[ads1] Black Stars head coach, CK Akonnor has invited four Great Olympics players for upcoming AFCON qualifiers next month. The four namely Gladson Awako, Haruna Jamal Deen, Michael Otou and Maxwell Abbey were among the list of 32 players announced by coach CK Akonnor on Friday. They have been invited to begin preparation for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations double header qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe.[ads2] Ghana are scheduled to take on the Bafana Bafana in round five of the qualifiers before tackling Sao Tome and Principe in the final qualifier. The Black Stars are…
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[ads1] Six players from Asante Kotoko have been handed call-ups to the Ghana senior national team for upcoming AFCON qualifiers. The six players were among 32 players invited by Black Stars head coach CK Akonnor for AFCON qualifiers next month. Goalkeeper Razak Abalora, Christopher Nettey, Yussif Mubarik, Abdul Ganiyu, Imoro Ibrahim and Kwame Opoku are the six players invited to the Black Stars to begin preparation for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations double header qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe.[ads2] Ghana are scheduled to take on the Bafana Bafana in round five of the qualifiers before…
[ads1] Black Stars coach C.K Akonnor has named a 32-man home based squad to begin preparation for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations double header qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe. Ghana are scheduled to take on the Bafana Bafana in round five of the qualifiers before tackling Sao Tome and Principe in the final qualifier. The Black Stars are tied on 9 points at the top of the standings in Group C after four matches with two games left.[ads2] The team will later be joined by other foreign based players for the two qualifiers. These players…
[ads1] Ghana Premier League giant, Asante Kotoko host ES Setif from Algeria in the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup playoff on Sunday. The Porcupine Warriors face the Algerian giant at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, February 14, 2021 before the return leg in Setif.[ads2] After failing to secure a ticket to the group stages of the CAF Champions League, the Ghana Premier League record holders may have to eliminate ES Setif to make it to the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup. ES Setif on the other hand are determined to handcuff Asante Kotoko by unleashing…
[ads1] Asante Kotoko opponent for the CAF Confederation Cup playoff ES Setif have arrived in Ghana for the cagey encounter on Sunday. The Algerian side landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Friday afternoon to prepare for the clash.[ads2] ES Setif face Asante Kotoko in the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup playoff at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, February 14, 2021 before the reverse fixture in Setif. Ghanaian goal poacher Daniel Lomotey who joined ES Setif few days ago from WAFA SC has been included in the team’s squad for the titanic encounter.[ads3] Before leaving…
[ads1] Former member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram constituency, Enoch Teye Mensah has been elected to serve as the Greater Accra representative on the Council of State. The veteran politician was elected during an election held on Friday, February 12, 2021.[ads2] Mr. Mensah had 58 votes out of the total 58 to win the race. Before the election, the Greater Accra Region representative on the Council of State, Nii Kotei Dzani pulled out of the race alongside Charles Andrew Parker-Allotey.[ads3] Only three candidates were left for the race of which ET Mensah came first ahead of Michael Kofi Mensah and John…
[ads1] Medeama Sporting Club have appointed former FC Jazz coach Seth Ablade as the club’s new Technical Director. The 37-year-old has signed a three-year contract with the Mauve and Yellows to oversee the technical direction of the club. He takes over the role which has become vacant since the departure of Augustine Evans Adotey in 2017.[ads2] Ablade enjoyed an extensive playing career in Europe featuring for clubs in Finland, Poland, Austria and Albania. The club has cemented the position of the technical director after a high-powered combined board and management meeting in Tarkwa on Friday.[ads3] Board chairman Dr Toni Aubynn,…
[ads1] The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party, Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B has said the petitioner for the 2020 election petition, John Dramani Mahama should also be in the witness box to testify. According to Nana B, the former president is the one challenging the verdict at the Supreme Court and need to be in the witness box to testify and not the Electoral Commission chair Jean Mensa.[ads2] His comment comes after the Supreme Court dismissed the lead counsel of the petitioner to have Ms Jean Mensa in the witness box to testify…
[ads1] AshantiGold Sporting Club winger Yaw Annor is hoping to be called into the Ghana senior male national team for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers in March. Ghana will play South Africa on March 22 before hosting Sao Tome and Principe in the final Group C qualifier on March 30.[ads2] Multiple reports in the local media reveal that coach CK Akonnor is determined to add more of the locally-based players to the squad for the two matches. Speaking in an interview on Ezra FM in Kumasi, Yaw Annor who has been spectacular for AshantiGold Sporting Club this season stated that he…
[ads1] AshantiGold Sporting Club winger, Yaw Annor has expressed his readiness to play for Asante Kotoko should there be a chance. The 23-year old speedster was an inch close to joining Asante Kotoko last year before AshantiGold Sporting Club snatch him from the hands of their regional rivals.[ads2] Since joining AshantiGold SC in July, 2020, Yaw Annor has been incredible in the Miners squad, becoming an important player for the club. But in an interview on Kumasi-based Ezra FM, the former Bechem United winger was asked whether he will play for Asante Kotoko should there be a chance.[ads3] Annor responded…