Vodafone Unity Match 2016: Kotoko Maul World XI

Ghana record Premier League champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko thrashed the Stephen Appiah led world XI by four goals to one at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The game an initiative of Ghana’s number one Sports event house, Primeval Media in conjunction with Ex Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah was aimed at promoting and educating Ghanaians on the need for peace and unity before, during and after the elections in November.

Liverpool legend, Emile Heskey recounted his glorious days with a swift turn after a lovely through ball from Appiah saw him hit a low power drive shot pass the helpless Felix Annan in goal for Kotoko.

Kotoko new signing, Emmanuel Osei Carlos marked his club debut with a goal after he was put through in on goal by enterprising Burkina Faso international and Kotoko’s best performer of the match, Halipha Sodogo.

Substitute Bennett Ofori nicknamed ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ made the game a Fiesta for the Kotoko faithful present as he scored a hat trick after replacing Carlos for the commencement of the second half.

Here are photos of the game:

 

Vodafone Unity Match 2016: Kotoko Maul World XI

Ex-Arsenal Striker Regrets Leaving The Emirates

Emmanuel Adebayor admits he may have made a mistake by forcing his way out of Arsenal .

Adebayor was showered with abuse by Arsenal fans on his latest return to the Emirates in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.

His every touch was greeted with deafening boos by the home supporters who have never forgiven the striker for the way he quit the club to join Manchester City in 2009.

Adebayor cemented his place as a villain in the eyes of Arsenal fans with an extraordinary celebration when he scored against his old club in his first game against them in September 2009.

After being jeered all game and hearing taunts about his mother Adebayor responded by running the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of Arsenal’s supporters.

He also stamped on former Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie’s face in the same game and was hit with a three-game ban and was involved in run-ins with Alex Song and Cesc Fabregas.

Adebayor said: “For me, at the end of the day I have to be happy about where I came from and what I have become today – I have to forget about all the haters.

“All the Arsenal fans boo me and when I look back I understand where everything went wrong but there are certain things in life you cannot come back to any more, you just look at it and say ‘okay I made a mistake’.

“We all do things at some stage of our lives that we are not supposed to do but the most important thing is to keep moving.

“It is not my first time coming back to play against Arsenal at the Emirates.

Ex-Arsenal Striker Regrets Leaving The Emirates

Ghana Comedian Thumbs Up Adebayor"s Palace Move

Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor completed a six month transfer deal to premier league side, Crystal Palace after being without a club since his release from Tottenham hotspurs. The deal has an option to be extended further based on performance from the former AS Monaco player.

 

Ghanaian comedian and a bosom friend to the Togo international, Funny Face has joined in the celebration like all other fans of the former Arsenal forward.

 

Known in real life as Benson Nana Yaw Oduro, Funny Face took to his Facebook wall to express his joy on the news of his brother as he likes to call finally getting a new club.

The producer cum main act in the television series cow and chicken wrote on his wall, “delay doesn’t mean denial. To God be the glory! You kept hope alive and never gave up.”

Great things are about to happen. Let’s go #crystalpalace, he added.

The ex – Manchester City forward is yet to make his debut for Alan Pardew’s team after missing their FA cup victory over Stoke City on Saturday.

Ghana Comedian Thumbs Up Adebayor"s Palace Move

Emanuel Adebayor Eyes Drogba"s EPL Record

Veteran Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor is reportedly set to join another London-based English Premier League (EPL) side Crystal Palace.

Palace manager Alan Pardew has already admitted that the 31-year-old free-agent is a target for them in this January Transfer Window period.

The former Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal star is also eyeing a move to Palace this month so he can become EPL’s leading African goalscorer.

Adebayor is just nine goals short of the Ivorian legend’s record of 104 EPL goals. Drogba played 254 matches for Chelsea across two spells with the club.

However, Adebayor is currently on 96 league goals from 230 games which he scored while playing for Arsenal Manchester City and Tottenham.

Nigerian striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni, who is placed third behind Adebayor, is on 95 goals. Another Nigerian legend Nwankwo Kanu is next in line with 54 goals.

Adebayor has also been linked with another EPL sides Watford and Sunderland. But he reportedly prefers staying in London.

Talks between Tottenham and Palace are said to be ongoing for Adebayor because the former are still paying the final year of his £100,000-a-week contract.

A deal is expected to be agreed after Palace and Tottenham’s EPL clash at the Selhurst Park this Saturday.

Emanuel Adebayor Eyes Drogba"s EPL Record

Emmanuel Adebayor Shows Off His Lavish £450,000 Collection Of Personalised Watches

Emmanuel Adebayor may not seem to be in a hurry to find a new club, but he has found the time to accumulate a quite stunning collection of luxury watches.

The Togo striker left Tottenham in September, but is still picking up £100,000-a-week in wages.

And Adebayor is wasting no time spending his earnings as he showed off his luxury collection of time pieces suped-up by New Bond Street jewellers Frost of London.

The watches – in a storage box- show different times because many are automatic movement pieces meaning they require the owner to wear them to wind them up.

Adebayor pictured wearing a £100,000 customised Delacour Bichrono S2 on his left wrist.

His diamond-encrusted collection has a combined value of more than £450,000 with watches by Hubolt, Jacob & Co, Audemars Piguet, deLaCour, Cvstos and Snyper.

The most expensive time piece owned by the former Manchester City striker, who has daughter Kendra, five, is the Hublot Big Bang King Power Chrono Tourbillon, with a retail price of up to £100,000.

Posting alongside the picture of 12 high-end watches the striker wrote: ‘SEA, haters are gonna hate. Imma do me no matter what. The SEA collection by @josephfrostoflondon.’

The jeweller in London’s west end has also designed watches for the likes of Jose Mourinho, Mesut Ozil and Justin Beiber.

Adebayor (left) shows off one of his watches with Joseph Banin from top jewellers Frost of London.

It’s not just his watch collection the 31-year-old has been showing off during his sabbatical from football.

Adebayor, who was a BBC World Cup 2010 pundit, had been pictured alongside classic cars and enjoying himself by the pool while relaxing in Ghana and Togo.

Two months ago he also posted a photograph of him relaxing by a pool, with the caption ‘relaxing by the pool side on a Sunday morning and enjoying some good music’.

But more recently the striker has shown his desire to get back on the pitch, posting several videos and pictures of himself working out.

Emmanuel Adebayor Shows Off His Lavish £450,000 Collection Of Personalised Watches