GFA holds forum on Ghana football
Prez Kufuor to
re-launch sports at Awards Night
Compensation for breach is not transfer fee...Hearts
According
to Faisal's President, Herbert Mensah, a modern day
football club without a website does not care about its supporters or players.
"Through the web site important knowledge and opinions can be shared. Knowledge and opinions that will ensure a common sense of belonging
and direction. With this latest addition to the Club's initiatives
two-way communication between the Club and its members or supporters can be
real time online through chat rooms and discussion forums."
The
site hosts various sections including league results, match pre- and reviews,
an Executive Column with regular updates by the President, Chairman, Managing
Director and the Coach, a Fans' Corner where fan email and letters are posted
and shared, a Let's Connect section with three ways in which fans and the
community at large can connect with the Club (E-mail, Feedback Form and a
Discussion Forum), a Who is Who section with pictures and profiles of the first
team and of the Executive Management Team, and a Links section with links to
other relevant web sites, including to the Soccer Express for updates on the
latest soccer news in Ghana. Provision has also been made for links to the
Club's sponsors - Nokia and Puma.
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"We
are of the firm conviction that the coach does not deserve to continue to hang
about after thwarting the nation's effort at qualifying to the Nations Cup to
rub shoulders with the elites in the African game" the association stated.
Ebow Quansah President of
SWAG said at a press conference in
He
said from the way the coach handled his assignment in the 2004 Nations Cup
qualifiers, SWAG is of the opinion that the German cannot be of any use in the
more stringent world cup qualifying series. "Bukhard's
attitude throughout the campaign and the unsavoury remarks about the local
players was appalling and the time to send him home is now," Quansah stated.
The
SWAG president said he was disappointed at the behaviour of the coach as
information available to the Association reveal that the trainer has no respect
for anyone, adding that, "the nations welfare should over ride that of any
foreigner".
He
regretted that the FA has not been very decisive as it could not lay down the ground
rules for a coach they hired, adding that "the FA's inability to function
properly in the absence Ben Koufi the chairman is a
worrying situation. " The association would like
to see a proper reorganisation in GFA after its life span has expires in October,"
Quansah noted.
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GFA holds forum on
The
forum dubbed "
Organisations
expected to take part in the forum are, the Professional League Board (PLB),
Ghana Football Association (GFA), Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA),
Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), present and past players of the
Black Stars and the National Sports Council (NSC).
Other
are the Ghana Soccer Coaches Association (GHASOCA), Soccer Academies, Sports
Departments of the various universities in the country and companies such as
Guinness Ghana Limited, Ghana Brewery Limited, Kinapharma
Company Limited and representatives of various media houses.
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Prez Kufuor
to re-launch sports at Awards Night
Ebo
Quansah, president of the Sports Writers Association
of Ghana (SWAG) said the president has decided "to use the occasion to
give sports in the country a new focus, especially after the spectacular flop
of the recent times."
The
SWAG president said the President's decision was sequel to his earlier
declaration that there should be emphasis on the scientific development as
opposed to the national tendency to rely on raw talents.
He
said the re-launch of Ghana Sports would be the first since Dr Kwame Nkrumah the first president launched a similar
crusade at the inauguration in 1960, of the erstwhile Central Organisation of
Sports (COS) now National Sports Council (NSC)
Quansah said the president was disappointed that
The
SWAG president welcomed the president's acceptance to be Guest of Honour
initiative and to outline his government's vision for sports development at the
SWAG awards Night describing it as an added incentive this year's event.
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Compensation for breach is not transfer fee...Hearts
This
position of the club was communicated to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in a letter that was copied to the GNA
Sports also drew the FA's attention to certain acts on the part of Kotoko, which infringed FIFA regulations on the transfer of
players.
The
letter referred to a story carried by Graphic Sports of July 11, which
highlighted Kotoko's intention to pay the ’650m fine
imposed on Taylor and the subsequent institution of a scheme to raise funds for
that purpose.
It
showed evidence of the existence of the scheme hatched by Kotoko
by attaching a "Yibi Ma coupon" with the
name, address and logo of Kotoko as well as the
picture of Charles Taylor and names of donors and amounts donated in their
letter of complaint to the GFA.
The
Club's letter, signed by Ernest Thompson, Board Secretary, said this piece of
evidence is, in itself, a further act of inducement and hence showed that Kotoko showed no remorse for its acts and is a gross
disrespect for the authority of the GFA.
"Further,
this acts of Kotoko also amounted to the use of the
player at a time he is not a registered player of Kotoko
for promotional purposes to generate revenue," it pointed out.
The
club said it did not accept the apology sent by Kotoko,
which was signed by Kodjo Nyarko
who is not an IMC member of Kotoko for the
inconvenience cause to Hearts "for the wrongful inducement of our
player."
"We
therefore request the GFA to reject the apology and sanction Kotoko for breach of the directives to issue an apology and
also apply the provisions of Article 23 (20 (a) strictly." The football
controlling body last week fined Kotoko ’200m for
inducing
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