Current goalkeeper’s trainer of the Black Stars and a former member of the team, Richard Olele Kingson, has revealed he was once bribed to throw a World Cup group game.
According to the goalie, he was offered a 300k bribe to ensure Ghana lost to the Czech Republic in a world cup game.
Black Stars goalkeepers trainer Richard Kingson has threatened to leave his post if the lack of transparency at the Ghana Football Association is not fixed.
Olele is currently pissed because his football club, Emmanuel FC, currently has a case before the GFA’s Disciplinary Committee involving possible promotion to next year’s Division One league.
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.
Legendary Black Stars goalie Richard ‘Olele’ Kingson has revealed that he literally fainted in 2010 after Asamoah Gyan missed that infamous penalty for Ghana against Uruguay.
The Black Stars earned a last minute penalty against the South American side after Luis Suarez handled Dominic Adiyiah’s header on the line, but Gyan missed the resulting spot kick.
Two of Ghana’s greatest stars of the last generation, Richard ‘Olele’ Kingson and his brother Laryea, have both taken the first steps towards becoming elite coaches in the country.
The pair both underwent the recently undertaken CAF Licence B coaching course, held at the Winneba Sports College in the Central Region, and passed out successfully.
Ghana legends Stephen Appiah and Richard Kingson are making a return to the team they led to the top of world football after rumours of their impending return were seemingly confirmed.
Appiah has been tapped as the Black Stars new team manager under Kwesi Appiah, whilst Olele is set become the team’s new goalkeepers’ trainer.
Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah has debunked rumours he’s set to be the new team manager of the Black Stars when Kwesi Appiah takes charge of the team.
According to the ‘tornado’, he has not been approached by the GFA about taking on the job, but he’s ready to serve if and when called upon.
Former Black Stars manager and current head coach of the Sudanese side Al Khartoum, James Kwesi Appiah, has reportedly been reappointed to the post of Black Stars head coach, three years after he left the role following a disastrous world cup in Brazil.
According to numerous local media reports, the GFA has settled on Appiah and would hand him a two year contract in the job.
Afia Schwarzenegger, as usual, is courting controversy by using her own birthday message to take a shot at some Black Stars players.
The brash comedienne, who turns 35 today, nevertheless wished herself a happy 15th birthday, referring to the ridiculous age as her ‘football age’.
Timeless, peerless and ageless Ghanaian goalkeeper, Richard ‘Olele’ Kingson, turned 38 on Monday, June 13.
The wishes have been pouring in for the enigmatic goalie, mostly from mischievous football fans.
Former Black Stars goalkeeper Richard ‘Olele’ Kingson is hitting another milestone today, as ‘he who refuses to age’ turns 38.
The goalie, elder brother of another former Stars player, Laryea, was born on June 13, 1978.
