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"From a football perspective, sacking Maxwell Konadu was an unfair decision by the management," the Eleven Wonders boss told Pure FM. “Maxwell was a slow starter even when Kotoko won the league. He nearly won at Berekum only for that last-minute free-kick, a ground that they don’t win. “The team also looks new compared to that of last season.” The loss to Olympics was Kotokos first defeat of the season. "The problem with the Kotoko team has to do with midfield. We should get time for c...

"The problem with the  Kotoko team has to do with midfield. We should get time for coaches so they can build their teams. Team-building takes time and club administrators must be patient," Manso, who also featured for Kotoko during his playing days, said as reported by HappyGhana. “Sixteen players arrived this season at Kotoko and it takes time for the players to play together as a unit. Look at where some of the players came from to join the team. "The Brazilian and some of them from Europe...

10-man Oly survive WAFA scare December 21, 2020 A 10-man Accra Great Olympics side laboured to defeat WAFA 1-0 in their match day six fixture of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday. Having modified the free-flowing system that has endeared them to the fans, Annor Walker sets the team up defensively, preferring to catch the swift WAFA youngsters that had a greater share of the exchanges. It took something special from the inspirational skipper of the side, Gladso...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, who piloted the Bill in the Upper House, noted that the tax credit will be particularly beneficial for MSMEs that have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Operators of tax-compliant micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) will, in short order, begin to benefit from a special income tax credit of $375,000. This follows the passage of the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2020, by the Senate on Friday (Dec. 17), ...

Gladson Awako, Great Olympics midfielder Great Olympics midfielder Gladson Awako says the decision to sack Maxwell Konadu as the head coach of the club was a haste decision by the management. Asante Kotoko relieved Maxwell Konadu off his post following a 0-1 defeat to Olympics in the Ghana Premier League. Awako who played a key part in Olympics victory against the Porcupines says the management of the club took a quick decision by sacking the former Black Stars assistant coach. “I am not part...

Asante Kotoko sacks coach ahead of African champions league tie with Sudanese side Adjust font size: ACCRA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ghanas Kumasi Asante Kotoko Friday sacked their head coach Maxwell Konadu ahead of their Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League first-leg tie against Sudanese side, Al Hilal on December 23. This follows the defeat the club suffered at the hands of the Great Olympics in the Ghana premier league on Thursday. The club has asked assistant coach Johnson S...

Newly minted Senator Peter Bunting is congratulated by Leader of Government Business Kamina Johnson Smith moments after he was sworn in at Gordon House in Kingston yesterday. Bunting will also serve as leader of opposition business. The Andrew Holness administration is challenging the Supreme Court’s ruling that the detention of five men under the states of emergency (SOE) was unconstitutional. Speaking in the Senate yesterday, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith...

Asante Kotoko sack coach Konadu after first Ghana Premier League defeat Goal 18/12/2020 Asante Kotoko have parted ways with head coach Maxwell Konadu, the club have announced. The development comes a day after the Porcupine Warriors suffered a 1-0 defeat to Great Olympics in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). So far in the top flight this term, the Kumasi-based outfit have won only one of four matches played, drawing two and losing one - the Olympics disappointment being their first defeat of th...

"[Assistant] coach Johnson Smith has been appointed to lead the team in the interim." Club Notice Management of Asante Kotoko Sporting Club wishes to inform the general public that it has decided to part ways with Coach Maxwell Konadu as its Head Coach with immediate effect. Coach Johnson Smith has been appointed to lead the team in the interim. pic.twitter.com/sPTeDpDc9r— Asante Kotoko SC (@AsanteKotoko_SC) December 18, 2020 Kotoko opened their GPL season with a 1-1 home draw with Eleven Won...

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), formerly the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, and the European Union (EU) on Thursday, December 3, concluded negotiations for the post-Cotonou agreement. The text of this new agreement was approved at a virtual meeting of the lead negotiators, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, and the ACP’s Prof Robert Dussey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Togo. This new agreement will p...