In
the aftermath of the dissolution of the Herbert Mensah management, three of Kotoko’s greatest players in recent times are almost
certain to be called upon to handle the team. They are Golden Boy Abdul Razak, Frempong Manso and Kwasi Appiah.
They
will be ably supported by goalkeeper Joe Carr, himself an old player and a
member of the victorious 1983 Africa Cup Squad.
Because
of the controversy that surrounded the hiring of foreign coaches by the former
management, the Interim Management Committee that is to be named today
(Tuesday) is not expected to entertain any association with a foreign coach. If
anything, the IMC would leave the taking of such a decision to the incoming
management.
Information
filtering in from
However,
according to sources close to the players, they (management members) failed to
elicit the needed support because apart from a few of the players who appeared
amenable to such influence, the majority of them didn’t want to be drawn into
matters that are purely administrative.
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He
has accordingly, petitioned President J.A. Kufuor as a matter of urgency to
intervene and convene a crisis meeting among some stakeholders of the game to
discuss ways of arresting dwindling fortunes of the various national teams,
especially the Black Stars.
The
petition requested the President to invite 25 foreign-based members of the
Stars to an emergency meeting to share their views as to the way forward for
the team. The players who were mentioned by the Stars skipper to be part of this
exercise include Richard Kingston, Constant Mantey,
Christian Gyan, Samuel Osei Kuffour, Sam Johnson, Baffour Gyan, Stephen Baidoo, Daniel Edusei, Mohammed Gargo, Nii Odartey
Lamptey, Otto Addo, Mark Edusei and Peter Ofori-Quaye.
The
rest are Kwame Ayew, Tony Yeboah, Augustine Ahinful, Awudu Issaka, Felix Aboagye, Emmanuel Duah, Charles Amoah, Julius
Asamoah and Godwin Attram. The only local player in
the list is goalkeeper Sammy Adjei.
Those
personalities, he suggested to the President to comprise a special committee
apart from the Ministry of Youth and Sports to seek for solutions to the
problems bedevilling
According
to the
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Speaking to the Ghana News Agency
(GNA) in Accra Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, Judicial
Secretary said the date fixed for the opening of assizes in the Greater Accra
Region has been slated for 10 February.
He said before all assizes could
begin, the Judicial Service needed to consult the Attorney-General
(prosecution) to get ready so that trials of various cases could begin. Owusu-Ansah acknowledged that the Magistrate court erred by
fixing 3 February for the officers to stand trial at the High Court.
"The magistrate court needs
not to give out a definite date for trial to commence since all assizes in the
Greater Accra Region would begin on 10 February," he said.
On 6 January this year, an Accra
Magistrate court committed Chief Superintendent of Police Mr Koranteng Mintah, Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. Frank Awuah, ASP Faakyi Kumi, ASP B.B. Bakomora, ASP John Naami and ASP
Frank Aryee to stand trial at an Accra High Court on
3 February.
Their committal followed their
second appearance before an Accra Magistrate court after bills of indictment
had been served on them to reappear before the court. Each has been charged
with 126 counts of manslaughter. Their pleas were not taken. The magistrate,
Mrs Elizabeth Adusei granted each of them ˘20m bail
with two sureties.
The Police Administration had
interdicted the six officers following their alleged involvement in
disturbances that resulted in the death of 126 soccer fans after a league match
between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
However, the Administration
withdrew the interdiction on the grounds that it was no longer necessary since
investigations had been completed. The fans died in a stampede when police
fired tear gas into the stands to control people from throwing plastic chairs
and other objects onto the field of play.
President John Agyekum Kufuor
set up the Commission to investigate the incident, which is the worst in
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Agona Swedru (Central Region)
Dwarfs lying comfortable on top
of the league table with 19 points have thus qualified to play in the sub
middle league. Dwarfs took absolute control of the game and scored what turned
out as the match winner through outside right, Mathew Atiogbe
in the 25th minute.
Atiogbe after receiving a pass from the
midfield outran the defenders of Salgado to score. Salgado resumed the second
half with greater determination and made several efforts to equalise but the
defence of Dwarfs foiled their efforts.
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The coaches - Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie, Abdul Razak (Ghana), Portuguese Manuel Gomes and Burkard Ziese of Germany - were
short-listed and were to appear before a panel on Monday (today) for a gruelling
interview.
Kofi Nsiah,
GFA General Secretary told the GNA in a telephone conversation that the
association needed enough time to put some few things together. He said the GFA
also took into consideration the schedules of the four coaches and the "association's
own programme in entirety before arriving at the new date".
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