André Morgan Rami, a professional football player from Ghana, was born on December 17, 1989, in Seclin, France, to a Ghanaian mother and Abedi Pele. He is a forward for the Black Stars of Ghana and Premier League club Swansea City.

Ayew received the BBC African Footballer of the Year and Ghanaian Footballer of the Year awards in 2011. Abedi “Pele” Ayew, a three-time African Footballer of the Year and FIFA 100 member is André’s father. Ibrahim and Jordan, André’s brothers, are both professional football players.

Little Start

Ayew started his career in Ghana, making his club debut at the age of 14 while playing for Nania. He signed a contract with Marseille in 2005 and spent two seasons in the club’s development program before making his professional debut in the 2007–08 campaign.

The following two seasons saw Ayew on loan at Lorient and Arles-Avignon, where he contributed to the latter team’s first-ever promotion to Ligue 1.

He returned to Marseille in 2010 and quickly established himself as a key member of the first squad under manager Didier Deschamps. He made over 200 appearances for the team and helped them win the Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions back-to-back in 2010 and 2011.

Since joining Ghana’s main international team in 2008, Ayew has amassed over 65 caps. He played a key role for and served as captain of the under-20 squad that won the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup as well as the 2009 African Youth Championship.

He has participated in two FIFA World Cups (2010 and 2014), four Africa Cup of Nations (2008, 2010, 2012, and 2015), helping them place second in both of those tournaments and scoring the tournament’s most goals in 2015.

Club Career

When his father played for 1860 München, Ayew started his career there. Ayew began playing at the age of 10 for Nania in Accra, Ghana, where his father serves as club chairman.

At the age of 14, he was promoted to the team’s senior squad after spending four years honing his craft at the club’s junior program.

He played in youth-sponsored competitions even though he was a member of the senior team, including the 2004 Altstetten U-19 Tournament, when he was named one of the competition’s most well-known players.

Ayew spent two seasons playing professionally at Nania before leaving the team and traveling back to France to play for Marseille, the previous team of his father. Ayew signed a three-year aspirant (“trainee”) contract when he first joined the club and was immediately placed in the youth division.

He was formally elevated to the senior squad and given the uniform number 29.

Marseille

Ayew competed for Marseille in the UEFA Champions League in 2010–2011 Ayew made his professional debut for Marseille on August 15, 2007, when he replaced Modeste M’bami in the 89th minute of a league game against Valenciennes.

Marseille fell short 2–1. He replaced Bolo Zenden on the left wing for his UEFA Champions League debut on November 6 against Portuguese champions Porto at the Estadio do Drago.

Ayew played for 77 minutes before being removed from the game as Marseille lost 2–1. The media praised Ayew for his effort in keeping Porto right-back José Bosingwa in check. Ayew received his first league start against Lyon at the Stade de Gerland five days later.

Ayew was once more a member of the Marseille squad that won 2–1. Ayew made a total of 13 appearances during the course of the season, including two in the Champions League and two each in league and cup competition.

Loan Action

Ayew changed to the number 8 jersey for the 2008–09 season, however after forwards, Hatem Ben Arfa, Sylvain Wiltord, Bakari Koné, and Mamadou Samassa joined the team, Ayew was judged surplus to needs and was loaned to fellow first division club Lorient for the year.

Along with Fabrice Abriel, Kévin Gameiro, and Rafik Safi, Ayew was used by manager Christian Gourcuff as one of the team’s focal points of the attack. He made his debut on August 16, 2008, entering as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Lyon.

In the team’s 1–1 tie with Sochaux on September 27, 2008, he scored his first goal as a professional after scoring the opening goal. He scored his second goal of his career in a 4–1 victory over Saint-Étienne a month later. Despite the initial success, Ayew was only able to make substitute appearances for the entire league season. He returned to Marseille on June 30, 2009, having played in 22 league games and scored three goals.

Ayew joined recently promoted Ligue 2 team Arles-Avignon on loan for the 2009–10 season, according to the announcement made by new manager Didier Deschamps two months later on August 31, the final day of the transfer market. The number 10 shirt and Ayew’s favored right-wing position were given to him.

On September 11, he made his club debut, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 tie with Angers. He scored his first goal for the team the following week in a 4–2 loss to Tours. He was consistently present during the team’s fall season, but he was absent in January because of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

On February 5, 2010, Ayew rejoined the squad and played every game for the remainder of the season as a starter. Ayew scored twice on April 9 in the team’s 2–1 victory over Le Havre as they were up for promotion.

