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Asante Kotoko announce 31-man squad for new GPL season

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Asante Kotoko announce 31-man squad for new GPL season

The Porcupine Warriors have announced their players for the upcoming season

Asante Kotoko have announced their 31-man squad which they will be using for the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season.

Out of the players registered, five of them are youngster who are below 19 years and will be used as the core members of the youth team.

Brazilian midfielder Fabio Gama has maintained his favorite number 10 jersey. Goalkeeper Razak Abalora has taken the number 16 jersey previously worn by former captain Felix Annan.

As a result, Ghana young goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim takes over Abalora’s number 16 jersey while Kwame Baah maintains his number 22 jersey.

Jersey number 26 which was previously worn by Augustine Okrah has been taken by new arrival Sheriff Mohammed while Stephen Amankonah takes over jersey number 29 previously worn by Emmanuel Gyamfi.

Asante Kotoko will open their campaign with an away game against Dreams FC at Theater of Dreams in Dawu on Saturday before they host Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium a week later.

Supporters to watch Ghana Premier League games with COVID-19 vacination card -Dr. Nsiah

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Supporters to watch Ghana Premier League games with COVID-19 vacination card -Dr. Nsiah

The government’s advisory committee head has given a clue on how supporters will be allowed to watch league games from the various stadiums

Ghana government’s head of advisory committee on Health, Dr. Nsiah Asare has revealed that Ghanaians who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed entry into various stadiums when the season kicks off this weekend.

According to Dr. Nsiah, government and Ghana Football Association are putting in place measures to lift the ban on watching games but it is possible that only those who have been vaccinated will be allowed entry in order to stop the spread of the disease.

Debutants Accra Lions will open the season with a home game against Elmina Sharks at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday before two games are also played on Saturday.

The remaining games of the weekend will be held on Sunday

“So far as the COVID-19 cases isn’t raising at an alarming rate in country right now doesn’t mean we should allow more people to go to the stadiums when the season starts,” Dr. Nsiah told Angel FM

“We have only 4.1% vaccinated people in the country and it’s most likely that fans will go to the stadium with their Vaccination cards,” he added.

Those who will not have the opportunity to watch the games from the stadium will have to watch some of them on television via StarTimes.

In total, StarTimes have plans to cover a minimum of 75 matches in the first round of the season and 90 matches after the break.

Ghana Premier League week one referees announced: Bless & Nunoo to handle Kotoko & Hearts games

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Ghana Premier League week one referees announced: Bless & Nunoo to handle Kotoko & Hearts games

The 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season will finally begin officially this weekend at various match venues with interesting fixtures.

As a result, the Referees Committee of the Ghana Football Association has appointed match officials for Matchday one

Below are the Match Officials, Venue Media Officers & Cameramen:

DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021     – 6PM

MATCH: ACCRA LIONS VRS ELMINA SHARKS

VENUE: ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM

REFEREE: BENJAMIN K. SEFFAH

ASSISTANTS: PATRICK PAPALA AND KENNETH TWENEBOAH KODUA

4TH REFEREE: JOSHUA SAMADJI

MATCH COMMISSIONER: PAUL AYAMBA

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: NANA AKUA FREMA

LIVE ON STARTIMES

•DATE:  SATURDAY, OCTOBR 30, 2021      – 3PM

MATCH: DREAMS FC VRS ASANTE KOTOKO

VENUE: ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM

REFEREE: SELORM YAO BLESS

ASSISTANTS: ISAAC NYAMEKYE AND PASCAL MAWUSI

4TH REFEREE: ESO DOH MORRISON

MATCH COMMISSIONER: ANNAN LOMOTEY

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: RAYMOND ACKUMEY

LIVE ON STARTIMES

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBR 31, 2021        – 3PM

MATCH: HEARTS OF OAK VRS LEGON CITIES

VENUE: ACCRA SPORTS STADIUM

REFEREE: JULIAN NUNOO

ASSISTANTS: KWESI A. BROBBEY AND ISAAC ODOOM

4TH REFEREE: SELORM KPORMEGBE

MATCH COMMISSIONER: ANDREWS TAMAKLOE

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: RAYMOND ACKUMEY

LIVE ON STARTIMES

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: ELEVEN WONDERS VRS ASHANTIGOLD

VENUE: NANA OHENE AMEYAW PARK

REFEREE: MOHAMMED MUSBAU

ASSISTANTS: TIJANI MOHAMMED AND HALILU ALHASSAN

4TH REFEREE: GABRIEL OPOKU ARHIN

MATCH COMMISSIONER: MARK KODUA YEBOAH

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: OBED ANANE FRIMPONG

GFA CAMERAMAN: LORD YEBOAH

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: BECHEM UNITED VRS MEDEAMA SC

