Articles from the ‘Sports’ category

Kwaresey’s confidence level is low: Eddie Ansah

Posted by on February 3, 2012 at 8:12 am in Football, Sports

    Black stars goalkeepers’ trainer Eddie Ansah has admitted that, the confidence level of Black Stars first choice goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey is low. Kwarasey’s performance in the opening three games of the ongoing Cup of Nations has been heavily criticized by soccer loving fans in the country. According to Eddie Ansah, the technical team [...]

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FA mourns with Annan over mum’s passing

Posted by on at 8:01 am in Football, Lead Stories, Sports

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is saddened to announce that midfielder Anthony Annan’s mother passed away on Thursday night. Madam Sophia Sampson died in a hospital in Ghana after falling sick earlier in the day. Annan, who is part of the Black Stars squad playing at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, has decided not [...]

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Muhammad Ali’s legendary trainer Angelo Dundee dies

Posted by on February 2, 2012 at 4:35 pm in Boxing, Sports

Dundee, famous for working alongside Muhammad Ali for 20 years, is reported to have had a heart attack after being taken to hospital with a blood clot. He guided Ali through his greatest fights, including the “The Rumble in the Jungle” with George Foreman . His son, Jimmy Dundee, said: “Thankfully, the whole family was [...]

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Hearts of Oak to play Asec Mimosa

Posted by on at 3:23 pm in Football, Sports

Two powerhouses on the African continent, Accra Hearts of Oak of Ghana and Asec Mimosas of Cote d’Ivoire are billed to square it off in a fierce contest. The match which comes on at the Lizzy’s sports complex on the 4th of February at 10am is a friendly aimed at putting the twenty times Ghana [...]

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Mulenga was expelled for breaking team’s rules

Posted by on at 3:22 pm in Sports

– Zambia authorities Officials of the Zambian Football Association have confirmed that their winger Clifford Mulenga was expelled from the ongoing African Nations Cup squad for breaching team rules. Mulenga broke a curfew, along with three other unidentified players, after Zambia’s win on Sunday over Equatorial Guinea in their last group match. While the trio [...]

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Stars to play Tunisia in quarter finals

Posted by on at 2:17 pm in Sports

Ghana will meet Tunisia in the quarter-final of the African Cup of Nations on Sunday after topping Group D with seven points and are joined by Mali to the second round. . The Black Stars drew 1-1 with Guinea on Wednesday in the final game and were joined by Mali to qualify from the group. [...]

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Morocco 1 vrs 0 Niger

Posted by on February 1, 2012 at 8:56 am in Football, Other Top Stories, Sports

With the two teams only playing for pride it was the north Africans who came out on top to deny their opponents their first ever AFCON point   Morocco left it late to secure their first win of their Afcon campaign, triumphing over a respectable Niger side 1-0 in Libreville. Eric Gerets made seven changes [...]

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Gabon through to quarter finals

Posted by on at 8:49 am in Football, Other Top Stories, Sports

A second half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goal in Franceville gave Gabon their third straight victory at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), ensuring that the co-hosts won’t have to leave their country should they qualify for the semi-finals. Tunisia were the better side in the opening stages, controlling the midfield and applying pressure on the [...]

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