Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, a former black stars player, has bet to shave the hair on his head if Ghana fails to progress from the group stages of the 2022 World Cup. The Former Ghana midfielder made this known during a live show on Tv3 while acknowledging the new Blackstars team. Agyemang-Badu’s confidence in the new Blackstars … Read more
Shatta Wale Ghanaian Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale is going ‘mad’ and you don’t need a rocket scientist to tell you — don’t say dude needs some attention hence his absurd behaviour, he is really losing it with his barbaric behaviour. Talking of his recent leaked video where his dIck was been sucked by a lady, a loyal SM fan — obviously, the most intelligent fan amongst the bunch of idiotic SM fans out there has expressed worry concerning the current state of Shatta Wale.
The winner of the 2018 Fifa World Cup would pocket as much as $38m from the world football governing body. Germany, who won the 2014 World Cup, went home with $35m, but the figure has been adjusted slightly upward for next year.
Sulley Ali Muntari 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.
After a 5-year break, Blackstars Captain, Dr. Asamoah Gyan has said that he has officially come back to take Penalties for the National Team and the one he recently missed against the U.S.A in the international friendly is just the beginning. According to Asamoah Gyan, he has achieved so much in his career but the only challenge is missing crucial penalties and until he breaks that jinx of missing kicks he won’t stop.
Gyan Misses Penalty Self proclaimed Gh ‘queen of comedy’, Afia Schwarzenegger, has torn completely into Asamoah Gyan for his decision to take a penalty during Ghana’s recent friendly game against the United States of America. Gyan took, and missed the penalty as Ghana lost 2-1 to the USA in a friendly game last week.
The President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has announced that he plans to step down from his position when his current term of office expires in 2019.
The FA President said he has no intention of entrenching himself in the position, and would step down at the end of his third term.
Africa would have nine representatives at World Cup 2026 as the number of teams playing in the final tournament goes up from 32 to 48.
Fifa recently made the decision for an expanded finals tournament and the expected breakdown of how many teams would qualify from each confederation has now been released by the world governing body.
Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor who designed the World Cup trophy, has died— he was 95. Read ESPN FC full report: “Gazzaniga’s son, Giorgio, said his father passed away in his sleep at home in Milan.
A gruelling 120 minutes ended with a narrow 1-0 victory for Germany as the world cup drew to a close with a glamorous final at the Maracana.
Mario Gotze’s 113th minute goal gave Germany their fourth title, drawing at par with Italy and remaining just one shy of Brazil total of five.
Substitutes Schurrle and Gotze combined for the goal, Schurrle’s cross finding Gotze in the box, who controlled with his chest and hit a first time volley past Argentina keeper Sergi Romero.
Germany and Argentina remained the last two standing at the end of a gruelling thirty days of action and the two sides locked horns in the iconic Maracana stadium for the honour of being addressed as world champions.
It did not take long for the game to heat up, a headed back pass from Toni Kroos intercepted by an unmarked Higuain. The forward incredulously dragged his shot wide, with Manuel Neuer at his mercy.
Germany kept the bulk of possession, whilst Argentina defended gallantly and hit on the counter, the pace of Higuain, Messi, and Lavessi causing the German defence all sorts of problems.
A similar fast break led to Argentina breaking the deadlock in the 30th minute, but Higuain was offside when he turned in Lavessi’s cross, leaving the scores unchanged.
Germany lifted up their game as the half wore on, particularly after Andre Schurrle was brought on for the injured Kramer. The Chelsea forward hit a thunderbolt towards goal in the 31st minute, but Romero was alert to turn it aside.
A crazy last five minutes of the half first saw Messi rampage down the right flank, but Boateng stuck to him like glue and finally managed to clear; before Howedes saw his header strike the bar just before halftime to end the first half goalless.
The second half commenced with a change from Sabella, Aguero coming on for Lavessi. And Argentina began the half with renewed purpose, Messi getting himself free down the right in the 47th, but he dragged his shot wide across the face of goal.
An early goal set the Netherlands on its way to a humiliating 3-0 win over hosts Brazil in their world cup third place play-off.
The much maligned third place encounter kicked off between these sides after disappointing semi final losses for both, for hosts Brazil’s a humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany.
And they suffered another, falling to three goals from the Dutch whilst mustering little in the way of a response.
Any plans to exorcise the ghosts of Tuesday flew out the window as early as the 2nd minute, after a van Persie through ball sent Robben clean through, skipper Silva bringing him down for the referee to point to the spot.
