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.
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.
