Ghanaian trio of James Agyekum Kotei, Nicholas Gyan and Akwasi Asante have defended the Tanzania Premier League with Simba Sporting Club. Simba SC clinched the enviable title in the Tanzanian football after smashing Singida United 0:2 today where Kotei and Gyan saw full-time action with Asante out of action due to injury. Maddie Kagere and sensational John Bocco were the goal scorers for the Msimbadzi Reds today as they ended the game as 0:2 winners. The victory makes the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium lads champions of the premier league with two matches left to end the season, leading the table…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan says he will forever be grateful to Ghana after announcing his retirement from international duties. The entire Ghana football fraternity were shocked following the sudden decision from the goal poacher, announcing his retirement from international football after fourteen years spell with the national team. Gyan, 33, whose presence would be needed as Ghana is determined to lift the AFCON trophy for the fifth time after last winning it in 1982 has also asked to be excuse from the AFCON as well. The former Sunderland forward, however, believes he will forever be grateful to Ghana for…
Black Princesses coach, Yusif Basigi has begun his two-weeks internship at Pick Up Academy in the United Kingdom. The renowned tactician was introduced to the playing body of the team earlier this afternoon during their training session. Yusif Basigi was invited for a two-week internship with the team which is a Crystal Palace annex. The team is a male and female set up with footballers below eighteen years. Enjoy exclusive pictures from his first training with the team today;
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kofikrom Pharmacy, Kofi Addo Agyekum has expressed his gratitude to the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) for honouring him and his company at the just ended SWAG Awards night. He and his management thanked SWAG and the organisers for recognising their contribution to the development of sports in the country. As a growing business, we decided to adopt and grow with the supposed least financed sports and this award will motivate and inspire us to do more for the growth of sports in the country and we admonish other corporate institutions to emulate…
Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan once again came off the bench to rescue Kayserispor in their away game against Akhisarspor in the Turkish Super Lig on Sunday afternoon. The Ghanaian international replaced Hasan Huseyina in the 46th minutes after Adrien Regattin has opened the deadlock for the home side in the 37th minutes. Artem Kravets in the 61st minutes restored parity for Kayserispor before another Ghanaian international, Elvis Manu sent Akhisarspor to the lead in the 80th minutes. A pass from Aleksandr Kucher saw Asamoah Gyan connecting to pull parity in the 90+3 minutes of the fascinating game. The goal…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports have congratulated the senior national women’s team, Black Queens for clinching a bronze medal in the just ended WAFU Zone B Championship. Ghana beat counterpart from Mali via 8:7 on penalty shootouts to clinch the bronze medal in the eight teams competition after 0:0 in the regulation. Even though, the aim of the team was to defend the trophy after winning the maiden edition, the ministry believe many positives can be derived from the team as the squad is currently a blend of experience and young ones and will help the country in the…
Kwidex, a start-up based in Accra emerged as the winner of the first Betway Fintech Challenge. The final round of the Betway Fintech Challenge was held at the Accra Digital Centre with ten (10) finalists competing across two (2) rounds. During each round, teams pitched their proposals to a three-person expert panel. The three-person team from Kwidex led by Seyram Kofi Mantey impressed the panel who awarded the company the GHC 20,000 grand prize. Nocofio and Pennysmart were the first and second runners-up and received cash prizes of GHC 15,000 and GHC 10,000 respectively. Kwidex is a crowd-funding platform. Product…
Ghanaian midfielder James Agyekum Kotei says he feel honored for getting a nomination in the 2019 edition of the Mo Simba Awards. The Mo Simba Awards was introduced by the majority shareholder of Simba Sporting Club, Mohammed Dewji in appreciation of players who performed extremely wonderful in a particular season. The former Liberty Professionals enforcer was nominated in the best midfielder of the year category after helping Simba SC reach the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League and also winning the Tanzania Premier League last season. Expressing his gratitude after the nomination, Kotei stated that “I’m honored to be nominated…
As part of it corporate responsibilities and quota to the development of education in the Western region, the executive director of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah embarked on a needs assessment visit to the wretched Beposo MA Basic School located in the Shama district, Western region. The school that houses over 700 students is current worthy of compassion as classes are held under shed and at times students had to ask to go home whenever it rains either partially or a heavy downpour. The atrocious state of the government owned property was brought before the leadership…
Ghanaian enterprising midfielder, James Kotei has been nominated in Simba Sporting Club” Mo Simba Awards best midfielder of the year category. The midfield sensation was shortlisted in the final three and will battle with Mzamiru Yassin and Jonas Mkude for the accolade. The 26-year old has been an instrumental figure for the Msimbadzi Reds, helping the team to reach the quarter-finals stage of the CAF Champions League, a stage that no club from the Eastern part of Africa has reach over 50 years. The former Liberty Professionals midfield dynamo has been an integral member of the defending champions of the…