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Board Member of Hearts of Oak, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe has questioned the tactical prowess of the head coach of the side, Samuel Boadu, insisting he is not the right man to lead the club to Africa.

The former Medeama SC head coach came under intense pressure following their exit from the Champions League and the Confederations Cup last season.

Having struggled to make an impact in the just-ended 2021/22 Ghana Premier League season, Boadu propelled his side to win the MTN FA Cup against Bechem United at the Baba Yara Stadium.

The young trainer will lead the team for the Africa campaign but Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe is not convinced with the technical team in charge of the club.

According to him, Hearts of Oak is a big club and must be coached by a high-profile gaffer.

“I have a problem with Hearts of Oak’s technical direction of the club, most of the players appear to be indisciplined in the team and are either aged or lazy,” Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe told Accra-based Angel FM.

“I strongly have my doubt that the technical team can do well in Africa. Hearts of Oak is a big club and must always be in the hand of a big coach like Attiquayefio.

“I believe the current technical team can’t carry us far,” he added.

Source: Modern Ghana

Asante Kotoko playmaker, Fabio Gama has parted ways with Asante Kotoko, the local media have reported.

The attacking midfielder after exhausting his two years contract with the Ghanaian champions refused to extend his contract with the Kumasi-based football club.

The Brazilian footballer signed a two-year contract with Asante Kotoko in October 2020 and had since been a key member of the group.

He contributed massively to Asante Kotoko’s glory of winning the 2021-22 Ghana Premier League.

Gama featured 48 times for the Porcupines Warriors in the league in two seasons and netted 5 goals and recorded 5 assists.

However, Asante Kotoko are yet to confirm the departure of the 30 year old.

Source: Modern Ghana

Accra, June 30, GNA – There was no Black Stars player named in the just-released 30-man Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Player of the Year shortlist.

The 30-man shortlist included Bayern Munich and Senegal’s Sadio Mane,?Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Blati Toure (Burkina Faso), Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon), and others selected by a panel made up of Technical Experts, CAF Legends, and Journalists.

Despite no Ghanaian being named in the Player of the Year, Black Stars and?Rennes?winger Kamaldeen Sulemana was among the Young Player of the Year?shortlist.

CAF also released the list of the Interclub Player of the Year (Men), Coach of the Year (Men), National Team of the Year (Men), and Club of the Year.

The CAF Awards 2022 would be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competitions, TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 scheduled to take place between 02 July – 23 July 2022.

The event would also coincide with the two-year anniversary of the launch of the CAF Women’s Football Strategy.

Full list of shortlist:

Player of the Year (Men)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Aston Villa)

Blati Toure (Burkina Faso & Pyramids)

Edmund Tapsoba (Burkina Faso & Bayer Leverkusen)

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon & Napoli)

Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon & Lyon)

Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon & Al Nassr)

Youssouf M’Changama (Comoros & Guingamp)

Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)

Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire & Ajax)

Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt & Al Ahly)

Mohamed ElNeny (Egypt & Arsenal)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Mohamed Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)

Musa Barrow (Gambia & Bologna)

Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)

Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)

Hamari Traore (Mali & Rennes)

Yves Bissouma (Mali & Tottenham Hotspur)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)

Sofiane Boufal (Morocco & Angers)

Yahya Jabrane (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)

Yassine Bounou (Morocco & Sevilla)

Moses Simon (Nigeria & Nantes)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)

Nampalys Mendy (Senegal & Leicester City)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)

Saliou Ciss (Senegal & Nancy)

Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

Riad Benayad (ES Setif)

Tiago Azulao (Petro Atletico)

Karim Konate (ASEC Mimomas)

Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly)

Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)

Mohamed Shenawy (Al Ahly)

Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)

Percy Tau (Al Ahly)

Morlaye Sylla (Horoya)

Achraf Dari (Wydad Athletic Club)

Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club)

Zouhair El Moutaraji (Wydad Athletic Club)

Mouhcine Moutouali (Raja Club Athletic)

Issoufou Dayo (RS Berkane)

Youssou El Fahli (RS Berkane)

Victorien Adebayor (Niger & Union Sportive Gendarmerie Nationale)

Peter Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Bandile Shandu (Orlando Pirates)

Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates)

Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Young Player of the Year (Men)

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)

Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)

Jesus Owono (Equatorial Guinea & Alaves)

James Gomez (The Gambia & AC Horsens)

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)

Ilaix Moriba Kourouma (Guinea & Valencia)

El Bilal Toure (Mali & Reims)

Akinkunmi Amoo (Nigeria & FC Copenhagen)

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)

Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)

Coach of the Year (Men)

Kamou Malo (Burkina Faso)

Amir Abdou (Comoros)

Carlos Quieroz (Egypt)

Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly)

Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)

Florent Ibenge (RS Berkane)

Vahid Halilhodzic (Morocco)

Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)

Aliou Cisse (Senegal)

Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates)

National Team of the Year (Men)

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Comoros

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

The Gambia

Mali

Morocco

Senegal

Tunisia

Club of the Year (Men)

ES Setif (Algeria)

Petro Atletico (Angola)

TP Mazembe (DR Congo)

Al Ahly (Egypt)

Ahli Tripoli (Libya)

Al Ittihad (Libya)

Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)

RS Berkane (Morocco)

Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

Source: Ghana News Agency

– Former Ghana international Ibrahim Tanko has been appointed as Head Coach of the national Under -23 team, Black Meteors.

The Borussia Dortmund legend returns for a second stint with the national U-23 team.

Tanko was Head Coach of the Olympic team which placed fourth at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The team missed out on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games via the penalty shootouts.

