The Porcupine Warriors chief has promised to increase the players camping allowances
Asante Kotoko executive board chairman Dr. Kwame Kyei has revealed that he has increased the players and technical team’s traveling allowances from $300 to $400 ahead of the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup preliminary round against Congolese side CARA Brazzaville on Wednesday.
Kotoko defeated CARA Brazzaville 1-0 in the first leg thanks to Yakubu Mohammed’s late penalty and require to avoid defeat especially with two goals interval, before they can make it to the next of the competition.
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Dr Kyei has increased the travelling allowance for the players from $300 to $400 and paid them after breakfast this morning. #AKSC#CAFCCpic.twitter.com/3cluf5WubP
Kotoko arrived in Brazzaville on Monday after a transit in Lome, Togo and are expected to hold their first training session on Tuesday evening and with emphasis on penalty kicks.
AshesGyamera understands that coach Steve Polack will select his final eleven for the game after the session.
The boxer couldn’t control his temper on television during a talk show and has gotten himself into another controversy
Ghanaian boxer, Ayittey Powers, was caught on camera beating comedian Baba Spirit on a live TV program on Amansan TV Monday evening, after the comedian allegedly used unkind words tease him.
Known for his jokes, Baba Spirit many at times tease people with words but he was unlucky this time, after Ayittey Powers got angry and started throwing punches left and right like he used to do in the ring.
It had to take the host, crew members including the cameramen and directors to separate the two live on Amansan TV.
Powers before the unexpected incident said: “If I know like you people will invite this guy, like I won’t come,” but Baba Spirit replied him….”What can you do” and that responds got the boxer irked.
#Shocking: Watch how Ghanaian boxer Ayittey Powers beat comedian Baba Spirit on live TV on Monday evening.
Powers got irked after a comment passed by the comedian and said: "If I know like you people will invite this guy, like I won't come." Police are investigating the issue 😱 pic.twitter.com/s6wDGz5nDK
It will be recalled that Baba Spirit vowed to beat Powers like a woman in August 2017 and that might have brought up the unfortunate incident on TV.
AshesGyamera understands that, although some section of Ghanaians believe it was a prank, the Police are still investigating the issue and will come out with their findings soon.
The Man City boss lost his cool after seeing his left-back dismissed during the first half of the FA Cup tie at the DW Stadium
Pep Guardiola was involved in a heated exchange with Wigan manager Paul Cook in the tunnel at half-time in Manchester City’s FA Cup fifth round tie at Wigan.
The Catalan manager was enraged after seeing Fabian Delph sent off towards the end of the goalless first half at the DW Stadium on Monday night.
Pep Guardiola Paul Cook Manchester City Wigan Athletic
Fabian Delph Manchester City
Referee Anthony Taylor looked like he was going to book Delph for a challenge on Max Power as he had his yellow card in his hand, but brandished the red instead.
Guardiola remonstrated with Cook on the touchline, but television cameras showed that the incident continued down the tunnel.
The two were seen shouting each other before the City boss was pulled away from his counterpart, who then walked towards his team’s dressing room.
Guardiola didn not stop there, though, as he waited for the referee to appear before following the official.
Delph will receive a three-match ban for his wild slide on Power, meaning he will miss Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Arsenal as well as Premier League clashes against the Gunners and reigning champions Chelsea, unless there is a replay against Cook’s Wigan slotted in somewhere in between
The former Porcupine Warriors boss who was sacked in a bizarre manner, is still supporting them to eliminate the Congolese side in the Caf Confederation Cup
Sudan national team coach Zdravko Logarusic insists that Asante Kotoko will make it to the next stage of the Caf Confederation Cup ahead of their second leg game against CARA Brazzaville on Wednesday in Congo.
The former Gor Mahia boss was sacked last season by Kotoko after the club’s supporters invaded the training grounds because they disliked his 3-5-2 formation although the club was second behind Wafa at that time.
Logarusic’s record before Kotoko’s sack
Kotoko have a slim advantage ahead of the game after winning the first leg 1-0 thanks to Yakubu Mohammed’s late effort, after Amos Frimpong, Baba Mahama and Sadick Adams missed three penalties within regulation time.
“I hope and believe Kotoko will produce good results in Brazzaville because they have to represent Ghana Football properly to show Ghana league is better than Congo league,” Logarusic told Oyerepa FM.
“I will be surprised if Kotoko fail to qualify on Wednesday against CARA Brazzaville because they have everything at their disposal and even the 1-0 win in the first leg isn’t a bad result because CARA will have to score twice and make sure they don’t concede,” he added.
AshesGyamera understands that Kotoko arrived in Brazzaville on Monday evening after making a transit in Togo during the early hours.
Aside midfielder Seth Opare, all other big names made the trip with coach Steve Polack expected to play a 4-5-1 formation and rely on counterattacks.
The Libyan side are currently lodging at the Golden Tulip Hotel and have insisted never to travel to Dormaa Ahenkro unless there’s a Caf intervention
Al Tahady have sent a petition to Caf and Fifa to compel Aduana Stars officials to provide them with an aircraft to Dormaa Ahenkro on Tuesday or move the match venue to Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi ahead of the second leg of Caf Champions League preliminary round on Wednesday.
Al Tahady who won the first leg 1-0 in Cairo, Egypt last week, arrived in Ghana on Friday and travelled by bus to Kumasi but surprisingly alleged they spent seven hours instead of the usual five hours.
However, with Dormaa Ahenkro lacking any three or four star hotel, the Ghana Premier League champions planned to host Tahady’s contingent at Eusbett hotel in Sunyani, the capital of Brong Ahafo region and bus the entire team to the match venue a day or several hours before kickoff but the North African club have rejected the arrangements.
