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GRi Sports 20 - 11 - 2002

Higher bookings in 2002 league

Hearts beat Egypt El Haly

Tripoli (Libya) 20 November 2002 - Ghana’s Premier League champions, Accra Hearts of Oak moved closer to a $30,000 prized money when they beat Egypt’s El Haly National 2-1 in their opening match of the four-nation Ramadan Cup in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday.

Hearts, who honoured the tournament, involving also hosts Al Ittihad and Cameroon’s Canon Club of Yaonde, using their full squad and with an inclusion of Emmanuel Osei Kuffour, Ishmael Addo and Princeton Owusu Ansah, scored both goals through enterprising Wisdom Abbey. The Phobians were said to have had the better part of the exchanges.

A Ghana Review International source in Libya said, the Ghanaian champions, who have just retained the league title for the sixth consecutive time, would face the might of Ittihad in the final match on Friday 22 November. The winner of the game pockets the attractive purse that was tied to the tournament to raise the bar.

Hearts were invited to the Ramadan competition based on their splendid performance at home and on the continent over the last six years which has seen them not only dominating domestic football from 1996 but also emerging as the 2000 CAF Champions League and Super Cup champions.

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Higher bookings in 2002 league

Accra (Greater Accra) 20 November 2002 - A total of 765 cards were issued to 309 players in the just-ended 2002 Premier League season which was 36 more than last year’s figure of 729.

Out of the 765 cards 716 were yellow while 49 red cards were issued in the 30-match league with Power FC topping list with 70 cards that includes 65 yellow and five red cards for 21 of their players.

African Cup Winners Cup finalists, Kumasi Asante Kotoko received 33 yellow cards without a red card to emerge as the best-behaved club with only 17 of their players being the culprits. League Champions, Accra Hearts of Oak, had 15 players booked to become the club with the lowest number of booked players, while Sekondi Hasaacas had 23 of their players booked, being the team with the highest number of booked players.

Okwawu United also emerged as the club, which receive the highest number of red cards with their defender Eddie Acquaye receiving four out of the ten red cards.

On the player category, Frank Quao of Suhum Maxbees was the most booked player as he received 10 cards with no red card, followed Daniel Coleman of Power FC who got nine cards, while Charles Ampiah (BA United), Ben Adjei (Maxbees) Francis Bossman (Arsenals) received eight cards each.

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Ping Pong thrills get hotter this week

Accra (Greater Accra) 20 November 2002 - The National Table Tennis league continues this week with thrilling and exciting fixtures at the Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.

The star studded, New Juabeng club will lock horns with the University of Ghana team as the two sides battle to show their supremacy in the league. The Juabeng lads who have the likes of national champion Solomon Akunnor, national Under-17 Champion, Nana Boateng as well as other national stars will be seeking to pick their first victory in the competition.

Last week, Rambel Club defeated Street Academy 3-1, with Mawusi Williem winning two games while Isaac Ntiamoah won one game for his team. In the second match, Ghana Navy triumph beat Tema Tennis Club 3-1.

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