Tarkwa has been chosen as the venue for the final showdown of the Western regional Armwrestling challenge scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 2019. The entire township is expected to turned upside down as winners from the various towns in the region would converged at the Cyanide Park to battle for the bragging rights as the champion in the Western region. The competition organized by Accra Brewery Limited beer brand, Eagle Extra Stout in collaboration with the Ghana Armwrestling Federation headed by Mr. Charles Osei Assibey is to increase youths participation in the game. Over fifty participants from the various towns…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Ghana have secured a qualification to the next qualifying round of the African U-23 championship as well as the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a goalless stalemate against Gabon in Libreville today. The Ghana U-23 side managed to book next round qualification after holding their age-mates from Gabon to a 0:0 score-line at the Stade Monedan in Libreville. Coach Ibrahim Tanko’s side hammered Gabon to a four unanswered goals at the Accra Sports Stadium last week Saturday and have qualified to the next qualifying on a 4:0 aggregates. Ghana, after eliminating Gabon and making it to the next round will either…
Black Stars head coach James Akwasi Appiah has named a starting line-up for Mauritania friendly today at the Accra Sports Stadium. Kumasi Asante Kotoko skipper Amos Frimpong secured a starting line-up ahead of Daniel Opare whiles AFC Wembledon forward Kwesi Appiah makes the cut. Atletico Madrid midfield dynamo Thomas Partey leads the Black Stars as captain as Andre Ayew starts from the bench. Below is the Black Stars starting line-up for the Mauritania friendly; 1. Lawrence Ati(GK) 2. Amos Frimpong 3. Lumor Agbenyenu 4. Nicholas Opoku 5. Joseph Aidoo 6. Thomas Partey(c) 7. Alhassan Wakaso 8. Alfred Duncan 9. Ernest…
Head coach for the Mauritania national team, Corentin Martins has named a starting line-up against Black Stars in a friendly today at the Accra Sports Stadium. The encounter slated for 4:30PM is a preparatory test for both countries ahead of the Total African Cup of Nations in June this year at Egypt. Both sides have secured a qualification to the 32nd edition of the prestigious tournament on the African continent and are preparing for the deal day. The Lions of Chinguetti, ahead of the friendly encounter today have announced their starting eleven to face Ghana. 1. Namori Diaw (GK) 2.…
The Bankroller of New Edubiase Football Club, Abdul Salam Yakubu says he is ready to release all the players who don’t agree to his decision of not allowing the team to participate in the Normalization Committee Special competition. According to the astute football administrator, he is not ready to finance his outfit to partake in the much talked about special competition and therefore won’t hesitate to release players who don’t agree to his decision. “Am not ready to play the special cup. I’m meeting the players tomorrow and whoever doesn’t agree can go”, he told Nhyira FM. Meanwhile, sixty-two (62)…
Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Black Stars forward Abukari Gariba alias ‘Goal na Mafife’ is now a beggar on the streets of Tamale and Kumasi. Gariba who was once a deadly attacker for Black Stars and the Porcupine Warriors now begs on streets to survive after being neglected by the Ghanaian football fraternity. According to narrators of the Ghanaian football, Gariba scored over 300 goals for Ghana and Asante Kotoko in fourteen years but all not documented. Speaking to Atinka FM’s Sadick Adams, Gariba highlighted on his days as a footballer and the sacrifices he made for both the Black…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko duo Felix Annan and Amos Frimpong are expected to start for the Black Stars in Mauritania friendly today at the Accra Sports Stadium. Ghana will welcome Mauritania in a friendly test today March 26, to prepare themselves for the 32nd edition of the AFCON in Egypt which start in June this year. According to reliable source, the head coach of the Black Stars, Kwesi Appiah wants to include the duo in the starting line-up alongside FC Wembledon forward Kwesi Appiah to justify themselves in the final squad for the AFCON. Asante Kotoko had their trio Felix Annan,…
Head coach for Proud United, Winfred Dormon has urged Sekondi Eleven Wise to capitalize on the centenary anniversary to put up better structures to bring back its glory days. Dormon who played for the Monkeys in the 2008 league season and a major figure in the team’s qualification to the Ghana Premier League stated emphatically that, he is elated to have ever donned Eleven Wise jersey but believes the current state of the team is appalling and management need to revive the club through their centenary anniversary. ” I’m proud to have played for Sekondi Eleven Wise and also helping…
Head coach of the Black Meteors, Ibrahim Tanko has disclosed that, his side have received the worse of reception since their arrival in Libreville. According to Tanko, the team had received the worse of reception since their arrival in Libreville but believes the intimidations won’t affect the playing body in any way. “We’ve received the worse of reception in Gabon since our arrival. Even the bus given to us is an issue but it won’t affect the players in the game”, he said. Ghana were locked up in the air for almost two hours in Libreville due to bad weather…
Head coach of the Black Meteors, Ibrahim Tanko has named a starting line-up to face Gabon in the return leg of the AFCON U-23 Qualifiers in Libreville. SC Paderborn 07 forward, Bernard Terkpetey replaces Benjamin Tettey in the starting line-up ahead of the game at Stade Monedan in Libreville at 2:30PM GMT. Ibrahim Tanko, aside Terkpetey’s inclusion, maintained the rest of the squad that hammered Gabon 4:0 at the Accra Sports Stadium last week Saturday. The game also serve as a qualifier to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics of which Ghana last qualified in 2004 at Athens. Below is the starting…