Kumasi Asante Kotoko midfielder, Umar Bashiru has confessed that the team had a bad day against Zesco United which resulted to their painful defeat last Sunday. The Porcupines were whipped 2:1 at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola last Sunday courtesy goals from Jese Were and Mtonga. The defeat ensured that, Asante Kotoko bow out of the CAF Confederation Cup even though the team were determined to secure a quarter-final berth. Umar Bashiru who was in a pale shadow of himself during the encounter believes the entire team had a bad day but they will surely recover and bounce back…
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Andy Yiadom has been ruled out of the Black Stars last AFCON qualifying game against Kenya. The full back sustained an injury last weekend during Reading and Stoke City stalemate and he is reported to miss the encounter on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The 27-year old was among the invited players for camping ahead of the encounter against the Harambee Stars at the Accra Sports Stadium. Yiadom and Amos Frimpong were the only right backs invited and his absence means Black Stars head coach, James Akwasi Appiah has to result on the Asante Kotoko skipper for the clash. The Reading…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have arrived safely in Ghana after Zesco United defeat in the last group game of the CAF Confederation Cup. The Porcupines landed this afternoon at the Kotoka International Airport with Ethiopian Airline and will journey to Kumasi. The team were booted out of the CAF Confederation Cup after suffering from a painful 2:1 defeat at Ndola last Sunday. Coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor and his charges qualified for the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time since 2008 but had their dream of making to the quarter-final stage ended after the defeat in Ndola.…
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has extended the mandate of the Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee, Kyfilla.com has learnt. According to report in the media, the Dr. Kofi Amoah led Committee who were supposed to leave office after the expiration of their six months mandate in March 31, 2019 have been given another ninety days mandate to bring back football in the country to normalcy. FIFA in collaboration with the Government of Ghana appointed the Five Member Committee to normalized Ghana football after the Anas Aremayaw Anas expose video which uncovered rot in Ghana football. The Committee were…
Accra Hearts of Oak have denied reports of their first team coach cum Director of Football, Kim Grant resigning. It was earlier circulating on various web portals that, the former AFC Wembledon forward wants to quit the Phobians due to the sudden resignation of Mark Noonan, his former employer. The reports stated that, Grant is currently not happy over the resignation of his former boss, Mark Noonan and he also want to follow suits. In a statement released and signed by the head of the Communications Department of the club, Opare Addo, states that the former Elmina Sharks gaffer is…
Head coach for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Charles Kwablah Akonnor has called on the Normalization Committee for the immediate return of the domestic league in the country. Akonnor witnessed his side booting out of the CAF Confederation Cup after their painful defeat to Zesco United last Sunday at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. According to the astute tactician, engaging in a domestic league would sustain the form of the playing body since their elimination in the CAF Confederation Cup. “We have to go back home and reorganise ourselves. “It’s important we start the league. The inability of the league not…
Ghanaian defender Richard Ocran has qualified Nkana FC to the quarter-finals stage of the CAF Confederation Cup even though they lost to Al Hilal Omdurman at Sudan today. Nkana FC were beaten 4:1 by Al Hilal Omdurman at Khartoum in the last group game of the CAF Confederation Cup with Ocran lasting the full throttle. The experienced defender returned from suspension with such an impressive performance but single-handedly couldn’t prevent the deadly attack of the Khartoum based club from scoring. Even though they lost to Al Hilal, Nkana FC, thanks to arch rivals Zesco United have qualified for the quarter-finals…
Match day three of the already intensed Normalization Committee’ Women’s Special Competition was hurdled off at the various centers this weekend. Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies who lost their last home game to Elmina based Sea Lions shared spoils with Soccer Intellectuals at away whilst in-form Sea Lions had a goalless stalemate with Ladystrikers. Pearlpia Ladies were smashed by Abdulai Mukarama’ Northern Ladies by 0:2 with the Black Maidens skipper on the score sheet. Below is the results, scores, of the match three of the Normalization Committee Women’s League Group A. Supreme ladies 0 :3 Fabulous ladies Jenifer Kamkam Yeboah 71 (pen)…
The Deputy Accra representative for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Nana Kwame Dankwah says the team didn’t take their chances which resulted in their painful defeat against Zesco United. The Porcupines suffered a horrific 2:1 defeat to the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium lads at Ndola yesterday in the last group game of the CAF Confederation Cup. Speaking after the defeat to Zesco United, Nana Kwame Danquah believes the team lost in Zambia yesterday due to hard luck and also failed to utilize their chances even after getting the opener through in the early minutes of the second half through Stephen Nyarko. ” We…
Former Ghana Football Association Vice President, George Afriyie has showered praises on Asante Kotoko Executive Chairman, Dr. Kwame Kyei for supporting the team to partook in this season’s CAF Confederation Cup. The Porcupines qualified for the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time since 2008 but couldn’t make it to the quarter-finals stage after being beaten 2:1 by Zesco United in Zambia yesterday. Stephen Nyarko’s goal served as the only consolation for the Ghanaian side with Jese Were and Mtonga getting the victory for the Ndola based side at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium. The horrific and…