Liberia international winger and midfielder, Patrick Doeplah, who played for Hapoel Kfar Saba, an Israeli club, was pronounced dead at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Monrovia, early Tuesday morning. The corpse has been deposited at the Samuel A. Stryker Funeral Home. The 21-year-old mid-fielder died in his spouse’s room. The spouse of Doeplah is identified as Margaret in the Old Road community, an outskirt of Monrovia. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, our investigation has established. According to reports, the former Lone Star’s machine man Doeplah flew to Liberia along with... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent, from Accra – The Black Stars are currently based in Kenya on a five-day training tour and will depart to Congo Brazzaville for the AFCON qualifier on Sunday, 27th March, 2011. Black Stars acting skipper and Sunderland defender, John “Rock of Gibraltar” Mensah says Ghana’s match with Congo Brazzaville is more important than the historic match with the Three Lions of England since it holds the key to the 2012 African Cup of Nations. John Mensah and his two other colleagues, Sulley Ali Muntari and Asamoah Gyan touched down Wednesday morning in Kenya. In an interview on... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – With barley six days to go for the clash of the year between one of the historic African team in recent times . Speculations in Ghana still have it that Micheal Essien will coming up against his team mate John Terry. After the Chelsea’s defender John Terry was restored to the England captaincy and will lead Fabio Capello’s men against Ghana, according to the Mailonline. The 31-year-old was stripped off the Three Lions’ leadership post after he was embroiled in a sex scandal in February last year. But with Steve Gerrard, who was swapped for the... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye for Shout-Africa.com – (With additional reporting by Zoegar Jaynes and Jonathan Paye-Layleh in Monrovia, Liberia ) Liberia prodigy Doeplah dies Liberia midfielder Patrick Doeplah has died after arriving in the country to play in the weekend’s 2012 Olympic Games qualifier. Doeplah made his debut for the national team in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Zimbabwe last September. However he had been dropped from the senior side to play for Liberia’s Olympic team on Saturday, when they meet the Ivory Coast in a London 2012 qualifier in Accra, Ghana. Ongoing political violence in Ivory Coast means... Continue Reading
The British High Commission on Thursday advised visa applicants for the Ghana-England friendly football match on March 29 to make sure they complete application forms fully and accurately. A statement issued from the British High Commission in Accra said its Visa Section and Commercial Partner, VFS, had in the last week received an unprecedented number of visa applications for the friendly match to be played at the Wembley Stadium. It said the UK Border Agency, UKBA, had worked closely with the English Football Association, the Ghana Football Association and designated travel agents on the issue of the visas. It said... Continue Reading
