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Klopp’s Liverpool handed tough opponents Manchester City in Champions League quarterfinals

While the two English clubs face off in an intriguing tie, there is a repeat of last season’s final for Real Madrid and Juventus

Liverpool have been draw to face Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, two-time defending champions Real Madrid have been tasked with a clash against Juventus – a repeat of last season’s final – while Barcelona will tackle Roma and Sevilla’s reward for ousting Manchester United is a meeting with Bayern Munich.

It is, however, the clash between the two Premier League clubs that is the tie of the round.

The Reds swept past Porto 5-0 over two legs to reach the last eight of the competition while Pep Guardiola’s men defeated Basel with almost equal ease, seeing the Swiss off 5-2.

The clubs have played twice already this season, with City getting the better of Jurgen Klopp’s men 5-0 when the sides met in September – a match infamous for Sadio Mane’s challenge on home goalkeeper Ederson, which left the goalkeeper with a gruesome injury and saw the Liverpool attacker sent off.

Klopp’s side have better memories of their meeting in January, though. The Reds won a storming match at Anfield 4-3, with Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Roberto Firmino, Made and Mohamed Salah all on target. Leroy Sane had levelled for City at 1-1, but their late rally through Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan proved fruitless.

It is just the second time in history that City have reached the last-eight of the competition. In 2015-16, they defeated PSG 3-2 on aggregate but lost to Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

Liverpool, on the other hand, have won the European Cup on five occasions.
The first legs will take place on April 3 and 4, while the second legs of the ties will be played on April 10 and 11.

-Goal

A look at Shatta Wale’s new $550,000 ‘ship mansion’ in Accra

 

African dancehall artist Charles Nii Armah Mensah known in showbiz as Shatta Wale has found himself another mansion located in East Legon (Trassaco), a suburb of Accra which is the capital city of Ghana.

The house, estimated around $550,000, was bought for him by his new record label Zylofon Music as part of the multi-million contract he signed with them last month.

Front view of Shatta Wale’s ship house

According to sources, the ‘ship mansion’ has three balconies, wine room, a spacious kitchen and a room designated to be Shatta’s new recording studio, as well as swimming pool, boys quarters and roof terrace where he can relax and make merry with his friends like Sarkodie, Davido, Bunner Boy, Pope Skinny, and the Militants.

The Swimming Pool inside the house

Although, there were suggestions that the Shatta Movement boss was only hyping the company who were in charge of the house, in a bid to create awareness for their real estate businesses, MeQasa who are into property ratings has confirmed that indeed, the house is now for the dancehall king.

A shot from the roof terrace

“This East Legon beauty comes complete with all the important amenities a star like Shatta needs to live luxuriously, from air conditioning, cooker, washing machine, microwave, garden and rock solid security,” the company stated on their website.

Shatta Wale has now gotten himself two mansions in Accra since he already boasts of $1 million rated house in Trassaco.

Another shot of the swimming pool and a mini-bar

He got six nominations in the 2018 Ghana Music Awards including the enviable artist of the year which he is highly rated to annex it after releasing hit tracks like Low Tempo, Ayoo, Taking Over, Dem Confuse and Forgetti.

Fake Red Label and Bacardi producer busted in Kumasi

Police in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 48-year old man who is involved in the production and distribution of local and foreign alcoholic drinks suspected to be harmful.

Yaw Nambu Dosu, alias Joe, was arrested after the International Federal of Spirit Producers (IFSP) lodged a complaint about his operations.

Police also retrieved 48 boxes of the suspected harmful alcoholic drinks at his Ejisu residence.

The suspected harmful alcoholic products included; Black Label, Red Label, Barcadi, Lion Aromatic Schnapps and Smirnoff.

Others included Lord Jack, Lord Kingsley, Sir Edwards, Bony Black and other assorted alcoholic products.

According to Police, the suspect was denied a license by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in 2007 to engage in the production of Lion Bitters.

Police said the FDA on 30th July, 2007, wrote back to the suspect explaining their reasons for the refusal to give him the license to operate.

Police investigations also revealed that the suspect rented an apartment at Ejisu near Anita Hotel junction to produce the products after he was denied the license.

Addressing journalists in Kumasi, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP Ken Yeboah, said the suspect disclosed that the composition of the drinks are Ethanol, water and color, while he used disposed bottles in the packaging of the products.

He said the empty bottles retrieved from the residence of the suspect were used to produce Black and Red labels as well as Jack Daniels.

