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Former Black Stars defender Shilla Illiasu has explained how superior the 2006 World cup squad was as compared to the current crop of players set to represent Ghana in Qatar for the 2022 World cup. The 2006 squad included players like Samuel Kuffuor (AS Roma), Michael Essien (Chelsea), (Sulley Muntari (Udinese) and Stephen Appiah (Fenerbahçe) among others. On the other ...

Black Stars defender, Alexander Djiku has returned to full training with Strasbourg after recovering from a hamstring injury. The 28-year-old picked up the injury last month in his side’s 2-2 draw against Toulouse. Djiku also missed out on the team’s game last weekend against Olympique Marseille, leading many to raise concerns about the severity of the injury ahead of the ...

Black Stars coach Otto Addo has confirmed he will leave his role as coach of Ghana after the World Cup. Addo, who also works with Borussia Dortmund in Germany, has been contracted to handle the Black Stars till the end of the year. He will be leading the national team at the World Cup in Qatar, but Addo does not ...

Ghanaian forward Brian Brobbey says he expects to start games after scoring a brace in Ajax 7-1 win against Excelsior in the Eredivise on Sunday. The Dutch international returned to the starting line up ahead of Mohammed Kudus in over a month on Sunday. Brian Brobbey’s place had been taken over by Mohammed Kudus who had been in impeccable form ...

Senegalese football captain, Sadio Mane, has won the first Socrates Award at this year’s Ballon d’Or. The Ballon d’Or organisers added a humanitarian prize to this year’s ceremony named for Socrates, the Brazil midfielder, who also held a medical degree. “The Socrates Prize will identify the best social initiative by committed champions,” a statement from the France Football magazine said ...

Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil football star Neymar and eight others went on trial in Barcelona yesterday charged with fraud and corruption over the player’s transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013. Neymar, who arrived in the city early Monday, spent about two hours at the Barcelona courthouse before he was excused by the judge from the rest of the day’s ...

Barcelona player, Robert Lewandowski, on Monday won the Gerd Müller award at the Ballon d’Or in Paris. The Gerd Müller Trophy goes to the top scorer of the season combining goals both for club and country. Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, won the Best Goalkeeper award called the Yachine Trophy. Credit: Twitter| francefootball Lands For Sale Share on: WhatsApp

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best footballer of the year – for the first time. Benzema scored 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Lionel Messi (seven) and Cristiano Ronaldo (five) had won the award on 12 of ...

World 100m Hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan has been nominated for this year’s Women’s World Athlete of the Year. The list of nominees was released by World Athletics on Wednesday, October 12. The nominated athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics. Lands For Sale Their performances covered ...

Former Ghana Football Association Executive Council member Fred Pappoe believes the Black Stars can excel at the upcoming World Cup. Pappoe has backed the team to disprove the doubters in Qatar, where they will face Portugal, South Korea, and Uruguay in the group stage. Given their recent form, Ghana are the least likely of the four teams in Group H ...