World Cup-bound Ghana fires coach Otto Addo after 4 straight losses in friendlies

ACCRA (GHANA): (Mar 31) (AP) World Cup-bound Ghana fired coach Otto Addo early Tuesday less than three months before the team plays against England and Croatia.

The firing came hours after a 2-1 loss to Germany in Stuttgart on Monday that was Ghana’s fourth straight loss in warmup games including 5-1 to Austria last Friday.

“The Ghana ?Football Association have parted ways with the head coach ?of the senior men’s national team (Black Stars), Otto Addo effective immediately,” it said in a statement posted in the early hours of Tuesday.