The Police Commander indicated that the suspect said he was not alone in counterfeiting of the foreign trade marks, and mentioned one Mr. Kwotie based at Nungua in the Greater Accra Region as his accomplice.

The suspect and his accomplice who have been in the illegal business for the ten (10) years, have succeeded in distributing their products in Accra and Kumasi.

Police said efforts are underway to arrest his accomplice believed to be operating in Nungua, Accra and Aflao to assist in investigations.

COP Ken Yeboah advised the general to be circumspect when patronizing such products.

-Citifmonline.

Ghana FA confirms this weekend to start Ghana Premier League New season

The top-flight will finally start this weekend after weeks of continuous legal tussle between the football association and the Wonder Club

 

The 2017-18 Ghana Premier League season is expected to finally commence this weekend, Ghana FA has confirmed.

Great Olympics saw their injunction against the football association thrown out on Thursday by an Accra High Court presided over by Justice Anthony Yeboah. Any ruling in favour of Olympics would’ve seen either Elmina Sharks and Bechem United relegated while they rather survive.

” The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the sporting public that the 2017/ 18 League season commences this weekend,” a GFA statement read.

 

Matchday One fixtures

“This comes after Thursday’s court dismissal of the case between Great Olympics FC and the GFA for an interlocutory injunction on the start of the Premier and Division leagues.

“All clubs and stakeholders are to take note accordingly,” the statement added.

The game between Aduana Stars and Liberty Professionals has been postponed following the formers’s participation in the Caf Champions League. The Fire Club will play Algerian side E.S Setif in the second leg of the last qualifying round in their bid to make it to the group stage of the competition for the first time in their history.

They head into the game with a 1-0 advantage.

Chelsea supporter Nana Yaw confirmed dead in Kumasi after defeat to Barcelona

The football fan could not survive the humiliation his side suffered in the hands of Barcelona at Camp Nou

Chelsea FC fan Emmanuel Offin collapsed and later confirmed dead in Asuoyeboah, suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, after the 3-0 thrashing suffered in the hands of Barcelona in the round of 16 second leg of the Uefa Champions League.

A brace from ‘demigod’ Lionel Messi and another striker from youngster Dembele did the work for the Spanish giants at Camp Nou and qualified them to the quarterfinals of the competition with a 4-1 aggregate scoreline following a 1-1 stalemate in the first leg.

The 24-year-old also known as Nana Yaw, was a Mobile Phone dealer and according to his family members, the die-hard Chelsea supporter who always leave the house to watch Premier League giants’ matches with his friends, died few minutes after the final whistle and efforts to save him by those around ended fruitless.

The deceased Chelsea supporter

According to Otec News’ reporter Rhoda Dankwa, who visited the family house of the late Nana Yaw at Asuoyeboah on Thursday, reported that the body has been deposited at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Morgue for autopsy.

AshesGyamera understands that the family Will observe his one-week traditional celebration on March 21 before the final date for his burial service and funeral rites is announced.

Niibi Osekan places another injunction on Ghana Premier League

The gentleman insists that he is a gracious informant who wants the football association to put its house in order before the start of the new season

An Accra-based football fan, Mr. Enoch Niibi Osekan has placed an injunction on the start of the 2017-18 Ghana Premier League season.

According to the gentleman, he wrote to Fifa a letter to Fifa in December last year asking them advise Ghana FA to apply their general regulations in the case involving Ghana FA and Great Olympics since the latter’s petition/protests against Elmina Sharks and Bechem United were wrongfully thrown out.

In a reply sighted by AshesGyamera, Fifa responded on February 12, advising that it is purely an internal matter, hence Ghana FA has to do the needful but per Mr. Osekan’s satisfaction, nothing realistic has been done about it.

Fifa’s letter to Ghana Football Association and Mr.Osekan

Already, Great Olympics have placed an injunction on the kick off of the season and it is expected to be heard on Thursday (March 15, 2018) at the Accra High Court.

 

Past sports ministers under NDC government left behind ¢51 million debt, says Hon. Asiamah

Ghana’s youth and sports minister, Isaac Asiamah, has made an interesting revealation during the Meet the Press in Accra on Tuesday solely on the state of sports in the country.

According to the Atwima Mponua member of parliament, the previous ministers in that sector under the watch of the past government, embezzled funds and left behind huge debts which has made his tenure a bit frustrating.

“I am sorry to report to you that we met a negative balance of ¢51 million, that is the debt we inherited… There was nothing at the Ministry of Youth and Sports,” Hon Asiamah said.

