Kumasi Asante Kotoko got a sum of ninety-nine thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 99,000) as their 45% share of the gate proceeds from the Hearts of Oak clash on Sunday. The Porcupine Warriors beat the Continental Club Masters 4:5 on shootouts after 1:1 in regulation in the semi-finals of the NC Special Competition tier one at the Accra Sports Stadium. The victory place Asante Kotoko one leg at the next season’s CAF Champions League as they have qualified to the finals of the NC Special Competition. The Porcupines will face Karela United who shook Ashgold at the Obuasi Lenclay Sports Stadium…
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Simba Sporting Club agile goal poacher, Meddie Kagere has extended his contract with the team untill 2021. The 30-year old who was voted the player of the season in the 2019 MO Simba Awards, inked a two year contract extension with the Msimbadzi Reds which keeps him at the team till 2021. The Ugandan- born Rwandan was sensational for the Dar es Salaam based team, helping the team to defend the Tanzania Premier League title as well as reaching the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League. Kagere joined Simba in 2018 after an illustration season at Gor Manhia. He scored…
South Africa held Ghana to a pulsating goalless draw game on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Dubai Police Academy Stadium. The game was to test the strength of both sides ahead of the 32nd edition of the Total sponsored African Cup of Nations to be held in Egypt on June 21 to July 19, 2019. Ghana started the game on a good note, creating numerous of chances but failed to find the back of the net of the Bafana Bafana. Coach Stuart Baxter’s side got settled and started dominating possession, firing from all cylinders just to get the opener…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have ended their 5 days intensive camping in Nsuta at the Mampong Municipal of the Ashanti region. The Porcupines pitched camp in Nsuta five days ago to prepare towards their NC Special Competition tier one semi-final clash against arch rivals Hearts of Oak. The team led by head coach Charles Kwablah Akonnor alongside some management members have left Nsuta for Accra ahead of the cracker on Sunday. The Reds will face off the Continental Club Masters in the semi-finals of the NC Special Competition tier one at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, June 16, 2019. The…
South Africa head coach Stuart Baxter has named his starting lineup against Ghana in a final pre-afcon friendly on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the Dubai Police Academy Park. Baxter named two set of teams for the showdown scheduled for 1:30PM Ghana time with the game to be played behind closed doors. South Africa has been pitted in group D together with Morocco, Ivory Coast and Namibia. The Bafana Bafana will begin the AFCON campaign against Ivory Coast at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on June 28, 2019 before the second fixture against Namibia on July 1, 2019. Below…
Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah has named a starting lineup for the final pre-afcon friendly against Bafana Bafana of South Africa. The game scheduled for today at 1:30PM local time will be stage at the Dubai Police Academy park and will be played behind closed doors. Richard Ofori will be in poles for the Black Stars with Kwadwo Asamoah, André Ayew alongside Thomas Partey making the starting berth whiles general captain, Asamoah Gyan starts from the bench. Ghana lost their first pre-afcon friendly to Namibia with Mubarak Wakaso denying the Black Stars a parity after missing a spot kick.…
Former Black Stars assistant coach, Maxwell Konadu says current head coach of the Ghana Senior national team, Kwesi Appiah is capable of ending the country’s 37 years of not winning prestigious tournament. Konadu who was axed as the second assistant coach of the Black Stars prior to the tournament, believes coach Kwesi Appiah has gathered enough experience to return the AFCON trophy back in Accra in July. ” I think Kwesi Appiah is capable of winning the trophy because he has gathered enough experience. Moreover, considering the materials available, I think he can win Ghana the trophy”, Konadu told Juliet…
The Black Stars of Ghana held their final training session today in Dubai ahead of the South Africa clash on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Ghana as part of preparations towards the AFCON 2019 will engage the Bafana Bafana of South in a pre-afcon friendly on Saturday before departing for Egypt. Coach Kwesi Appiah’s side lost their last pre-afcon friendly to Namibia and will want to make amends by thumping South Africa on Saturday. The Black Stars have been pitted in group F alongside Benin, Guinea-Bassau and Cameroon. Below are pictures from the team’s final training session;
Accra Hearts of Oak supporters group, Chapter 64 have donated to the playing body and the technical bench ahead of their semi-final clash against Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday, June 16, 2019. Chapter 64, a vibrant supporters group of Accra Hearts of Oak, made a donation of GHC 4,000 to the technical team and the playing body as a moral booster ahead of the crucial game with Asante Kotoko. After the donation, the leadership of the group urged the playing body as well as the technical bench to do everything possible by thumping their arch rivals on Sunday to brighten…
Senegal have landed in Egypt safely ahead of the AFCON 2019 scheduled to commence on June 21, 2019. The Teranga Lions landed in Egypt today for the prestigious tournament which is seven days away. The team will based in Cairo and will stage all their group matches at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo. Senegal led by captain and Liverpool’s Sadio Mane will begin the AFCON campaign against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania on June 23, 2019 before their second fixture against Algeria on June 27, 2019. The 2002 runners up of the Total sponsored AFCON, ranked first on the…