Kumasi Asante Kotoko made history in Ghana football yesterday with their CAF Confederation Cup final play-offs game against Coton Sport de Garoura at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. The Porcupine Warriors clocked a whooping GHS 639,000 in gross from the gate proceeds and after deductions earned GHS438,000 The proceeds earned by the Porcupine Warriors yesterday is the highest gate proceeds earned in the history of Ghana football since Black Stars recorded GHC 420,000 in their 6:1 victory against Egypt in Kumasi. Meanwhile, Kotoko after eleven years have qualified for the group stages of the competition and drawn in…
Author: Wilhelmina Antonniette Bartels
The group stages draw of the CAF Confederation Cup has been held successfully today at the headquarters of CAF with Ghana’s only representative Asante Kotoko in group C. The Porcupine Warriors qualified to the group stages for the first time in eleven years and expect to make Ghana proud in the competition. Kotoko managed to book group stages ticket by eliminating defending champions of the Cameroon elite league, Coton Sport de Garoura 5:3 on aggregates. The team who are the only Ghanaian representative in the CAF inter-club competition would face Zambian giants Nkana FC and ZESCO United as well as…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko head coach C.K Akonnor has shower praises on the supporters of the team after their sounding victory over Coton Sport yesterday. Kotoko whip Coton Sport de Garoura 2:1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium yesterday to book ticket to the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time since 2008. Speaking to the media after the victory, Akonnor who was surprised about the supporters massive attendance at the stadium yesterday believes the overwhelming support yielded Kotoko to qualify for the money zone of the competition. ” Kotoko supporters are wonderful and and their attendance…
Hearts of Oak beat Skyy FC 2:1 in a friendly today January 20 at the Daboase St Martin’s Park, Western region. The Continental Club Masters after losing to division two side Royal FC at Pobiman have bounced back with a 2:1 victory over Skyy FC. Alex Annin had the opener for the division one side as early as the tenth minutes to see his outfit run away winners at the first forty-five minutes of the titanic encounter. Abubakar Traore after a thorough hard-work had the equalizer for the Phobians in just four minutes after the first half break. Hearts of…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have qualified to the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup for the first time since 2008 after beating Coton Sports de Garoura 2:1 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium today. Goals from skipper Amos Frimpong and in-form Maxwell Baako were enough as the Porcupine Warriors run away 2:1 winners from the cagey encounter at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. Kotoko managed to beat Coton Sports 3:2 at Yaounde last weekend and sealed qualification today in Kumasi after nailing the defending champions of the Cameroon elite league 2:1. The Kumasi based team after victory today…
Obuasi based Ghana Premier League side Ashantigold Sporting Club will battle Medeama Sporting Club for the ultimate in the finals of the Betway Cup 2019. The maiden edition of the four- team tournament headlined by leading online betting company, Betway is to prepare the various participating teams for the upcoming league season in the country. Ashantigold, host of the competition managed to whip Liberty Professionals by 2:1 to book final spot scheduled for Sunday 20th January, 2019. Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko goal poacher, Sadick Adams had the opener for Ashantigold from a spot kick before Elvis Kyei Baffour could get…
The Richard Addison Foundation (TRAF) has rehabilitated the unsatisfactory toilets facilities at Sulele Park ,Takoradi Toilets facilities at Sulele for the past years has been in an atrocious states of which TRAF took it upon themselves to renovate the structures. Two schools -Archbishop Amissah Junior High School, Monsignor Ansah Junior High School and the Greater Glory Temple Church per Kyfilla.com understanding would be the sole beneficiaries of the revamped structure. One of the assistant headmistress of the school, Madam Hilda Prah during the hand-over of keys ceremony today January 17 expressed her gratitude to TRAF for their immense contribution to…
Ashantigold would play host to Liberty Professionals in the opening game of the maiden edition of the Betway Cup whilst Aduana Stars lock horns with Medeama Sporting Club in the second game. The two-day competition which will be stage at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium from 19- 20 January,2019 is headline by the leading online betting company, Betway. The four team tournament promises to be exciting as the participating clubs are determined to play with their full- strength with supporters encourage to troop to Len Clay Stadium in their numbers to cheer their teams up. Betway continues to support sports…
Samuel Inkoom has expressed his happiness after completing a short term deal with Bulgarian side FC Dunav 2010 Ruse. The former FC Basel right-back was given the chance to play football again after FIFA lifted its worldwide ban on him due to transfer dispute between him and his former agent Wilmer Curtis On his Facebook wall, the 29-year old however posted that …it always seems impossible until it is done. A new dawn, a new day, a new chapter. ‘it feels great to sign for FC Dunav Ruse’… The former Kumasi Asante Kotoko right-back who featured for Vereya FC in…
Proud United- a Division One League side in the Western region would hold an open tryouts for potential footballers ahead of the upcoming Special Competition. The exercise would start on Tuesday 15th January, 2019 at the Essikado Training Grounds -Sekondi in the Western region. The players would be taken to series of drills by the technical bench of the team before those deemed good will be selected and registered for the GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition and the upcoming league seasons. Interested footballers are expected to arrive for the tryouts at exactly 7:00AM which ends at Friday 18th January, 2019.