anxiety as ghana's coach names squad today

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will name his final squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations today.

The Black Stars coach will name his squad to beat the deadline set by CAF for the teams participating in Africa’s flagship competition.

All the 16 teams participating in the competition must submit their 23 players by midnight of Wednesday.

According to the Ghana FA website, the Black Stars will hold their last training session on Tuesday before Appiah names his final 23 for the competition.

fifa bans football administrator for life

mohammed bin hammam

FIFA executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hammam has been banned for life from working in the sport.

FIFA, the football’s world governing body revealed on Monday that the 63-year-old Qatari had been banned for life by FIFA’s new adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee, due to his ‘conflicts of interest’ while he was president of the Asian Football Confederation.

Bin Hammam had been fighting a lifetime ban imposed by FIFA following allegations that he offered bribes to voters when running against incumbent Sepp Blatter in the governing body’s presidential election.

allege: joifm's acting head of sports suspended for chopping atyuquayefio's charity money

A very well-known Ghanaian broadcast journalist is currently under investigation over reports that he kept to himself a bigger portion of charity funds raised to support former Black Stars Coach Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, who is currently suffering from ill health.

The journalist, acting head of sports of an English-speaking private radio station in Accra and has the initials e. k., is the main suspect and is currently on suspension from work.

He is said to have given Mr. Attuquayefio a paltry amount of GH¢5,000, although several well-meaning Ghanaians had donated generously to support the celebrated former coach.

essien’s move to madrid came at right time – kwesi appiah

michael essien

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has expressed his joy following a season-long loan move for Michael Essien at Real Madrid.

The Ghanaian midfielder joined the Spanish champions on transfer deadline day for a season-long loan deal from Chelsea.

He joins ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who signed him from Lyon in 2005, at the Bernabeu.

The 29-year-old, who spent six seasons with the Blues, suffered a series of knee injuries that derailed his career. With the injury problems behind him, Black Stars coach Appiah is tipping him to succeed with Los Blancos.