The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in men's international football. The team is named the Black Stars after the Black Star of Africa in the flag of Ghana. It is governed by the Ghana Football Association,the governing body for football in Ghana. Prior to 1957,it played as the Gold Coast.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of association football in Ghana,based in Accra. Founded in 1957,the association was dissolved by the Ghanaian Minister of Sport,Isaac Kwame Asiamah,on 7 June 2018,after the discovery of corruption in the association through investigative videos. In October 2019,however,a new president,Kurt Okraku,was elected as the association reconvened upon the completion of the work of the FIFA Normalization Committee. Mark Addo was later elected vice president in November 2019.
The Ghana women's national football team represents Ghana in international women's football. The team is governed by the Ghana Football Association. Its players are known as the Black Queens.
Nania F.C. is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Legon,Greater Accra. They are a currently competing in the Division One League.
The West African Football Union,officially abbreviated as WAFU-UFOA and WAFU,is an association of the football playing nations in West Africa. It was the brainchild of the Senegal Football Federation who requested that the nations belonging to CAF's Zone A and B meet and hold a regular competitive tournament. The union organises several competitions including the WAFU Nations Cup and in 2008 they organised an under-20 championship.
Ghana gained independence from the British on 6 March 1957. It is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The country became a republic on July 1,1960.
James Kwesi Appiah,also known as Akwasi Appiah,is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is currently the head coach of Kenpong Football Academy.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas,better known as Anas,is a Ghanaian journalist born in the late 1970s. He utilizes his anonymity as a tool in his investigative journalism work. Anas is a politically non-aligned multimedia journalist who specializes in print media and documentaries. He focuses on issues of human rights and anti-corruption in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. In December 2015 Foreign Policy magazine named Anas one of 2015's leading global thinkers. In 2016 Anas had a "Best Journalist" award named after him by the Press Foundation in Ghana.
Ohene Djan was a Ghanaian sports administrator. Ohene Djan was the First Director (Minister) of Sports of Ghana at the Central Organisation of Sports (COS) and was also vice-president of the Confederation of African Football.
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is a Ghanaian politician and businessman who represents Assin Central in parliament for the New Patriotic Party. He was first elected a member of parliament in 2000 to the seat of Assin North. He retained his seat in the 2004 and 2008 parliamentary elections. In 2012 he was elected in the new seat of Assin Central and was re-elected in 2016. He also retained his seat in the 2020 general elections. He is currently the Chairman of the Parliament's Defense and Interior Committee.
Events in the year 2017 in Ghana.
Leanier Afiyea-Obo Addy is a Ghanaian association football executive and administrator. She previously served as the Chairperson of the Ghana Women's League Board and as head of the women football in the country. She also served on the Ghana Football Association Executive Committee,making her the first female to do so.
Number 12:When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm is an investigative documentary by Ghanaian award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his investigative group,Tiger Eye P. I.
This is a list of investigative works by Ghanaian undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas,sorted from most recent date to least recent.
Ahmed Hussein-Suale was a Ghanaian undercover investigative journalist and an associate of fellow Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. He died on Wednesday,16 January 2019 when unidentified men on motorbikes shot him three times,twice in the chest and once in his neck in his vehicle.
George Kwasi Afriyie is a Ghanaian football administrator and businessman. He is currently the owner and President of Ghanaian club Planners Athletic Club which plays in the second-tier league. He previously served as the Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
Moses Armah 'Parker' is a Ghanaian businessman,football administrator and currently the owner and President of Medeama SC as well as the chairman of Mospacka Group of companies which includes Medeama FM.
Kojo Bonsu is a Ghanaian businessman,sports administrator and politician,who served as the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.
Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabin is a Ghanaian professional football manager. He is the current coach of the Ghana national U-23 team. He is a former coach Ghana Premier League teams;Asante Kotoko,Accra Hearts of Oak and Aduana Stars He previously coached the Ghana national U-17 team leading them to 2nd place in the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
