Category: General

Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer [CEO], Nana Yaw Amponsah, has recounted how he survived a snake bite that halted his football career.

The young and enterprising football administrator is famously remembered for contesting the 2019 Ghana Football Association [GFA] presidential elections.

Speaking on the Dentaa Show, the player agent said he spent more than three months after a snake bit at the hospital and when he recovered, he could no longer play football.

He further revealed that he has always wanted to be involved in football, so when he wasn’t able to play anymore, he decided to veer into another aspect of the game.

“I went to a neighbor’s house to fetch water and I was with the neighbor’s son. While we were fetching the water a frog passed by and the boy was running away. So I was like why are you running by the time I realized a big black cobra had tied my leg, bite me, and left,” Nana Yaw Amponsah said.

“I fell and started crying, people came out to check me and they immediately took me to the Tema General Hospital and I had to be given anti-snake bite but they had run out of stock.

“My dad and uncle went out to get one, the one they got had expired but they had to inject me like that and at some point, I understand I was pronounced dead but I survived. I had survived a scorpion bite before that.”

He added: “I spent three months and three weeks at the hospital and at a point my leg was rotten and they were going to amputate my leg but the senior doctor came and opted for what we call skin grafting and they did that to fix my leg.”

“I went home to continue with life but that stopped me from playing football because it had damaged my foot. This and after surviving a scorpion bite made me believe that until God takes my life, no one can take it.”

Nana Yaw Amponsah was appointed as Asante Kotoko CEO in August 2020 and has made a great impact in his time at the helm.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghanaian female musician and entrepreneur, Sister Derby has revealed why she is not ready for marriage or children.

Speaking in a recent interview on Ameyaw TV, Sister Derby revealed that marriage is the last thing on her mind.

According to her, marriage doesn’t increase her net worth so it’s the last thing on her mind.

“I am not desperate for marriage at all. If I don’t get married or have children, I am still happy and fine with myself. I don’t feel like it is the end of the world because of it, I have always been independent. I’m not rushing for marriage. Will it bring me 5 million dollars?

“Don’t force yourself into marriage because of societal pressures. Make sure that’s the right partner for you, understand each, have good communication and enjoy each other’s company.”

Source: Modern Ghana

Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng says everybody wishes Kudus Mohammed gets more game time at Ajax ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The 21-year-old was on the verge of joining Everton this summer due to lack of game time at the Dutch champions.

Kudus boycotted training on Wednesday to force a move away from the club.

Despite his impressive performance in pre-season, the former Right to Dream Academy product has not started any game in the ongoing season.

Boateng, who started his professional career with Feyenoord in the Netherlands, believes it is not time for Kudus to leave Ajax because there is a lot to learn at the club.

“We as staff, we are not just only coaches for the players, we are also guardians; we look after them, we discuss, there’s a lot of advice being asked over time,” Boateng told Joy Sports.

“In terms of Kudus, we don’t know the ins and outs of everything. All we do know is that there’s an interest from another club in the UK.

“I think he’s developing very well. He’s in a country where football is of a high level. I’m sure if you speak to Mo, he would say he’s learned a lot in his time at Ajax.

“Whether it is time for him to leave? I’m not quite sure but all we would like to have is Mohammed Kudus to play more games, and start more [ahead of the World Cup].

“He’s had a very good preseason and when we had discussions, I complimented him about it and I said, ‘you have to keep going because this is the requirement, all you can do is perform well.

“Every time you are called upon, play well.”

It’s now clear Mohammed Kudus will stay at Ajax ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and will need to fight for playing time before the tournament in November and December.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kurt Okraku has made a passionate appeal to clubs to ensure their fans troop to the stadium to watch their games.

Attendance at the various stadia in the topflight and lower division has been poor in the past years.

With the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League scheduled to kick off next week at various venues, Mr. Okraku has appealed to the clubs to get their fans to the stadium.

“Our fans are not consuming our football, they are absent in our venues. It’s not the responsibility of the FA to ensure fans troop to the stadium,” he said during Congress at Prampram on Tuesday.

