The senior national team of Ghana ,Black Stars will start training today ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup Nations qualifying game against Ethiopia.
The nonresidential training will see the 30 players invited by coach Kwesi Appiah train at the Accra Sports Stadium ahead of the Ethiopain clash in Kumasi.
Majority of the assembled players are expected to storm the Nation’s Wembly later in the day to kick start preparation for the upcoming clash with their East African counterparts.
The national under-17 team the Black Starlets are expected to touch down at the Kotoka International Airport tomorrow May 30th after missing out on the 2017 under-17 AFCON. The twinkle twinkle little stars lost to Mali in the grand finale but has booked their place on the global roster.
The team will arrive at the Kotoka airport at 12:45 pm on Tuesday to what is expected to be a rousing welcome to the Starlets who have already booked a place in 2017 under-17 World Cup
Coach Fabin’s boys lost painfully to defending champions Mali on Sunday through a goal that came from a rebound after the ball was saved Ghana’s keeper.
The Starlets will come home to begin preparations for the World Cup that is slated for October 6th
Long serving African football supremo, Issah Hayattou, is set to contest the recent general election that cost him his seat at the CAF seat. The Cameroonian is set to storm the FIFA ethics committee in search of justice as he claimed the election was rigged in favour of Ahmad Ahmad.
The teacher turned football administrator is set to drag the continent’s highest governing football body to FIFA as he planned to seek for redress at the highest level. If accepted by the Ethics committee of FIFA, the long serving CAF boss could be gunning for re-election after almost three decades of leadership at the pinnacle of African football.
CAF replaced Issah Hayattou with Madagascar FA Boss , Ahmad Ahmad, in a landslide won that saw Ahmad edging out Hayattou at 34-20.
The first half of the 2017 season ended with contrasting results and some individual performance’s capped by the brilliant WAFA SC. The first round of the season produced some stellar individual outing’s that saw Emmanuel Gyamfi steering to the summit of the log in terms of individual displays.
Gyamfi”s five MVP’s is second to none with Stephen Sarfo and Majeed Ashimeru closely following on four each.
Benjamin Tweneboah of Elmina Sharks, Joseph Paintsil of Tema Youth and Moro Ibrahim of Bolga All Stars followed with three awards each.
Below is the entire list of MVPs which has metamorphosed into the NASCO MVP Awards.
WEEK 1
Kotoko 0-1 Liberty Yakubu Mohammed (Kotoko)
Dwarfs 2-1 Bolga Albert Hammond (Dwarfs)
T. Youth 2-1 B. Chelsea Joseph Paintsil (Tema Youth)
Aduana 1-0 AshGold Tijani Joshua (AshGold)
Medeama 1-0 WAFA Justice Blay (Medeama)
Inter Allies 0-0 Hearts Mensah Ropapa (I. Allies)
Wa All Stars 1–1 Elmina Sharks Benjamin Tweneboah (Sharks)
Great Olympics 1–3 Bechem United Yaw Anorl (Bechem)