They insist traveling from Kumasi to Dormaa Ahenkro by road is 202km, which is more than the 200km stipulated in Caf’s rules, hence, have requested for a flight to the venue or opt not to honour the game although there are no airport available at the city.
“We spent seven hours from Accra to Kumasi by road but this was not what they told us initially. We are very tired and won’t accept any further arrangement by road,” Dr Khalid Kwafi, president of Al Tahady told Oyerepa FM.
“The distance by road from Accra to Kumasi to Dormaa Ahenkro is more than 300 kilometres. This wasn’t what Aduana told us so it doesn’t make up and under no circumstance must we go to Dormaa to play the match.
“Therefore, I have sent a complaint to FIFA, CAF and Ghana FA so we are waiting for them. I have told [Ghana FA secretary] Alex Asante about it and waiting for the Libyan Ambassador also.There’s no way we can lose this points.
Aduana Stars ready for Al Tahady
He added: “Should this happen ,we will sue CAF and Aduana I mean it. Caf’s regulations stipulates that if the playground away from the capital is more than 200 kilometers the match will be played in the capital so tell them I am not playing the game.I have told the Libyan FA about it or we compromise to play in Kumasi.”
However, AshesGyamera understands that Aduana Stars top hierarchy are still working around the clock to find a solution to the concerns raised by the Libyan side before the close of the day.
The Black maidens made history after thrashing Djibouti 10-0 on Sunday to make it to Uruguay
Ghana’s female U-17 team hammered Djibouti 10-0 in the Fifa U-17 female World Cup qualifiers at Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday to book their place with a 19-0 aggregate scoreline.
Following a 9-0 victory in the first leg away, four goals from Mukarama Abdulai set the ball rolling for another onslaught.
Nina Norshie also registered her name on the scoresheet after netting twice with Victoria Teye, Barikisu Rahman, Azumah Bugre and Fuseina Mumuni adding one goal each to complete the riot.
Ghana have booked their place to the World Cup holding in Uruguay later this year.
Asante Kotoko have arrived in Accra to fine tune ahead of the second leg of the Caf Confederation Cup preliminary round against CARA Brazzaville on Wednesday in Congo.
Steve Polack has made known the 18-man he is leaving the shores of the country with, and the biggest casualty of course, is midfielder Seth Opare.
The former Aduana Stars star has lost his place to Edwin Tuffour Frimpong after consistently failing to leave up to the expectations of the English coach.
Kotoko who have previously eliminated CARA Brazzaville from Caf competitions in 1976 and 1983 despite a slim margin win in the first leg hope to make it three consecutive times.
The team is expected to fly to Congo on Monday with reports suggesting that they will go with a chartered flight.
The winner after the two legs will meet the winner between Tunisian side Ben Guerdane and Al Hilal Juba of South Sudan.
The former Blues boss has announced his readiness to become the next Phobians boss ahead of the 2017-18 season
Berekum Chelsea former manager Tony Lokko has revealed that he is capable of leading Hearts of Oak ahead of the new season.
The Phobians are without a head coach currently, after Frank Elliott Nuttall was suspended indefinitely this week, with reports suggesting that he will be officially sacked on Monday.
And reports in the local media is linking Lokko to the vacant seat amid interest from other suitors.
“I have coached a team in the CAF Champions League. I have worked with Hearts’ assistant coach Henry Wellington before and he is a friend, a colleague and a brother,” Lokko told Zylophon FM.
“I know how Hearts of Oak operate and I have an idea in and out about their system. I am currently available to prove my worth to the club if they call on me to come and provide my services,” he added.
Hearts are without a major trophy since 2009 and have appointed more than ten coaches between then and now, in a bid to end their trophyless run.
Last season, they finished third in the log and lost the FA Cup final to bitter rivals Asante Kotoko in Tamale.
Fast-rising Ghanaian actress Andrea Owusu, known in showbiz as Efia Odo, has admitted that she had similar lifestyle like the deceased Ebony Reigns and although, they have clean hearts society see them as bad influence.
Efia Odo enjoying the scorching sun
Odo believes it is now time to have a change of ways and has advised Ghanaians to show love to people like herself since they need guidance in order to make it in their lives.
“I was no better than Ebony [so I need change of ways]. I was just like her,” Afia Odo told Live FM.
” I live a fun, free, bubbly life. That’s how Ebony was. She wasn’t a bad person.
“You didn’t know the purity of her heart. If you needed her to ‘change’ maybe if you guys had preached with love, she could have been better.
She added: “People look at people like us and think we’re bad and judge us but we’re not bad. We’re just in the world and we’re trying to find our way. We just need guidance. You guys need to bring love to us.”
AshesGyamera understands that Efia Odo has joined Maker’s House Chapel recently, in a bid to become a born again Christian.
Dancehall king Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known in showbiz as Shatta Wale, has launched another scathing attack in response to what Mark Okraku Mantey said about him on Thursday.
Mantey, president of the Creative Arts Council, revealed that he had nothing against the SM boss but pity him, adding that he wouldn’t waste energy to call him despite the recent attacks towards him from the Shatta Movement camp.
“I don’t have anything against Shatta Wale I only pity him,” Mantey said on Hitz FM.
“I would have responded if it were Sarkodie, M.anifest or Obrafour. I would have responded because I know it is not of their making.
“I would have called Sarkodie to find out if everything is alright,” he added.
In quick response, Shatta Wale did not mince words on Twitter, after he took the man who in the past made projections about him that he will never be successful in his music career, to the cleaners again.
Herrrr mark gyai gyimie nu..opanyin toto toooohh feeeehhhh (Goat shit )talk …