He struck again the following week, netting the team’s first goal in a 1–1 draw with Guingamp. Arles-Avignon’s 1–0 victory over Clermont on May 14 gave the squad promotion to Ligue 1. Ayew began the game and participated throughout it. He played in 26 games for Arles-Avignon in all, scoring four goals, to conclude the season.

Going back to Marseille

Didier Deschamps, the manager of Marseille, announced Ayew’s return to the squad on May 16, 2010, following his excellent league campaign with Arles-Avignon. Ayew would have significant playing time with the club during the 2010–11 season, according to Deschamps.

Ayew and Marseille agreed to a three-year contract extension on August 5. The new contract kept him with the team through June 2014. Deschamps started Ayew in the season’s second league game against Valenciennes despite the addition of Loc Rémy, and Ayew scored his first goal in the 3–2 loss.

After the international break in September, he scored twice against Arles-Avignon to help his team win 3–0.

Ayew scored goals in victories over Guingamp and Monaco in the Round of 16 and quarterfinals, respectively, of the Coupe de la Ligue.

He beat Toulouse on November 20 by scoring the lone goal. In the final two minutes, Ayew scored the goal. In a 4–2 victory over Nice on April 27, 2011, Ayew earned his first hat-trick as a professional. Jordan, his younger brother, scored Marseille’s other goal to seal the victory.

Ayew, Marvin Martin, and Yann M’Vila were all nominated for Ligue 1 Young Player of the Season in recognition of their remarkable seasons. He was chosen as Marseille’s top player for the 2010–11 campaign.

Ayew was selected for the team to face Lille in the 2011 Trophée des Champions match on July 27, 2011, at the Stade de Tanger in Morocco. His hat-trick of goals, which included two 90th-minute penalties, gave Marseille a 5–4 victory.

Ayew agreed to a one-year contract extension with a €18 million release clause till 2015 in December 2011. Ayew’s only hat-trick of his Marseille career came on April 4, 2014, when he inspired his team to a 3–1 league victory over bottom-dwelling Ajaccio, their first in seven games.

Swansea City

Ayew signed a four-year contract with Swansea City on June 10, 2015, subject to Premier League and international clearance. Swansea City confirmed that Ayew has joined the club on a free transfer. On August 8, 2015, in a 2–2 draw against Chelsea, Ayew scored his first goal for the team.

Ayew scored his second goal in Swansea’s 2–0 victory over Newcastle United on August 15, 2015, in just his second game for the club. In the following league game against Manchester United, he continued his strong play by scoring and setting up an assist.

Ayew made an immediate impact, scoring three goals in his first four league appearances, earning him the title of Premier League Player of the Month for August 2015 as well as Swansea’s monthly award, the GWFX Player of the Month for August.

Worldwide Career

Ayew qualified for both France and Ghana due to his dual citizenship with France and Ghana. He first said that Ghana was his first choice, citing his father, but changed his mind after the Ghana Football Association’s attempts to contact him were unsuccessful. Following his call-up, Ayew took part in a training camp with the France under-18 squad.

He declined repeated invitations to join the nation’s under-21 team in 2007. Later, Ayew informed the Ghana Football Association that he had only gotten one invitation, from France, and that he was about to accept it. He said, “At this moment there is only one choice to make because I have only received an invitation from one country and that is France.”

Ayew competed for Ghana at the under-20 level in youth competition and led the squad to victories at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2009 African Youth Championship. Ayew scored twice against Cameroon and South Africa in the semifinals of the African Youth Championship.

Ghana advanced to the final, where it defeated Cameroon 2–0, thanks to a 4–3 semi-final outcome.

The team qualified for the upcoming U-20 World Cup thanks to the title win. Ayew scored the equalizing goal against South Africa in the round of 16 and two goals in a 4–0 demolition of England against England during the competition.

Dominic Adiyiah’s goal for Ghana later in extra time gave them the victory. Ayew led the squad to victories over Hungary and South Korea in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, to advance to the championship game against Brazil. Ghana won the U-20 World Cup by defeating Brazil 4–3 on penalties in the championship match. In the shootout, Ayew scored Ghana’s first penalty.

Senior

Ayew received his first call-up from Ghana coach Claude Le Roy on August 7 in preparation for the team’s friendly match against Senegal on August 21. He entered the game as a late-game substitution and made his international debut. Ayew was added to the Ghana team on January 11, 2008, in preparation for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.

Ayew participated in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, marking his second appearance in a major international competition. He scored his first goal for his country in the 30th minute of the team’s last group stage game against Burkina Faso on January 19, 2010, with a header.

Ghana advanced to the final and lost to Egypt 1–0 after winning the game by a score of 1–0. Ayew participated in each of the team’s five contests.

