Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels

Ghana Premier League heavyweight, Asante Kotoko recorded GH¢ 590,480 as gross income from their CAF Champions League clash against Kano Pillars on Sunday. The Porcupines defeated the Nigerians 2-0 on Sunday at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi to secure next round qualification. Goals from Matthew Kelvin Andoh and Emmanuel Gyamfi were enough for the Kumasi based side, to book a ticket to the last qualifying round of the Champions League prelims via 4:3 on aggregates against Kano Pillars. Coach Kjetil Zachariassen’ side will now face Tunisia powerhouse, Etoile du Sahel in the last round of the qualifiers, before…

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Ghana’ sole representative in the CAF Champions League, Asante Kotoko will face Tunisian giant Etoile du Sahel in the last qualifying round of the preliminary round. The Porcupine Warriors managed to secure a qualification to the next round, after eliminating Nigeria side Kano Pillars 4:3 on aggregates. Kotoko will now face Tunisian giant Etoile du Sahel in the next round before booking ticket to the group stages of the competition. Coach Kjetil Zachariassen’ side will host the first-leg at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on September 15, 2019 before the reverse fixture in Tunisia, Kyfilla.com understands. Asante Kotoko…

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Ghana Premier League superhouse, Hearts of Oak beat Rock Stars FC in a friendly at the Swedru Sports Stadium today. The Rainbow side piped the lower tier side 1-2 in the friendly encounter. Christopher Bonney opened the scoreline for the Accra based side through a spot kick in the 32nd minute before newly signed striker, Bernard Arthur had the double in the 63rd minute, with a fine curling effort from outside the area. A well taken free kick in the 75th minute reduced the tally for Rock Stars FC in the friendly encounter. Hearts of Oak will face bitterest rival…

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Matthew Kelvin Andoh scored a perfect strike for Asante Kotoko, as they defeated Kano Pillars 2-0 in the CAF Champions League at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium today. The 24-year old winger opened the scoreline for the Porcupines as early as the third minute in the cagey encounter. His early goal propelled the Porcupine Warriors to go ahead and score the second goal through Emmanuel Gyamfi in the 79th minute, which was the decider. The 2-0 victory has enabled Asante Kotoko to qualify to the last stage of the preliminary round with 4-3 on aggregates. Kotoko will now face Etoile…

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Asante Kotoko winger Emmanuel Gyamfi scored the decider for the Porcupines as they defeated Kano Pillars in the second-leg of the CAF Champions League. The 23-year old netted the second goal for Asante Kotoko from Naby Keita’ chest pass in the 79th minute. The Porcupines have qualified to the last round of the qualifying stage with 4:3 on aggregates and will play Etoile du Sahel next month. Watch Gyamfi’ goal below https://twitter.com/nyannthierry/status/1165665565614194688?s=19

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Asante Kotoko have beaten Kano Pillars in the second-leg of the CAF Champions League in Kumasi on Sunday. Matthew Kelvin Andoh and Emmanuel Gyamfi’s goals were enough as the Porcupines flogged the Kano based side 2:0. Kotoko started the game on a good note, dominating possession and creating descent chances which resulted to Matthew Kelvin Andoh’ third minute goal in the game. The Porcupines continued their dominance, showing enough eagerness to get the second goal. Naby Keita could have netted the second goal for the Porcupine Warriors in 22nd minute, but his attempt on Kelvin Andoh’ corner kick went wide.…

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Asante Kotoko head coach Kjetil Zachariassen has announced the team’s starting line-up for Kano Pillars clash today. The Porcupine Warriors will face the Nigerians at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium today in the second-leg of the CAF Champions League. The Kumasi based side have to return a 3:2 deficit today before securing next round qualification. Goalkeeper Felix Annan will be in post for the Porcupines with Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ampem Dacosta, Patrick Yeboah and Habib Mohammed forming the defense. Justice Blay will team up with Kelvin Andoh, Emmanuel Gyamfi and Samuel Frimpong in the midfield. Former St Georges attacker Richard Arthur…

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Kano Pillars head coach Ibrahim Musa has announced his starting line-up against Asante Kotoko in the CAF Champions League. The Nigerians will face Asante Kotoko today in the second-leg of the Champions League today at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Pillars defeated the Porcupines 3:2 in the first-leg of the CAF Champions League and will need to secure a positive result today before making it to the next round. Below is the lineup Surajo Ayeleso 23 Victor Dennis 27 Nasiru Sani 3 Adashola David 6 Emmanuel Anyanwu 14 Abdullahi Musa 5 Ifeanyi Nwenke 2 Christopher Madaki 11 Rabi’u Ali (c)…

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Ghana Premier League giant, Ashanti Gold’s next opponent in the CAF Confederation Cup has been announced. The Miners trounced Akonangui FC 4:1 on aggregates in the first round of the preliminary round to secure qualification. Coach Ricardo Da Rocha’ side will now face the 2019 CAF Confederation Cup runners up RS Berkane in the next round of the CAF Confederation Cup prelims. Kyfilla.com understands, Ashanti Gold will host the first-leg between 13-15th September, 2019 at the Obuasi Lenclay Sports Stadium before traveling to Berkane in Morocco for the reverse fixture in two weeks time.

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