Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

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…

Otumfuo to finance Kotoko stadium project Manhyia Palace has secured a US$ 30 million fund to build a stadium and other infrastructure for Kumasi Asante Kotoko according to a new report circulating in the Kumasi media. Kwame Aboagye Mensah, Personal Assistant to the Chief of Staff, in a recent interview with  Kumasi-based Oyerepa FM disclosed Manhyia’s preparedness to increase the current infrastructural base of the multiple Ghanaian Premier League winners. ”Manhyia has plans to see infrastructural development at Asante Kotoko not only stadium but all-round facelift infrastructure wise,” Mensah said. According to Aboagye Mensah, one of the top priorities of…

Govt. implores GFA to make presentation on how to make the GPL safe again The impact of the novel Coronavirus cannot be underestimated, lives have been lost as a result, major economies have granded to a halt, whiles football like many other disciplines have been severely affected. The Ghana Football Association have held a series of virtual meetings with the government in ambition to restart the league but the country’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has implored the association to implement a comprehensive plan of how they think it will be safe to resume football activities and present it to…

Manchester United seal Dembele deal Manchester United have agreed in principle to sign Olympique Lyonnais striker Moussa Dembele, according to reports. Since the inevitable departure of Lukaku, the club have tried endlessly to replace him and with the turn of events, it looks like they have their man in the French prolific striker. Manchester United will dish out a whopping £61.8million (€70m) for Dembele, who has scored 42 goals in 88 appearances for Lyon since joining from `Celtic in 2018. Todofichajes claim an agreement has been reached between all three parties for the 23-year-old to head to Old Trafford in…

Togbe Afede XIV, Delali Senaya and others to serve on Premier League committee The 18 Ghana Premier League clubs have resoundingly chosen their three representatives that will form a five-member committee. The aim of this about to be set up committee will be to advise the Executive Council of the Ghana Premier League (GPL), autonomous league. The three include Togbe Afede XIV, Board Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak, Mr. Denali Seneya, Chief Executive Officer of Inter Allies, and John Ansah of Ebusua Dwarfs. This committee comes in force after the Football Association (GFA) decided to make the GPL autonomous…