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Otto Addo drops Black Stars skipper Andre Ayew for World Cup qualifiers

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Black Stars coach Otto Addo has left out skipper Andre Ayew Ayew from his 26-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Mali and Central African Republic.

According to coach Otto Addo, he personally spoke to Andre to inform him about the reasons why he was left out before naming his squad.

The Black Stars will face Mali on June 6, 2024, at Bamako’s Stade 26 Mars, followed by a home game against Central African Republic on June 10, 2024, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Players who have been handed their debut call-ups to the senior national team by Addo include Ibrahim Sulemana and West Bromwich Albion’s Brandon Thomas-Asante.

According to coach Otto Addo, he personally spoke to Andre to inform him about the reasons why he was left out before naming his squad.

The Black Stars will face Mali on June 6, 2024, at Bamako’s Stade 26 Mars, followed by a home game against Central African Republic on June 10, 2024, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Players who have been handed their debut call-ups to the senior national team by Addo include Ibrahim Sulemana and West Bromwich Albion’s Brandon Thomas-Asante.

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My govt will revamp Black Stars with home-grown players – Mahama

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The new Black Stars will be built on home-grown players, according to National Democratic Congress’ 2024 flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama.

He made this statement during the Northern Region leg of his “Building The Ghana We Want Tour” as he campaigns to be elected as President of Ghana, aiming to replace outgoing Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Black Stars have fared very poorly in recent years, with the latest disappointment being a first-round exit from the 2023 AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire.

Ghana failed to win a game in three outings in the aforementioned competition, leading to a crash out of the AFCON at the group stage for the second edition in a row.

Addressing a gathering, the NDC presidential candidate said the Black Stars under his government would be built on home-grown talents who have excelled in the revamped Ghanaian football structure.

“We will build the new Black Stars based on homegrown players. Domestic players who have trained together for a long time and work as a team, and then we will bring in the foreign ones to blend with them.”

“The core of the Black Stars must be made up of domestic players who have played together for a long time… We are going to overhaul Ghana football in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association.”

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AFCON 2023: We will give our best against Egypt – Jordan Ayew

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Ghana forward, Jordan Ayew, has assured the players will give out their best performance in Thursday’s match against Egypt.

The team takes on the Pharaohs in a make-or-break game in their second Group B game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

There is a huge pressure on the Black Stars to win the game after losing 2-1 to Cape Verde in their opener last Sunday.

“[Today] is going to be a tough game. The boys were ready. We put ourselves in this situation, so we need to come out of it and, you know, you never know in football,” he said at the team’s presser on Wednesday.

“So we’re ready. We’ll give our best, we’ll fight, we’ll represent Ghana as well as we can, put in a better performance as a team and hopefully tomorrow everyone will be happy.”

The game is at 8:00pm at Stade Félix-Houphouët-Boigny.

The other group game will see Cape Verde take on Mozambique.

 

Source: Joy Sports

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2023 AFCON: Black Stars changes training camp from Johannesburg to Kumasi

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has in a statement noted that the plans for the Black Stars to camp in South Africa for a training camp before the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament has been called.

In the statement today, the Ghana FA said the Black Stars will now hold a training camp in Kumasi before traveling to Ivory Coast for the AFCON.

Meanwhile, the friendly match between Ghana and Botswana scheduled to be played on January 8 has been called off.

“The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce that following a review meeting between the Management & Technical Team, it has changed plans to camp the Black Stars in South Africa ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

“Ghana was originally scheduled to open a training camp in South Africa from Sunday, December 31, 2023, for a ten-day period ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations Tournament in Cote D’Ivoire. Following the decision, the team will now camp in Kumasi beginning Tuesday, January 2, 2023,” parts of the GFA statement said.

It added, “The International friendly against Botswana scheduled on Monday, January 8, 2023 in Johannesburg is called off and the FA is working on finding a new opponent for the team as part of the build up to the tournament in Abidjan.

“The Association is mindful of the request of the Black Stars Technical Team for a quiet and serene camping atmosphere, and thus, the hotel will be strictly inaccessible to the public and the media.

In addition, the training sessions of the Black Stars will be behind closed doors and not available to the public and media.