Ghana international Nicholas Gyan has been handed a starting role in Simba Sporting Club clash against Biashara United in the Tanzania Premier League. The former goal poacher turned right-back returned to the starting line up after missing out in their last league game against Singida United. The Msimbadzi Reds have already defended the league title and the official trophy presentation would be done today after the game at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Meanwhile, fellow countrymen James Agyekum Kotei starts from bench with Akwasi Asante still nursing an injury.
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
The Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr. Dominic Kwesi Eduah, has called on Corporate Organisations in Ghana to pick lessons from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPCGhana) in building development-oriented Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies that uplift the socio-economic statuses of people and communities. Speaking at a ceremony in Bawku in the Upper West region to Commission 10 newly constructed Boreholes funded by the Foundation, the head of GNPC’s CSR Unit encouraged Ghanaian entities with the requisite resources to place greater emphasis on CSR goals that promote social change and alleviate poverty in society. Though simply ethical and non-forcing,…
Inhabitants of the Upper East region have had their share of the GNPC Foundation’s 100 boreholes water projects across the country. The Foundation led by its Executive Director, Dr. Dominic Kwesi Eduah on Thursday, May 23, 2019, commissioned a ten boreholes with pumps in the capital of the Upper East region, Bawku. Out of the 100 boreholes water projects, the Upper East and Upper West regions alone were handed 10 each with the Northern region given 40, Western region had 20 with the remaining 20 sited in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and the Central regions. The project forms part of…
Ghana head coach Kwesi Appiah announced his 29-man preliminary squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Egypt in June. The list has only one player plying his trade on the continent in first choice goalkeeper Richard Ofori who plays for Maritzburg United in South Africa. In the 2018/2019 football season, some Ghanaian footballers playing elsewhere in Africa had a stellar campaign but none was invited by Black Stars head coach. We look at five top African based performers who were overlooked by coach Appiah for the big tournament in Egypt next month. These are players…
Toyota Ghana Company Limited on Friday, May 24, 2019 will launch the latest RAV4 designed into the Ghanaian automobile market. The new sports utility vehicle (SUV) possesses an automatic headlight beam level control, voice customization function, seven-inch multi-information display foot-activated power lift gate. The latest model is however, equiped with a 2.OL 4-Cylinder Petrol Engine power modes-Eco, Normal Sports multi-terrain select – mud & sand, rock & dirt, 18-inch split five spoke alloy wheel, 8-speed with CVT dynamic torque vectoring, All-wheel drive dual chrome exhaust tips. Kyfilla.com understands, there will be five assorted colours to choose from and the official…
Rehoboth FC have qualified for the finals of the maiden edition of the Club 5 on 5 regional championship. The Western regional representatives in the on-going football competition are among the final four regions that have booked a ticket to the finals. The Kansawoarado based team knocked Cape Coast out of the competition on penalty shootouts before edging Ashanti Region to a 2:0 victory during the semi-finals stage, held in Dansoman on Sunday, 19th May, 2019. Meanwhile, the finals has been scheduled for Sunday, May 26, 2019 at the Lizzy Sports Complex with 2:00OPM kick off time. The winner will…
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has provided ten boreholes to ten communities in the Upper East region of Ghana. The newly constructed boreholes with hand-pumps is to provide potable water to the deprived communities in the region who lack access to potable water. The projects which forms part of the Foundation’s corporate social responsibility, has witnessed 100 boreholes constructed across the country of which 40 are in the Northern region with Upper East and Upper West having 10 each. Also, 20 out of the 100 boreholes have been constructed in the Western region with 20 sited across the…
Black Stars Coach, Kwasi Appiah has named a 29-man squad in his provisional list for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nation scheduled for Egypt, next month. The 29 consist of three goalkeepers, ten defenders, eleven midfielders and five strikers. GOALKEEPERS Richard Ofori (Maritzburg United, South Africa) Lawrence Ati- Zigi (Sochaux, Montbeliard, France) Felix Annan (Asante Kotoko, Ghana) DEFENDERS John Boye (Metz, France) Andy Yiadom (Reading, England), Abdul Baba Rahman (Reims, France) Lumor Agbenyenu (Goztepe A.S, Turkey) Kassim Nuhu, (Hoffeinham, Germany,) Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew SC, USA) Joseph Aidoo (Genk, Belguim) Nuhu Musa (St Gallen, Switzerland) Joseph Attamah (Basaksehir, Turkey) Mohammed…
Simba Sporting Club will play Spanish Laliga outfit, Sevilla FC on Thursday, May 23, 2019 and Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The friendly will serve as a wrap up season friendly for the Spanish Laliga outfit before they begin their holidays. The team arrived in the capital of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam on Tuesday and toured some cultural centers in the city ahead of the friendly. Simba SC are the defending champions of the Tanzania Premier League and will use the friendly to warm themselves up ahead of the annual MO Simba…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 participated in a sport and development inspection mission by the Agence Francaise De Developpement (AFD) in Accra at the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The deputy sector minister, Perry Curtis Okudzato welcomed officials of AFD and briefed them on various measures undertaken by government to transform Ghana’s sporting ecosystem especially in the area of sport infrastructure development and support for Ghanaian athletes. He indicated how government has instituted various mechanisms to ensure Ghana derives the maximum benefit from sports not just as a tool for entertainment but also as…