GFA confirms Claude LeRoy

...as Black Stars' new Head Coach
Accra, Sept. 13, GNA -- The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has named Mr Claude Leroy as the new Head Coach of the Black Stars.

A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday and signed by Mr Kofi Nsiah, General Secretary of the GFA said Mr Leroy would be in Accra by September 20 to sign a contract with the GFA after which he would be outdoored.

He replaces the Serbian Ratomir Dujkovic, who resigned after Ghana reached the second round of the World Cup finals in Germany in June in their first appearance at the tournament.

The African coaching veteran has a two-year contract to the 2008 African Nations Cup finals, which Ghana will host, officials said.

In 1988, LeRoy led a Cameroon side, including the likes of Roger Milla, to the Nations Cup title at the tournament played in Morocco, where they beat Nigeria in the final.

The Frenchman was also Cameroon's coach 20 years ago when they reached the deciding match at the 1986 Nations Cup finals in Egypt but lost to the hosts on post-match penalties.

In 1992 Le Roy coached hosts Senegal to a quarter-final place and this year took charge of the Democratic Republic of Congo's team, which also reached the last eight.