Hearts Can Win Opening Seven Games – Soulama

Goalkeeper Soulama Abdullaye has said Accra Hearts of Oak can win their opening seven games in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) this season and has urged his colleagues to go for it.

The Phobians have won their opening two games of the campaign and will next play Ebusua Dwarfs at Cape Coast on Sunday as the GPL enters match-day three this weekend.

And Burkina Faso international, Soulama, has told Sportscrusader.com that they are focused on keeping their winning run going and will work towards that.

The experienced goalkeeper missed his side’s last league game against Medeama SC at Tarkwa last Sunday with an injury, but, expects to be back in action against Dwarfs after making a full recovery.

He said after the team’s training on Thursday that he is fully fit now and is ready to play his part in the team’s anticipated success this season.

“I am confident we can win our next five games and we will work towards that starting with this Sunday’s game in Cape Coast against Dwarfs,” he said.

After this game, the Phobians will play Bechem United in Accra with further games against Inter Allies at Tema, Wa All Stars – Accra, and away to Techiman City.

Hearts Can Win Opening Seven Games – Soulama

Reigns: Kwesi Nyantakyi Retained As President

WAFU Retains GFA Boss As Chairman

The west african football union at its annual Congress voted Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi as chairman.

 

The GFA Boss contested as the incumbent but this time had stiff  opposition from Niger’s Gibrilla Amidu who pulled three votes out of 7 member votes.

 

Nyantakyi pulled 4 votes out of the possible 7 to retain his chairmanship post and lead the west african football union zone B until 2020 after the two year term was reviewed and increased to 4 –  years.

Reigns: Kwesi Nyantakyi Retained As President

Burkina Faso Will Host WAFU U17 Competition

WAFU U17 Will Go On As Planned After Ebola Scare – Kwesi Nyantakyi

The president of the West African Football Union – WAFU, Kwesi Nyantakyi has confirmed this year wafu u17 tourney will go on as planned.

 

 

The event which was scheduled for last year did not see day light due to the ebola virus that hit sub region hard and took away human lives.

 

Nyantakyi was speaking at the ongoing West African Football Union’s Congress at the Movenpick Hotel.

 

He said, “Burkina Faso Will remain as host of this year’s wafu u17 tournament.

The tournament was called off due to the ebola epidemic last year but the Burkina Football federation has confirmed it’s readiness to host the juvenile competition which will be the first organised in the sub-region, ” He added.

 

Burkina Faso Will Host WAFU U17 Competition

Rawlings Condemns Flagstaff House Mischief

The office of former President Jerry John Rawlings has debunked a statement issued by Flagstaff House Communications Bureau which suggested that he was part of President Mahama’s entourage to Burkina Faso recently. The Communications Directorate of the former president’s office in a statement pointed out that Mr. Rawlings travelled on a military aircraft to that country in the company of his wife and three others.

Below is the full statement:

 

RE: PRESIDENT MAHAMA TO ATTEND INAUGURATION OF NEW BURKINABE PRESIDENT

The attention of the Communications Directorate of the office of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings, has been drawn to inaccuracies in a statement issued by the Flagstaff House Communications Bureau, indicating that the former President and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings were members of the President’s delegation that travelled to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the inauguration of Jean Marc Christian Kabore as President of Burkina Faso.

 

The Directorate wishes to state that the former President and his wife were not members of President Mahama’s delegation and finds the misrepresentation unfortunate.

 

Outgoing President Michel Kafando invited his Excellency Jerry Rawlings by a letter dated 18 December 2015. The former President and his wife travelled with a delegation including Betty Akuffo-Amoabeng, Kobina Andoh Amoakwa and Joseph Dawson-Otoo.

 

President Rawlings and the delegation travelled on a military transport aircraft.

 

It is important to note that upon arrival in Burkina Faso, the former President and his entourage were met by Burkinabe State Protocol and the Ghana Embassy and driven to their hotel and subsequently to the venue for the ceremony.

 

President Mahama arrived later with the Presidential aircraft and a delegation that included Foreign Minister Hannah Tetteh, Dr. Edmund Dele and others.

 

It is unfortunate that the author of the release, privy to the fact that the former President was also travelling to Burkina Faso, albeit in his own capacity and upon a separate invitation decided to play mischief with the content of the official presidential release.

 

 

Rawlings Condemns Flagstaff House Mischief