WEEK 2
AshGold 3-1 Olympics Hans Kwoffie (AshGold)
Chelsea 0-0 Kotoko Emmanuel Gyamfi (Kotoko)
Hearts 0-0 Medeama Inusah Musah (Hearts)
Liberty 2-0 Inter Allies Simon Zibo (Liberty)
Elmina Sharks 0-1 Aduana Stars Obeng Crentsil Daniel (Sharks)
WAFA 2-0 Dwarfs Gideon Waja (WAFA)
Bechem United 1–0 Tema Youth Stephen Kwaku (Tema Youth)
Bolga All Stars 1–3 Wa All Stars Abagna David (Wa)
WEEK 3
Aduana Stars 4:0 Bolga MVP: Noah Martey (Aduana)
Chelsea 2:0 Liberty MVP: Osei Bonsu (Chelsea)
Tema Youth 1:1 Ashgold MVP: Joseph Panitsil (Tema Youth)
Medeama 1:1 Inter Allies MVP: Bismark Oppong (Medeama)
Dwarfs 1:1 Hearts Of Oak MVP: Benjamin Mensah (Hearts)
Kotoko 1:0 Bechem United MVP: Yaw Anorl (Bechem)
Olympics 2:2 Elmina Sharks MVP Abel Manomey (Oly)
Wa All Stars 1-4 WAFA MVP Majeed Ashmeru (WAFA)
WEEK 4
Wafa 1 – 1 Aduana MVP: Majeed Ashimeru (WAFA SC)
Bechem utd 1 – 1 Bkm Chelsea MVP: Nicholas Opoku (Bkm Chelsea)
Inter Allies 2 – 1 Dwarfs MVP: Joseph Esso – (DWARFS)
Liberty 3 – 2 Medeama MVP: Bernard Arthur (Liberty)
Elmina Sharks 1 – 0 Tema youth MVP: Michael Kporvi (Tema Youth)
Hearts 2 – 1 Wa All Stars MVP: Daniel Kordie (HEARTS OF OAK)
Bolga All Stars 1 – 0 Olympics MVP: Christopher Nettey (Oly)
AshGold 0-1 Kotoko MVP: Emmanuel Gyamfi (Kotoko)
WEEK 5
Tema: Tema Youth 2:0 Bolga All Stars MVP: Ibrahim Moro (Bolga All Stars)
Bechem: Bechem Utd 1: Liberty MVP: Abubakar Sadiq Haji (Bechem)
Dormaa: Aduana stars 2:0 Hearts MVP: Noah Martey (ADUANA)
Kumasi: Kotoko 1:0 Elmina sharks MVP: Kingsley Adjei (Elmina Sharks)
Wa: Wa All Stars 1:0 Inter Allies MVP: Mathew Kelvin Andoh (Wa All stars)
Berekum: Chelsea 5:1 Ashgold MVP: John Moosie (Chelsea)
Accra: Great Olympics 0:0 WAFA MVP: Asiamah Badu (Great Olympics)
Cape Coast: Dwarfs 1:0 Medeama MVP: Kingsley Nteng (Dwarfs)
Week 6
EL Wak: Inter Allies 1:2 Aduana stars MVP: Stephen Anokye Badu (Aduana)
Accra: Hearts 2-1 Olympics MVP: Osah Bernardinho Tetteh (Oly)
Tamale: Bolga 1-1 Kotoko MVP: Noah Neequaye (Bolga All Stars)
Elmina: Sharks 2-1 Chelsea MVP: Benjamin Tweneboah (Sharks)
Sogakope: WAFA 2-1 T.Youth MVP: Majeed Ashmeru (WAFA)
Tarkwa: Medeama 0-1 Wa All Stars MVP: Godfred Nyarko (Medeama)
Dansoman: Liberty 2-1 Dwarfs MVP: William Dankyi (Liberty)
Obuasi: AshGold 2-4 Bechem United MVP: Joseph Amoah (Bechem utd)
Week 7
Ashanti Gold SC 1-0 Liberty Prof MVP: Samed Ibrahim (Ashgold)
Tema Youth 2-1 Hearts of Oak MVP: Joseph Painstil (T Youth)
Great Olympics 1-1 Inter Allies MVP: Prince Baffoe (Inter Allies)
Bkm Chelsea 1-0 Bolga All Stars MVP: Imoro Ibrahim (Bolga All Stars)
Wa All Stars 1-1 Ebusua Dwarfs MVP: Nicholas Gyan (Dwarfs)
Asante Kotoko SC 1-0 WAFA SC MVP: Emmanuel Gyamfi (kotoko)
Aduana Stars 0-0 Medeama SC MVP: Eric Ofori Antwi (Medeama)
Bechem Utd 0-0 Elmina Sharks MVP: Farouk Adams (Sharks)
Week 8
Inter Allies 1–0 Tema Youth MVP: Wahab Akwei (Inter Allies)
Dwarfs 2-1 Aduana Stars MVP: Osman Mohammed (Dwarfs)
Elmina Sharks 1-0 Ashanti Gold MVP: Tetteh Nortey (Sharks)
Bolga All Stars 2-1 Bechem Utd MVP: Imoro Ibrahim (Bolga All Stars)
