Dwarfs Coach Reveals Target

Ebusua Dwarfs new coach, Prosper Nartey says his target for the club is to maintain the club’s premier league status.

Mr. Nartey, lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, was appointed on Thursday to succeed veteran coach, JE Sarpong who was sacked on Monday.

Nartey takes over a team which are s currently at the bottom of the league table with 19 league matches to end the season, and he has set an immediate target for the team.

“I know there is pressure at Dwarfs and it is because in football and in coaching you can’t do without pressure,” Mr. Nartey said on Asempa FM

“My aim is to help the team out of the relegation zone. We thank God that the first round has not ended yet, we have more matches to play.

“I will meet with the management and the technical team to see how we can get out of the relegation zone; that’s our major target.” He said

On whether he knows the team well to achieve his goais, Nartey said:

“I wasn’t an insider. I watched their some of their matches but I cannot give me a clue on what will move the team forward. I will be able to tell what the team needs when I meet the players and other officials.

“For now, i can’t pinpoint the major challenges of the team that has prevented the team from performing.” He noted.

Dwarfs Coach Reveals Target

We Will Manage Cape Coast Stadium - Nii Lante Vanderpuye

Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has promised to ensure that the Cape Coast Stadium is well maintained.

Ghana’s national stadia in Accra, Kumasi Tamale and Essipong, which were constructed for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, have been left to deteriorate.

President John Dramani Mahama, who commissioned the Cape Coast multipurpose edifice on Tuesday, charged the Sports Ministry and the National Sports Authority not to allow the facility deteriorate.

And Nii Lante, has promised to ensure that the facility is well catered for.

“I know Ghanaians will be worried this day when we are commissioning this stadium because of the way the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Authority have allowed the earlier ones in Kumasi, Accra, Essipong, and Tamale to deteriorate.

“I stand here today to assure the whole country and in doing so, we are not only going to manage this facility well, but we will fix all the others that have gone bad,” he said.

We Will Manage Cape Coast Stadium - Nii Lante Vanderpuye

GFA Confirm Ordering Avram Grant To Return

Communication Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Saani Daara has confirmed that the football governing body has asked Avram Grant to return to the country.

Avram Grant has been out of Ghana for about three months,  with only that Christmas period and one after new year been the official days the FA allocated to him to spend time outside the West African country.

But the Israeli has spent additional two months in Europe, and his employees has written to him to return home and monitor the national league which began two weeks ago.

“Let me state as a matter of fact that the Ghana FA has asked him to come down because the league is underway,” Ghana FA Communications head Ibrahim Sannie Daara told Joy FM.

“We are also getting close to our match against Mozambique and therefore we need him here and in due course he will be here.” he said.

Media reports claim the FA do not have the balls to approach the former Chelsea manager when go contrary to the agreement signed with the Association, but Saani Daara insist they control what ever he does.

“We are very much in touch with him, we control what he does and we would want to state that if he does anything that is untoward we will call him to book.” he said.

GFA Confirm Ordering Avram Grant To Return