VENUE: NANA FOSU GYEABOUR PARK

REFEREE: ABDUL LATIFF QADIR

ASSISTANTS: EMMANUEL DOLAGBANU AND ISAAC OPOKU ANTWI

4TH REFEREE: ISAAC OSEI

MATCH COMMISSIONER: JOHN YAKUBU

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: PRINCE AGYEMANG

GFA CAMERAMAN: PAUL EGBENYA

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: REAL TAMALE UNITED VRS ACCRA GREAT OLYMPICS

VENUE: ALIU MAHAMA STADIUM

REFEREE: GEORGE M. VORMAWOR

ASSISTANTS: EMMANUEL ALLOU TEBSON AND ERIC NDEBUGRI

4TH REFEREE: MUSAH MUBARIK

MATCH COMMISSIONER: AUGUSTINE ASANTE

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: MCBLAISE MAWUTO

GOAL RUSH ON STARTIMES

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: BIBIANI GOLDSTARS VRS BEREKUM CHELSEA

VENUE: DUN’S PARK

REFEREE: CHARLES BULU

ASSISTANTS: ROLAND ADDY AND ALEX OSAM

4TH REFEREE: WISEMAN GHANSAH

MATCH COMMISSIONER: MIKE AMEDIOR

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: SETH ADJEI

GFA CAMERAMAN: EMMANUEL LARTEY

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: KING FAISAL VS WAFA

VENUE: BABA YARA SPORTS STADIUM

REFEREE: ADAARI ABDUL LATIF

ASSISTANTS: KOFI KYEI ANDOH AND PETER DAWSA

4TH REFEREE: MAXWELL HANSON

MATCH COMMISSIONER: FELIX ADJETEY SOWAH

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: OBED ACHEAMPONG

GFA CAMERAMAN: EMMANUEL OSEI

•DATE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2021       – 3PM

MATCH: KARELA VRS ADUANA STARS

VENUE: CAM PARK

REFEREE: RASTUM GAMELI SENORGBE

ASSISTANTS: PAUL ATIMAKA AND ATO YAWSON

4TH REFEREE: KENNY PADI

MATCH COMMISSIONER: ABAIDOO MENSAH

VENUE MEDIA OFFICER: STEPHEN APAKA QUAICOE

GFA CAMERAMAN: ABDUL SAMED

Kotoko 6-0 Pac Academy; Ganiu & Amoako’s brace help Porcupines to win first pre-season game

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Kotoko 6-0 Pac Academy; Ganiu & Amoako’s brace help Porcupines to win first pre-season game

The Porcupine Warriors have finally won their first game in the pre-season after four games since Prosper Ogum Narteh took over

Asante Kotoko have defeated Pac Academy 6-0 in a pre-season friendly at the Adako Jachie training ground in Kumasi on Tuesday.

Samuel Boateng opened the scoring for Kotoko very early in the game before captain Abdul Ismail Ganiu added another goal.

Kotoko went 3-0 up following an own goal before Joseph Amoako scored a brace.

Few minutes later Ganiu added another goal to send the over thousand supporters around into wild jubilation.

The Porcupine Warriors spent two weeks in Dubai and played three games to fine tune. However, they failed to win any of them as they lost their first game against Al Hilal United as well as sharing the spoils against Liwa FC and LaLiga HPC FC.

Kotoko will begin the new season with an away fixture as they travel to Theater of Dreams to face Dreams FC on Saturday before they host Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium a week later.

Both games are expected to be televised live by StarTimes.

Ghana Premier League TV schedule; check Kotoko & Hearts games to be shown on TV

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Ghana Premier League TV schedule; check Kotoko & Hearts games to be shown on TV

The 2021/22 top-flight kicks off this weekend and television right owners have released matches that will be televised live

Ghana Premier League new season kicks of on Friday, October 29 and StarTimes who are the television right owners have released the games that will be televised live for Ghanaians and people who are interested in the games to watch.

According to StarTimes, six games will be televised live on opening day between Friday and Sunday (29-31 October).

Debutants Accra Lions will open their campaign with a home game against Elmina Sharks at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday and it will be televised on Adepa Channel.

Also, on Saturday, Dreams FC will host Asante Kotoko at the Theater of Dreams in Dawu and the match is expected to be shown live while two games will be broadcasted concurrently on Sunday.

The first game will be between Hearts of Oak and Legon Cities while Real Tamale United who are making a return to the top-flight after several years in the lower league, will host Great Olympics at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale.

