15/10/2024 Ghana plunged deeper into trouble in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers after Sudan mercilessly beat the four-time champions on Tuesday, October 15, in the return fixture of their Thursday, October 10 encounter. The Falcons of Jediane defeated the Black Stars 2-0 in Libya’s city Benghazi on matchday four of the qualifying series. Sudan took the lead in the 62nd minute through Ahmed Hamed Mahmoud who capitalised on Gideon Mensah’s clearance off the line. Mohamed Abdel Rahman sealed the victory for the home side after he doubled the lead three minutes later with a well-placed strike. The Stars struggled to reduce the deficit for Ghana but no attempt of theirs yielded the desired result as the Sudanese defense held firm. By the whistle,

14/10/2024 The Stallions of Burkina Faso have become the first team to qualify for the 2025 African Cup of Nations (2025 AFCON) in Morocco after defeating Burundi by 2-0 in their matchday four clash. The Burkinabes sealed their victory on Sunday, October 13, 2024, after former Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traore came off the bench to double the lead by perfectly converting a spot-kick four minutes into added time. Prior, Saudi Arabia-based Mohamed Konate netted the first goal of the game to give the Stallions the lead five minutes into the first half. Burkina Faso earlier defeated Burundi 4-1 in their previous round in Abidjan. The victory took the Stallions to 10 points from four games in Group L, enabling them to join host Morocco

9/10/2024 Ahead of Sudan doubleheader, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kurt Edwin Simon-Okraku, has vented his anger on Black Stars players for running a winless 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier campaign. The Stars who could have secured a possible six point after locking horns with Angola and Niger, ended up with just a point having lost and drawn in their opener games against the two teams respectively. In an attempt to avert the recurrence of such abysmal performance, Kurt visited the Black Stars camp on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, and charged them to perform or risk losing their future call-up to the team. "It is either you are with this family or you are out of this family,” the FA President

8/10/2024 Elfsborg’s Michael Baidoo has been added to Otto Addo’s doubleheader squad after a late called-up to the Black Stars. The attacking midfielder is one of the four players to replace injured players included in the initial 25-man squad including Arsenal’s midfielder Thomas Partey and Los Angeles Galaxy winger Joseph Paintsil. Other confirmed injured players who will miss the doubleheader include Feyenoord’s Ibrahim Osman and Samsunspor defender Kingsley Schindler. Meanwhile, AZ Alkmaar’s Ibrahim Sadiq also got called up for the crucial games. Michael Baidoo registered 10 goals and four assists in 24 games for Elfsborg in the 2024 Swedish league. The 25-year-old scored one goal in two appearances after netting three assists and three goals in eight games in the Europa League Qualifying Round. The Stars will

7/10/2024 Head Coach of Sudan national team, Kwasi Appiah has temporarily resigned from his position as an Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) following a directive from the Confederation of African Football, CAF. The former Black Stars coach who was still serving on his home country’s FA Executive Council, is set to face his former side in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. To avoid any potential conflict of interest since Appiah would be working for two different associations involved in the same competition, CAF directed he temporarily resigned from his post. The continent’s football governing body informed Appiah through the GFA to step down from either of his roles prior to the 2025 AFCON qualifiers between Ghana and Sudan

5/10/2024 Coach Otto Addo has named a 25-man Black Stars squad for his side’s upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (2025 AFCON) qualifiers doubleheader against Kwesi Appiah’s Sudan. The squad which was named on Friday, October 4, 2024, sees the return of defenders Gideon Mensah and Alexander Djiku to the team having missed out on the Angola and Niger qualifying fixtures. Also making a return to the squad are Ernest Nuamah and Atalanta midfielder, Ibrahim Sulemana who have just recovered from injuries. Meanwhile, FC Samartex’s left-back, Isaac Afful has earned his first call-up for the male senior national team following his outstanding display of talent in the CAF Champions League. In-form Thomas Partey remains the captain of the Stars. Below is the full list of Otto