Hearts of Oak legend, Charles Assampong Taylor has taken a swipe at Asante Kotoko, describing his former club as “local champions.” The Porcupine Warriors made a poor start to the 2022/23 season, having exited the CAF Champions League at the hands of minnows RC Kadiogo after emerging as the champions for the 2021/22 Ghana Premier […]
Assistant coach of the Black Stars, George Boateng, has advised locally-based players to take their chances when invited to to the senior national team. According to the former Middlesbrough midfielder, Ghana Premier League players have to be brave when they get the chance with the Black Stars. “Afriyie Barnieh has been with us, Dennis Korsah […]
Hearts of Oak attacker Daniel Afriyie-Barnieh is the only home-based player named in Ghana’s 29-man squad for pre-2022 Fifa World Cup friendlies later this month. The Black Stars take on Brazil and Nicaragua on September 23 and 27 respectively. Barnieh has been rewarded for sustained fine form in recent months at club and national team […]
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be historic for Africa because the continent’s five teams for the tournament will be managed by local coaches. Morocco have appointed Walid Regragui as head coach, and he will now join a stellar cast of four other African coaches to lead their country. This is a significant […]
Renowned afro-pop musician and shareholder for betPawa Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade also known as Mr. Eazi has disclosed that his outfit believe in support for local game and sports development hence the decision to sponsor the Ghana Premier League. betPawa was unveiled on Wednesday as the headline sponsor of the top-flight for an initial period of […]
Renowned afro-pop musician and shareholder for betPawa Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade also known as Mr. Eazi says the company’s love for the local game and sports development was key to the decision to sponsor the Ghana Premier League. betPawa was unveiled on Wednesday as the headline sponsor of the Ghana Premier League for an initial period […]
Former Hearts of Oak coach, Kim Grant has appealed to Black Stars coach, Otto Addo not to neglect local players ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. With less than five months to the start of the Mundial, Otto Addo is yet to name his squad for the global showpiece. Last week, the Ghana […]
Hearts of Oak goalkeeper, Richard Attah has attributed local players’ poor performance to the standard of the Ghana Premier League. Players plying their trade in the topflight in the country have struggled to make an impact on the national team recently. According to Attah, foreign-based players prefer to play on wet pitches whereas the local […]
South African legend Doctor Khumalo has explained why a local coach would be preferable to a foreigner for Bafana Bafana. Bafana boss Hugo Broos claims that South Africa lacks talent and that the Premier Soccer League’s standards are poor did not impress Khumalo. As a result, the former Kaizer Chiefs player stated that if the […]
Black Stars and Asante Kotoko legend, Joseph Carr, has made a strong case for some outstanding local goalkeepers to be selected into the Black Stars to create a healthy competition in the goalkeeping department of the team. He said the over-reliance on foreign-based goalkeepers in the national team, some of whom did not have the […]