WAFA SC 2-0 Berekum Chelsea MVP: Emmanuel Boateng (wafa)
Liberty Prof 0-0 Wa All Stars MVP: Brite Andoh (Liberty)
Medeama 1-1 Olympics MVP: Godfred Nyarko (Medeama)
Hearts of Oak 1-0 Asante Kotoko MVP: Malik Akowuah (Hearts)
Week 9
Elmina Sharks FC 1-1 Liberty MVP: Tweneboah Benjamin (Sharks)
Tema Youth FC 1-1 Medeam MVP: Christian Addai (Tema Youth)
Ashanti Gold 1-1 Bolga All Stars MVP: Abdul Aziz Sulemana (Bolga All Stars)
Olympics 1-0 Ebusua Dwarfs MVP: Osah Bernardinho Tetteh (Olympics)
Berekum Chelsea 1-0 Hearts of Oak MVP: Stephen Sarfo (Chelsea)
Bechem United 0-1 WAFA SC MVP: Daniel Lomotey (WAFA)
Kotoko 0-0 Inter Allies MVP: Baba Mahama (Kotoko)
Aduana Stars 0-0 WA All Stars MVP: Joseph Addo (Aduana)
Week 10
Bolga All Stars 1-0 Elmina Sharks MVP: Abdulla Razak (Bolga All Stars)
WAFA SC 3-0 Ashanti Gold SC MVP: Majeed Ashimeru (WAFA)
Inter Allies FC 1-1 Bkm Chelsea MVP: (Stephen Sarfo, Chelsea)
Hearts of Oak 4-2 Bechem Utd MVP: Joseph Amoah (Bechem Utd)
Ebusua Dwarfs 1-1 Tema Youth MVP: Kingsley Nteng (Dwarfs)
Liberty Prof 1-1 Aduana Stars MVP: Samuel Sarfo (Liberty)
Medeama SC 2-1 Asante Kotoko MVP: Emmanuel Gyamfi (Kotoko)
Wa All Stars – Olympics MVP: Paul Asare De Vries (Wa A. Stars)
Week 11
Tema Youth 1-1 Wa All Stars MVP: Issah Huzeifah (Tema Youth)
AshGold 0-1 Hearts MVP: Thomas Abbey (Hearts)
Berekum Chelsea 2-0 Medeama MVP: Stephen Sarfo (Chelsea)
Elmina Sharks 1-2 WAFA MVP: Daniel Lomotey (WAFA)
Bolga All Stars 1-1 Liberty MVP: Noah Neequaye (B. All Stars)
Bechem United 1-0 Inter Allies MVP: Ernest Adu –GK (Bechem Utd)
Kotoko 0-0 Dwarfs MVP: Emmanuel Gyamfi (Kotoko)
Olympics 1–2 Aduana Stars MVP: None
Week 12
Medeama SC 2-0 Bechem Utd MVP: Paul Aidoo (Medeama)
Dwarfs 1-0 Bkm Chelsea MVP: Nicholas Gyan (Dwarfs)
Wa All Stars 1-0 Asante Kotoko MVP: David Abagna (Wa All stars)
Aduana Stars 3-0 Tema Youth MVP: Tanko Mohammed (Aduana)
Inter Allies FC 1-0 Ashanti Gold MVP: Prince Baffoe (Inter Allies)
Hearts of Oak 1-1 Elmina Sharks MVP: Winful Cobbinah (Hearts)
WAFA SC 2-0 Bolga All Stars MVP: Komlan Agbegniadan (Wafa)
Liberty Prof 0-0 Great Olympics MVP: Prosper Avor (Liberty)
Week 13
Bolga All Stars 3-3 Hearts of Oak MVP: Alhassan Rahim (Bolga All Stars)
Ashanti Gold SC 1-1 Medeama MVP: Yaw Ansah (Medeama GK)
Tema Youth FC 2-1 Great Olympics MVP: Hannan A Wahab (Tema Youth)
WAFA SC 2-1 Liberty Prof MVP: Komlan Agbegniadan (WAFA)
Asante Kotoko 1-1 Aduana Stars MVP: Zakaria Mumuni (Aduana Stars)
Berekum Chelsea 1-0 Wa All Stars MVP: Alfred Okai Quaye (Chelsea)
Bechem Utd 0-0 Ebusua Dwarfs MVP: Akoto Danso (Bechem Utd)
Elmina Sharks 0-0 Inter Allies MVP: Isaac Twum (Inter Allies)
Week 14
OLYMPICS 2-0 KOTOKO MOTM: Francis Atsu (Olympics)
DWARFS 4-1 ASHGOLD MOTM: Raphael Mensah (Dwarfs)
ADUANA 1-0 CHELSEA MOTM: Anokye Badu (Aduana)
LIBERTY 2-1 TEMA YOUTH MOTM: Samuel Sarfo (Liberty Prof)
WA ALL STARS 0-1 BECHEM UTD MOTM: Ahmed Toure (Bechem Utd)
INTER ALLIES 3-0 BOLGA ALL STARS MOTM: Isaac Twum (Inter Allies)
