Soccer-"We don't owe Agbozorme Weavers"- Olympics
Accra (Greater Accra), 26th November, 1999
Champion club, Accra Hearts of Oak has slapped an indefinite ban on Emmanuel Ofei Ansah, the club’s assistant coach, and first choice goalkeeper, James Nanor, for what it described as undisciplined behaviour during the Hearts-Shooting Stars CAF Champions League match at Ibadan, Nigeria on November 7.
A statement signed by Mr. Harry Zakkour, the club's Chief Executive, failed to spell out the incident involving their assistant coach but referred to the spitting by goalkeeper Nanor on Ivorian referee Sinko Zell after the match and said he was being punished for the embarrassment that he has caused the club and the nation.
The statement attributed the dismal performance of Hearts in this year’s continental competition to the surge in indiscipline among the playing body and said the club was embarking on measures to clamp down on such behaviour.
FIFA, the world soccer governing body, earlier slapped an indefinite ban on Nanor for the unsporting behaviour which has effectively sidelined him from all international matches, at least for one year He also loses his position in the Black Stars, who are preparing for the CAN 2000 soccer tournament, as the number two goalkeeper.
Nanor has however apologised to FIFA and the referee through the GFA for his unruly behaviour which he said was "uncharacteristic" of him.
Meanwhile, six players of Hearts have been put on the transfer list. Former stalwart defender, Emmanuel Armah ‘Senegal’ was among those hatched. The rest are Lukeman Olaya, Mike Sewornu, Jeddy Botwe, Frank Ofori and Solomon Allan.
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Kumasi (Ashanti Region), 26th November 99
Prince Adu-Poku, skipper of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, is responding to treatment at the Boakye Dankwa Memorial Hospital in Kumasi where he has been on admission since he was involved in a motor accident two weeks ago.
Adu-Poku was involved in a head-on collision accident, one week after Kotoko’s return from Germany, on the Kumasi-Takoradi road. The driver of the taxicab on which they were travelling died on the spot.
At the Boakye Dankwa Hospital yesterday, Dr Albert Prempeh, in charge of the place said Adu-Poku is recuperating fast and could be discharged in a week’s time.
He however expressed concern about the frequent visits to the bedside of the ace player and appealed for him to be allowed some solitude.
He advised that Adu-Poku be moved to Accra as soon as he is discharged to enable him to rest properly.
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Soccer-"We don't owe Agbozorme Weavers"- Olympics
Accra (Greater Accra), 26th November 99
Mr. Joseph Ade Coker, Chairman of Accra Great Olympics, on Friday presented a copy of the contract agreement between his club and Agbozorme Weavers, a second division team in the Volta Region, in respect of the transfer of Dan Addo.
According to the agreement presented at Friday's sitting in Accra of the Player Transfer Commission, Addo was transferred from Weavers to Olympics for 350,000 cedis in the 1991 soccer season.
The two clubs entered into a re-negotiation after Addo secured a foreign contract with a German first division side, Bayern 04 Leverkussen, which enjoined Olympics at the time to pay Weavers 1.5 million cedis.
Mr Ade Coker tendered a letter written to the Ghana Football Association by Mr Apatu-Plange, then Chairman of Olympics, in evidence, which showed that Olympics paid 500,000 cedis as part payment on November, 22 1991.
However, when the balance was not forth coming, Mr. Thomas Amematekpor, Chairman of Weavers went to court with the matter.
The court subsequently ordered the Ade Coker's administration to pay the balance, which they did.
The Commission has asked Okwawu United and Ashanti Royals to resolve the issue over the transfer of Emmanuel Bentil and report back on December 13.
Royals, Bentil's former club, before he joined Okwawu, are demanding 30 per cent of his transfer fee to a German club.
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