Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Richard Ofori will lead the Black Stars against Nicaragua on Tuesday evening. The 28-year-old has displaced Jojo Wollacott to start in between the sticks with Otto Addo naming 9 different starters from his XI against Brazil. Due the sweeping changes in the starting XI, Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew are both no […]
Ghana’s starting lineup in the Nicaragua friendly will not feature captain Andre Ayew and brother Jordan Ayew. Black Stars gaffer Otto Addo will offer starts to the new lads in the team who could not feature against Brazil on Friday. Andre Ayew was substituted for Antoine Semenyo while Jordan played the entire 90 minutes of […]
They are many cases of footballing fraternity, who have the same surname and the same blood, speak the same language, and share the same passion. But when it comes to choosing a national team, there have only been a few instances of brothers wearing different shirts and singing a different national anthem. The latest case is […]
Athletic Club manager Ernesto Velverde is hoping to get the best out of the Williams brothers. Inaki and Nico Williams joined their teammates for pre-season and were involved in friendlies Borussia Monchengladbach and DSV Duisburg. Velverde wants new Ghana forward Inaki Williams to be more prolific in front of goals. “We have been training hard […]
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has rubbished reports in the Spanish newspapers that the Williams brothers – Inaki and Nico – have refused to play for Ghana revealing that the move to complete their nationality switch to play for the Black Stars ‘is very much on course’. The football governing body of the West African […]
It has been a week of nationality switch speculation for Ghana in their preparations towards the World Cup as the England trio of Edward Nketiah, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Tariq Lamptey were reported to have pledged their international future to the four-time African champions. This follows similar speculation on the Spain-born Athletic Bilbao brothers of Inaki […]
Spain-born brothers Inaki and Nico Williams have reportedly agreed to play for Ghana, with the local football governing body, GFA, beginning the process of confirming their availability for Black Stars duty. The Athletic Bilbao duo are said to have decided to leave Spain for Ghana with their Ghanaian parents’ approval. According to reports, they were […]