Ayew was chosen to coach Milovan Rajevac’s preliminary 30-man roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on May 7, 2010. Later, he was selected to join his brother Ibrahim’s 23-man team to compete in the match.

In the team’s opening group stage match against Serbia on June 12, Ayew made his FIFA World Cup debut, taking the field in front of the more seasoned Sulley Muntari.

In the team’s subsequent group-stage matches against Australia and Germany, he got the start. Ayew assisted on Asamoah Gyan’s game-winning goal in the team’s round of 16 matchup against the United States after throwing a lob pass into the American defense, which Gyan received and then scored.

Ayew won FIFA’s Man of the Match award for his efforts in the game. Ayew was unable to play in the team’s quarterfinal loss to Uruguay on penalties because of a growing yellow card tally. He continued to play in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring goals for the Black Stars against Mali and Tunisia as they placed fourth.

Following a disagreement with the Ghana Football Association, Ayew retired from international football in February 2013. On September 6, he rejoined the squad for a World Cup qualifying match against Zambia. Later, he began both legs of Ghana’s 7–3 aggregate play-off victory over Egypt, which guaranteed the country’s qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Ayew was added to Ghana’s World Cup roster on June 2, 2014. He scored the equalizing goal against the United States in the 82nd minute of the team’s inaugural game, which they ultimately lost 2–1. In their second group game against Germany, a 2–2 draw, he then scored the Black Stars’ first goal.

In a 2–1 loss to Senegal on January 19, 2015, Ayew scored Ghana’s opening goal of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Honors

Cup of the Ligue: 2011 and 2012. Marseille Club: Trophée des champions in 2010 and 2011.

International

2010 and 2015: Silver Medal in the Africa Cup of Nations Bronze medal at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 2009 Africa Youth Championship 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Lawyer Samuel Sarfo Duku, a former head of legal affairs of Asante Kotoko, has provided his opinion of outgoing CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah.

Nana Yaw Amponsah is no longer serving as CEO of the Porcupine Warriors club following the breakdown of the board and management.

Lawyer Sarfo Duku disputed with assertions that Nana Yaw Amponsah failed at Asante Kotoko in a statement to Citi Sports on his performance.

He claimed that even if the former club CEO didn’t perform up to some people’s expectations, he still performed a great job for the Reds.

“Before drawing any firm conclusions, we must examine the terms of reference in light of what he was able to accomplish. If you look at the team’s overall performance, I don’t believe they did very poorly.

“I would say he did not perform up to people’s expectations,” attorney Sarfo Duku said. “With the divisions between the management team and the Board, which led to the dissolution of the Board, I would say he did not.”

The expectations of the people were extremely high prior to Nana Yaw Amponsah’s arrival, he said. But I believe he has performed his duty. Others claim that he would have performed better if given another chance, but Otumfuo believed that the problems prevented that from happening.

So rather than calling him a failure, I’ll say that he fell short of everyone’s expectations.

Nana Yaw Amponsah, the CEO of Asante Kotoko, successfully negotiates numerous sponsorship deals on behalf of the team.

Under his direction, the Reds won the Ghana Premier League in 2021–2022.

Due to poor accuracy, OpenAI discontinued a tool that was designed to distinguish between human and artificial writing.

OpenAI announced its decision to discontinue its AI classifier as of July 20th in a (updated) blog. The business stated, “We are working to incorporate feedback and are currently researching more useful provenance techniques for text.”

As it discontinues the tool to identify text produced by AI, OpenAI stated that it intends to “develop and deploy mechanisms that enable users to understand if audio or visual content is AI-generated.” However, it is unknown what such processes might be at this time.

OpenAI openly acknowledged that the classifier had never been very effective at identifying AI-generated material and cautioned that it might produce false positives, or human-written language that was mistakenly classified as AI-generated. Before adding the update that disabled the program, OpenAI stated that the classifier could improve with more data.

People rushed to understand the technology after OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded onto the scene and became one of the fastest-growing apps ever. A number of industries have expressed concern over AI-generated writing and artwork, particularly educators who are concerned that pupils may stop studying and instead just have ChatGPT complete their assignments. Due to worries about accuracy, safety, and cheating, New York schools even outlawed access to ChatGPT on school property.

Studies have shown that AI-generated material, like tweets, may be more compelling than text authored by humans, which has raised concerns about misinformation spread by AI. Since governments haven’t yet worked out how to control AI, it’s up to certain groups and organizations to establish their own laws and create their own safeguards against the assault of computer-generated text. Furthermore, it appears that no one currently has solutions for how to deal with it all, not even the business that helped create the generative AI frenzy in the first place. Even though some fraudsters are discovered, it will become more difficult to distinguish between AI and human effort.

