Asante Kotoko grossed GH¢39,000 from their international friendly against Burkinabe side Rahimo FC on last Sunday. The Porcupine Warriors pipped the Burkinabe side 2:1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium courtesy goals from Martin Antwi and Matthew Kelvin Andoh. Kyfilla.com can exclusively report that, Asante Kotoko recorded GH¢39,000 in gross from the friendly encounter which was to prepare both sides ahead of the next season’s CAF inter-club competitions. Asante Kotoko will begin their CAF Champions League campaign with a trip to Nigeria to face Kano Pillars on August 9, 2019 before the return leg at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium…
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AshantiGold will be playing Burkinabe side Rahimo FC in a friendly on Wednesday at the LenClay Sports Stadium in Obuasi. The friendly encounter is to prepare both sides ahead of the next season’s CAF inter-club competitions. According to information reaching Kyfilla.com, there will be a special unveiling before the game kick off at 4:00PM on Wednesday. Kyfilla.com is reliable informed that, gate fees for the friendly game will be ¢5 for both the popular stands and the centre line whiles the VIP will be sold at ¢10 per person. AshantiGold will begin their CAF Confederation Cup campaign with a trip…
Ghanaian goalkeeper Daniel Adjei has been adjudged the best player for Ethiopian topflight side Jimma Abba Jifar Football Club. The 29-year old was voted the overall best player for the Westerns following his spectacular performance in the year under review. The former Liberty Professionals goalie kept 15 clean sheets in 28 matches for the Jimma based club which gained him the award. Daniel Adjei joined Jimma Abba Jifar from Tanzania Premier League outfit Simba Sports Club in the 2017/18 season and since then has been an important figure for the Ethiopian side.
Management of Asante Kotoko have announced changes in the administrative set up of the club with the major change being in the communication department. A press release signed by Chief Executive Officer, George Amoakoh on Sunday stated that, Communication Manager, Lawyer Samuel Sarfo Duku is now the Head of Administration and Legal Affairs. Kennedy Boakye Ansah of Ghana Television (GTV) fame is the new Public Relations Officer of the club. Management has with immediate effect re-assigned Samuel Sarfo Duku to be the Head of Administration and Legal Affairs of the club,” the statement said. “He is to co-ordinate the affairs…
Thomas Teye Partey has been adjudged the 2018/19 Ghana Football Awards overall best footballer of the year. The Atletico Madrid enforcer reclaimed the award after beating competitions from Asante Kotoko first-choice shot-stopper Felix Annan and Black Maidens star Mukarama Abdulai. The best goalkeeper award went to Felix Annan with Mukarama Abdulai scooping the women’s footballer of the year award and the rising star award. Hearts of Oak marksman Joseph Esso had his stunner against Dreams FC voted as the best goal of the year during the awards night held today at the Marriott Hotel in Accra. Black Stars legends Dogo…
Former Asante Kotoko head coach Charles Kwablah Akonnor has been adjudged the overall best coach in the 2018/19 Ghana Football Awards. The 45-year old beat competition from Karela United gaffer Johnson Smith and Black Maidens coach Augustine Adotey to win the award. Akonnor was appointed as the head coach for the Porcupine Warriors in October last year on a three-year deal but was told to step aside after nine months of stay. During the nine months, Akonnor managed to reach the group stages of the last season’s CAF Confederation Cup and even qualified the team to the next season’s CAF…
Former Asante Kotoko talisman Abdul Fatawu Shafiu has won the ‘Home-Based Player of the Year’ award in the 2018/19 Ghana Football Awards. The 24-year old beat competition from former teammate Felix Annan alongside Mohammed Alhassan of Hearts of Oak. Shafiu was phenomenal for the Porcupine Warriors in the NC Special Competitions, scoring ten goals in the tier 1 which earned him a place in the Black Stars provisional squad for the AFCON 2019. He completed a three-year deal to Swedish topflight side Helsingborgs IF few days ago following a fruitful negotiations. Fatawu previously played for Inter Allies, Eleven Wonders, Whitecaps…
Asante Kotoko came from behind to beat Burkinabe side Rahimo FC in a friendly at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium today. Goals from Martin Antwi and Matthew Kelvin Andoh were enough as the Porcupine Warriors defeated the Burkinabe side 2:1. Rahimo FC started the game on a good note, creating some fearful chances which resulted to Razak Coulibaly’s 39th minutes goal to end the first proceedings of the game. Kotoko returned from the tunnel with coach Kjetil Zachariassen making seven changes. George Abege, Matthew Kelvin Andoh, Martin Antwi, Didi Alexis were all introduced to the game. The Porcupines bounced back…
Matthew Kelvin Andoh netted his first competitive goal for Asante Kotoko as they defeated Burkinabe side Rahimo FC in a friendly on Sunday. Kotoko came from a goal down to beat the 2018/19 champions of the Burkina Faso Premier League 2:1 in the friendly, courtesy goals from Martin Antwi and Matthew Kelvin Andoh. Kelvin Andoh came off the bench in the second half to score the decider for the Porcupine Warriors in the preparatory match at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The Black Stars B winger joined the Porcupines on a three-year ahead of the CAF Champions League…
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