Hearts are expected to use the
match as a build up to their preparations towards the impending GHALCA Top
Four, the National premier league and the African Cup Club Championship. The
information also revealed that the Nigerian team would represent the country in
the CAF Cup competition this year.
Speaking to the head coach
Herbert Addo from Keta
where the team is currently having its pre-season preparations, he said the
match would be the first competitive match for the team this year.
He said the team would use the
match to test their physical, tactical and technical preparedness for the new
season. The coach said indications are that almost all the premier league clubs
have vowed to annex the title this season and there is the need for Hearts to
work harder to face the challenges.
Coach Addo
said the players are undergoing intensive physical exercises due to the long
break, which has resulted in the lost of fitness. The coach explained that
exercise would help the players to regain their fitness and expressed the hope
that Hearts would start season on a bright note.
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By committee's decision, which
found Ade Coker's team guilty on the grounds of
negligence, Olympiakos are to lose the said match by
three points and three goals and further forfeit three points from their
accumulated points build-up.
The Committee also fined Olympiakos half a million cedis whiles Najeeb
Sinare the player at the centre of the impasse has
been banned for 12 calendar months for deceiving. Olympiakos
won the match against Mighty Jets 3 -1 after coming back from an early goal
setback.
The decision sends Ade Coker's boys reeling from a shock 2-1 defeat to Real
Sportive to the bottom of Zone 3A table on negative three points with a game in
hand against Afienya United.
According to the Committee, Olympiakos were found guilty on the grounds of negligence
since they did not verify the status Sinare who was
then a player of Wonder Boys, a division two team before fielding him.
According to the Julius Onyameama ,
Secretary of the Committee, the claim by Olympiakos
that they went to Accra New Town to check the status of the player before
registering him could not be accepted. He said this is because the best place
for any club to obtain the status of the player is at the FA.
Onyameama said the crust of the matter
was that Olympiakos were negligent and failed to
check the eligibility of the player. "What made matter worse for Olympiakos was that Might Jets protested before the match
started hence the player's name could have easily been taken out of the list
and verified.
"Rather they choose not to
play it safe and allowed Sinare to play and are
therefore suffering for the risk they took". Onyameama
said fielding an unqualified player contravenes article 33 of the GFA
regulations where the penalty is very clear.
Meanwhile the Committee at the
same sitting declared All Blacks losers after failing to show up in their match
against Cape Coast Dwarfs at the
The Committee said All Blacks
had ample time at their disposal between the time that the vehicle broke down
and starting time of the match at
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Obuasi (Ashanti Region)
Adansiman who went into soccer wilderness for several years, bounced back into
the elite division last year but were relegated at the end of that season.
"So far we have won the first three matches but our main problem is
financial. And since we have to clear about 17 matches en-route to the premier
division and against the background that all the matches are being played away
from home, there is the need for us to look else where for funding", Kofi Barimah-Acheampong, the Club's Secretary told the GNA
Sports in an interview.
According to him, the club needs
money to mobilise and motivate players to give off their best. Barimah-Acheampong said they have appealed to all Adansis, both at home and abroad adding that the club is
waiting for responses.
The secretary said the Adansi West District Assembly had been contacted and the
District Chief Executive, Joe Boampong, had promised
to assist the club. "We are praying that the promise is fulfilled
immediately since this is the time we need money badly", he said,
stressing that "our determination to qualify for the sub-middle, middle
leagues and the premiership is solid".
On his part, Alhaji Ibrahim Tahiru (Boho), Chairman of the
Club, commended Obuasi Goldfields Sporting Club for
throwing their weight behind the club. He expressed his appreciation to the Adansiman supporters for travelling with the club in all
the matches played so far and urged them to continue.
Alhaji Boho,
however, advised the supporters to comport themselves during matches, even in
the face of bias officiating so that matches involving Adansiman
would be violence-free.
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Sunyani (Brong Ahafo Region) 23
January 2003 - Techiman Brong Kyempim
Football Club scored a narrow 2-1 victory over Sampa
Frontier Stars in their group 1B first division soccer League match played at
the Sunyani Coronation Park on Wednesday.
It was a painful defeat for the Sampa boys who led 1-0 in the first half through
enterprising Kwaku Nyarko
as early as the fifth minute and managed to hold onto the thin lead till the
break.
The second half however saw
Captain Issah Kwame and his Brong Kyempim
side playing like wounded tigers, forcing their opponents to play defensively.
Brong Kyempim continued to dominate game and in one
of their bombardments left-winger Hayford Owusu
scored the equalizer in the 55th minute.
With the scores at par both
teams redoubled their efforts but just as the game seemed to be heading for a
draw captain Issah Kwame shocked the Sampa boys with the winner in the 83rd minute.
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Tema (Greater Accra)
So uncompromising was the first
half that at certain stages the match generated into rough play as both teams badly
needed the points. It was during that half that Kwaebibirem
lost their dependable defender following a red care as a result persistent hard
tackles.
The second half was played in
the same uncompromising way and just as the match was heading for a draw,
Patrick Tackie came from nowhere to find the net for
his side.
In another encounter, Swedru All
Blacks drew 1-1 with BRM stars in their match at the
BRM hit back and following a
series of attack, a hard-pressed defender handled the ball in the penalty area.
Tarkwa-based class one referee R.T. Koosom,
whistled for a spot kick, which was converted by Alex Armah in 70th
minute.
The referee in the 76th
minute awarded a second penalty against All Blacks but the team protested
vehemently and as a result, the match was help up for some minutes.
When sanity prevailed, Armah who
netted the first, wasted the "controversial"
one for his side.
At Swedru Sports Stadium, Eleven
Wise lost 0-2 to Salgado while Dwarfs won 2-0 against Iron Fighters at Sekondi.
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In a game that Midjilland dominated and created some decent chances in the
early stages, it was Olympiakos who surprised them
when they opened the scoring in the 23rd minute through Kwasi
Bonso who found space in the penalty box to slot his
shot beyond the reach of Teiko Tagoe.
The goal brought Olympiakos into the game as they pressed to increase the
tally. Their efforts were crowned in the 34th minute when striker Maxwell Hator who played a great game headed in the second goal.
Momentary laps in concentration
after Olympiakos second goal by the defence allowed Midjilland to find space in their defence and almost
immediately pulled a goal back in the 36th minute through William Hammond.
The second half was almost a
one-way affair as the Midjtilland opened up in a bid
to pull even forcing Olympiakos to live dangerously. Midjtlland finally pulled even in the 50th
minute when Ali Adnam caught Humphrey Amoah in post with a long-range snap from deep inside
midfield.
But Olympiakos
were not to be denied victory when in the 65th minute Hator
pounced on a loose ball in the box to fire in the winner.
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A spokesman for the Takoradi
Sports Club who announced this in
He said about 120 golfers drawn
from clubs throughout the country are expected to participate in the
competition which is aimed at building relationship with the participants and
the sponsors.
It is also aimed at contributing
to the development of the sport in the country. The Professionals will battle for
honours in the 72-hole event while the Amateurs pitch their strength against
each other in the 36-hole low-handicap scratch event.
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