Kumasi Asante Kotoko have secured a one- year sponsorship deal with Forms Capital Ltd in which outstanding players will be paid every month.
Under the deal, the financial company will present GH1000 to any player of the Porcupine Warriors who would be voted Player of the Month.
Ghanaian boxer, Abdul Wahid Omar, has been offered an opportunity to represent the country in the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The 23-year-old bantamweight won bronze at the last Africa Zone Olympic Games qualifiers in Yaounde, Cameroun after overpowering Zambia’s Emmanuel Ngoma in the quarter-finals to reach the semis.
Renowned boxing match-maker, Ako Patterson, has called for the resignation of the president of the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation, Gideon Quartey, and further demanding an overhaul of the federation.
He contended that the federation had suffered under Quartey’s supervision which ultimately led to the elimination of the Black Bombers in the Olympics qualifiers in Cameroun last month.
Kumasi-based Division One side, Asokwa Deportivo, Thursday kicked out defending Premier League champions, Ashantigold, from the MTN FA Cup via a 3-1 defeat on penalties in their round of 32 match at the Baba Yara Stadium.
Football-loving fans at Tumu in the Sissala East District capital of in the Upper West Region, who have heard a lot about Kumasi Asante Kotoko over the years but have not watched the team play physically in their lifetime, will have a feel of the great club when they play Tumu-based Real 24 Hours FC at the Tumu Park tomorrow in an MTN FA Cup round of 32 fixture.
Aside their off-the-field troubles regarding the ‘stepping aside’ of Coach David Duncan, Kotoko’s clash with the Tumu side has been charactersied by a heated debate over the venue, compelling the FA Cup Committee (FACC) and the Club Licencing Board (CLB) to pass a quick judgment for Kotoko to honour the match tomorrow as scheduled.
Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi, has confirmed that plans are far advanced to get Spanish La Liga duo, Thomas Teye Partey and Inaki Williams, to play for the Black Stars.
The young players have been in blistering in form at their respective clubs this season and have gone unnoticed as the FA has instituted plans to get the duo to play for Ghana.
Sekondi Hasaacas on Thursday beat visiting Medeama Sporting Club 2-0 in their seventh week outstanding Premier League match at the Sekondi Stadium in Essipon.
When the rubber hits the road, they put on a show, not only for themselves, but importantly for Mother Ghana.
A Former Ghanaian international, Awudu Issaka, has slammed the management of Kumasi Asante Kotoko for what he described as an unjustifiable treatment being meted out to Coach David Duncan.
Issaka, who was influential in Ghana’s gold-winning feat at the 1995 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, said asking a coach to step aside in this current era was unprofessional and, therefore, charged the management of the Porcupine Warriors to reconsider that decision.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko stirred yet another controversy this week after coming out to vehemently protest against a decision by the FA Cup Committee (FACC) to have their MTN FA Cup round of 32 match played in Tumu as originally balloted.
As we have observed, the latest call by the Kotoko management followed hard on the heels of a similar decision by the club asking Coach David Duncan to step aside for a while due to the club’s spate of poor results in the ongoing Premier League.
Just like the Duncan saga, Kotoko’s request for a change of venue for their match against Tumu-based Division Two side Real 24 Hours FC stirred a heated debate in the media, resulting in divided opinion on the matter.
The ongoing National Ping-pong League enters the second week tomorrow at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium with defending champions, Immigration Service, expected to maintain their winning ways.
They chase a second win against Tesano Spinners in a game that will not be easy for either side.
Takoradi Polytechnic on Tuesday recorded a stunning 59-57 win over highly rated Group B opponents, Marshalls University College, in the opening game of the Rexona Universities, Polytechnics and College (UPAC) Basketball Championship at the Accra Polytechnic basketball court.
The Takoradi Polytechnic basketball team led in all the first three quarters of the game (14-12, 25-24 and 42-36) but suffered a fright in the closing stages as Marshalls staged a late comeback.
Tumu will be the centre of attraction this weekend as Kumasi Asante Kotoko storm the Tumu Park in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region to play Tumu Real 24 Hours FC in an MTN FA Cup duel tomorrow.
The national table tennis league spinned off last Saturday with some thrilling encounters which saw the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Immigration service, Prisons Service, Ghana Army and Police Service getting off to good starts in the men’s division.
Defending men’s champions, Immigration started on a good note as they beat Synergy Club 3-0 with GRA defeating Madina Club 3-0, while Fire Service defeated Tesano Spinners 3-2.
A Tema-based Division Two side, True Demo Football, are poised to defeat Accra Youth at the Tema Stadium on Saturday
True Demo showed a lot of promise during the round of 64 of the MTN FA Cup last month when they beat Unicorn FC of Takoradi by a lone goal at the Sekondi Stadium at Essipon.
