Raphael Nii Ankrah won the Boys Under 14 when he beat Nathaniel Allotey 6-1, 6-0 in an interesting game at the finals of the 2020 Sydney Katz Open for junior players at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

Doris Adjokatse outclassed Jessica Adjetey 6-3, 6-2 to win the Girls Under 14.

In the exciting Under 12 match finals, Lisel Ampah beat Hephzibaah Appiah 6-2, 6-1, while Matthew Nyarko defeated Donayus Nyaaba 6-1. 6-2 in the Boys Under12 finals.

Mrs. Carthy Morton of Activly Sports, one of the organisers described the programme which was jointly made possible with the Michael Nortey Foundation as very successful.

Prizes were given to the winners and runners up.

The 2020 Sydney Katz Juniors Tennis Open is sponsored by Twellium Industrial Company, IPMC, New York Tennis and Learning Programme, Puma Drinks, Active and H.A.B.E.S.H.A.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Hamburg right-back, Jan Gyamerah, has expressed his intentions to play for the Ghana national team.

The 25-year-old has been a key part of the Bundesliga 2 side since joining them in 2019.

Despite having strong roots in Germany, he wants to feature for the Black Stars in the near future.

"It would be a dream for me to play for Ghana," the defender frankly admits to the Hamburger Abendblatt.

"I've been a big fan of the Black Stars since the 2006 World Cup. I was eleven years old - and Ghana was at a World Cup for the first time. I was absolutely thrilled."

"I told my father that I would definitely play for Ghana one day."

He has made five Bundesliga 2 appearances so far this season.

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…Finals On Saturday At Accra Sports Stadium

The young Tennis players who want to take the future by storm were just exciting to watch during the week, after the Accra Sports Stadium has been fumigated to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

All the players who participated did well, even losers looked like champions and their performances prove that the future of the game is very bright, and special thanks must go to the organisers and sponsors.

The Under 12 Boys and Girls and Under 14 Boys and Girls played beyond expectations as some short or smaller player were beating bigger and older players.

At the time of filing this news, Hephzibah Appiah was supposed to play Ayidaana Akuguri in one of the Under 12 Semi Finals.

Priscilla A. Aboagye was also to play Lisel Ampah in the other Under 12 Semi Final.

In the Boy’s Under 12 Semi Finals, Ashiaman boy, Donatus Nyaaba beat Derrick Boateng of Tesano Sports club 6-2, 6-3, while Matthew Nyarko fro Winneba also defeated Joseph Atirsogbe of the Stadium club 6-0, 6-1

The finals on Saturday hope to be exciting, and Junior Tennis fans and parents are encouraged to come to the Tennis Courts of the Accra Sports Stadium with their kids to see the prospects of Ghana Tennis.

The 2020 Sydney Katz Juniors Tennis Open is sponsored by Twellium Industrial Company, IPMC, New York Tennis and Learning Programme, Puma Drinks, Active and H.A.B.E.S.H.A.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

StarTimes Ghana, the official broadcast rights holder of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) will broadcast live a minimum 68 matches in the first round of the season for the first time in the competition’s history.

This unprecedented offering is part of the work being done by the GFA and the television giant aimed at progressively growing the brand and to ensure availability of the GFA products to patrons of the game in Ghana.

To achieve this, the GFA will continue to deploy innovative ways such as the ever-popular Friday night games and Monday night football. Match scheduling will be crucial in ensuring that there are two live matches on Saturdays and Sundays.

On Matchday One, Ghanaians will be served with five (5) live games by StarTimes Ghana in the opener of the 2020-21 Ghana Premier League season, the company has announced.

Again, all the non-live league matches will be covered to give fans a comprehensive Highlights Show.

This forms part of StarTimes’ efforts to expand coverage of the top flight league to “provide the biggest and most advanced television production by far with at least 8 cameras for live matches”.

According to the Marketing Manager of StarTimes Ghana, Mrs. Akorfa Banson during the launch of the 2020-21 football season on Thursday night, the goal of the right holder is to “ensure a top-quality viewing experience for fans around the world”.

Addressing stakeholders during Thursday night’s launch, Mrs. Akorfa Banson further stated that StarTimes will “invest over USD 1 million on production, and over USD 500,000 on promotion” of the GPL activities.

According to General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo, (Esq), this year’s league will have only 25% capacity of spectators at the various stadia in line with Covid-19 protocols of the Republic of Ghana and hence the GFA and its partners are eager to ensure that more matches are brought to the home of fans.

“The 18 Clubs are expected to give the broadcast rights partner, StarTimes all the support required as we build up the brand capital of the Ghana Premier League together” said the General Secretary of the GFA.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA), has announced training attachment packages for top performing Coaches of the Ghana Premier League, the national Division One League and the Women’s Premier League.

Speaking at Thursday’s season Launch in Accra, President, Kurt E.S Okraku emphasized that the GFA has secured attachment opportunities for Coaches who will excel in the 2020/2021 football season.

"Coaches of the two top clubs at the end of the Premier League season will go on coaching attachment outside the shores of Ghana. Same will be applicable to the national Division One League, the top Coach in each of the three zones would also go on attachment outside the shores of Ghana. And for the Women’s Premier League, the top Coach in each of the two zones will also undertake an attachment to enhance their capacity outside the shores of Ghana" President Okraku added

The Ghana Premier League will commence on Saturday, November 14, 2020 with two live games. Former Champions Aduana Stars will battle giants Accra Hearts of Oak at the Nana Agyemang Badu I park at Dormaa. While, Legon Cities take on Berekum Chelsea at the Accra Sports stadium.

