Asante Kotoko attacking midfielder Baba Mahama is itching to return to his best after his poor start to the Ghana Premier League. The 20-year-old joined the Porcupine Warriors in the off season following a stellar premier league debut season with Techiman City FC. After nine games in the campaign, the light-footed attacker is yet to hit his stride in the clubs colours. However, Mahama is eager to recapture his former playing standard in their subsequent matches. "I'm very disappointed

Former Ghana International Nii Odartey Lamptey has backed the re-appointment of Kwesi Appiah as Black Stars Head Coach. The 56 year old has been named head coach beating Frenchman Williy Sagnol and Belgian Hugo Broos to the job. This will be Kwesi Appiahs second spell as head coach of the team after he was sacked after Ghanas dismal showing at the 2014 World Cup. Odartey Lamptey is however excited with the appointment and is backing the former Al Khartoum manager to be a success in his second

Adam Bate speaks to FC Nordsjaelland chairman and Right to Dream founder Tom Vernon to find out how one man's commitment to developing role-models for African players is bearing fruit. "Academies will naturally produce good players from time to time," Tom Vernon tells Sky Sports. "But if you don't look at them and feel proud of what they stand for, if it's just a nasty kid who scored a hat-trick in the Champions League, then I don't think that feels good. "We

Kwesi Appiah will stand down as the head coach of Sudanese side Al Khartoum El Watani as he has been re-appointed to lead the Ghana national team. The 56-year-old is replacing Israeli tactician Avram Grant whose contract run out in February after the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. The ex-Ghana capatin joined Al Khartoum El Watani in December, 2014 after he was sacked as the head coach of the Black Stars following an abysmal World Cup campaign in Brazil. He led the team in the CAF Confederation

Anderlecht star Frank Acheampong could have made a 7.5m transfer deal to English Premier League side Hull City in January according to reports in Belgium. Acheampong has been in consistent form for the Belgium giants and has been influential to their progress in the Europa League and the local league as well. According to dhnet.be, a top Belgian website, the Ghanaian could have moved to The Tigers three months ago for the reported fee as he was seen as a good material for their Premier League campaign.

Borussia Monchengladbach are considering signing Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu Mensah, according to multiple reports. The Dutch-born defenders future at Old Trafford is uncertain and has been linked with a host of clubs across Europe due to his lack of regular game time. According the Mirror, the Bundesliga side have opened negotiations with the English giants over a possible loan move during the next transfer window. The 18-year-old defender broke into the clubs first team under

Social media has been buzzing with various reactions to the appointment of James Kwesi Appiah as new Black Stars coach. After weeks of speculation, the former Black Stars coach and player was handed the job by the Ghana Football Association ahead of Hugo Broos and Willy Sagnol. The three men were interviewed last Friday and after an assessment by the Ghana FAs Executive Committee of their performance. Appiah was considered the best and appointed two years after leaving his post. Some fans

The Ghana Football Association has confirmed new Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will take full charge of the local Black Stars. Appiah was officially appointed on Tuesday on an initial two-year after a Ghana Football Association Executive Committee meeting. A Ghana FA publication stated: ''Appiah will be handed a two-year contract and will start his duties on 1st May, 2017.He will also take full charge of the Local Black Stars.'' The ex-international must assemble a team for their

Black Stars second choice goalkeeper Fatau Dauda has repeated his appeal to the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to consider allowing native players who play for clubs on the continent to play in the CHAN tournament. The Championship of Africa Nations is a tournament played on the continent by locally based players introduced by CAF in 2009. But the Enyimba shot stopperthinks that limiting the tournament to only locally based players will not only prevent others of having national caps,

Former New Edubiase center back Musah Nuhu has explained how he broke into the starting eleven of Sogakope side WAFA after joining them. Nuhu, 19, was instrumental for New Edubiase but his individual efforts could not guide the side out of relegation last season. The hardworking defender was kept on the bench for the initial three matches of the season before breaking into the starting eleven. And he explains why: When I arrived here, I had to patiently learn their style and adopt to their

