Tag: african soccer

Ghana Turn to Zambia After Trashing Lesotho

Ghana are already preparing for next weekend’s 2014 World Cup qualifying clash against African champions Zambia. The Black Stars beat Lesotho 7-0 on Friday in Kumasi, in a match delayed by floodlight failure and are due to start their journey to Ndola on Saturday. Defender Isaac Vorsah, who missed the Lesotho game, has rejoined the… Continue reading Ghana Turn to Zambia After Trashing Lesotho

Ivory Coast’s Kolo Toure Handed Six-month ban for Failed Drugs Test

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure will miss the start of next season after being handed a six-month ban from all football for failing a drugs test. The ban is back-dated to 2 March, when Toure’s provisional suspension began. He is free to play from 2 September, but will also be target-tested for a period of… Continue reading Ivory Coast’s Kolo Toure Handed Six-month ban for Failed Drugs Test

Nigeria’s Olubayo Adefemi Dies in Car Accident in Greece

Nigeria international defender Olubayo Adefemi has died in a car accident, Greek police said on Monday. The 25-year-old, who played for Skoda Xanthi, lost control of his car on the Egnatia motorway before the crash. Adefemi was driving from Xanthi to Salonika in the Kavala region of northern Greece. The former Rapid Bucharest player was… Continue reading Nigeria’s Olubayo Adefemi Dies in Car Accident in Greece

Ghana Black Stars Light Up Wembley

ESPNSoccernet Sir Alex Ferguson should try telling Ghana fans that international friendlies are a “waste of time”. A day after the Manchester United boss also labelled the fixtures “worthless”, 21,000 ecstatic Black Stars supporters celebrated Asamoah Gyan’s last-gasp Wembley equaliser as though it had erased all the heartache of last summer’s World Cup quarter-final exit… Continue reading Ghana Black Stars Light Up Wembley

Gyan Powers Ghana Black Stars to Draw With England at Wembley

BBC Asamoah Gyan’s injury-time equaliser deprived England of victory in a highly entertaining friendly against Ghana at Wembley. Andy Carroll’s first international goal just before the interval looked to have settled the game in favour of Fabio Capello’s revamped England side before Gyan gave Ghana a draw they fully deserved. Ghana’s vast and colourful support… Continue reading Gyan Powers Ghana Black Stars to Draw With England at Wembley

Ghana Gyan, Mensah and Muntari Excited by Black Stars-England Friendly

[ad#Adsense-468×60] Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari says he and team-mates John Mensah and Asamoah Gyan are excited by the friendly against England at Wembley on 29 March. The Sunderland trio are in the Black Stars squad for the encounter, which will be played before a sell-out crowd including 20,000 Ghana supporters. “We want to play, it’s… Continue reading Ghana Gyan, Mensah and Muntari Excited by Black Stars-England Friendly

Ivory Coast and Manchester City Kolo Toure Fails Drug Test

Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been suspended after testing positive for a specified substance. The 29-year-old was informed by the Football Association that an A sample he provided had returned positive. City confirmed in a statement that Toure had been suspended “pending the outcome of the legal process”. Ivory Coast international Toure, whose brother… Continue reading Ivory Coast and Manchester City Kolo Toure Fails Drug Test