ACCRA, Ghana - New Ghana coach Avram Grant opened the door for Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari to return to the national team on Thursday after they
were banned indefinitely for indiscipline at the World Cup.
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following the problems at the World Cup, when both were thrown out of Ghanas
team camp.Boateng was sent home for insulting Appiah at a training session and
Muntari was thrown out for hitting a Ghana Football Association official.When
being presented as coach, Grant said the Europe-based stars were welcome back,
but they need to show that they want to come.Its open for every player that is
willing to give everything for his country and to understand that with all the
developments in football, money ... the main competition is for the national
teams, Grant said. Any player that will be proud to wear the national jersey and
give all his passion to the team ... the doors of the Black Stars is open to
him.Former Chelsea coach Grant has agreed a contract with Ghana until after the
2017 African Cup of Nations, and takes over two months ahead of next years
African Cup.His reconciliatory comments could convince Schalkes Boateng and AC
Milan midfielder Muntari to make themselves available for the Cup of Nations
campaign in Equatorial Guinea in January and February.Ghana reached the World
Cup quarterfinals in 2010 but hasnt won the continental title in over 30 years,
losing a final and three semifinals in the last four editions.Appiah left in
September after a World Cup in Brazil marred by a dispute over player payments
and the incidents involving Boateng and Muntari. Ghana slumped to a first-round
exit and didnt win a game, but held eventual champion Germany to a 2-2 draw, the
only game the Germans failed to win.I think there is a big potential here, the
59-year-old Grant said. You saw even at the World Cup, though the results werent
good you could see the potential is here.
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for society in general.OTTAWA -- Patrick Chan said he was like a "puppy in puppy
daycare" at the Vancouver Olympics four years ago, a wide-eyed teenager at his
first party, where everyone was cool and everything was free. "It was so
exciting, like Oh my god, there are so many cool things. Cool clothes. And the
gyms right here. Everything is available to you," Chan said Thursday, on the eve
of the Skate Canada national championships. Chan only turned 23 on New Years
eve, but hes a veteran on a completely different comfort level from the "deer in
the headlights" who finished fifth in Vancouver. A move to Detroit last spring
that also meant a split with his mom Karen (theyd been living together in
Colorado Springs) hastened the maturing process. "Now it will be more normal (in
Sochi) because I live on my own," Chan said. "I had the chance to have that
excitement living on my own and going to the grocery store, and be like I want
Oreo cookies today, or I want ice cream. "Im in complete control of what I want,
so going to the Olympics will be more of a comfortable feeling as opposed to
summer camp-kind of feel." Chan, who will take aim at his seventh straight
Canadian senior title this week, has become the skater to beat at Sochi since
winning three consecutive world crowns. At the Trophee Bompard Grand Prix in
November, he ran away with gold, smashing the world records in the short and
long program, and for overall score, to finish a whopping 31 points ahead of
closest pursuer Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan. Chan predicts Hanyu, who trains in
Toronto under Canadian coach Brian Orser, will be his stiffest competition in
Russia. The 19-year-old beat Chan at the Grand Prix Final in December, and broke
Chans world record in the short program. Still, Chan pointed out that Hanyu was
skating on home ice in Fukuoka. "Its his first Olympic Games and its not in
Japan. So Olympics is an even playing ground for all of us," Chan said. "But Im
not going to write off anyone. Daisuke (Takahashi of Japan) has had a rough
season, but he can do something special. And so can Javier (Fernandez of Spain).
So can Denis (Ten of Kazakhstan)." Three-time world champion Elvis Stojko has
been keeping an eye on the mens events this season, and predicts Sochi will be a
two-skater race between Chan and Hanyu. "Theres an excitement level with Hanyu
because hes got that unpredictability, that freshness to it. Then youve got the
maturity of Chan," Stojko said. "(Chan) is going to need to be focused because
the competition is getting close to him now," Stojko added. "Right now for me,
(Hanyu) is the guy to beat. Hes at the top of his game. Patrick has the
experience under his belt, he has the Olympics under his belt, hes the
three-time world champion, hes going to have to stay focused and not allow the
pressuree to settle on him.
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Vancouver, its not in Canada. But its still going to be something where hes got
to be very focused and not get caught up during the week." Kevin Reynolds had
hoped to be in the medal conversation for Sochi as well, but Canadas No. 2 male
skater is only just now making his season debut after six frustrating months of
equipment problems. The 23-year-old from Coquitlam, B.C., had hoped to build on
the momentum from the world championships last spring where he finished fifth.
But his season came to a dead stop when he bought new skate boots that, despite
custom fitting, were too wide for his narrow AA heel. "Theyre still not 100 per
cent but Im feeling much better," Reynolds said. "Im able to do the skills not
at a level Im comfortable with but hopefully Ill be able to manage through this
week and manage through Sochi. "Its definitely not an ideal situation, nationals
being first competition and Sochi being so close, about 30 days away," he added.
"I really would have liked some competitions under my belt for that experience."
Reynolds withdrew from both his Grand Prix assignments, and wasnt comfortable
enough to do any of his big jumps in practice, which included his quads. He
estimates hes onto his ninth or tenth pair of Risport skate boots since his
previous skates wore out last season. He even travelled to the manufacturer in
Italy to be custom fitted in December. "I was so frustrated at that point, I had
withdrawn from my second Grand Prix and I wanted to do everything I possibly
could in an Olympic year," Reynolds said. He tried to go back to last seasons
skates, a pair of stock Risport skates that werent custom fitted but happened to
fit perfectly. "They feel like tissue basically," Reynolds said. "Theres no life
left in them." Canada has three Olympic berths in mens singles, ice dance and
pairs, and two berths in womens singles, which make it the largest figure
skating team in Sochi. Skate Canada will name its Olympic team on Sunday.
Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will most likely be
making their final competitive appearance in Canada at this weeks nationals, as
theyre expected to retire following Sochi. The tightest race to make the Olympic
team will be in pairs. Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Eric Radford of
Balmertown, Ont., won bronze at the world championships last spring and have set
their sights on the podium in Sochi. Other teams battling for an Olympic berth
are Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers,
and Natasha Purich and Mervin Tran. Purich and Tran are in their first season
competing together. Tran won bronze for Japan with former partner Narumi
Takahashi at the 2012 world championships.
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