“All these things that have been able to happen are through creative minds that’s what has happened here. So if we have been able to achieve a lot, that is why I am grateful to my able lieutenants, they are creative people and they are helping us to achieve a lot at the Ministry of Youth and Sports”.

He added: “As it’s said, you come and fix challenge, so we are fixing the challenge through creative means.”

Asiamah succeeded Nii Lantey Vanderpuye after New Patriotic Party won the 2016 general elections.

According to AshesGyamera sources, the figure quoted by the minister has a lot of weight but, majority of the debts incurred date back to contracts awarded during Ghana’s hosting of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, since subsequent governments and ministers failed to settle the debtors.

Completed market left unused at Mpobi, 18 years after commissioning

Traders at Mpobi in the Afigya Kwabre district in the Ashanti region have refused to do business in an ultra-modern market 18 years after commissioning which was constructed at the cost of Five Hundred million old Ghana Cedis (GHC 500, 000,000).

The market project was completed in March, 2000 and commissioned by the former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings but traders have failed to utilize the facility, siting wrong location as their reason for abandoning the market.

The traders told OTEC news that the new market was too far from town, therefore no one was interested in walking there to do business. They said sending perishable items such as vegetables to the new market was a burden on traders because the goods get rotten easily and costing them a fortune.

The traders argued that construction of the market could have been substituted for a school in order to attract school going children from adjoining communities.

Mpobihene Nana Akwasi Akyeampong stated that recalcitrant traders in and around Mpobi community have chosen to sell their wares at several unauthorized places.

Nana Akwasi Akyeampong intimated that he done everything possible to get the traders relocated but they have always proved to be recalcitrant.

Assembly member for the Mpob electoral area, Yakubu Issifu, expressed his commitment get the traders to the abandoned ultra-modern market. Yakubu Issifu disclosed that the absence of bye -laws to regulate hawkers in the Mpobi community was an incentive to traders to keep hawking around the community.

“I am making all efforts in collaboration with the unit committee members to cut down the tree which provide shade for the recalcitrant traders in order to relocate them to the new market” Yakubu Issifu stressed.

He promised to help the relocation all traders selling at unapproved by the end of 2018.

Source: otecfmghana

Zylofon boss Nana Appiah Mensah apologises to Stonebwoy

The Zylofon record label boss has issued a statement to settle issues with the dancehall artist following the fracas last weekend

The owner and bankroller of Zylofon Group of Companies Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM 1) has send a heartfelt apology to dancehall artist Stonebwoy after his car was almost forcefully taken from him on Saturday.

Stonebwoy’s camp was alleged to have ordered that all Zylofon materials be taken down before and during his performance at University of Ghana despite the former being the sponsors that night.

That action, according to reports, led to some section of the Zylofon crew led by the transport manager to attack Stonebwoy and tried to take away his Benz which they insisted that it belonged to the their company at the Champs Bar, and the musician gave out some warning shots to disperse the crew and later drove off.

Stonebwoy was signed to Zylofon Music label last year but he has shown signs of unhappiness following the arrival of his rival Shatta Wale, especially the hype that surrounded his signing and unveiling.

AshesGyamera understands that the traffic manager has been suspended indefinitely but Stonebwoy is in the process of officially cancel his contract with the label since he feels unsecured.

Koomson & Yahaya have shown me that I’m a fool, Eleven Wonders owner cries foul

 

Techiman Eleven Wonders bankroller Nana Ameyaw has revealed that former Asante Kotoko midfielder Larbi Koomson and former King Faisal captain Iddrisu Yahaya have gone AWOL from the club after disagreement on their residential situations.

The duo, who joined the Ghana Premier League newbies few months ago and were part of the club’s squad that participated in the Ghalca G8 tournament, rejected the apartment secured for them by club, insisting that it doesn’t meet their standard.

“The two players have duped me and shown me that I’m a fool to give them part payment of the contracts they signed with my club,” Nana Ameyaw said.

“The contracts they signed were two and three years each. I’ve even rented a ‘self-contain’ apartment for them but they’ve refused to stay there, packed all their belongings and left without a word.”

He added: “I will everything to God because I don’t want to have any discussion with them anymore. It’s God who settles issues for the fool so I leave things in his hands.

“If my club’s management members will hold talks with them again, that won’t include myself.”

Wonders will host Hearts of Oak on opening day of the season if the legal tussle between Ghana Football Association and Great Olympics is settled in the coming days.