Today, Puma unveiled Ghana’s new home jersey, which will be worn tomorrow for Ghana vs. Guinea, the tournament opener. Puma’s been rather nice to Ghana in the past week, having already delivered a cushy Mercedes-Benz Tourismo to the Black Stars as their official team bus.

The new kit is almost as nice. While it’s still […]

Reader Sooz linked this hilarious article that details some of the chaos Ghana is undergoing as the opening match between Ghana and Guinea looms on the horizon.

Let’s hope this guy is soliciting something other than sex.
Daryl has already mentioned the jacked up hotel prices in Accra, where profiteering is at an all time high. […]

It turns out that the Black Stars returned from their Dubai training camp to discover that their hotel accommodations for the duration of the African Cup of Nations have been canceled. They were supposed to stay at the Labadia Beach Hotel, a luxury resort in Accra, but because the Ghana FA booked these rooms months […]

For a while, things in Ghana were in a bit of an uproar when rumors leaked out that Fenerbahce would suspend Stephen Appiah’s contract because the injury he picked up, a blood clot to his knee, will keep him out of action for at least six months.
Appiah, an 8m signing from Juventus, has featured […]

Just to take a short break from African Cup of Nations Coverage, I thought I’d go over some of the recent transfer rumors involving the Black Stars.
Valencia have Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari on their radar. Valencia, who have been having a meltdown of epic proportions this year, are desperate to add some midfield solidarity […]

Ghana finally got to play a friendly match as part of their pre-tournament preparations, but ominously, they lost to Dubai team Al-Shabbab 1-0. It was a “very competitive” game that saw Claude LeRoy field all of his star players, though I’m now thinking that Ghana should be glad that they still have another week before […]

After taking his sweet time, Claude LeRoy has finally released the 23 man squad he’ll be taking to Ghana in ten days. Fourteen of these players will be making their African Cup of Nations debut. Only three players ply their trade in Ghana’s domestic league. John Mensah has been named captain in the absence of […]

In order to facilitate preparations for the African Cup of Nations, coach Claude LeRoy has arranged for the Black Stars to play local Abu Dhabi team Al Nasr in a friendly match this afternoon. This is more for LeRoy to gauge how is players are doing and to make last minute changes to his squad. […]

Ack! I’m gone for the holidays, and so much has happened while I was gone. I had planned to write about the untimely injury to Stephen Appiah, the captain of the Black Stars, and his new role in the squad, but I see that Daryl got to it before I did.
So instead I will […]

Claude Le Roy has called up 40 players to take part in a training camp in the United Arab Emirates next month. Le Roy is hoping that the training camp, which starts from January 5th, will allow the players to get into shape for the African Cup of Nations while also allowing him name his […]