HEARTS V WAFA MOTM: Fatawu Mohammed (Hearts)
MEDEAMA V ELMINA SHARKS MOTM: Justice Blay (Medeama)
Week 15
WAFA SC 2-0 Inter Allies FC MotM: Richmond Lamptey (WAFA)
Ashanti Gold SC 1-0 Wa All Stars MotM: Hans kwofie (Ashgold)
Bechem United 1-1 Aduana Stars MotM: Eric Owusu (Bechem Utd)
Asante Kotoko SC 0-0 Tema Youth FC MotM: James Akaminko (Tema Youth)
Liberty Prof 0-3Hearts of Oak MotM: Patrick Razak (Hearts Of Oak)
Elmina Sharks FC 1-0 Ebusua Dwarfs MotM: Adams Farouk (Sharks)
Berekum Chelsea 0-0 Great Olympics MotM: Stephen Sarfo (Chelsea)
Bolga All Stars 1-2 Medeama SC MotM: Ibrahim Giyas (Bolga All Stars)
Tottenham Hotspurs ended their association with White Hart Lane in a perfect style with a 2-1 win over Jose Morinho’s Manchester United. The London based side are set to move to Wembley next season whiles construction work goes on in their new stadium.
Mauricio Pochetino’s charges will play their home games at the Wembley as they fast tract construction of their $800 million stadium. The construction cost is expected to be disbursed across board with NFL outfit generating a handsome $10 million whiles the HSBC are expected to cough out a whopping $350 million with the rest coming from the club. The other half of the around is expected to come from the naming right and corporate world.
The new 61,000 seater stadium will be the largest in London and allow Spurs to flex muscle with the elite in the business and reach the pinnacle of European football. The Whites are set to play in the champions league for the second straight season after a monster of a season in England.
Former Liberty Professional wonder chap , Latif Atta Blessing rescued his MLS side from the claws of defeat with a brace at Orlando City. The Ghanaian import stole the show with his impressive footwork and capped that with two important goals in a 2-2 thriller.
Atta opened the scoring for the visitors just 9 minutes into the game after been fed by Cyle Larvin. The former Carl Reindorf monster showed his predatory instincts with a sweet feet that drew applause from Ricardo Kaka.
The host roared back from the early deficit to take a 2-1 lead through their Brazilian star , Ricky Kaka, but Latif Blessing tied the scores with his second on the night on the 74th minute.
An initial attempt from Gerson Fernández saw Blessing rounding up the scores at 2-2 with his trade mark 18 yard box prowess. It was his first ever top flight goal for the Kancas having been shipped to the second tier for playing time.
Sporting remains second on the Western Conference with 19 points whiles Orlando stayed second on the Eastern conference.
Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah is set to make his audition as the manager of the national team with a mouth watering clash in Kumasi early next month. The former Kumasi Asante Kotoko full back has been given a perfect platform to kick start his second spell as the head coach at the dreaded Baba Yara Sports stadium when the Black Stars host Ethiopia in a 2019 AFCON qualifier.
