Ghana FA presidential aspirant, Fred Pappoe has pulled out of the ongoing presidential election after amassing six votes in the first round. The former Vice President of the FA was qualified to contest in the round off but decided to pull out. The first round raw Kurt Okraku pulling 44 votes, followed by George Afriyie with 40 votes, Nana Yaw Amponsah with 27 votes while Amanda Clinton and George Ankamah Mensah had zero. The round off will be contested by Kurt Okraku,
The Ghana FA Presidential election will go for a second round after non of the candidates pull more than 60 percent.However, Kurt Okraku led the first round after gaining 44 votes with former Vice President George Afriyie collecting 40 votes.Nana Yaw Amponsah had 27 votes with Fred Pappoe disappointing getting only 6 votes.Lawyers Amanda Clinton George Ankoma has no votes.Three votes were spoilt.The second round will be contested by George Afriyie, Kurt Okraku and Nana Yaw Amponsah.
The 2017/18 Ghana Premier League season has been officially cancelled by Ghana FA Congress at its Extra-Ordinary Congress held to elect a new president on Friday. The 2017/18 season was halted mid-way in the season following a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Amereyaw Anas which uncovered corruption and breaches of FIFA’s code of conduct by officials and referees.The documentary led to the government of Ghana placing a ban on all football related activities
The 2018/19 Ghana Premier League season has been officially cancelled by Ghana FA Congress at its Extra-Ordinary Congress held to elect a new president on Friday. The 2018/19 season was halted mid-way in the season following a documentary by investigative journalist Anas Amereyaw Anas which uncovered corruption and breaches of FIFA’s code of conduct by officials and referees.The documentary led to the government of Ghana placing a ban on all football related activities
A new GFA President will be elected today as delegates converge at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra to vote for a new leader for the federation. Six candidates are contesting for the top job that was vacated by former CAF vice President Kwesi Nyantakyi.Former Vice Presidents George Afriyie and Fred Pappoe join Phar Rangers owner Nana Yaw Amponsah and Executive Chairman of Dreams FC Kurt Okraku to vie for the Presidential seat.Lawyers George Ankoma and Amanda Clinton,
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FIFA’s Manager if Member Associations, Luca Nicola has lauded the Normalisation Committee in organizing the first ever Ghana FA Presidential debate held on Monday at the Physicians and Surgeons College in Accra. The debate which is the first of its kind in world football saw five of the six-presidential aspirants (Kurt Okraku, Amanda Clinton, Fred Pappoe, George Ankamah and Nana Yaw Amponsah) sharing their ideas and policies with the delegates and the general public.Luca who
Delegates at the Ghana Football Association Elective Congress have unanimously voted for the cancellation of the 2017/18 Ghana Premier League season.The 2017/18 Premier League season was truncated following the showing of the Anas exposè.Football in the country came to a halt after several officials including referees were caught in bribery and corruption scandals.However, after almost a year of a new leadership under the normalisation committee, election is currently on going
Two of Ghana’s traditional clubs Great Olympics and King Faisal have been included in next season’s Ghana Premier League after years of legal wranglings. The decision was arrived at after delegates tightly voted in favour of a proposal to increase the teams in the GPL to 18.Out of 120 delegates, 64 voted for the proposal at the elective congress with just a majority of four.This comes after the Normalisation Committee made the proposal to expand the league to end the legal
The Ghana Football Association Normalization Committee has proposed an 18 team Premier League starting from the next season.The NC has suggested that Great Olympics and King Faisal be included in the upcoming season.However, the decision is being contested with delegates set to agree or disagree with the proposal.The proposal was raised at the elective congress which sets the tone for the main election.The Ghana Premier League has been played with 16 teams for over two decades now.
Ex-Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association Alhaji Ibrahim Sannie Daara has urged the new Ghana FA president after election should focus on fostering unity among all members of the Association. Sannie Daara in an interview on Happy FM said “What is needed is that we need people who can unite all of us after the elections.“The person who will be voted for should unite all of us. What we don’t want to hear is that, any of the aspirants will be sidelined
A new GFA President will be elected today as delegates converge at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra to vote for a new leader for the federation. Six candidates are contesting for the top job that was vacated by former CAF vice President Kwesi Nyantakyi.Former Vice Presidents George Afriyie and Fred Pappoe join Phar Rangers owner Nana Yaw Amponsah and Executive Chairman of Dreams FC Kurt Okraku to vie for the Presidential seat.Lawyers George Ankoma and Amanda Clinton,
Forward Myron Boadu continue his exceptional start to the season with another goal as AZ Alkmaar thumped Kazakhstani side Astana in the Europa League. The Dutch born Ghanaian struck two minutes before the first half break to give his side a two goal lead in their 6-0 thrashing of Astana.Tom Koopmeiners had opened the scoring just four minutes before Boadu's goal.Despite leading 2-0 for most part of the game, it took the final thirteen minute for the home side to massacre the
Former Hearts of Oak supporters chief Barima Atuahene says it sad for him to see the club could not get a representative on the Ghana Football Association Executive council.Hearts of Oak Managing Director Frederick Moore was unable to make it onto the Executive Council as a representative for the Premier League clubs." This is first time Hearts of Oak will not get any representative to serve on Ghana football Association governance level. In the first place, the choice
The Ghana Football Association presidential elections will go ahead as scheduled as Wilfred Osei Kwaku’s application for provisional and conservatory request to put an injunction on the election has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).Palmer, a bankroller for Tema Youth Football Club was seeking for an injunction to be put on the upcoming elections until he was reinstated to contest for the vacant top job at the GFA.He was disqualified by the vetting committee
Ghanaian forward Latif Blessing was at his usual best as Los Angeles FC hammer city rivals LA Galaxy 5-3 in the Major League Soccer quarterfinal playoff on Friday morning.Zlatan Ibrahimovic-led LA Galaxy were the bookies least favourites to advance to the semifinal of the MLS playoff ahead of their much-anticipated El Trafico derby against Los Angeles FC at the Banc of California Stadium.Los Angeles FC needed just 16 minutes on clock to make their mark in the game when talisman
Ivorian side San Pedro have emplaned to Ghana ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup playoff first leg clash against Asante Kotoko on Sunday. A 30-man squad with technical and management members left Ivory Coast on Thursday evening for Ghana.Head coach Jani Tarek called up 19 players to make the trip to Ghana.The 2019 Ivorian Cup holders are expected to arrive at the Kotoko International Airport in by 7:00pm.They will fly to Kumasi via a local airline and will lodge at the Golden
Hearts of Oak coach Kim Grant has urged his players to step up their game following their loss against Glow Lamp Academy in a friendly match.The Phobians were shocked to a 2-1 defeat against the academy boys in a friendly encounter on Wednesday.Speaking after the match, coach Grant expresses his disappointment in the result and called on his players to live up to the billing of playing for the Accra-based giants.“We had intensive training yesterday so for me the result is okay,”
Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa has berated striker Eddie Nketiah — claiming that the youngster only thinks about himself.Bielsa has started Patrick Bamford over Nketiah in every Championship game this season.This decision was brought into focus again this week when Nketiah scored a late equaliser against Preston North End.In a lengthy explanation, Bielsa explained: "We cannot talk about Bamford when it's necessary to talk in comparison with Nketiah. I know that
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