In the midst of the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into OpenAI to investigate how it verifies information and data, the company has just lost its trust and safety leader. Beyond its blog post, OpenAI refuses to comment.

Following Twitter’s perplexing redesign to “X,” TikTok will suddenly appear a little more familiar to Twitter users.

TikTok launched a new text-based style for posts as Twitter (sorry, X) continued its steady descent into online rubbish. The social networking platform launched text as a new post format on Monday in addition to the already available formats for uploading images, videos, and live streams. You may now create a post in the text on the camera page and add sound, stickers, backgrounds, and other options that are available for video or photo posts. The Verge reports that the announcement did not specify a character restriction, but that there is one of up to 1,000.

It’s nearly difficult to discuss Twitter’s rebranding without mentioning TikTok’s announcement. Over the weekend, Elon Musk changed the company’s recognizable bluebird emblem to an X and set the domain name “x.com” to go to the Twitter website. An endless list of contentious changes, such as deleting legacy authentication and imposing daily limits on users, has provided competing social media sites with a lucrative opportunity to lure people away from the shifting platform. Meta debuted Threads a few weeks ago, and in only one week, it racked up 100 million users. But as consumers discovered that it lacked essential features, interest decreased. With its new post structure that resembles a tweet, TikTok now seems to be the finest Twitter substitute.

TikTok is currently the most well-liked app among Generation Z, with over a billion users globally. Is this the trick to become the acknowledged Twitter killer? We ought to learn fairly rapidly, given the small attention span of the internet.

It appears that Google’s Privacy Sandbox program is finally gaining traction.

The project, which was initially unveiled in August 2019, aimed to replace third-party browser cookies with a set of APIs that would limit the amount of information a browser gathers about a user’s activities. But despite little communication from the corporation, consumers have been waiting for the tool’s installation for almost four years.

However, we learned a bit more about the release of the Privacy Sandbox in a blog post from July 13 detailing what to anticipate from the launch of Chrome 115.

Adriana Jara, a developer relations engineer, stated that the Privacy Sandbox will be introduced in Chrome 115, which went live on July 18, by gradually eliminating the use of “third-party cookies and other mechanisms have been used to track user browsing behavior across sites to infer topics of interest.” They will instead make use of Topics API.

Chrome can share data with marketers and other third parties through the Topics API while still protecting user privacy. “Topics are a signal to help ad tech platforms select relevant ads,” writes Jara. In contrast to third-party cookies, this information is given without divulging any additional details about the user or their browsing history.

In other words, if a user visits a website on cats, the browser can remember “cats” as a topic of interest rather than the website that was actually viewed. Then, rather than being tied to any particular website, advertisers will send advertising about “cats” instead. The final outcome? Less precise user information will be available to the advertisers.

This does not imply that the Privacy Sandbox is finished now that Chrome 115 is available, according to Alphatrending. Before the Privacy Sandbox rollout, there are still a few tasks to complete, such as offering a testing option for advertisers to test their ideas in the Privacy Sandbox without using cookies and completely disabling third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users.

But even so, this is a significant step. Alpha Trending reports that Google plans to totally replace third-party cookies with APIs by the end of 2024.

Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo, the former head coach of the Black Queens, has fervently urged Ghanaians to support Nora Hauptle, the team’s current coach.

Tagoe-Quarcoo has expressed her happiness at the team’s outstanding achievement under Nora Hauptle’s direction.

She praised the Black Queens for their impressive performance in the opening round of qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where they defeated Guinea by an astounding 7–0 overall score.

This outstanding performance has inspired optimism and passion across the nation for women’s football.

The Black Queens have not given up a goal in any of their last five games with Nora Hauptle in charge.

Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo urged Ghanaians to stand together and in solidarity with Nora Hauptle as she travels with the Black Queens.

I’m really thrilled, I promise. Ghana is important in every situation. Tagoe-Quarcoo emphasized that in order for Nora to succeed, we must all work together. She pleaded with the people to set aside their differences and support the coach in order to help the Black Queens reach new heights.

“Ghanaians long to see the female national team of Ghana compete in the World Cup and the Olympics; it makes no difference if Mercy Tagoe is on the team; it’s about women’s football. Let’s all put our differences aside and help Nora succeed,” she continued.

Akwasi Bobbie Ansah, a former Asante Kotoko defender, has offered his opinions on Prosper Narteh Ogum, the team’s recently appointed head coach.

He said he doesn’t think the team will undergo significant adjustments under the coach.

