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Hearts, Kotoko aim to turn things around …as 2024/25 GPL season kick start
Konadu Yiadom – Hearts of Oak
The search for the 2024/25 Ghana Premier League champions begins today, with Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko hoping that the events of last season will not recur.
Hearts finished in a disappointing 14th position on the log, while Asante Kotoko placed sixth, with fans of both sides very livid about the positions of their respective clubs.
Having let go of 10 plus players, each and recruiting almost the same number, both sides are reeling at the opportunity to make amends for the failures of last season.
Hearts will begin the quest to land their 22nd league title at the Accra Sports Stadium tomorrow when they welcome new boys, Basake Holy Stars.
Hearts pitched camp in Togo for their pre-season and rounded up preparation with a game against Dreams FC last Wednesday, setting the stage for a blistering season.
Asante Kotoko have been an exciting side during the pre-season, blowing away all their opponents and already drawing the league champions talk even before the competition starts.
They will trek to the Naa Sheriga Sports Centre tomorrow to face nemesis Karela United, whom they have found the going often tough against, especially away.
Today at the Accra Sports Stadium, Dreams FC will take on defending champions, Samartex FC.
Having been denied usage of the Tuba Astro turf as their new home venue, the Still Believe boys, who finished ninth on the log last season, will be at the Accra Sports Stadium until further notice.
Coach Karim Zito is looking to better those statistics from last season, and starting on a winning note is something he is relishing.
For Samartex, they have already hit the ground running, clearing the first hurdle in the CAF Champions League with a double over Cameroonian side, Victory United FC.
Coach Nurudeen Amadu is expecting a tougher challenge this season following their success.
At the Nii Adjei Kraku II Sports Complex in Tema today, newly promoted side, Vision FC, will test their readiness for the topflight against visiting Berekum Chelsea.
Medeama SC will host Accra Lions at the newly built Tarkwa and Aboso Stadium, with Nations FC facing Bechem United at the Kwame Kyei Sports Complex.
Other games will have Aduana FC take on Heart of Lions at the Nana Agyemang Badu I Park in Dormaa, Gold Stars host Legon Cities at the Bibiani Duns Park, with the Nana Konamansah Park hosting the Nsoatreman FC and newly promoted Young Apostles game.
RAYMOND ACKUMEY
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Bawumia Has Good Ideas And Programmes For Ghana, Not 24-Hour Discos– Pres Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is confident that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia remains best qualified on our political market to lead the country into the much desired fourth industrial revolution.
According to the President, who is currently on a two-day visit of the Northern, North East and Savanna regions, Dr. Bawumia has been well prepared, and he is now ready to become President.
Whilst asking for the support and effort of the Nayiri and the people of Mamprugu for their son, the Vice President, President Akufo-Addo said, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is a man of good ideas and good programmes for the country.
“He is not proposing 24-hour discotheques. He is the man best qualified to lead Ghana into the fourth industrial revolution. So I want us to work together make sure he becomes the next president of this country,” he said.
Establishing the premise of his remarks, President Akufo-Addo said he is asking for the support not just because he is a son of Mampruguland, but because, “Dr Bawumia is extremely competent, fit and able to be our next President.
“I’ve worked with him for these past sixteen years and apart from being capable, competent and intellectually well-endowed, he is also a man of great loyalty, principled and honest. I am confident that if the people of Ghana agree with me and give him the chance, he will make an excellent President,” he added.
He was confident that if Ghanaians agree with him, and give Dr Bawumia the chance, “he will make an excellent President.”
According to him “Like all big Chiefs get concerned about matters relating to who succeeds them the person who will occupy your seat after you, the difference between us is that you will never know who will follow you, but in my case, I will know who will follow me.”
“Because you are a monarch and you will reign until you die, its only after your death that your successor is chosen, but I am a republican and democratic Chief, and I know who will succeed me. So I’ve come here to ask for your support to make sure that your son, my Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia succeeds me,” he concluded.
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Appiah Kubi named Ex-National Goalkeepers Union best Premier League goalkeeper for September
Medeama SC’s Appiah Kubi has been named September’s Goalkeeper of the Month, recognizing his outstanding performances in the Ghana Premier League’s opening round.
The talented shot-stopper achieved two clean sheets in three consecutive Premier League victories during September.
Notably, Kubi is the first Medeama SC goalkeeper to receive this award since the 2023/24 season.
The shot stopper will receive a pair of gloves, branded towel, water bottles and T-shirt from the Ex- National Goalkeepers Union (NEGU).
