set to be held in Russia.
A 1-1 draw with Congo on Friday dealt a near fatal blow to the Stars qualification chances as they fell four and five points respectively behind group forerunners Egypt and Uganda with only three games to go.
The Black Stars of Ghana were handed a lifeline on Thursday when Uganda beat Egypt by 1-0 to throw the world cup qualifying group wide open.
However, like a drowning man clutching to tumbleweed, the Stars were unable to get a firm grip on the lifeline and instead fell to a 1-1 home draw against Congo.
A Ghanaian spiritualist has prophesied a 2-0 win for the Black Stars in today’s World Cup qualifier in Kumasi against Congo Brazaville.
Sweden based Prophet Frimpong Williams has garnered some fresh legitimacy after he prophesied Egypt’s crucial 1-0 loss to Uganda on Thursday.
Uganda has done Ghana a huge favour after they beat Egypt by a lone goal in a heated 2018 World Cup Group E qualifier in Kampala.
Emmanuel Okwi scored the only goal of the game in the second half to hand Egypt her first loss in qualifying and send The Cranes top of the group.
Black Stars manager Kwesi Appiah believes despite trailing Egypt by five points with four games remaining, the Black Stars would still make the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
The former Stars defender spoke to Fifa.com about the Stars chances in the remaining qualifying games and Appiah was in confident mood.
The President of Egypt of has declared a state of emergency following a series of terror attacks that hit the north African country Sunday.
Suicide bombers attacked worshippers at two Coptic churches in the country on Palm Sunday, killing 44 people and wounding many others.
The Black Stars of Ghana have moved back into the top 50 teams in the world following their Afcon campaign which saw them finishing fourth overall.
Ghana had dropped to 54th in the world prior to the tournament, our lowest ranking in over a decade, but the run to the semi-finals of the continent’s flagship tournament have dragged them back up.
Cameroon beat 7 time champions Egypt Sunday night to win the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon.
The Indomitable Lions came from a goal down to beat the North African side 2-1, to complete an incredible tournament where very few considered them favourites.
Two revenge missions lie ahead of the Ghana Black Stars if they are to annex their first Cup of Nations trophy in 35 years.
Ghana, over the past decade, has consistently reached the final four of the African Cup of Nations, but has consistently fallen short of lifting the ultimate trophy.
The only team to beat Ghana at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt, awaits the Black Stars in Sunday’s final if they are able to go past Cameroon later today.
The Pharaohs, 7 time African Champions, beat Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties after a hard fought 120 minutes in which the West African side were by far the better team.
The Black Stars of Ghana would take on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the quarter finals of the ongoing Cup of Nations on Sunday.
This follows the team’s narrow 1-0 loss to the Pharaohs of Egypt Wednesday, a result that put the North Africans top of the group and left Ghana in second place.
The Black Stars of Ghana would be out for revenge when they take on the Pharaohs of Egypt in the 2017 African Cup of Nations tonight.
Ghana, already qualified for the quarter final stage of the competition, could knock out the 7 time African Champions with a victory and favourable results in the other group game.
GTV disappointed millions of Ghanaians Sunday afternoon with their inability to broadcast the crucial Black Stars vs Egypt world cup qualifier.
GTV once again lived up to their mantle as a near useless ‘station of the nation’ when they could not bring to Ghanaians such a crucial national game, and failed to offer any explanation for doing so.