Following his departure from Asante Kotoko in 2022, Ogum led the team to a historic Ghana Premier League title victory, ending an eight-year title drought.

In order to be ready for the next 2023–24 season and win back the coveted premiership championship, the 45-year-old coach is now required to oversee pre-season training and manage the team’s recruitment efforts.

Ogum is fully aware of the pressure that comes with managing Asante Kotoko, and as a result, may not feel obligated to make big changes to the current team, said Akwasi Bobie Ansah, who is familiar with the club and its dynamics.

Ansah is of the opinion that some team members require more time to mature and realize their full potential.

He said, “He (Ogum) understands that there is a lot of pressure so he doesn’t need to be told what to do,” in an interview with Kessben Sports. The participants require another opportunity to proceed. For some of them, it was either the first or second season. Now that they understand the pressure, let’s give them the chance to carry on.

Legendary player Opoku Nti has stepped up with a loud call for unity and dedication in the wake of the formation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to temporarily oversee the business of Asante Kotoko.

Nti underscores the urgent need for all stakeholders to unite and go above and beyond in their commitment to lead Asante Kotoko to greater heights as the club approaches a critical point in its history.

Nana Apinkra Akwasi Awua, the Kontomponiaferehene, and a chartered accountant is one of the IMC’s four members.

James Kwesi Appiah, the previous coach of the Black Stars, Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum, the new head coach, and Emmanuel Newton Dasoberi, the administrative manager, round up the group.

“I believe that the entire Kotoko fraternity let Nana down because of the significant part that our prior supporters had in some of the things we did. If the supporters are not there, it is extremely tough to operate, therefore if you look at the system where we give it to one person to manage that was what was done for a long time until we started appointing a board with different people, that is what we did until we started selecting a board with other people,” he said on Peace FM as heard on alphatrending.com.

“This led to misunderstandings that caused a lot of issues, and some supporters were split into factions. If management shows up, they will be supportive and will go on radio stations to talk about how we have all failed Asanteman.

“While others ask why Otumfuo doesn’t invest in the team, are we willing to safeguard his funds given that Kotoko is a part of us and is supported by us?”

“It’s not just about the money someone will make. Therefore, I believe it is now time for the entire Kotoko fraternity to awaken, support, leave everything behind them, and start going back to pick the best to return the team to the level that we know it was.

The 2023 Gbese Mantse Homowo Charity Cup match will take place at the Accra Sports Stadium between Hearts of Oak and their bitter rivals, Great Olympics.

According to a statement issued by the office of His Royal Majesty, Nii Dr. Ayi Bonte II, the much-awaited match has been set to begin on August 20, 2023.

As these two football superpowers face off in the Mantse Derby, the Gbese Mantse Homowo Charity Cup promises to be an exciting matchup.

The Ghana Football Association has officially sanctioned the game, guaranteeing a fair and competitive match.

The organizing committee has revealed that there will be an intriguing curtain raiser before the game’s opening match between Hearts of Oak and Great Olympics.

There will be some suspense built into the day’s events as the teams participating in the curtain raiser will be revealed in the days prior to the event.

In March 2023, the Olympics defeated Hearts 1–0 in their previous Ghana Premier League encounter.

Both clubs will use the encounter as a practice match as they get ready for the next 2023–24 Ghana Premier League season.

Samuel Boadu, a former Hearts of Oak head coach, has been named Kumasi Cornerstone FC’s new head coach.

Boadu rejoins club management after departing Hearts of Oak early in the previous campaign in the wake of a successful outcome.

The former Medeama coach has been hired as a temporary coach by the sleeping Ghanaian giants. His main objective is to lead the team back to the National Division One League after they were successfully promoted to Division Two only two seasons ago after being demoted to the fourth tier.

“It gives us great pleasure to introduce Mr. Samuel Boadu as a temporary coach. Welcome ‘Kofi Yesu’, Cornerstone Football Club posted on Twitter. “We are confident that Boadu’s experience and quality of excellence as a tactician will affect Cornerstone Football Club favorably as we work hard to recover our past glory.

just, Boadu guided the Black Satellites to the just finished WAFU B Cup of Nations, where Ghana was eliminated early from the competition in Ivory Coast.

Cornerstone FC was founded in 1931, four years before Asante Kotoko, making them the oldest active team from the Ashanti Region.

Following their two FA Cup victories in 1959 and 1965, they have a distinguished football history in Ghana as well.

In 1998, they also prevailed in the WAFU Championship.

Unfortunately, they disappeared after being demoted repeatedly lower on the Ghanaian football pyramid in the late 1990s, when they were kicked out of the top division.