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The Zimbabwe Football Association has named Norman Mapeza as interim coach to replace Croat Zdravko Logarusic who was sacked last week due to poor results in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Mapeza, regarded as one of the best local coaches will lead Zimbabwe for the rest of the qualifying cycle. Apparently, former Warriors great, Bruce Grobbelaar had also expressed ...

Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak Vincent Odotei Sowah has advised the Ghana Football Association to appoint a foreign coach after the exit of CK Akonnor. The GFA has set up a three member committee to find a replacement for coach CK Akonnor by Thursday after the terminating of his deal with the Association. Several names have come up ...

Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak Vincent Odotei Sowah has advised the Ghana Football Association to appoint a foreign coach after the exit of CK Akonnor. The GFA has set up a three member committee to find a replacement for coach CK Akonnor by Thursday after the terminating of his deal with the Association. Several names have come up ...

Sports journalist and analyst, Saddick Adams has been speaking on who the likely candidates are to succeed C.K Akonnor as head coach of the Black Stars. According to him, the sacking of CK Akonnor had been on the table for a while now and that the 72 hour period given to find a new coach is testament of the fact that ...

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association has terminated the appointment of Black Stars Coach Charles Akonnor and his two Assistants with immediate effect. This follows the receipt of the Technical Report from the Head Coach of the Senior National Team and the report from the Black Stars Management Committee following Ghana’s Group G World Cup qualifying matches against ...

Champions Hearts of Oak lost to newly-promoted Ghana Premier League side Accra Lions in a friendly ahead of their CAF Champions League campaign. The Phobians were beaten 3-2 in the exciting match played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, a week before they play Guinean side CI Kamsar. Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, who was named in Ghana’s squad for recent ...

Ghana captain Andre Ayew Sunday made his competitive debut for Qatari top-flight club Al Sadd. Ayew played in Al Sadd’s season opener against A-Sailiya which ended 2-0 at the Al-Gharafah Stadium in Doha. Ayew partnered Algerian Africa Cup of Nations winner Baghdad Bounedjah in a two-man attack, and despite not scoring head coach Xavi Hernandez was pleased with him. Winger ...

Hopes are high that this year’s inaugural African Women’s Champions League can raise the standard of the game in Africa to unprecedented levels, both on the continent and more globally. The line-up for the maiden finals was decided after Malabo King of Equatorial Guinea clinched the last place. Malabo King beat Amani FCF 1-0 in DR Congo to secure a ...

Kotoko have announced midfielder Richmond Lamptey as their first signing ahead of the 2021/22 season. Lamptey has joined the Porcupine Warriors on a three-year deal from relegated Inter Allies. Last season, Lamptey started 30 games for Inter Allies and scored three goals including his long-range stunner against champions Hearts of Oak, and provided three assists. The 24-year-old also picked up ...

Head of communications for the Ghana Football Association, Henry Asante Twum has admitted the Football Association and coach CK Akonnor are aware of the need to turn things around in the world Cup qualifiers for the Black Stars. Ghana won by a lone goal in a unimpressive game against Ethiopia and lost to South Africa in the opening fixtures in ...