Author: Clinton Eleto

C.K Akonnor set to cut out dead woods in Black Star squad Coach CK Akonnor will drop a chunk of the players who formed the team under Kwesi Appiah in his first call up as Black Stars head coach next month. The former Kotoko manager will look to build the team in his own image and has been planning an all-clear exercise that will see some fresh faces and opportunity given to excelling players in the Ghana Premier League. It is thought that players like Jonathan Mensah, John Boye as well as Harrison Afful are all on their last legs…

Aduana’s Yahaya Mohammed wins Nasco Player of the Month Aduana Stars hitman Yahaya Mohammed has won the Premier League Nasco Player of the Month for January. The Premier League top scorer beat off competition from Inter Allies’ Victorien Adje Adebayor, Berekum Chelsea’s Zacharia Fuseini, Medeama’s Prince Opoku Agyemang, and Asante Kotoko’s Justice Blay. Mohammed was in sensational form in the six games under review, weeks 1 to 6, which were played in December and January respectively. He scored 6 times in 6 matches, including a hat trick. He also won the Nasco Man of the Match award twice. For his…

GFA to meet Premier League clubs on Tuesday The Ghana Football Association has scheduled a meeting with all eighteen Premier League clubs at its Secretariat on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 11:00 am prompt. The meeting is mainly to hold deliberations on the ongoing league season and to discuss all other relating matters. Officials of all clubs are expected to attend the meeting next Tuesday. The league season which commenced late last year has witnessed some innovations and exciting fixtures across the country.

Berekum Chelsea’s Asare Bediako wins Nasco Coach of the Month Berekum Chelsea’s Coach Asare Bediako has been adjudged Nasco Premier League Coach of the month for January. Coach Bediako led Chelsea to a sensational unbeaten run in six games, which included games against heavyweights Accra Hearts of Oak, Asante Kotoko, and Ashantigold. Remarkably, Coach Bediako led Chelsea to stunning victories against the giants away. He led Chelsea to 1:0 victories against Hearts, Kotoko and Ashantigold in Accra, Kumasi and Obuasi respectively. For emerging the Nasco Coach of the Month, Coach Bediako will receive a Nasco television and a customized trophy.

Two Ghana Premier League referees handed two-match ban by the GFA The  GFA Referees Committee has sanctioned Referee Thomas Alibo and Assistant referee John Nyavor following a complaint by Liberty Professionals in respect of their Ghana Premier League match against Ebusua Dwarfs in Cape Coast. Liberty Professionals’ complaint relates to general refereeing standards in the match and specifically what they believe was a denied “clean goal” in the 62nd minute of the match. Referee Alibo and assistant 2 Nyavor were both given the opportunity to review the decision with the Committee and agreed that they made a mistake in not awarding a goal largely…

2019/2020 MTN FA Cup R64: Hearts get Danbort, Kotoko to face Deportivo, see full list The draw, which came off at the GFA Secretariat on Tuesday, involved 46 lower-tier clubs that progressed from the preliminary round and 18 Ghana Premier League clubs who are entering the competition at this stage. In his remarks, Chairman of the MTN FA Cup Committee, Wilson Arthur said: “Each of the 64 clubs is entitled to GH¢2,000 as participating fee and would also receive GH¢500 worth of airtime plus travelling clubs would get fuel support. “At this stage, we are still using the regional groupings…

Great Olympics manager George Koffie resigns from his post Great Olympics have been hit with another coaching crisis after head coach Prince George Koffie resigned on Monday, 3 February, 2020, according to reports. WAFA SC inflicted another defeat on Great Olympics and Koffie was not particularly pleased with the result on Sunday. Koffie was appointed in December, 2019 to replace Isaac Nii Armah who also quit his post citing personal reasons. Great Olympics are 14th on the 18-team table with seven points from 7 matches.

GHPL: The officiating contributed to our defeat – Great Olympics coach George Koffie Accra Great Olympics coach George Koffie was not a fan of the officiating after his side suffered a narrow defeat at home on Sunday against WAFA SC at the Accra Sports Stadium. WAFA SC stood firm to protect their 1-0 lead till the end of the game much to the frustration of the coach and fans of the home side who believed the referee wasn’t fair to them. Great Olympics were denied a penalty when Godfred Awako was brought down in the opponent box, the entire stadium…

Ghana Premier League: Elmina Sharks 1-1 Eleven Wonders Elmina Sharks shared the spoils at home with Eleven Wonders after coming from behind to snatch a point in the Match Week 7 of the Ghana Premier League. Musa Sule opened the scoring for Eleven Wonders with a nice finish in the 66th minute of the game. Elmina Sharks, however, pulled level twelve minutes later via Emmanuel Addington’s strike. Eleven Wonders currently sit at the 13th position while Elmina Sharks occupy the 10th position of the Ghana Premier League table. Emmanuel Addington was awarded the man of the match. https://twitter.com/ElminaSharks/status/1223653123467685891?s=20

MTN FA Cup Round of 64 live draw scheduled for Tuesday The draw for the 2019/20 MTN FA Cup Round of 64 will be held at the GFA Secretariat on Tuesday, February 4. The draw which will begin at 11 am will involve all 18 Premier League sides and last weekend’s qualified clubs from preliminary round matches. The Preliminary round saw Clubs such as Tema Youth, BA United, Bofoakwa, Asokwa Deportivo and 2016 finalists Okwawu United all making it to Round of 64. Here are the teams who will go into Tuesday’s live draw: 46 QUALIFIED TEAMS FROM PRELIMS WAMANAFO…