Sports News of Monday, 30 April 2001

Source: Joy Online

Dossena Applies For Black Stars Job.

It has been confirmed that former Black Stars coach, Guiseppe Dossena, has also added his name to the list of candidates for the job of the senior national team. According to FA Vice Chairman, E.A. Owusu-Ansah, Dossena has also applied for the job he lost about a year ago.

Dossena was relieved of his post as Coach of the Black Stars by former Youth and Sports Minister, E.T. Mensah despite calls from the playing body of the team for Dossena to be retained.

Dossena wins the heart of many Ghanaians and the senior national team and stand a good chance of getting the job back.

Meanwhile news filtering in indicates that, former Black Stars coach, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio has been voted as Africa’s Best Coach Year.

Jones went ahead of Jean Paul Akono of Cameroon, who led the Lions to win Gold at the Sydney Olympics in Australia.

Cecil Jones Attuquayefio would be receiving his award on the 22 May in South Africa at a CAF Awards Banquet.

In another development, the government has ordered a probe into the affairs of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the poor performance of the Black Stars.

The probe is to find out why the nation performs better at the junior level but fails to make impact an at the senior level.