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By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare Barimah In 1981, the Black Stars of Ghana launched a campaign to qualify for the 13th edition Africa Cup of Nations tournament to be staged in Libya. The Stars were then the most successful nation in the 25-year history of the competition: they had won three titles …

By:brightwebtv.com   Samuel Owusu Ghanaian International winger Samuel Kwame Owusu says winning the Africa Cup of Nations is a long-cherished ambition. The 24-year-old who plays for Al Ahli Jeddah on loan from Al-Fayha, last month, scored his first International goal for Ghana in a 5-1 win against Asian Champions Qatar, …

  By;brightwebtv/nana asare barimah Afcon trophy The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has postponed the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) that was billed to be hosted in Cameroon. After a meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Executive Members made the decision to move the upcoming Afcon to January 2022. President Ahmed Ahmed …

  By:brightwebtv.com nana Asare barimah Former Black Stars head coach, Otto Pfister, says the reason he gave the Black Stars captain’s armband to Tony Baffoe ahead of the AFCON 1992 final against Cote D’Ivoire was because he was the most neutral member of a very divided squad. The German tactician …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah Black Meteors Ghana’s U-23 team, Black Meteors have left the country for Egypt for this year’s Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. The technical team, management, and players traveled Monday afternoon for the tournament which begins on November 8. GFA boss Kurt Okraku and some members of the Executive Council …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah has disclosed that the government spent a total of 4.5 million dollars on the just ended 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Egypt. Mr Asiamah said this when he appeared …

Source:brightwebtv.com /nana asare barimah     The Sports Minister has put the expenditure on AFCON 2019 at $4.5million, the same amount paid as prize money for the winner, Algeria. Isaac Asiamah briefing Parliament Wednesday, said the country budgeted $6.3million. But with the Black Stars exit at the 1/16 stage in …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah       Algeria forward Riyad Mahrez curled in a free kick in stoppage time to give Algeria a 2-1 win over Nigeria in a tense Africa Cup of Nations semi-final played in a volatile atmosphere on Sunday. The Algerians went ahead when William Troost Ekong turned …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), welcomed the senior national team, Black Stars back to Accra, in the early hours of Thursday following their disappointing exit from the ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Professor Peter Twumasi, Director …

By:brightwebtv.com/nana asare barimah   More revelations are emerging after the Black Stars were eliminated by Tunisia in the round of 16. Former Asante Kotoko and Black Stars player Ntow Gyan has revealed that the Black Stars players were disrespectful to their head Coach Kwesi Appiah when the team was in …