Robin van Persie made no mistake, burying the penalty into the top right corner.
Again Brazil had conceded the early goal, and they poured forward indiscriminately in search of the equaliser, leading to fast breaks for the Dutch reminiscent of Brazil’s 7-1 loss, yet they managed to hang on this time.
The best Brazil could offer were from crosses on the left, but Jo in the middle failed to trap his crosses well, thus they threatened little throughout the half, even after the Dutch went 2-0 up.
Robben’s through ball sent De Guzman free down the right, his not too good cross falling to David Luiz; but the defender’s clearance was poor, his header setting up Danny Blind who hammered into the roof of the net.
Argentina gained a 4-2 penalty victory over the Netherlands to book their passage into the world cup finals on the soil of archenemies Brazil, setting up a repeat of the final of the 1990 world cup.
A tight 120 minutes of football, often dour and uninspiring, meant for their second consecutive game the Dutch needed penalties to settle their tie. Unlike against Costa Rica, though, there was no Tim Krul to pull of heroics, rather it was Argentina goalie Sergio Romero stealing all the headlines with two penalty saves.
The two world cup heavyweights locked horns in a tight cagey game, Argentina carrying the South American mantle after Brazil’s humiliation at the hands of Germany in the first semi final.
There was little to differentiate the two sides in the first, neither side able to settle on the ball for a long period. Both midfields remained particularly tight, giving nothing away.
Argentina threatened first, a swung in free kick falling to Perez, but his effort was wayward. The game remained cagey, the first real chance falling to Leo Messi a few minutes later.
Enzo Perez was keeping himself busy in the middle, and in the 15th minute he won a free kick off Ron Vlaar. Messi stepped up to the plate, but his effort sailed straight into the hands of Dutch goalie Cillessen.
Garay had an even better one in the 24th minute, a corner finding its way to him in a great position, yet he turned his header wide under pressure from Vlaar.
The Netherlands also did very little, Van Persie getting their only real chance which he spurned. A Rojo cross to an unmarked Higuain in injury time looked dangerous, but the ball was too long and an extremely forgettable half of football was brought to a close.
A ruthless Germany hammered hosts Brazil 7-1 in their world cup semi final game in Belo Horizonte.
Toni Kroos and Andre Schurrle grabbed braces, whilst Thomas Muller, Miroslav Klose, and Sami Khedira grabbed lone strikes. Oscar got the consolation for Brazil a little too late to be of any good to anyone.
The two world superpowers met for the chance to pick up the sole ticket for the final, Brazil on the hunt for their sixth title, Germany their fourth.
The build up to the game had been dominated by Neymar’s injury which ruled him out of the tournament, and Brazil appeared fired up to get the job done even without their poster boy in attendance. Defender Thiago Silva was also missing the game through suspension.
The game started at a pleasant pace, with no inkling of the unpleasant events about to unfold for the capacity filled crowd in the Estadio Mineiro.
The 11th minute was the beginning of the decimation to come, a Kroos corner evading the entire Brazilian defence to an unmarked Muller who easily tapped in.
Brazil was shell shocked, and what followed was a master class in counter attacking football such as only Die Mannschaft could serve.
First off was Klose, who got the ball off Muller from a neat little through ball from Kroos. Cesar saved the first effort, but Klose scored the rebound for his record breaking 16th world cup goal.
Netherlands vrs Costa Rica-Substitute Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Substitute Goalkeeper Tim Krul saved two Costa Rican penalties as Netherlands won a tight contest 4-2 on penalties after 120 minutes of gruelling action.
The Newcastle United goalkeeper was a substitute in the last minute of the second half of extra time, and he repaid his manger’s faith by saving Ruiz and Umana’s penalties to send his side through.
Costa Rica stubbornly held on amidst a relentless Dutch onslaught, Wesley Sneidjer hitting the bar twice,and Costa Rica coming very close to winning it deep into extra time, Umana’s shot saved from point blank by Dutch goalkeeper Cillessen.
European giants Netherlands squared up against the tournament’s surprise package knowing that underestimating their opponents might leave them victim of a smash and grab robbery such as Italy and Uruguay can attest to.
Dutch coach Louis van Gaal lined his team up in their now familiar 3-4-3 formation, heavily reliant on the wing play of Arjen Robben and Memphis Depay.
The goalless opening 45 minutes belied an intriguing game that featured lots of running and little clear cut chances.
The game started at a blistering pace, both sides having pacy players very comfortable on the ball, but despite a lot of running from both sides little clear cut chances were being created.
