Football Partnerships

By Kofi Owusu Aduonum

The Chairman of the Ghana Beach Sports Association (GBSA), Mr. Yaw Ampofo-Ankrah, has revealed that all is set for the maiden Media Beach Soccer Cup, scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, at the La Beach Resort in Accra.

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By Ato Aidoo

Information trickling in from Accra, Ghana, is irritating many Africans in the Diaspora as the country’s Football Association maintains an incredible imprint as one of the most wasteful, and yet uncompromising administrative set-ups in Africa soccer.

In the West-African country, local coaches (though underpaid) continue to guide youth soccer programs, but not at the highest level. Failed policies of Ghana’s FA, led by Kwesi Nyantakyie, have reached record high without any serious intervention in sight; while some ministers of state have become part of these administrative lapses.

No individual is perfect; we just have to fix these FA blues.

In the wake of all these, a comment is obvious, especially when it relates to salary distortions and the assistant coach of the Black Stars - Kwesi Appiah, who is now under fire for making a well-deserved salary request- $6,000 a month, and other benefits. Appiah is a former captain of Ghana’s national soccer team.

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By Nat Adewole

I am asking this question because, since the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC) mooted the idea of carrying out some shake-up and reforms in the administration of sports at the national level, l have heard and read a lot of reactions, from the ridiculous, the naïve to the bizarre.

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