Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Who stands to gain or lose in the Ghana PL resumption? When Covid-19 broke free and entered our country, Ghana, little did we know that it was going to be a fiber of our every day lives. From afar, we saw countries record abnormal cases and deaths. Ghana recorded it’s first two cases on March 12, 2020, that was the turning point in our lives, our economy, and major activities having to cede its position to the virus. As part of efforts, the President suspended public gatherings in the country leading to the suspension of sporting activities of which, football…

Mercy Tagoe debunks pregnancy rumors about her female players Head coach of the female national team, the Black Queens, Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has debunk suggestions that some of her players are pregnant. This week numerous widespread reports suggested that  some players of female national setup were pregnant following the suspension of contact sports by a Presidential directive as far back as March 15, of which football was included. However, the headcoach, who is in constant communication with her players due to the inactivity of the women’s league said her girls were matured enough to know right from wrong. According to her…

Postpone Womens AFCON – Black Queens Head coach Mercy Tagoe Ghana’s Black Queens head coach, Mercy Quarcoo-Tagoe, has called for the immediate postponement of this year’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) to be staged in the Republic of Congo. According to her, numerous countries around the world are still yet to recover from the full effects of the deadly coronavirus, which has decimated lives all around the world and brought lots of activities to major halt hence the need to truncate the Afcon Women’s tournament and reschedule it to a later date. “Looking at how the world has suffered…

Hearts can compete in Africa again – Odoom Accra Hearts of Oak head coach Edward Nii Odoom, has established that his current setup is competitive enough to rub shoulders with the very best on the Africa terrain should conditions sway in their favor. Odoom took charge of the Accra based side after the then head coach, Kim Grant was sacked following a one nil lose to Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports Stadium. Since taking charge, in an interim capacity,the rainbow club have struggled for consistency, winning five,drawing six and losing three (W5D6L3) settling for 9th position on the log…

NSA Clears 14 Disciplines as Swimming misses out The National Sports Authority this week released a list of 14 sporting disciplines under the “non-contact” sports category of disciplines cleared to return to action. This development comes into reality after President Akufo-Addo’s address on Sunday evening announced an easing of restrictions that were imposed far back in March in a bid to mitigate the widespread of the deadly coronavirus which has decimated lives all around the world. The NSA disclosed that the cleared disciplines were only scheduled to hold training regimes while on the lookout for actual dates for competitive sporting…

Kudjoe Fianoo cautions Dr. Kwame Kyei on his second term at Kotoko Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) chairman, Kudjoe Fianoo, has cautioned  Dr. Kwame Kyei to take cues from his first spell at Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Dr. Kyei comes into this role the second time running after his three year mandate at the helm of affairs ended in April 2020 after submitting a report of his overall tenure. Life Patron of the club, Otumfuor Osei Tutu II then set up a three-member committee headed by Professor Lydia Nkansah to investigate the affairs of the club. The committee submitted its report…

Empem Dacosta ready to fight for starting berth at Kotoko When Empem Dacosta signed with Kumasi Asante Kotoko a year ago, his dream was to emulate the successes of a former childhood hero, Joseph Hendricks, and win multiple trophies with the Kumasi based team. Instead, his time at Kumasi has been nothing short of disappointing, frustrating, and unfulfillment. These may sound pretty harsh but the energetic player is an ambitious lad, who wants to be nothing but the best with one of Ghana’s biggest franchises. As the season wore on, his first start with the club didn’t go as planned…

Clubs need more than sponsorship deals – Fred Moore In a little over two months football clubs all over the world have been adversely affected by the novel pandemic, coronavirus, which has caused lots of harm than good. Ghanaian clubs like the rest of the world have had to adopt measures in a bid to mitigate the financial hurdles they are going through. This has however necessitated Managing Director of Hearts of Oak, Frederick Moore to suggest that clubs need multiple sources of revenue to augment their growing financial burdens. Since the inception of this virus, lots of sporting related…

Cancel Ghana Premier League – Dr. Pamboe Dr. Prince Pamboe has added his voice to the numerous persons in the country that have called for the annulment of the Ghana Premier League 2019/20 football season in the country. According to him, it will be “irresponsible to restart football without a 100% safety guarantee”. The much-revered medical practitioner is calling for strict protocols to be instituted, followed before anyone harbors ideas of the league’s resumption. In an interview with Accra based radio station, Asempa FM. He said, “It’s more than irresponsible to start football now without a 100% safety guarantee,” “From…

George Amoako laments over inadequate funds amidst CODVID-19 scare In over two months since the deadly pandemic, coronavirus took center stage, it has decimated lives all over the world, rendered major economies lifeless to the bone, as such football like many other sporting disciplines has been dealt a serious blow. This new situation has compelled lots of clubs to take drastic steps to lessen their financial woes, some have offered to reduce the wages, salaries, bonuses of players, technical staff as well as other auxiliary staff. However in light of all these measures, clubs are still facing the hard realities…