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.
Accra Hearts of Oak goalkeeper, Abdoulaye Soulama, has described his gaffe in last Monday’s league game against Kumasi Asante Kotoko as the worst nightmare in his career which he wished to quickly overcome.
In a rather sober and remorseful tone, the Burkinabe import said it was the saddest day of his life and that he could not sleep all night because he was haunted by the mistake as it kept revisiting him throughout the night.
“Right now I don’t have tears to cry; I couldn’t sleep last night because I kept thinking about it,” a disappointed Soulama said during an interview with Happy FM on Tuesday and hoped to bounce back strongly.
A board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has urged Phobian fans to desist from excessive criticism of goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama as he was already being haunted by the poor manner in which he conceded the goal against Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra Stadium last Monday.
He maintained that any further criticism of the Burkinabe international would aggravate his already demoralised state, and rather appealed to Hearts fans not to unnecessarily put pressure on the club’s first choice goalkeeper.
Ghana’s national swimming team has intensified its preparations towards the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
Zenith Bank last Saturday championed the need for Ghanaian workers to exercise regularly with a health walk as part of activities to mark this year’s May Day celebrations.
The walk started at the Accra Stadium through some major streets of Osu and La, including the Starlets ‘91 Road, Osu Shell, Osu Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu Post Office, Christianborg Crossroads and back to the Accra Stadium.
The Immigration hit squad overcame a tough challenge from Police thrashing them 3-1 in the second match of the ongoing Table Tennis League at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday.
The match was among the highlights of the highly competitive week four fixtures.
The day began with the first round matches which saw GRA beating Fire 3-1; Synergy lost 0-3 to Prisons, Madina Club were also defeated 3-0 by Army, while Tesano Spinners beat Navy3-0.
A gift goal by goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama, which will remain one of the cheapest in the living memory of many followers of Accra Hearts of Oak, gave the Porcupine Warriors a rare 1-0 victory over their arch-rivals at the Accra Sports Stadium.
For Soulama and fans of Hearts, it was an afternoon they will quickly like to forget given the manner in which Kotoko earned the victory and bragging rights at the Accra Stadium, which witnessed one of the biggest crowds in recent years for the Premier League’s most anticipated fixture.
Dr Daniel K. Markin, Executive Chairman of Uniex Ghana Limited, the agency that brokered the abortive Ghana Premier League sponsorship deal between the GFA and First Capital Plus Bank (now Capital Bank) has disclosed that the contract did not have a "suspension clause".
The National Wheelchair Racing team arrived in the USA last Friday ahead of the Paralympics Games qualifier in Arizona.
The Premier League’s leading goal contenders, Latif Blessing and Yahaya Mohammed, took their off-the-pitch goal scoring rivalry to the Carl Reindorf Park at Dansoman when they each scored, as Aduana Stars shocked Liberty Professionals in their 3-2 thriller on Sunday
Former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak, Yaw Amankwah Mireku, has predicted that his former club would beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko today in their 10th week encounter of the Premier League at the Accra Sports Stadium.
A thrilling contest between Police and Immigration marked the fourth week of the ongoing table tennis league at the DG Hithiramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.
Players of Kumasi Asante Kotoko will today outdoor brand new football boots after the Group Chairman of the Afro Arab Group of Companies, Alhaji Abdul Salamu Amadou, made a surprise presentation to the team.
Techiman City yesterday held Tema- based Inter Allies FC to a 1-1 at the Tema Stadium.
Ebenezer Agyapong nodded home a pullout in the 24th minute but an Evans Mensah corner kick which grazed the post and later hit a defender of the visiting team cancelled the lead.
This year’s Premier League is living up to its promise to be unique, interesting and extremely competitive. It is difficult to pin-point the good reason for its success so far. The GFA has put in place brand new executive personnel administering the day-to-day activities of this season’s football. We have a new FA General Secretary, a new Premier League Board (PLB) Chairman and a new chairman for the Referees Committee.