Re-appointed Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has been handed a two-year contract to revive the Black Stars. The Al Khartoum SC coach was confirmed on Tuesday after a Ghana Football Association Executive Committee meeting. Appiah will officially start work on 01 May after beating competition from 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Hugo Broos and Frenchman Willy Sagnol. A statement on the Ghana FA read: ''The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has named James Kwesi Appiah as the new coach

Video analyst Gerrard Nus will not return to Ghana under Kwesi Appiah who has just been given the Black Stars job on a two year basis. Appiahs return all but brings an end to any possibility that Gerrard Nus who staged a sit and wait for his money to be paid will not be returning to Ghana in any capacity. The video analyst worked with Grant for his first Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea where the team reached the final but lost on penalties to Cote DVoire. He returned two years

With an ambitious dream of becoming a world class coach after his short playing career, Bolga All Stars interim coach Baba Nuhu Malam believes his journey to greatness as a top class coach has started. The intelligent coach was handed the herculean task of guiding the newly promoted side to escape relegation following the decision of the Northern Region FA presidents decision to take over the club. Malam, a License A coach guided the side to pick their first point away at AshGold in a 1-1 stalemate

1. He came close to accepting Sudan national team job- Kwesi Appiah was contacted by the Sudanese FA for the national team job after doing a great job with Al Khartoum SC but his club, owned by the military, did not allow him. 2. Kwesi Appiah has no role model as a coach but admires Arsenal's playing style. Kwesi Appiah admires the philosophy of coach Arsene Wenger despite not having the opportunity for practical experience with the Gunners. In spite of being an advocate of good football,

Kwesi Appiah was born on 30 June 1960 and was a former Asante Kotoko defender and for the senior national team the Black Stars. He played for Kotoko between 1983 and 1993 and for the Black Stars between 1987 and 1992. In 2007, he was named assistant coach to Claude Le Roy shortly before Milovan Rajevac was also appointed as his next boss. He also served under another Serbian coach Goran Stevanovic. Appiah was coach of Ghana U23 and led them to win a historic 2011 All Africa Games gold

The Ghana Football Association has re-appointed Kwesi Appiah as the next Black Stars coach to replace Israeli Avram Grant. The ex-Ghana captain is said to have come out top against former France defender Willy Sagnol and 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Hugo Broos after an interview session last Friday in Accra. Appiah will be making a return to the national team job two years after he was sacked following the team's abysmal performance at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. But

Ghana striker Kwesi Appiah is happy to return to have returned to active football on Monday night for his on-loan club Viking in the Norwegian top-flight. But he was saddened his side lost1-0 at Valerenga in their season opener. He was handed a starting role and lasted 67 minutes before being replaced by Patrick Pedersen. He Tweeted after the match: ''Unlucky not to take something from the game! We have to move on now to the next one on Thursday! Nice to be back on the field 😁💪🏽

Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt. In almost similar context, the Biblical Jesus underscores this age-old axiom when he laments that Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown (Luke 4:24). In other words, when people, friends, see and interact with you on daily basis; they become too familiar with you, and the likely result is that often they tend to take you or everything you say for granted. This familiarity phenomenon is the proverbial Sword of Damocles hanging around

Executive Committee Vice Chairman of the Ghana Football Association Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer believes Kwesi Appiah is the only local coach qualified to handle the Black Stars. Widespread reports suggest that, the Al Khartoum coach has been reappointed as the new Black Stars coach on a two-year deal. Speaking to Happy FM, Palmer said, If the masses are clamouring for the man (Kwesi Appiah) to be given the job then that is what it is because by evaluation or whatever assessment we have done,

The Ghana Football Association is on the verge of naming a new coach for the Black Stars following the departure of Israeli trainer Avram Grant. Local media reports suggest that, Kwasi Appiah, former coach of the team will be handed the job ahead of Belgium trainer and coach of Cameroon Hugo Broos. Below are the list of coaches who have headed the team from 1958 2014-17 Avram Grant 2013-14AKwasi Appiah 2012- Akwasi Appiah (Interim) 2011-12 Goran Stevanovic (SERBIA) 2010-11 Akwasi