The Black Stars of Ghana last played a competitive fixture at the Baba Yara stadium three years ago in a 2015 AFCON clash but has been offered a way back to the stadium as a way of welcoming their new trainer. The June 11fixture will see Kwesi Appiah returning to the Kumasi Sports stadium for the first time as a head coach of the Black Stars since parting ways in 2014.
The Black Stars welcome Ethiopia in the opening fixtures of the 2019 Nations cup which serves as the first competitive game at the senior national level. The return of the Black Stars to the Baba Yara sports stadium has been embraced as a tonic targeted at bridging the gap between the fans and the players , also allowing renovation work to take place at the Nation’s Wembley
New trainer for Kumasi Asante Kotoko Steve Polack has promised to revive the ailing fortunes of the club ahead of his imminent arrival for the second half of the campaign. The English trainer for Berekum Chelsea recently agreed a deal with the beleaguered Kumasi based to trade camps for the start of the second department of the season.
The expatriate trainer for the Blues enjoyed two spells in the Ghana premier league with King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea before returning to the Golden City for the start of the current campaign. The soft spoken tactician masterminded an impressive home record for the 2010 league that has so far dropped points just on one occasion, coincidentally against Kotoko.
Speaking to Joy Sports ahead of his imminent arrival at the camp of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Steve Polack echoed the need for collective approach that includes the fans, management, the players and anybody related to the club.
“We know where Kumasi Asante Kotoko should be and we are going to work extra harder to achieve that. The players are going to work harder, the management will work harder, the fans will work harder and we are going to work together”, Steve Polack told Joy Sports
Kumasi Asante Kotoko parted ways with their croat trainer Zdravko Lugarusic after eight games into the campaign and are winless since that time.
Inter Allies trainer Prince Owusu has patched up with club management after a frosty past few weeks resulting in suspension of the Tema based gaffer.
The former Medeama SC assistant Coach Prince Owusu has exclusively told Joy Sports his relationship with the club management is as rosy as before despite his suspension two weeks ago.
The Eleven is To One trainer was asked to stay away from his team for a week after disagreement but was recalled a week later. Inter Allies play Bolga All Stars in match day 14 of the Ghana premier league and the confident trainer has confirmed patching up with his club officials ahead of the visit of the Bolga based opponents.
The former Medeama Sc Coach tells Joys sports centre he has patched up with management and that their relationship has returned to its rosy best.
“We are all doing our jobs very well. They are doing their jobs very well and I am doing mine well.
“We had some misunderstanding but we sat down to discuss it and accepted it.
“That is how I am. If you say something wrong I will tell you as it is and we move on. I don’t take things personal”, Prince Owusu told Joy Sports.
Inter Allies endured a nightmare start to the season and are languishing precariously around the wavy colored relegation zone. The Labaadi based side sold a number of their star players in the summer which has negatively affected their output in the opening 13 round of matches played.
Ghana international David Accam opened up on his razor blade form in the MLS after a near perfect start to the season. The Chicago Fire attacker credited weight lifting and marshal art for his rampant form in the MLS.
In an exclusive interview from his Chicago based in the US, the Ghanaian import credited Chuck Norris for his ruthless form in the division. The Ghanaian forward grew up a fan of the television series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which starred martial arts expert Chuck Norris.
“In Ghana, the show was huge, and every kid watched it when it was on once a week,” Accam said after practice Wednesday in Bridgeview.
Walker, a mix, recently gave birth to eight puppies back in Ghana.
“I haven’t seen the babies yet, but I have pictures and am looking forward to seeing them,” Accam said.
After scoring 19 goals over his first two seasons, Accam credits his decision to add a more strenuous weightlifting program in the offseason with helping his game.
“I feel sharper and stronger and can see the difference,” Accam said. “I know I can do better than what I’m doing, and hopefully I can get into my game more so we can get points on the road.”
The Black Stars forward is expected to earn a place in the team when the new list is release very soon.