GFA COMMUNICATIONS

The winner of the 2020/2021 Ghana Women’s Premier League is set to pocket GHC 50,000 as prize money with the runner up taking home GHC30,000. This was contained in the speech of President Kurt E.S Okraku on Thursday, November 06, 2020, during the launch of the new season.

The President added that, 40 gold medals will also be presented to players, officials and technical team members of the winning team in addition to the prize money.

The second placed team will take home an amount of GHC30,000 plus 40 silver Medals. While the third-place team in each zone would receive GHC 15,000 plus 30 Bronze medals.

He further announced that there will be a shopping voucher worth GHC2,000 for all 16 participating teams from our proud partners, Melcom Ghana.

According to the President, the two top performing coaches in each zone at the end of the season will go on attachment outside the shores of Ghana to enhance their capacity. The Ghana Women’s Premier League is set to commence on January 2, 2020.

GFA COMMUNICATIONS

Each winner of the three Zones in the National Division One League would receive GHc50,000 as prize money.

GFA President Kurt E.S Okraku made this revelation on Thursday, November 05, 2020 during the Launch of the new campaign.

The second-place team in each of the three Zones would also walk home with an amount of GHc30, 000.

Again, the top three teams in each of the Zones would receive GHc5,000 worth of grocery shopping vouchers from our proud partners Melcom Ghana. While the third placed second place.

Additionally, each of the three winners would also receive GHc25,000 to prepare for the Ghana Premier League the season after. In total, the winning team of our national Division One League would receive GHc75,000, per each zone.

The first placed team would receive 40 gold medals, the second placed team would receive 40 silver medals and the third placed team would receive 40 Bronze medals.

The Division One League is the second tier League competition in Ghana. Forty -eight clubs compete in championship with 16 clubs in each zone as the winners of the three Zones qualify to compete in the Ghana Premier League.

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Former International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Lightweight Champion, Emmanuel “Gameboy” Tagoe (31-1,15 KO’s) will take on American boxer Mason Joseph Menard (36-4, 25KO’s) on November 27, 2020.

The bout scheduled for the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States of America (USA) would see the highly-rated Ghanaian boxer take a step closer in his quest to annex the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Lightweight title.

Tagoe has been in Miami over the past months where he had been preparing for the bout and would be seeking to continue his impressive winning streak against the 32-year-old American boxer.

“Game Boy” is ranked the world’s ninth-best active Lightweight boxer by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Tagoe, over the past months, was supposed to fight Denis Berinchyk of Ukraine in a final eliminator but the highly anticipated bout hit the snag.

Menard on the other made his last debut in the ring against Travis Hartman in August 2019 where he recorded an impressive unanimous decision win.

Multiple Lightweight championTeofimo Lopez officially made the leap to the top ranks after dispatching Mason Menard in just 44 seconds into the first round.

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The Ghana Football Association (GFA), on Friday, November 05, 2020 launched the 65th Ghana Premier League season and other products of the Association.  The launch took place in the studio of Broadcast partner, StarTimes and broadcasted live on StarTimes Adepa Channel 247 and Max TV.

"We are on the precipice of a new football season. It is a time that many have longed for in the last ten months. I look forward to the familiar feeling of anticipation, anguish, joy, passion and all other emotions that football is known to unearth in all of us. President Kurt E.S Okraku said at the launch

"It will be recalled that the local league kicked-off on 29th December, 2019 amidst fervent anticipation and support from all stakeholders.

"The GFA recorded a total of 133 games that were played during the Premier league matches; 310 games in the Division One League, 56 games in the Women’s Premier League and 75 games in the FA Cup until the global pandemic abruptly shut down all forms of football and contact sports in Ghana.

"It is no secret that the last football season was truncated because of a virus that proved itself a formidable adversary to the existence of the human race" President Simeon-Okraku added

Other speakers on the night were, Madam Hilary Boaten, Chairperson of the Women’s League Management Committee and Mr. Akwasi Agyemang, Chairman of the Division One League Committee.

The National Division One League is expected to kick off in December 2020. While the MTN FA Cup and Women’s Premier League kick off in January 2021.

The GFA also unveiled the official song of the Ghana Premier League, entitled ‘Our Own’, composed by Ref Gee, a new kid on the block.

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Ghana Premier League official broadcast right holders, StarTimes has assured the football fraternity of its commitment to providing top quality coverage of the Ghana Premier League in the 2020/2021 season.

Following as many as 10 months of inactive football in the country, a new season is finally set to commence this month.

At the official launch of the season today, Mrs. Akorfa Banson who is Head of Marketing at StarTimes Ghana has emphasized that her outlet will put in the needed effort to provide the best coverage for the upcoming Premier League campaign.

“For we at StarTimes, it is the only league that matters.

“This is our own. Let’s cherish our own. The only league that matter is back on StarTimes”, Mrs. Akorfa Banson said at the launch telecasted on Max TV.

In the new season, StarTimes has noted that they will invest over $1 million dollars into the coverage of the Ghana Premier League.

The leading pay-TV operator has also confirmed that 5 lives matches will be available on StarTimes on Matchday 1 of the season.

Source ModernGhana