Organizers of the Western Music Awards have settled on Kingstel Hotel as the event grounds for the seventh edition of the awards which is slated for December 24, 2023. The awards show which is the biggest musician in-house event in the Western Region has changed venue for the first time in the history of the event having held all previous six events at the Best Western Plus Atlantic Hotel. Spokesperson for the Western Music Awards, Nana Kwesi Coomson made the revelation in an interview on Connect 97.1FM to further elaborate on changes to better the awards scheme. “2023 Western Music…
Author: Kelvin Papa Sackey
Defending Champions of the Ghana Premier League Medeama SC shared the spoils with Young Africans in a 1-1 scoreline in the CAF Champions League at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Medeama were very determined to boost their chances of going past the group stage after a 3-0 loss and 2-1 win against Al Ahly and CR Belouizdad respectively. Jonathan Sowah made his presence felt by after returning from suspension by putting Medeama ahead from the penalty spot on the 27th minute. Nine minutes after Medeama’s first goal, Young Africans equalized through a strike from Zouozuza bringing the score to 1-1at…
The Accra High Court has fined former Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan GH₵1 million for his malicious prosecution of journalist Anthony Sarfo. Gyan was fined because the court determined that he had maliciously pursued journalist Anthony Sarfo.Gyan first filed a lawsuit against Sarfo and four other people for extortion after claims that the former Black Stars captain had a woman named Sarah Kwablah. After being detained and accused, Sarfo and the other four people were ultimately declared not guilty and exonerated. After being freed, Anthony Sarfo filed a lawsuit for malicious prosecution against Gyan and his manager, Anim Addo, seeking…
Dreams FC have departed the nation’s borders today, Friday December 8 for Angola for their game against Academica do Lobito on Sunday. On Sunday December 10, the FA Cup Champions from Ghana will go toe to toe with Academica do Lobito for their third Confederations Cup group match at the Edtadio de November in Luands Dreams FC traveled with players, the technical team under the direction of Karim Zito, and a few members of management. The return of defender Abdul Jalilu, who was suspended and missed the team’s match against Rivers United, has given the Ghanaian team a huge boost.…
Ghanaian forward Antoine Semenyo has been named Bournemouth’s Player Of the Month of November. Semenyo won the award after a month of stellar and consistent performances for Bournemouth in the English Premier League. His contributions this season have undoubtedly made him a pillar and integral part of his team. Antoine Semenyo has started 8 games for Bournemouth in the Premier League and has four goal contributions to his name thus, 3 goals and 1 assist. He has featured in most of these games as a right winger and has an average performance rating of 7 per game. He also has…
Ghanaian referee Daniel Nii Laryea has been appointment to officiate the 2023/24 CAF Champions League match between Etoile du Sahel and Al Hilal at the Olympique Hammadi Agrebi Stadium in Rades on Friday. Laryea will serve as an official for the first time in the CAF Champions League Money Zone this season. With two straight losses in the group stage, Etoile du Sahel is in for a difficult position and are looking forward to getting back on track after losing 2-0 at home to Espérance Sportive de Tunis and 2-0 against Petro Atletico Luanda. The Tunisian team is eager to…
Black Queens Coach Nora Hauptle has described the Black Queens’ unwavering combination of enthusiasm, drive, and collaboration as the reason behind their success with respect to the WAFCON 2024 on their return to Ghana. During an interview, the obviously delighted Swiss tactician poured praise on her team and reflected on their journey from South Africa, where they had clinched their berth with a thrilling 3-2 aggregate win over Namibia. Hauptle highlighted the critical role played by their decisive 3-1 victory in the first leg, despite a 1-0 loss in the second leg. After qualifying, the Black Queens’ head coach, Nora…
Multiple award winning artist, Kofi Kinaata is expected to drop a new song in the coming days as was hinted in his recently released statement on his annual show Made in Taadi on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The song title, which has already taken prominence on social media as Overthinking, a caption he preferred for a picture he posted on Thursday. In the said release to canceling the annual concert[Made In Taadi], the Songwriter said “at the brighter side we are thrilled to announce that Kofi Kinaata will be releasing a new song in few days time…”. The title for…
Ghanaian Under-20 World Cup winner Ransford Osei, believes he was better in terms of goal scoring than Ghana’s all-time leading scorer, Asamoah Gyan. He admitted that Gyan was a wonderful football player, but he was a good finisher than the former Sunderland and Black Stars player. He claimed in an interview that Asamoah Gyan’s seeming superiority was only a result of his greater opportunity. “Asamoah Gyan was a fantastic player but not more clinical than me, when it comes to goal scoring, I will have scored more than him but he had more chances,” he said. With his amazing goal-scoring…
Astute sports journalist and football coach Wisdom Fiifi Agbleke has been appointed as secretary of sports and recreation committee by Takoradi Technical University. Wisdom Fiifi Agbleke who works as a sports presenter at Spice fm is revolutionizing coaching at the senior high school and tertiary levels and Western Region at large. After taking up the role of Coach at Takoradi Technical University Wisdom Fiifi Agbleke won silver with the girls football team at the 2022 Ghatusa games whiles the boy finished third. This year, he also won the Inter-schools and Colleges games competition for the first time with Takoradi…