Asante Kotoko are the champions of 2021/22 Ghana Premier League after AshantiGold stalemate. The Porcupines drew 1:1 with AshantiGold Sporting Club in an outstanding fixture at the Lenclay Sports Stadium in Obuasi on Thursday afternoon. In-form attacker Yaw Annor broke the deadlock for AshantiGold in the early minutes of the game to give the Miners the lead. Kotoko defender Maxwell Agyemang restored parity for the visitors with a powerful header in the second half to give the team the league title with three games to spare. The Porcupine Warriors have won the Ghana Premier League for a record 25 times…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
The Western Regional communications officer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Issah Fuseini says the regional minister Kobby Okyere-Darko is a nightmare to the opposition National Democratic Congress. To him, the remarkable achievements of Okyere-Darko as the regional minister under President Akufo-Addo makes the NDC in the Western Region shiver. Responding to a claim by the Western Regional communications officer of the NDC, Richard Kirk Mensah on Skyy Power FM that Kobby Okyere-Darko should be reshuffled to save the NPP from a shameful defeat in 2024, Fuseini Issah said, “Okyere-Darko is a smooth runner, a team player, very active…
Twenty-five persons have been arrested for attacking a police station in Wa following the arrest of three people in connection in the viral flogging incident. The three suspects were arrested by the police for flogging two lovers said to have recorded their sexual escapade. A video went viral on the Ghanaian media space with two lovers being flogged at the Wa Naa’s Palace in the Upper West Region. The two were tied to a pole and lashed for apparently desecrating the custom of the land. And as part of their investigations, the police on Wednesday, June 1 arrested three persons…
The Ashanti Regional aspirant in the jut ended NPP regional executive elections, Kofi Adum Bawuah has petitioned the Executive Council of the party to open an investigation into elections. The Ashanti Regional elections saw Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi reelected as the leader of the NPP in the region. Despite a keenly contested battle between Chairman Wontumi and Odeneho Kwaku Appiah in the Ashanti Region, Kofi Adum Bawuah believes the election was full of anomalies and malpractices that the Executive Council should probe for any future occurrences. He indicated in his petition sighted by Kyfilla.com that, some…
Three persons have been arrested with regards to the flogging of two lovers said to have recorded their sexual escapade. The Ghanaian media space went haywire when a video of two lovers being flogged at the Wa Naa’s palace in the Upper West Region went viral. The two were tied to a pole and lashed for apparently desecrating the custom of the land. But as part of investigations into the issue, the police on Wednesday, June 1 announced the arrest of three persons seen in the video flogging the lady and gentleman. “The suspects, Sidiki Osman, Bushiran Khigir and Issahaku…
Brighton and Hove Albion defender Tariq Lamptey was spotted watching 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier between Ghana and Madagascar. The 21-year old was in the VIP section of the Cape Coast Sports Stadium watching the Black Stars play Madagascar on Wednesday evening. Lamptey has been a target for Ghana ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after turning down invitation to the England U21 team. Earlier reports say Tariq Lamptey is on the verge of switching nationality to play for Ghana at the World Cup in Qatar. It is believed that the defender and his representatives have held…
AS Roma teenager, Felix Afena-Gyan has scored his first international goal for the Black Stars of Ghana. The speedy attacker netted the goal in 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Wednesday. The teenager scored Ghana’s second goal in the game after Ajax Amsterdam sensation Kudus Mohammed had broken the deadlock. Gyan fed on Gideon Mensah’s cross to net his debut goal in the 56th minute of the game. The AS Roma attacker has scored for Ghana for the very first time after three matches since his debut in March, 2022. Afena-Gyan…
Ghana coach, Otto Addo has named a formidable lineup for Madagascar clash tonight. The Black Stars are playing Madagascar in 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium this evening. Coach Otto Addo has named Swindon Town goalkeeper Joseph Wollacot in posts ahead of Richard Ofori, Lawrence Ati Zigi and Nurudeen Abdul Aziz. Leicester City ace Daniel Amartey ia starting in defence for Ghana alongside Dennis Odoi, Gideon Mensah and Abdul Baba Rahman. Real Mallorca midfielder Baba Iddrisu has also been handed starting berth alongside Kudus Mohammed, Felix Afena-Gyan and Fatawu Issahaku. Kick-off time for the…
Ghana skipper, Andre Ayew is optimistic that the Black Stars will triumph over Madagascar in the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier on Wednesday. The Black Stars host their counterpart from East Africa in the 2023 AFCON qualifiers at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium tonight. This will be the Black Stars first game after qualifying for the 2022 World Cup ahead of Nigeria. With key players like Alexander Djiku and Thomas Partey to miss tonight showdown, Andre Ayew believes the Black Stars will tame Madagascar at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium this evening. “Yes, it is true that this is…
The South African Football Federation (SAFA) has banned a club for life after scoring fifty-nine goals in one match. Matiyasi FC, who were vying for promotion to the Provincial ABC Motsepe League, beat Nsami Mighty Birds 59-1, with forty-one of the goals scored as own-goals. According to reports, a player who was recorded to have been given a red card in the first half was also recorded to have scored a goal in the second half. The two clubs have been banned after SAFA’s regional office in Limpopo summoned both clubs to a Disciplinary Committee hearing on 25 May 2022…