Ghana Black Stars Head coach, Kwesi Appiah, has named his squad ahead of the upcoming 2019 African Cup Of Nations qualifications.
Ghana Black Stars is scheduled to play an away match with the Ethiopian side in Addis Ababa and due to this a lot of changes has been made to strengthen the team.
The Black Stars of Ghana beat the Blue Samurai of Japan by a comfortable two goal margin in a pre world cup friendly played in Tokyo earlier today (Wednesday).
Captain of the day Thomas Teye Partey scored first for the Stars, thumping in a free kick, before Levante forward and Barca killer Emmanuel Boateng sealed the 2-0 victory.
Over the years, Ghana has spent millions of dollars housing whoever happens to be the coach of the senior national team in first class hotels.
However, in a measure intended to save money, the government has acquired a new residence which would house whoever holds the position from now on.
Nana Aba Anamoah has unloaded on former Black Stars coach Avram Grant, blaming him for destroying Ghana football and hailing his successor Kwesi Appiah as our saviour.
According to the GhOne Tv presenter, Grant’s three year tenure – between 2014 and 2017 – practically destroyed Ghanaian football.
Black Stars manager James Kwesi Appiah has named a 23 man squad for Ghana’s final world cup qualifier against Egypt at the Cape Coast Stadium.
The big news is captain Asamoah Gyan makes his return after missing the game in Uganda through injury, and the Ayew brothers continue to be snubbed by Appiah.
The Black Stars of Ghana got their World Cup qualifying campaign somewhat back on track after getting a comfortable 5-1 win over Congo in Brazaville.
The Stars looked a totally different team from the dejected bunch which only managed a 1-1 draw with the same Congolese in Kumasi last Friday.
Two more players of the Black Stars have withdrawn from the team to travel to Congo, citing injuries.
Jordan Ayew and Harrison Afful are the latest pair of players set to miss the make or break game.
A tough task for the Black Stars just got tougher with news that the team’s two captains will both miss their next crucial qualifier.
Asamoah Gyan and Dede Ayew both picked up knocks in the team’s last game and would miss the trip to Congo.
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.
The Black Stars have qualified for every single world cup since making our debut in 2006, often cruising through qualifying – but never have we come closer to missing a World Cup than this qualifying cycle – considering how things stood by the end of last year.
A draw with Uganda and a loss to Egypt left the Stars with just a point from the first two games of qualifying and five whole points behind group leaders Egypt, who looked unstoppable.
Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has named a 24 man squad to begin preparations for the upcoming crucial World Cup qualifying double header against Congo.
Ghana hosts the ‘Red and Blacks’ at the start of next month, then travels to Brazzaville to face them 4 days later in a must win sequence of games.
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 estranged Blackstars midfielder, Sulley Ali Muntari has expressed keen interest in playing for the Ghanaian National Football Team before he calls it a quit.
The Italy based player reiterated that the Blackstars need to win a trophy badly in this current time and he believes he can contribute to the team’s quality to make this happen. He said from experience, Ghana can still qualify for the next World Cup though many think it’s impossible.
Black Stars manager James Kwesi Appiah and his technical team where paid their salaries on Wednesday, August 2, for the first time since they took over the national team on the 1st of May.
A decision by government to hold back on the GNPC’s sponsorship of the team led to the technical staff being forced to work for three months without receiving their salaries.
