Female karate team in the offing
Accra (Greater Accra) 05
March 2003 - The strength of the champion club, Accra Hearts of Oak would be
put to a severe test on Thursday as the Phobians encounter the strength of
division one league campaigners, Kpando Heart of Lions, in special friendly
match at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The match
is to serve as part of both teams preparation towards their respective competitive
assignments. Hearts would use the match to test their preparedness for the last
match of the first round of the LG Top Four Tourney, while Heart of Lions are
sharpening their rough edges for the Sub Middle League which is yet to kick
off.
A statement signed by Mr.
Tommy Okine, chief Executive of
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Accra (Greater Accra) 05
March 2003 - New Black Stars coach Burkhard Ziese, on Tuesday named 21 local
players to form the nucleus of the team, as the nation gears up for a
four-nation tournament in Tunisia from 28 - 30 March. He said the list would be
reviewed week-after-week.
The German requested the
invited players to report for camping at the Hospitality Centre at Tema
Community 7, on Wednesday 5 March. Liberty Professionals, leads the pack of
invited players with seven players followed by Hearts of Oak with five and the
rest from Kotoko, Great Olympics and Obuasi Goldfields.
The players are Sammy
Adjei, Wisdom Abbey, Kwabena Boafo, Bernard Don Bortey, Princeston Owusu-Ansah
(Hearts), Emmanuel Addoquaye Papoe, Samuel Cudjoe, William Teiro, Daniel
Yeboah, Jonathan Quartey, Nii Aryee Alex and George Yamoah, all of Liberty.
The rest are Micheal
Asente, Issah Ahmed, Kwabena Dodzi (Olympics) Godfred Yeboah, Aziz Ansah,
Stephen Owusu, Isaac Boakye (Kotoko) and Abubakari Kankani of Goldfields.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 05
March 2003 - New Black Stars Coach Burkhard Ziese assumed office on Tuesday
with a catalogue of at least 10 international friendly matches, aimed at
pushing Ghana forward on the FIFA rankings from 59 to 30 and fifth on the
African continent within 12 months.
The high profile matches
includes
The German would however,
be without his number two deputy Malik Jabir who tended in his resignation
letter on Tuesday citing family pressures and his new job with Kumasi Asante
Kotoko.
Aside this setback, the
coach told a press conference that all was set for a good takeoff to give the
nation a World Cup debut. He noted however, that the road would be rough
against the backdrop that he would have to combine the job of the Black Stars
and that of the Black Meteors.
Burkhard said in the case
of a clash of programme, he would delegate his assistant to take charge of one
of the teams. He said all relevant foreign-based players have been contacted
except Alex Nyarko who is yet to be convinced to make a comeback.
The coach's immediate
assignment is to prepare a squad for a four-nation tournament in
He concluded the signing of
a 10,000-dollar one-year renewable contract with the Ghana Football Association
but not without a hitch. He contested the inclusion of a six-month probation
period clause, which according to the German, is observed by those serving
prison sentences in his home country.
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Speaking at a Press
conference to introduce the new Black Stars coach, Koufie said the road to
success would not be an easy one and there is the need to provide the required
atmosphere for the coach to work.
Koufie said even though
there is a clause in the contract which allows the coach or the GFA to back out
if any party is not satisfied, there would not be any back out since the they
are ready to give the coach the free hand to build a winsome team for the
nation.
"We are going to
provide the needed atmosphere for the coach to enable him give us the results
we require, that is to qualify the nation to the 2004 Nations Cup and the 2006
World Cup", the GFA chairman stated.
He said there is no reason
why the nation would not stick to the new coach since the ultimate aim of the
nation is to make representation at the 2006 World Cup to be staged in
In response Ziese said
there is the need for a good relationship between the GFA, the press, officials
and coaches of all premier league clubs for the nation to succeed in her quest
to take part in the 2004 and 2006 World Cup. Coach Ziese said his task is to
place the nation at respectable position in the FIFA ranking and put
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PRESEC managed to reach the
finals, by trouncing Tema Secondary School (TEMASCO) 3-0 in the first match,
drew 2-2, with PRESEC and went on to beat Ebenezer Secondary School (EBENESCO)
3-1 in a tough semi finals duel.
EBENESCO picked the third
place by beating
In the preliminaries,
EBENESCO beat TEMASCO 1-0, whipped Labone Secondary 2-0 before accounting for
At the end of the
competition, Newman Kwadede of PRESEC, Legon and Naomi Tetteh were adjudged
male and female players of the competition respectively. Master Leslie Banor
scored four goals to emerge goal king and Elizabeth Aboagye banged in three
goals to win the goal queen award.
All the award winners were
presented with hockey sticks and balls, while the all the participating teams
were given six hockey balls each.
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She told the GNA Sports
that at her Gym that "it is my wish to form the first ever national karate
team in the country and the sub-region if I am given the chance". Ahadzi
who has learnt the art for 11 years said the art could be used to promote the
standard of Ghanaian movies if introduced in the industry.
On how the art can be used
to promote the industry, she said "if China, India, Japan, Spain and the
United States have been able to project their image using martial arts in their
films then why not our motherland Ghana", she questioned.
The 22-year old first
degree black-belter and winner of many medals in international competitions,
said comparing the quality of films like the police officer to other local
movies which contain superstition and too much drama one can clearly predict
how martial arts can help project the nations image in film production.
She however appealed to
NGO's and other organisations interested in promoting karate especially that of
females, to come to her aid by helping her to form the female karate team.
Ahadzi said due to lack of funds she could not participate in an International
Shoktan Karate International Friendly contest recently.
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