Guinness Gala slated for this weekend
Accra (Greater Accra) 13 March 2002 - Coach Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie, Technical Director of the Ministry of Youth and Sports who survived a terrible accident at Peki in the Volta region a fortnight ago is responding well to treatment and likely to be discharged sometime next week.
When the Ghana News Agency (GNA) Sports team visited the coach at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after his brief admission at the Trust Hospital in Osu, the five stitches on his chin have been removed but his right hand still remains in plaster of Paris (POP).
The accident occurred when the saloon car in which the coach together with his driver were travelling from Kpando to Accra after a football match skidded off the road after three of the tyres got busted and the car plunged into a sand-filled ditch.
They were rescued and sent to the Peki Government Hospital for first aid treatment and later transferred to the Trust Hospital at Osu. The coach commended the team of doctors including Henry Holbrook Smith, former Chief Executive of Korle Bu and nurses who have been working round the clock to ensure his survival.
Coach Afranie has received a lot of visitors at the hospital including, Mr Kwame Addo Kufuor, Minister of Defence, Nana Sam Brew-Butler, former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Mr Joe Aggrey, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports and other officials from the ministry. He praised the media for their reportage on the accident.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 13 March 2002 - The 2002 Football season commences officially commences this weekend with the annual Guinness Gala competition involving the sixteen premier league campaigners. The Ghana Football Association on Tuesday released the fixtures for competition.
The competition comes off at the Accra Sports Stadium with the pairings placing the two big teams, Hearts and Kotoko, on different sides of the draw meaning the two would meet only at the finals if they win all matches enroute to the finals. Notwithstanding this there are equally interesting pairings.
According to the fixtures Kumasi Asante Kotoko would begin the defence of the title they won twice on the trot with an encounter against Suhum Maxbees whiles defending League Champions Accra Hearts of Oak take on newly promoted Prestea Mine Stars in preliminary encounter.
Dawu Youngsters take on RTU with B.A. United playing Olympics whiles Goldfields play Okwawu United. In other matches Sekondi Hasaacas play King Faisal with the winner facing the winner of Liberty and Arsenal encounter. The first round matches end with an encounter between Bofoakwa and Power F/C.
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