Asante Kotoko’s first home game against Bechem United at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on matchday two will be live TV while Hearts of Oak’s away game at Sogakope against WAFA will also be shown live.

In total, StarTimes have plans to cover a minimum of 75 matches in the first round of the season and 90 matches after the break.


GPL live televised games up to December:

First round TV schedule

Video: Baffour Soccer Academy coach Mohammed & administrative manager Adjei referred to Ridge & Methodist hospital for intensive care

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Video: Baffour Soccer Academy coach Mohammed & administrative manager Adjei referred to Ridge & Methodist hospital for intensive care

The second-tier side’s gaffer and head of communications have been sent to different hospitals for further assessments and care following the accident on Monday evening

Baffour Soccer Academy head coach Ibrahim Mohammed and communication director Kwaku Adjei Richard have been referred to Ridge Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Accra and Wenchi respectively, AshesGyamera.com can confirm.

The duo were part of the traveling contingent that suffered a serious car accident at Kyebi Junction, off the Accra-Kumasi road on Monday evening and were rushed to the Kyebi government hospital when the club was travelling from Sunyani to Accra for their pre-season tour ahead of their debut campaign in Ghana Division One League.

Both Mohammed and Adjei were trapped in the car for almost an hour and it took the intervention of the Fire Service before they were finally pulled out after their bus collided with a VIP bus.

“The coach and Richard have been referred to different hospitals and they were sent to their destinations with ambulances on Monday evening,” a source told AshesGyamera.com.

“Richard in particular was sent to Methodist Hospital in Wenchi to see a specialist since he has suffered from bone fractures on his left leg. They said there is a specialist called Dr Bello who is currently the best in the country when it comes orthopaedic issues so he will help him to recover.

“On the part of the head coach, he needs urgent care and because the Kyebi Government hospital lacks some machines to help access his situation, he has been referred to Ridge Hospital in Accra.

“We were told there is no CT Scan machines and other things to know how he is faring so Ridge Hospital will be the best place for him,” the source added.

Ibrahim Mohammed guided Baffour Soccer Academy to qualify to the Ghana Division One League earlier in October.

Baffour Soccer Academy were recently crowned Champions of Brong Ahafo Division Two League. The club is owned by Member of Parliament for the people of Sunyani West Constituency Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah. He also doubles as the Minister of Employment.

The club boasts of two pitches, one for training and one for matches, modern dressing rooms,  two storey buildings used as hostels, a swimming pool an entertainment room, a restaurant, and six-unit classroom block for teaching and learning.

Video: Andre Ayew scores sixth consecutive goal for Al Sadd

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Video: Andre Ayew scores sixth consecutive goal for Al Sadd

The forward is in top form in the Gulf region as he his goal on the bounce helped Xavi Hernandez’s side to victory

Ghana captain Andre Ayew was on target when Al Sadd defeated Umm Salal to record their seventh consecutive win in the Qatari Stars League at the Al Wakrah Stadium on Tuesday. 

It was the home side who took the lead after six minutes in the game through Yaseen Bakhit. However, Akram Afif scored the equaliser by the 13th minute before former Arsenal star Santi Cazorla sent them in front for the first time in the game by the 29th minute.

Andre Ayew scored the match winner on the 49th after the former Swansea City superstar stretched out his left foot to drive home from close range after a pass from his teammate.

The goal means that now sits third on the goal king chart with six goals behind Kenya star Michael Olunga has nine goals while teammate Baghdad Bounedjah has also banged in eight goals.

The victory means that Al Sadd have opened a three point lead at the top as they lead the log with 21 points after seven games while Al Duhail follow with 18 points.

Hearts of Oak to face Algerian side JS Souara in Caf Confederation playoffs

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Hearts of Oak to face Algerian side JS Souara in Caf Confederation playoffs

The Phobians will have to travel to North Africa once again for the Caf Confederation playoffs after they were paired with the Eagles

Ghana Premier League champions Hearts of Oak have been handed another tough opponents in the playoffs of the Caf Confederation Cup few days after they were eliminated from the Caf Champions League by Moroccan giants Wydad Athletic Club.

The Phobians have been paired with Algerian side JS Saoura and will travel to Algeria next month for the first leg before they host them in the return fixture.

Unlike Hearts who started their season in the Caf Champions League, Souara eliminated Mauritanian club Concord in the preliminary round of the Confederation Cup to reach this stage.

Hearts were among the sixteen clubs that were eliminated from the Caf Champions League after suffering a 6-1 drubbing against Wydad AC last weekend.

