Soccer News of Thursday, 25 August 2016Source: GHANAsoccernet.comGFA unaware of minister's order to change Black Stars squadBlack Stars head coach, Avram GrantGhana FA says it is unaware of an order by Sports Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye to Black Stars coach Avram Grant to change his squad for next week's clash against Rwanda. Widespread media reports on Thursday suggested that the Minister has taken charge of selection of players into the Black Stars by giving the order for the changes in the squad. Wa All Stars goalie Richard Ofori and AshGold defender Kadiri Mohammed are the only home-based players in the team for the final qualifier. This issue of using home-based players could however raise tension ahead of what is expected to be a walk in the park for the Black Stars. He started his reign by subjecting the GFA to several attacks on radio until the federation hit back over what was termed as 'lies' that the Local Black Stars played with Japan without the ministry's knowledge.

Source: GhanaWeb August 25, 2016 14:48 UTC