The BA All Stars Gazette
Squad7 Sep 2026
Amos Essien damages knee ligaments — 90 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 90 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A debut Osman Waris will not forget — 6.97
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 6.97 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Bernard Ofori’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Aduana Stars moved on, Bernard Ofori reports back to BA All Stars, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Baba Baba
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Sep 2026
Osman Waris hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what BA All Stars can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Real improvement from Emmanuel Sulemana at BA All Stars
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Emmanuel Sulemana is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at BA All Stars
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Sep 2026
BA All Stars promote Abdul Kudus from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdul Kudus has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Sep 2026
BA All Stars promote Abdul Mohammed from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdul Mohammed has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Joseph Nuhu gets it from the manager
- Squad Osman Waris in a row with a teammate
- Match Honours even between BA All Stars and Hasaacas