Saoura wasformed on June 10, 1968, following the merger of the JSB (Jeunesse Sportive Bécharienne) and the ESD (Étoile du Sud de Debdaba) The club was re-established in September 2008 in the municipality of Méridja and was called as Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura, was born JS Saoura with 4 disciplines Football – Tennis – Volley ball and judo. During the 2008–09 season, JS Saoura played in the Bechar Regional League, where it finished in first place and won the promotion to Inter-regions.

The following season, JS Saoura won the West group of the Inter-region division. During the 2010–11 season, JS Saoura finished first in the Center-West Group of the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur. This allows him to access Ligue 2. On April 17, 2012, the JSS defeated SA Mohammadia 3–1, to end the season in second place in Ligue 2.

The club therefore moved up to Ligue 1 and joined for the first time in its history the elite of Algerian football. The club achieved promotion four times in a row to reach in the 2012–13 season to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 as the first club from the southwest, and with financing from Entreprise Nationale de Forage (ENAFOR) a firm of the petroleum company Sonatrach with 75% of the shares, the rest is held by the Amateur Sports Club.

Baffour Soccer Academy coach Mohammed fighting for his life after accident

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Baffour Soccer Academy coach Mohammed fighting for his life after accident

The former Bofoakwa Tano tactician is in critical condition following the accident on Monday evening

Baffour Soccer Academy head coach Ibrahim Mohammed is in critical condition and currently fighting for his life, AshesGyamera.com’s sources can confirm.

The experience gaffer, who joined the club barely two months ago, was part of the traveling contingent that suffered a serious car accident at Kyebi Junction, off the Accra-Kumasi road on Monday evening and was rushed to the Kyebi government hospital.

The club was travelling from Sunyani to Accra for their pre-season tour to fine tune for the upcoming season.

Although, a lot of players and officials of the club suffered various degrees of injuries, head coach Mohammed’s condition has been described as critical and needs extra medical care.

The former Bofoakwa Tano coach was trapped in the car for almost an hour and it took the intervention of the Fire Service before he was able to be moved out of the car after it collided with another bus.

Also, former Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Isaac Amoako, who is currently the goalkeeping coach of Baffour Soccer Academy, was part of the unfortunate accident suffered minor injuries.

According to AshesGyamera’s sources, Amoako picked up several cuts on his body but he is currently in good condition and was even spotted walking in the hospital’s lobby on Tuesday morning.

Also, the club’s communication director Kwaku Adjei Richard has suffered a closed or simple bone fracture and would need further attention to cure him.

Ibrahim Mohammed guided Baffour Soccer Academy to qualify to the Ghana Division One League earlier in October.

Baffour Soccer Academy were recently crowned Champions of Brong Ahafo Division Two League. The club is owned by Member of Parliament for the people of Sunyani West Constituency Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah. He also doubles as the Minister of Employment.

The club boasts of two pitches, one for training and one for matches, modern dressing rooms,  two storey buildings used as hostels, a swimming pool an entertainment room, a restaurant, and six-unit classroom block for teaching and learning.

BREAKING NEWS: Ghana Division One League side Baffour Soccer Academy involved in accident

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BREAKING NEWS: Ghana Division One League side Baffour Soccer Academy involved in accident

The lower division side who qualified to the second tier last month has been involved in a serious accident on Monday evening

Ghana Division One League side Baffour Soccer Academy from Sunyani has been involved in a serious car accident on the Accra-Kumasi road on Monday evening, AshesGyamera.com can confirm.

The club which is based in Nsoatre, a suburb of Sunyani, were heading to Accra for their pre-season tour ahead of the start of their maiden participation in the Division One League.

However, the unfortunate incident happened at the after their bus veered from its lane to collide with another bus coming from Accra to Kumasi.

“The driver of the Baffour Soccer Academy veered from his way and collided with another bus. I’m sure he was new on the road,” an eyewitness told AshesGyamera.com.

“We were able to save the lives of the players with the exception of coach of the club, one player and another man whom we were later told that he is the communication director.

“The coach was trapped in the car and it took the intervention of the police and Fire service to come and save him. so far, nobody has been confirmed dead and we are praying that nobody will die,” the eyewitness added.

Baffour Soccer Academy is owned by owned by Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah – Minister of Employment – boasts of over 65 players in the U15 and U17 division with several others in the U10 and U13 divisions.

The club boasts of two pitches, one for training and one for matches, modern dressing rooms,  two storey buildings used as hostels, a swimming pool an entertainment room, a restaurant, and 6 unit classroom.

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