Sports News of Thursday, 6 February 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comMahama gov't promised and failed players – Kwasi Appiah on players’ revolt at 2014 World CupFormer Ghana coach Kwasi AppiahFormer Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah says the government’s failure to honour promises it made to players of Black Stars resulted in their decision to boycott training for their last group game at the 2014 World Cup. Ahead of their last group match against Portugal, the Black Stars players failed to show up for training in protest of their appearance fees which the government had agreed to settle. The players’ decision and subsequent threat to boycott the match itself forced the government to airlift $3million to Brazil to settle the disgruntled players. Appiah disclosed that he had to intervene on countless occasions to prevent the players from boycotting training sessions and matches. Appiah said though he was unhappy with the development, he could not blame the players.

Source: GhanaWeb February 06, 2020 11:03 UTC