Tanko has been appointed to lead the Black Meteors for the 2023 Africa Games in Accra.

A statement from the Ghana FA to confirm his appointment read, “Ibrahim Tanko has been appointed as Head Coach of the Black Meteors by the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The Council took the decision on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Accra.

The Accra Lions Technical Director who handled the Black Meteors during the 2019 TotalEnergies U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt is expected to lead Ghana to the 2023 African Games in Accra.

Tanko spent seven years with Dortmund before moving to another reputable club, SC Freiburg, where he played for six seasons from 2001-2007.

Tanko won 20 caps for the Black Stars featuring in the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa where Ghana finished fourth.

He twice won the German Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund. He previously coached in Germany, Japan and Cameroon.

Source: Ghana News Agency

?The National Under-20 female team, Black Princesses will camp in Europe for two weeks to continue their preparations ahead of the 2022 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) U-20?World Cup in Costa Rica.

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The team, having begun preparations in Ghana weeks back would end their preparations from?July 15-30, 2022.?

Coach Ben Fokuo and his girls would be making their sixth?appearance in this year’s tournament as they look forward to making history this time to qualify from the group stage.

Ghana would face top giants?United States, Netherlands and Japan in Group D with high hopes of making it out of the group.?

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled for?August 10 to 28, 2022?in Costa Rica.?

Source: Ghana News Agency

MR?GIANNI INFANTINO, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (FIFA) HAS CONGRATULATED ASANTE KOTOKO FOR WINNING THE 2021/2022 GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE (GPL) TITLE.

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ASANTE KOTOKO EMERGED CHAMPIONS OF THE GHANA PREMIER LEAGUE THIS SEASON AFTER LAST WINNING IT IN 2014.?

A LETTER FROM THE FIFA PRESIDENT TO MR KURT SIMEON OKRAKU, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (GFA) SAID “IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I CONGRATULATE ASANTE KOTOKO SC FOR HAVING BEEN CROWNED 2021/22 CHAMPIONS OF GHANA.”

HE COMMENDED THE WHOLE TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK, PASSION AND DEDICATION SHOWN WHICH HAD EARNED THEM THE TITLE THEY HAVE BEEN LONGING FOR.

MR INFANTINO FURTHER THANKED THE GFA PRESIDENT AND THE GFA FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY OF FOOTBALL IN GHANA AND AFRICA.?

ASANTE KOTOKO HAS WON THE GPL TITLE FOR THE 24TH TIME AND IS GETTING READY AS THEY PREPARE TO REPRESENT GHANA AT THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

Source: Ghana News Agency

– Former Black Stars midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu is optimistic about playing in the Ghana Premier League (GPL), possibly next season.

Agyemang Badu, who once played for Asante Kotoko in 2008, is currently without a club after his contract with Chinese club Qingdao FC ended.

According to the 31-year-old energetic midfielder, he still had plans to play in Europe next season but would play for a local team if a deal doesn’t work out in Europe.

In an interview with GNA Sports, Agyemang-Badu revealed that a couple of GPL teams had approached him about a possible move, but was weighing up his options before he decides.

“I have had offers to play in the GPL from numerous teams in Accra and Kumasi, but I still want to go back to Europe with my agents still working out things.

“So let’s see if nothing happens for me in Europe, I am 120% optimistic about featuring in the Ghana Premier League next season,” he said.

He added that he was happy with the competitiveness of the just-ended league and rated it at 80% despite the hitches that came up at the latter stages of the season.

Agyemang Badu played an instrumental role when Ghana’s Black Satellites won the U-20 FIFA World Cup in Egypt in 2009, having also featured at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Marathon to usher in the Ga Homowo celebrations and promote healthy and complete lifestyles

Ghana’s premium high-definition satellite broadcast service provider, SES HD PLUS, has partnered with organizers of the maiden Homowo Marathon to offer its customers the opportunity to cultivate a healthy lifestyle while enjoying the rich Ga heritage, culture, and tradition during the upcoming Homowo season.

At the official signing ceremony which took place at SES HD PLUS office in Accra, Theodore Asampong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SES HD PLUS Ghana said, “One component of a good and quality lifestyle is quality entertainment.

Our decision to partner with this noble initiative represents part of our efforts to support the development of sports, health, and fitness in Ghana. We are convinced that the marathon will provide us with the perfect platform to interact with our customers and promote a healthy lifestyle to all Ghanaians.’’

William Ezah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Medievent Consult, organizers of the Homowo Marathon in his statement said; ‘’This is our first marathon in Accra and because we wanted to tie it in with the ‘Homowo’ festival, we approached the Ga Traditional Council and they gave us the nod to host the marathon. We decided to work with HD+ because they have the audience base to assist us to reach our targets. This partnership assures us of high-level patronage to our maiden ‘Homowo’ Marathon which promises to be a memorable event.’’

Also present at the signing ceremony was the Head of Marketing at SES HD PLUS Ghana; Mrs. Adelaide Abbiw – Williams; William Addison, Sales Manager at SES HD PLUS and a team from Medievent Consult including Henri Senyo Penni and Frederick Marfo; General Manager and Operations Manager respectively.

The Accra Intercity ‘Homowo’ marathon is a-21- kilometer race that starts on the Spintex Road from Papaye through to Manet, Teshie, and ends at Mantse Agbona in Accra. The maiden event comes off on Saturday 30th July 2022 and has been scheduled to begin the 2022 Ga Homowo activities.

Source: Ghana Web