“The clubs must be practical, and proactive and put up strategies to bring back the fans. Go down the streets and speak to them, listen to them, and know their concerns.

“If you fail to bring the fans sponsors like betPawa and Malta Guineas will not come on board,” he added.

The 2022/23 betPawa Ghana Premier League kicks off on September 9.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghanaian female musician and social media influencer, Sister Derby, known in private life as Deborah Owusu-Bonsu has revealed her position about marriage.

The 38-year-old “African mermaid” singer seems not to be prepared for marriage any time soon.

In an interview with Ameyaw TV on Youtuber, monitored by Modernghana News, she claimed it was the last thing on her mind as she is eagerly looking for money.

“I am not desperate for marriage at all. If I don’t get married or have children, I am still happy and fine with myself. I don’t feel like it is the end of the world because of it, I have always been independent. I’m not rushing for marriage. Will it bring me 5 million dollars?” she quizzed.

She claims she is unconcerned about the pressure from family or society to marry and have children, despite having dated two popular Ghanaian musicians, Joey B and Medikal, which both ended in heartbreaks.

“Don’t force yourself into marriage because of societal pressures,” she shared.

Adding that “make sure that’s the right partner for you, understand eachother, have good communication and enjoy each other’s company.”

Source: Modern Ghana

Accra, Sept. 2, GNA – A mostly cloudy weather with slight rains or drizzle is expected in southern Ghana today while thunderstorms or rains are likely to affect the North later in the day.

Visibility will be reduced over hilly, forest areas. and the coastline as early morning mist and fog patches will form over those areas giving way to partly cloudy weather in the afternoon and cloudy weather in the evening with chances of rains over the middle sector.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Belgian side, KAS Eupen have completed the signing of Ghana midfielder, Mubarak Wakaso on a season-long loan deal.

Wakaso joined the club from from Chinese Duper League side, Shenzen FC.

The club’s official statement reads “The 70-time Ghanaian international Mubarak Wakaso will play for KAS Eupen until the end of this season. The 32-years-old midfielder is on loan from Chinese first division club FC Shenzhen”.

The dynamic midfielder has spent the last three years in China, where he played for the defunct Jiangsu Suning, helping them win the 2020 Chinese Super League. The club folded in 2021.

KAS Eupen already have two Ghanaian footballers namely Isaac Nuhu and Manaf Nurudeen in their folds.

Wakaso, who was a member of the Black Stars team at the Nations Cup in Cameroon early this year, has been out of action since February due to injury.

With just 80 days to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, his return to active football will entice Ghana coach Otto Addo, who believes in the experience of the midfielder

Mubarak Wakaso spent most of his career in Spain where he played for Villareal, Elche, Las Palmas, Espanyol and Deportivo Alaves.

Source: Modern Ghana

The Black Galaxies of Ghana will be hosted on Saturday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja in the final round of qualifiers of the 2023 CHAN Qualifiers.

The Galaxies having cruised over Benin with a 4-0 aggregates scoreline, the locally assembled side were paired with the Super Eagles B.

In the first leg at the Cape Coast Stadium, the Black Galaxies secured a 2-0 win to hand them an advantage ahead of the return leg this weekend.

Goals from Daniel Afriyie Barnieh and Seiju Suraj were on the scoresheet for Ghana.

The playing body and the technical team led by Annor Walker with assistance from Prosper Narteh Ogum and Bismark Kobby Mensah have left the shores of the country on Friday morning. The team will hold their final training at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium before the game on Saturday.

The winner of the game on aggregate qualifies for the Championship of African Nations [CHAN] in Algeria early next year.

Ghana have failed to qualify for the last three editions of the competitions despite having a good record at CHAN tournaments.

The Black Galaxies have twice been in the finals, losing in 2007 to DR Congo in the inaugural edition before a penalties shootouts defeat in 2014 to Libya.

Source: Modern Ghana