Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Postpone Womens AFCON – Black Queens Head coach Mercy Tagoe Ghana’s Black Queens head coach, Mercy Quarcoo-Tagoe, has called for the immediate postponement of this year’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) to be staged in the Republic of Congo. According to her, numerous countries around the world are still yet to recover from the full effects of the deadly coronavirus, which has decimated lives all around the world and brought lots of activities to major halt hence the need to truncate the Afcon Women’s tournament and reschedule it to a later date. “Looking at how the world has suffered…

Hearts can compete in Africa again – Odoom Accra Hearts of Oak head coach Edward Nii Odoom, has established that his current setup is competitive enough to rub shoulders with the very best on the Africa terrain should conditions sway in their favor. Odoom took charge of the Accra based side after the then head coach, Kim Grant was sacked following a one nil lose to Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports Stadium. Since taking charge, in an interim capacity,the rainbow club have struggled for consistency, winning five,drawing six and losing three (W5D6L3) settling for 9th position on the log…

NSA Clears 14 Disciplines as Swimming misses out The National Sports Authority this week released a list of 14 sporting disciplines under the “non-contact” sports category of disciplines cleared to return to action. This development comes into reality after President Akufo-Addo’s address on Sunday evening announced an easing of restrictions that were imposed far back in March in a bid to mitigate the widespread of the deadly coronavirus which has decimated lives all around the world. The NSA disclosed that the cleared disciplines were only scheduled to hold training regimes while on the lookout for actual dates for competitive sporting…

Kudjoe Fianoo cautions Dr. Kwame Kyei on his second term at Kotoko Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) chairman, Kudjoe Fianoo, has cautioned  Dr. Kwame Kyei to take cues from his first spell at Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Dr. Kyei comes into this role the second time running after his three year mandate at the helm of affairs ended in April 2020 after submitting a report of his overall tenure. Life Patron of the club, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II then set up a three-member committee headed by Professor Lydia Nkansah to investigate the affairs of the club. The committee submitted its report…

Empem Dacosta ready to fight for starting berth at Kotoko When Empem Dacosta signed with Kumasi Asante Kotoko a year ago, his dream was to emulate the successes of a former childhood hero, Joseph Hendricks, and win multiple trophies with the Kumasi based team. Instead, his time at Kumasi has been nothing short of disappointing, frustrating, and unfulfillment. These may sound pretty harsh but the energetic player is an ambitious lad, who wants to be nothing but the best with one of Ghana’s biggest franchises. As the season wore on, his first start with the club didn’t go as planned…

Clubs need more than sponsorship deals – Fred Moore In a little over two months football clubs all over the world have been adversely affected by the novel pandemic, coronavirus, which has caused lots of harm than good. Ghanaian clubs like the rest of the world have had to adopt measures in a bid to mitigate the financial hurdles they are going through. This has however necessitated Managing Director of Hearts of Oak, Frederick Moore to suggest that clubs need multiple sources of revenue to augment their growing financial burdens. Since the inception of this virus, lots of sporting related…

Cancel Ghana Premier League – Dr. Pamboe Dr. Prince Pamboe has added his voice to the numerous persons in the country that have called for the annulment of the Ghana Premier League 2019/20 football season in the country. According to him, it will be “irresponsible to restart football without a 100% safety guarantee”. The much-revered medical practitioner is calling for strict protocols to be instituted, followed before anyone harbors ideas of the league’s resumption. In an interview with Accra based radio station, Asempa FM. He said, “It’s more than irresponsible to start football now without a 100% safety guarantee,” “From…

George Amoako laments over inadequate funds amidst CODVID-19 scare In over two months since the deadly pandemic, coronavirus took center stage, it has decimated lives all over the world, rendered major economies lifeless to the bone, as such football like many other sporting disciplines has been dealt a serious blow. This new situation has compelled lots of clubs to take drastic steps to lessen their financial woes, some have offered to reduce the wages, salaries, bonuses of players, technical staff as well as other auxiliary staff. However in light of all these measures, clubs are still facing the hard realities…

I will win AFCON for Ghana – Herve Renard Two time AFCON winning coach, Herve Renard has set his sights on winning the Afcon with Ghana, who have long been eluded with the most important trophy on the continent since 1982. The Frenchman served as Ghana’s assistant coach under then-head coach Claude Ley Roy during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, which the country failed to win after hosting. It’s been over three decades and after several showings at the tournament and twice coming close in recent times, 2010 as well as 2015, the former Ivory Coast manager fancies his…

Raphael Dwamena makes a return to the pitch after long layoff Life has its ups and downs, football like many other sporting disciplines teaches us valuable lessons. After a lengthy battle with health problems, one player with so much potential underneath his belt is Ghanaian international, Raphael Dwamena, who finally makes a come back to the training pitch after almost a year of absence due to his ills. The Ghanaian international was diagnosed with heart-related diseases in 2019, which ruled him out of the game for the time being. He successfully underwent heart surgery and was sidelined for a month…