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Kumasi (Ashanti Region) 08 November 2001 - Kumasi Asante Kotoko spanked Giants of the West Sekondi Hasaacas 3-0 to secure their passage into the quarter finals of this year’s Knock-Out competition.
Goals from Stephen Oduro in the 51st minute, and Aziz Ansah who converted two penalties in the 74th and 83th minutes were all that Kotoko needed to see them though.
Hasaacas, who caused a stir in their second round star Premier league match against Kotoko a couple of weeks ago, holding them to a 3-3 draw, looked like repeating their performance when they put Kotoko on the defensive until the 17th minute, when the homesters won a cornerkick which was wasted.
Kotoko kept on pressing and in the 21st minute Fuseini Adams hit the side net with a terrific shot at close range and in the 22nd minute goalkeeper Theophilus Mensah of Hasaacas tipped the ball over the bar from Aziz Ansah's pile driver.
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Hasaacas counter attacked and earned a freekick in the 21st minute but the resultant kick by Frank Turkson went wayward.
Kotoko, determined to carry the day, doubled in attack but Michael Osei, in the 28th minute failed to fetch the opener after dashing to the right to send a long lob over the head of goalkeeper Mensah. The ball rolled across the goalmouth for the Hasmal defencemen to clear.
Kotoko pulled out goalkeeper Louis Quainoo for Osei Boateng and Joe Hendricks for Godfred Yeboah on resumption and this brought new life into their attack. Stephen Oduro scored in 51st minute, lobbing the ball over the head of goalkeeper Mensah for the opener. Two penalty kicks awarded Kotoko were neatly converted by Aziz Ansah to make victory certain for the reds.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 08 November 2001 - Accra Hearts of Oak made it an easy move into the quarter finals of the FA Cup when they chalked a comfortable 3-0 win over Okwawu United in the one-eighth stage of the FA cup at the Accra Sports Stadium
The scoreline is a bit deceptive considering the performance of Okwawu who gave a good account of themselves but failed to put the ball into the net.
Hearts, against the run of play took the lead, in the 18th minute when referee R.K Attifu from Tarkwa awarded a spot kick when Bernard Don Bortey went down in the box. Bortey who was writhing in pain on the pitch surprisingly recovered to convert the penalty for the first goal.
Hearts turned on the style after the goal and on several occasions came close to increasing the score line but over elaboration and poor shooting by Charles Taylor and Emmanuel Donkor rubbed them off easy scoring chances in the 19th, 23rd and 33rd minutes.
After the break, Hearts continued their fast counter attacks from the wings which the defenders of Okwawu found difficult in dealing with. It came as little surprise when in one of such breaks in the 57th, Taylor scored the second goal when he tapped in a Bortey cross from the right.
Hearts substitute Osei Kuffour in the 90th set up the third goal when he dribbled past Samuel Quansah in post for Okwawu before passing the ball to Taylor to tap into the empty net.
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Sunyani (Brong-Ahafo Region) 08 November 2001 - Accra Liberty Professionals halted the FA Cup ambitions of first division Brong Ahafo United when they whipped them 3-1 in their match at the Sunyani Coronation Park on Wednesday.
After a barren first half, Liberty swung into action, very determined to win the match and scored the first goal in the 47th minute through Paa Joe. The Liberty striker scored his second in the 58th minute and that seemed to have revived United as they went forward in their numbers, looking for theirs.
Kwesi Boateng reduced the tally for the homers in the 62nd minute and as they looked for the equaliser, their back was broken in the 85th when Liberty's Lawrence Awuni Quaye curled in a free-kick to cushion their lead to 3-1 and send them into the quarter finals.
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Obuasi (Ashanti Region) 08 November 2001- The one-eighth FA Cup match between Obuasi Goldfields and Bolgatanga Mighty Rocks ended 13 minutes inside the second half when the visitors refused to continue play at a time that the homesters were leading 7-0.
Mighty Rocks caused the first hold-up two minutes to the end of the first half when they protested against what they termed "poor officiating" by referee Nana Boamah-Darko of Berekum and assistant referee I. E. Batsa of Sunyani for ignoring a number of off-side infringements.
Goldfields were then up by six goals through goals scored by Isaac Boakye (3), Nana Arhin Duah (1), Aminu Musah (1) and Ofosu Amoah (1).
After several minutes of hold-up, the visitors gave in for the start of the second half and two minutes inside the half, Aminu Musah scored the 7th goal after connecting Isaac Boakye's cross.
In the 58th minute, Mighty Rocks Benjamin Owusu booted
Goldfields Dauda Seidu and the referee red-carded him and this renewed the
visitor’s anger, which led to their refusal to continue play.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 08 November 2001 - The Ghana Football Association GFA will hold an Extra Ordinary Executive Council Meeting at the GFA Secretariat on Friday, November 9 to discuss the twenty-five thousand dollar 'gift' presented to the Ghanaian contingent by the Nigerian Rivers State Governor.
The Governor gave the ‘gift’ when the Black Stars played the Super Eagles in a World Cup qualifier in Port Harcourt.
A statement signed by Mr Kwaku Ampim-Darko, Acting General Secretary of the GFA asked all members of the Executive Council to endeavour to attend meeting and punctually too.
Mr Ben Koufie, the GFA Chairman has been under fire lately for accepting the money from the governor. The Black Stars lost the match by three goals to nil.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 08 November 2001 - The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Wednesday said it has referred the case involving eight journalists who reportedly received $100 each from their Nigerian hosts to the GJA Ethics Committee for action.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mrs. Gifty Affenyi Dadzie, President of GJA said, "the Ethics Committee is the most appropriate authority to deal with the matter and they will soon begin dealing with it. She declined to comment on the matter saying the Committee will make their position known soon.
The Ethics Committee of the GJA is charged to deal with all cases of improper behaviour of Journalists during the course of their duty.
Some senior journalists the GNA spoke to condemned the behaviour of the Ghanaian football authorities for accepting the money, which also invariably affected the journalists saying, "it was an insult to the Ghanaian footballing public."
Others said the journalists had no case to answer as the money was given to a group and that the journalists were just beneficiaries of Nigerian "hospitality."
Nigerian Football Authorities doled out 25,000 dollars to the Black Stars hours after the Black Stars were humiliated 0-3 in a crucial World Cup decider with the Super Eagles in Port Harcourt last July.
The victory was a landmark event as it facilitated the qualification of the Super Eagles for the World Cup fiesta, edging out Liberia's Lone Star who were then leading the table and on course for a historic world cup appearance.
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Accra (Greater Accra) 08 November 2001 – Mr. Godfred Cobblah, a Ghanaian boxing referee and instructor, left Accra for Luanda, Angola on Wednesday to officiate in an African boxing Union (ABU) title fight to be staged on Saturday, November 10.
Speaking to the GNA Sports before his departure, Mr. Cobblah who is also an internationally certified referee and judge of the ABU and World Boxing Council (WBC) said even though details of the fighters are not available, he knows it is between an Angolan and a South African.
He said whiles in Angola, he would organise a week-long course for referees and judges in the country.
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