We still want Ballotelli – Nyantekyie
The player who turns 19 this year has persistently turned down overtures from Ghanaian football authorities but Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantekyie says he remains the prized asset for the GFA. “We won’t give up on Balotelli now because if we have somebody like him our team it will be a huge addition,” […]
Japan, Angola test for Stars
KickOffGhana.com understands the Ghana Football Association have almost wrapped negotiations to play Japan who have already qualified for the world cup in the Dutch city of Utrecht on September 9th, three days after their 2010 World Cup qualifier against Sudan in Accra on September 6. And then in November, the Stars have been lined […]
Sarpong swaps Oranje for Stars
GFA vice-president Fred Pappoe revealed exclusively to KickOffGhana.com that the 20-year old who broke into the Ajax first team last season has contacted the GFA to make himself available for selection in future. Sarpong represented Holland at the World U-17 Championships in 2005 in Peru but with little prospect for rising up the main […]
Addo urges fans to dial travel agents
The Black Stars returned from Khartoum on Sunday after beating Sudan 2-0 to take a strong grip on Group D, with nine points from three games and three clean-sheets to boot. While Addo says the team will keep continue to focus on their remaining three games at home to Sudan and Mali and away […]
Teamwork has been key – Amoah
Amoah has taken his goalscoring form from club side NAC Breda to the national team, netting three important goals in the last two games to give Ghana six points from two away games. But he says the key thing has been the growing confidence of the team that World Cup qualification is possible. “I […]
Ruthless Hearts: Papic had to go
The Serbian was surprisingly sacked on Thursday after a meeting with club bosses in Accra. The sacking came a day after the Phobians had lost a second straight game against King Faisal who played for long spells with nine men. The club said they had parted company by mutual consent while vice president Frank Nelson […]
Papic shocked by Hearts sacking
The Serbian was given the shock sack by Hearts on Thursday after a 0-1 loss to nine-man King Faisal left them eight points clear at the top of the Glo Premier League. A club statement said they had parted company with Papic by mutual consent but the former Orlando Pirates coach seemed to think otherwise. […]
Ayew goes under the knife
Ayew undertook his medicals while still not fully recovered from cartilage damage but says the Egyptians have agreed to bare the cost of the surgery. Ayew expects to fully recover in four weeks after the operation and contribute his bit to Zamalek in his first foray into professional football outside Ghana. “Zamalek have […]
Rahim defends Zamalek choice
Ayew signed the long term deal on Tuesday to join the Cairo giants but the wisdom of the deal was questioned almost immediately especially with Junior Agogo’s bitter experience in mind. Agogo joined Zamalek in a blaze of glory but is now engaged in a tussle with the club at Fifa over unpaid salaries and […]
Tagoe welcomes increased competition
Tagoe is one of many players Rajevac can call on for the game against Sudan with Matthew Amoah, Samuel Yeboah, Junior Agogo and the promising Opoku Agyemang all contending for a place in the team. So intense has been the competition that Agogo, top scorer in the qualifying process so far with four goals […]
