By Peterking Quaye, from Accra, Ghana – If Liberia’s quest to have a formidable youth team has been dashed, then there is hope for the future ,as well as bright players to fit in the boots of the old one. One of such is young Kesselly Zulu. Kesselly Zulu (Liberia), is one of the many young Liberian footballers coming up in Ghana, he recently joined the MNT-Soccer Academy West Africa. He was part of The finalists of the MTN Soccer Academy season 4 West Africa Reality Show. Many Liberians in Ghana see him as a true ambassador and who has... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – The National Sports Festival which is being revived after seven years of inactivity will assemble about 5,000 sportsmen and sportswomen in the capital city of Accra to compete for honours in 20 sporting disciplines. The disciplines are colts soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Handball, Netball, Boxing, Table Tennis, Badminton, Tennis, Athletics and Karate Do. The others are Taekwondo, Judo, Hockey, Chess, Scrabble, Swimming, Cycling, Disabled sports and Weightlifting. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Clement Humado will launch this year’s edition of the National Sports Festival at the Media Centre of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium on... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent with support from Ghanasoccernet – Ghana will play South Korea in an international friendly in June according to GHANAsoccernet.com. The match will be played in Seoul on 7 June just two days after the Black Stars home clash with Congo. This means the Ghanaians face a long journey to Korea after the energy sapping game in Accra. Despite the long travel involved, the match will give Coach Goran Stevanovic a chance to continue to build a formidable side for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana is the highest ranked African nation at 15th and Korea is... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye with support from Ghana web, Asempa Radio – Ghanaian teams have in recent days come under fire for their poor performances, blaming the Ghana Football Association unequal attention to all the teams. In an interview on a local radio station Vice President of the Ghana Football Association, Fred Pappoe said all the national teams are treated fairly. Soccer fans share the view that the current Ghana Football Association under the leadership of Kwasi Nyantakyi is concentrated more on the Black Stars at the expense of the other national teams – a situation which has led to poor... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye with support from New Dawn-Liberia – News monitored by Shout-Africa.com correspondent from Liberia indicates that Liberia’s Under-23 football team will honour the first leg of the all African Games qualifiers this Saturday at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville against their Nigerian opponents. Liberia was recently thrashed 4 – 0 by La Cote d’Ivoire in Ghana during the London 2012 Olympic qualifiers. The Liberian side was led by Italian coach, Roberto Landi and Thomas Kojo as assistant. The Lone Star Junior team line-up local base players for the match. The players’ listing of the Nigerian... Continue Reading
