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Ghana will face Algeria in the third and final qualifying round of the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in June. The Black Meteors sealed their place following a 0-0 away draw with Gabon in Libreville to advance from the second qualifying round 4-0 on aggregate. Algeria, on the other hand, eliminated Equatorial Guinea 3-1 on aggregate after a win at home in the return leg. Ghana will play host to the North Africans on 5 June at home and the return leg in Algiers four (4) days later. The winner will join six other teams and hosts Egypt for the final tournament slated for November 8-22. The Africa U-23 Cup of Nations will serve as qualifiers for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, with the top three teams set to secure tickets for the world championship. Since the introduction of the U-23 AFCON tournament in 2011, Ghana has not qualified. Ghana's Black Meteors have not qualified for the Olympic games since the appearance at the 2004 edition at Athens, Greece wher...

Kumasi Asante Kotoko have their fate in their own hands after drawing 1-1 with Al Hilal on Sunday evening in the CAF Confederation Cup. Kotoko have to win the last match away at Zambia with Zesco United to ensure their qualification. The big question to ask is can Kotoko win away from home in the CAF Confederation Cup? Kotoko have won only a  match away in the Confederation Cup this season. That was the match against Cotonspot in Cameroon. In their first away game against Kariobangi Sharks of Kenya, Kotoko drew goalless. After which they traveled to Cotonspot and won 3-2. Moving on, Kotoko journeyed to Sudan to face Al Hilal and lost by a lone goal. Kotoko however redeemed themselves with a 2-1 win over Zesco United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Furthermore, Kotoko again lost to Nkana fc of Zambia by 3-1 and won the second leg 3-0. This is to say that Kumasi Asante Kotoko are not good travelers in the Confederation Cup this season. Nevertheless, all hope i...

On this  day 8 March  2009 (Exactly  10 years ago ) The DR Congo beat Ghana 2-0 to win the inaugural African Nations Championship in Abidjan . The final - a repeat of their group B encounter - was settled by second half goals from Dioko Kaluyituka and Bedi Mbenza. On a pitch made slippery by pre-match rain, Kaluyituka gave the Congolese the lead after 46 minutes when his speculative header slipped past Ghana goalkeeper Philemon Maccarthy. Mbenza got the second goal 15 minutes from time when he controlled a cross from the left on his chest and gave Maccarthy no chance with a right-foot shot from inside the box. It was the first triumph for the Congolese in a continental competition since they defeated Zambia 2-0 in a replay of the 1974 Nations Cup final in Cairo. In the 1968 African Cup of Nations Championship hosted by Ethiopia, Ghana beat DR Congo at the group stages in Asmara by 3: 1 but when the two teams met in the finals in Addis Ababa, DR Congo beat Gh...

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has returned to the Argentina squad for the first time since the 2018 World Cup. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner ruled himself out of contention on the back of a disappointing campaign in Russia That decision has now been taken and he is available for selection in friendly dates with Venezuela and Morocco. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni had said in December of a possible recall: "I do not talk very often with Messi, but we have a relationship." Those talks have delivered the result that everybody in Argentina was hoping for.

Did you know the first televised Games were those held in Melbourne in 1956 and in Tokyo 1964? The first Satellite transmission occurred. #Tokyo2020GOC

On this day 7 March 1999 (Exactly 30 years)  Ghana's Black Satellites made the nation proud as they took away the Africa Under-20 Championship title by beating Nigeria's Flying Eagles 1-0 in the final match of the eleventh edition played at the Accra Sports Stadium in Accra . A 39th-minute superb strike by midfielder Laryea Kingston was all that the Satellites needed to lift the trophy for the second time (1993 and '99) President Jerry John Rawlings decorated the Satellites with the gold medals and presented the trophy to skipper Hamza Mohammed amidst wild cheers from the crowd including then Vice-president professor John Atta Mills, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and CAF president Issa Hayatou. In addition, the Satellites received a Compact Disc each of Daddy Lumba's "Aben wo ha" album, donated by Despite Music Productions. Nigeria had the silver medals and picked the  Fair-Play Cup, donated by President Rawlings. Cameroon, who had earlier beaten Zambia...

Did you know in Berlin 1936, twenty-five halls were equipped with closed circuit television and it was possible to watch the Games on television screens elsewhere in Germany? 160,000 people watched the daily transmission from four main Olympic sites. #Tokyo2020 By Frederick Offei Ansah