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New Kotoko Trainer Pledges To Revive The Club’s Ailing Fortunes

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New trainer for Kumasi Asante Kotoko Steve Polack has promised to revive the ailing fortunes of the club ahead of his imminent arrival for the second half of the campaign. The English trainer for Berekum Chelsea recently agreed a deal with the beleaguered Kumasi based to trade camps for the start of the second department of the season.

The expatriate trainer for the Blues enjoyed two spells in the Ghana premier league with King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea before returning to the Golden City for the start of the current campaign. The soft spoken tactician masterminded an impressive home record for the 2010 league that has so far dropped points just on one occasion, coincidentally against Kotoko.

Speaking to Joy Sports ahead of his imminent arrival at the camp of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Steve Polack echoed the need for collective approach that includes the fans, management, the players and anybody related to the club.

“We know where Kumasi Asante Kotoko should be and we are going to work extra harder to achieve that. The players are going to work harder, the management will work harder, the fans will work harder and we are going to work together”, Steve Polack told Joy Sports

Kumasi Asante Kotoko parted ways with their croat trainer Zdravko Lugarusic after eight games into the campaign and are winless since that time.

May 10, 2017 0 comment

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Arm Wrestling: Golden Arms Set To Regroup On May 24

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President of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation, Mr. Charles Osei Asibey has disclosed that the Golden Arms selected on Saturday will begin a non-residential camping on the 24 May 2017 in preparation towards the African Armwrestling Championship to be held in Nigeria.

The GAF organized an open armwrestling championship in the bid to form the Ghana national armwrestling team to raise the nation’s flag at the international championship slated for June 28th to July 2nd in Lagos.
The open championship saw arm-wrestlers from various walks of life converge to the Accra Sports Stadium on the 22 April to test their arm strength. Notable among these were arm wrestlers from the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ghana Police Service and Ghana Immigration Service.
The events competed in include: 80kg, 65kg, 70kg for both men and women; 55kg + for women and 90kg and 110kg for men. The 3 top winners for each event were awarded with medals and various prizes from sponsors.
The arm-wrestlers will be educated on the rules of the game and undergo a five-day training with an armwrestling trainer assigned by the World Armwrestling Federation. The armwrestling instructor will in turn train referees and coaches as well as train the media on armwrestling reporting.
The Ghana Armwrestling Federation was founded in July 2016 and has been in existence for less than 10 months. Speaking to GhanaSportsMail, Mr. Osei Asibey expressed confidence in armwrestling being next to football in a year.
“We have huge plans and I see armwrestling as the fastest growing sport in the country, I’m sure that in another year armwrestling will be next to football in the country”.

April 25, 2017 0 comment

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Chess: University Of Ghana Player Crowned Champion

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The fourth edition of the Kees Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament saw University of Ghana chess player crowned champion. Anthony Adjavon clocked up 25.00 from winning 6 out of 7 rounds of the tournament, defeating ex National champion Hashford John Kojo to clinch the title.

Anthony was followed by Thompson Edward Nii Lamptey and vice president of the Ghana Chess Association Ameku Philip Elikem.

Anthony is in his third year at the University of Ghana studying Actuarial Science and is currently ranked 16th in the country.

Tournament
The tournament saw top national chess players gather at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium on the 22 April 2017, to honor Dutchman Kees Hoogendijk who financially supported the national chess team during local and international tournaments.
The Swiss format of chess was employed during the tourney with each player having 20 minutes for every round.
Mr. Kees was a national chess player of Dutch origin and raised Ghana’s flag at the World Chess Championship 2008 in Dresden, Germany. He also financed several chess events in the past as he tried to develop the game.

He passed away in 2009 and had a competition organized in his honor since 2013.

Vice president of the Ghana Chess Association, Elikem Philip Ameku told GhanaSportsMail that the standard of chess had been raised at the tournament “the level has gone higher because we had a new face coming to win the tournament which is very very uncommon”

April 24, 2017 0 comment

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Fired Kumasi Asante Kotoko Trainer Confident Of Reuniting With Some Of His Players

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Sacked Kotoko Coach Zdvrako Logarusic says he has no bad feelings toward the playing Body and management of the Club.The Croatian trainer was sacked after 11 matches in charge if the Red Army and a second place on the log in the ongoing 2017 domestic season.
The axed trainer led the Kumasi based side to 5 victories , 2 defeats and 4 drawn game but his defensive mindset and tactical orientattion cost him the managerial duties in Kotoko.
Many pundits labelled the sacking as harsh and irrational but the Croat insisted he was no stranger to such acts in his managerial career. Speaking to Ghanasportsmail ahead of his departure from the Kotoka International Airport in Accra , the former Gor Mahia gaffer was optimistic of teaming up with some of his players.

“I came to say thank you very much for everything because I will see some of the players again and some will also play for me again and that is the key thing.

For example , some players like Yakubu and Nafeu played for me in my days at king Faisal and Ashgold and made a good job for me. If I get the opportunity I will help them but the most important thing is Kotoko for peace”, Zdravko Lugarusic said.

Many fans and pundits alike cannot still comprehend the reason behind the strange firing of the Croat who has since ushered Kotoko into the second slot on the league chart , built around defensive resilience. Kumasi Asante Kotoko appointed Frimpong Manso and Godwin Ablordey to handle the club on interim basis as they go in for a new head coach.

April 14, 2017 0 comment

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Sports Minister Hints At Massive Renovation Work Across The Nation’s Sporting Facilities

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Massive renovation will begin on the Accra Sports Stadium in June as Promised by Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah on his inspection of the facility dubbed as the Nation’s Wembley . Since its major uplift ahead of the 2008 Nations Cup hosted in Accra, the Stadium has been left unattended to with all section in a dilapidated state.
Past Sports Ministers at the beginning of their tenures promised to renovate but none of these plans saw day but Isaac Asiamah says his government is more committed to their campaign message and that the gesture will even me made a nationwide program. Speaking to the press on his visit to the Accra Sports stadium , Hon. Isaac Asiamah did not mince in explaining the modalities around which his government will uplift the sporting landscape.

“By June we shall start renovating our sports stadia. It will be in phases with those in critical condition addressed first.

“It is not just about building Sports stadia but maintaining them as well.

“Maintenance is going to be our key priority. We have an intensive maintenance routine that will last longer”, The Sports Minister revealed.

Many have blamed the handlers of the sporting facilities for the current problems faced by the sector , the latest been the Cape Coast Sports just less than 10 months into its inauguration.

April 14, 2017 0 comment