The chief of Essipong traditional Area Nana Kofi Abunah V is not happy with the current state of the stadium. She says she remember she told the stakeholders of the stadium to come up with Maintenance team to check on the maintenance of the stadium but her words were rub away. She has plead with the current government to help bring back the Sekondi Sports stadium back to it shape. Because a project like this we can not let it be deteriorate. Also the 23 District Chief Executive of the western region with the national sports authority should be able…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
Kumasi Asante Kotoko will meet Kariobangi Sharks from Kenya in the next round of the CAF Champions League. The Kenyan side managed to beat Artar Solar today in Djibouti and have qualified with 9:1 on aggregates to face the Porcupine Warriors in the next stage of the competition. The Kumasi based team had a walk over in the first round of the CAF Confederation Cup prelims after the Cameroon Football Federation failed to present a second team to face Kotoko in the Confederation Cup. Kotoko will travel to Kenya for the first leg on the weekend of 14-16 December,2018 before…
Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) held their end of year media engagement in Takoradi today 5th December, 2018 at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel. The engagement was to brief the media about TGL’s operations in Ghana in the 2018 calendar year and their vision for next year. Speaking at the gathering, the Managing Director of TGL, Mr. Maxwell Kweku Awortwi outlined that safety remains a key pillar in thier oil business and TGL would continue their operations in a manner that is safe for Ghanaians. “As the operator of the Jubilee and TEN fields, ‘SAFETY’ remains a key pillar of…
Sekondi Hasaacas will meet arch rivals Sekondi Eleven Wise in a special friendly match touted as the ‘Sekondi derby’. The super clash is to pay respect to the former Sekondi Hasaacas Supporters Chairman, Late Mr. Aggrey and also a staunced supporter of Eleven Wise who was also a retired Prisons Officer, Late Madam Mary Jacobs Both teams would also used the encounter as means of keeping their players fit as football activities in the country is in the normalization period. Hasaacas are currently in the division one whereas Eleven Wise are in the division two and both teams are determined…
FC Samartex 1996 – a division one side in the Western region gets first trophy under their newly appointed head coach Bismark Kobby Mensah. Bismark Kobby Mensah was appointed as head coach for the Samraboi based team on a two year deal fews days ago just after resigning from Ghana Premier League side Bechem United. The team hosted a four team invitational football gala in Samraboi with teams like Karela United, Medeama SC and Achiken FC. The competition ended on Sunday 2nd December with Samartex winning the giant trophy after beating in-form Karela United 9:8 on penalty shootouts. This means…
Residents in Effia Constituency have woken up to a good news as a decision has been agreed for the construction of a new ultramodern artificial turf. According to the Member of Parliament for Effia Constituency and also the Deputy Energy Minister, Honorable Joseph Cudjoe revealed to Abaido Abednego of Spice FM that construction of a new astro turf will begin on December 3,2018. Kyfilla.com understands, the beneficiary communities would be Lagos Town, Tadisco Down, Bankyease and West Ridge all in the Effia Constituency. Also the only government basic school in Lagos Town would also get a new astro turf with…
Captain of the Ghana Black Maidens Abdulai Mukarama has won the FIFA U-17 World Cup golden boot award. Coach Evans Adotei’ side managed to secure nine points from the group stages but were knocked out in the quarter finals 4:2 by Mexico. Even though Ghana were booted out of the tournament by Mexico in the quarter finals, Mukarama’s amazing performance stood tall. She bagged in seven goals same as Claudia Pina from Spain but Mukarama played few matches compared to Pina. She also won the bronze ball in the tournament which was stage in Uruguay. Spain managed to beat Mexico…
Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) showed class in the maiden edition of the National Sports Authority (Western region) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s Inter-districts athletics championship. STMA who had a star staderd team showed supremacy by winning both the boys and the girls division in the one day competition held at the Sekondi Sports Stadium, Western region. After the the competition, STMA amassed 96 points in the boys division to secure the first spot whereas competitors SHAMA district placed second with 83.5 points with Bibiani placing third with 22 points. Mpohor district had 20 points to sit fourth whereas…
The Western regional deputy Minister, Miss Gifty Eugenia Kusi has urged Districts Chief Executives in the region to prioritize sports in their various districts. According to the Deputy Minister, Western region abounds in lots of talents and it’s the responsibility of all stakeholders including the DCE’s to come on board to encourage increased participation in sports in the region and thereby creating opportunities for the youth. Speaking at the maiden GNPC/ NSA Inter-districts athletics championship held at the Sekondi Sports Stadium on December 1,2018, Madam Kusi stated that all Districts Chief Executives should prioritize sports in their respective districts by…
Newly appointed head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak, Kim Grant has held his first training session with the team today December 1, 2018. The Continental Club Masters appointed the former Elmina Sharks technical director as their first team coach cum director of football on a three year contract. After his appointment on the early weeks of November this year, Grant officially started work today and would play with their Academy side Auroras in a friendly at their training ground Pobiman. He took over from interim coach Seth Hoffman who according to a statement from the club, would be reassigned.…