Accra Hearts of Oak have been ordered to play their next three home matches behind close doors and fined a total of GH¢12,000 for their supporters’ unruly behaviour at the Accra Sports Stadium during their home match against Wa All Stars on Match Day Six
The Chief Executive Officer of Comet Properties, Mr Kwesi Sarpong Peprah, has presented a cheque for GH¢10,000 to the Okyeame Foundation in support of the national paralympic team’s bid to participate in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
The 11th week fixture of the Ghana’s Premier League, which is generating great interest among football fans, will see Techiman City hosting current league leaders, Wa All Stars in a mouth-watering encounter at the Nana Ameyaw Park at Techiman.
Players of 4 Garrison Tennis Club in Kumasi extended their invincibility to the Eastern region where they whitewashed Koforidua Tennis Club 11-4 in a special May Day tennis competition.
The national U-20 team, Black Satellites, drew 2-2 with China U-19 team in an international friendly to inaugurate the Cape Coast Stadium last Tuesday.
Leticia Amponsah-Mensah and Botha Sorossouw last Saturday emerged victors of the flagship events at the South Africa Freedom Day golf tournament held last Saturday at the Celebrity Golf Club, Sakumono, near Tema.
The ongoing National Women's League (NWL) seems to heading for a record-breaking goal scoring season as 76 goals have been recorded in just 24 matches at the end of Match Day 3 last weekend.
Since the season began three weeks ago, goals have been recorded at every match venue expect the Police Depot Park which recorded a goalless drawn game between Police Ladies and Soccer Intellectuals on the opening day.
The newly-commissioned Cape Coast Stadium will host the final of this year's MTN FA Cup slated for August.
The decision, which was announced by the MTN FA Cup Committee Chairman, Kurt Okraku, at last Tuesday’s Round of 16 draw at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, is a departure from the practice where the venue for the final is usually announced after the two finalists have emerged.
According to Mr Okraku his outfit had already tabled a proposal to the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) and the National Sports Authority (NSA) towards staging this year's final at the 15,000 capacity stadium.
The ongoing handball league enters the fourth week with some interesting midweek fixtures.
Today at the Kansehie Sports Complex at 2p.m, Police play Fire Service in a cagey battle for a place at the top.
Police are currently leading the men’s league, while Fire are third with a four-point difference between them. In the female division, however, Police are second, with Fire being fifth.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko left back, Edwin Tuffuor Frimpong, has apologised to the entire Kotoko family for the red card he received during their crunch match against Accra Hearts of Oak at the Accra Stadium last Monday.
He said sheer determination to win the encounter might have led to his sending off.
“I was too determined and wanted to do anything to ensure we won the match. I also wanted to overshadow Isaac Mensah, who to me, was not a threat at all,” the young Kotoko defender told the Graphic Sports in an interview.
Tuffour Frimpong, son of former Kotoko and Black Stars international defender, Frimpong Manso, was playing for the first time against Hearts since joining the Porcupine Warriors this season but was sent off with about 10 minutes to end the first half, following a second yellow card for a foul on Hearts midfielder, Isaac Mensah.
He, however, described his sending off as a blessing in disguise since it more or less served as
Accra Hearts of Oak striker, Samuel Yeboah, claims his side did not deserve to lose their Premier League clash with rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko but gave an assurance that the Phobians would bounce back strongly in subsequent games.
Hearts conceded the only goal of the game when their goalie Soulama Abdoulaye inadvertently directed a back pass into his own goal.
The General Manager of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti, has urged the players to draw inspiration from last Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Accra Hearts of Oak to re-energise themselves for an assault on the Premier League title.
Speaking to the Graphic Sports on telephone on Tuesday, Opoku Nti, aka Lord Zico, consigned the sweet victory to history but commended the players for their splendid performance which earned them the much-needed three points in front of a packed crowd at the Accra Stadium. For him, the sweet victory last Sunday was a significant feat which proved the team had the temperament to bounce back from their poor start to the season and fight for the ultimate trophy.
Asante Kotoko winger, Eric Donkor, has described last Monday’s epic clash against arch rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak, as a match Kotoko were destined to win.
This, he said, was because of the difficulties and obstacles they had to overcome to get the work done.
He said even in the face of all the machinations, heckling and intimidation by their opponents before the match at the Accra Stadium, he and his teammates did not give up but went ahead to win.
Record FA Cup champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will make a tricky trip to Mpraeso to play minnows Storm Academy in an interesting MTN FA Cup Round of 16 fixture next week.
The Porcupine Warriors' northern zone clash with Division Two Storm Academy was the highlight of the Round of 16 draw held yesterday at the Alisa Hotel in Accra which kept all six Premier League clubs.
The nine-time winners will be hoping to take another step towards the MTN FA Cup title as they look to atone for last year's loss to Medeama SC in the final.
Ghana’s continental hopeful Medeama SC will travel to South Africa to play Mamelodi Sundowns in the first-leg of their CAF Confederation Cup play-off at the Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday.
The Tarkwa-based side qualified to this stage after beating Al Ahly Shendy of The Sudan by two goals to nil on aggregate in the previous round.
