Ivory Coast defender Wilfried Kanon has revealed that he is taking English grammar lessons in order to pursue a Premier League move in the future. The 23-year-old has earmarked Chelsea as his dream club as he looks to follow in the footsteps of country legends Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou. Kanon joined Dutch side ADO …
Crystal Palace midfielder Wilfried Zaha has opened up on his life coming to England with his family as a refugee from the Ivory Coast at aged 4 where he struggled at first before settling down and then on his recent emotional journey back home in a documentary for Palace TV.7 The programme entitled Wilfried Zaha …
Former Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has taken up a coaching position with Celtic after calling quits on his playing career. The Ivory Coast has revealed his delight at taking up the role of a technical assistant at the Scottish champions. Toure spent the previous season as a player with Brendan Rodgers’s side, …
French giants Paris Saint-Germain have reportedly made a move for Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri with the intention of increasing his overall value, his agent has claimed. The Ivory Coast international is said to have a €40m release clause in his contract, but Paris Saint-Germain have surprisingly phoned president Jean-Pierre Rivere with a view to …
CheickTiote’s former Ivory Coast teammates were present at their late friend’s funeral service in the country’s capital city, Abidjan. The former Ivory Coast midfielder passed away after suffering a heart attack during a training session with his Chinese club Beijing Enterprise. The members of the Ivory Coast squad showed up, including but not limited to …
Football is the most popular sports on the planet and as a result, footballers have become some of the most recognisable people on the planet.
But how good is your knowledge of these players? How many Premier League players can you recognise from their hairstyles, boots, and cars?
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Ivory Coast brought in Michel Dussuyer as the replacement for Herve Renard a few weeks ago. The national team is at a crossroad after this managerial change, but the Frenchman says that he has come to this job in order to win trophies.
Ivory Coast are regarded as one of the strongest African teams around. For years, they were regarded as favourites for the Africa Cup of Nations title. The long wait for this trophy recently came to an end with the likes of Yaya Touré contributing immensely in the victory in 2015.
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Edward Doe Adjaho believes that the absence of Stephen Appiah was a major contributing factor in the national team’s disappointing showing at the World Cup 2014.
The former Ghana captain was recently a guest for the Speaker to witness a friendly match.
Regarded as one of finest players for Ghana over the last decade, Stephen Appiah was the captain of the national team during the 2006 and the 2010 World Cup. Ghana performed exceedingly well in these tournaments and Adjaho says that it was largely down to the leadership skills of Appiah.
The FBI has been investing heavily into the world football governing body, FIFA, over allegations of corruption primarily relating to the award of the World Cups. Since Sepp Blatter took charge of FIFA in 1998, the World Cup has been held in Europe only once – in 2006.