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Gold Stars, Kotoko set for Champion of Champions clash
GHANA Premier League champions, Bibiani Gold Stars, and FA Cup winners, Asante Kotoko, are set to face-off in the 2025 Champion of Champions game at the Duns Park in Bibiani on Sunday.
The build-up to the encounter, which is to decide the best among the two, has been affected greatly by the contrasting fortunes of the two clubs as they engage in local competitions to prepare for the new football season and African club championships.
Both sides recently featured in the Ghana League Clubs Association’s (GHALCA) Top 4 competition that also had Hearts of Oak and Kpando Heart of Lions.
Gold Stars emerged winners with Kotoko failing to win a single game, earning the tag as whipping boys of the competition.
Apart from the poor results, the team’s performance has been nothing to be enthused about, and that has raised concerns over the future of Coach Karim Zito who was confirmed as Head Coach after guiding the club to a top four finish and winning the FA Cup and the Toyota Cup in South Africa.
But Coach Frimpong Manso, a legend of Kotoko, would show no mercy on the club he featured for as a player, especially when there is a huge accolade as super champions at stake.
For him and his charges, it remains another opportunity to add to their silverware, a kind of honours that could elude them for many years to come.
But Kotoko’s precarious position notwithstanding, they remain a threat to Gold Stars and the Stars cannot afford to underestimate them as they boast of the personnel to turn their fortunes around when the stakes are high.
By Andrew Nortey
CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe mourns tragic death of Berekum Chelsea star Dominic Frimpong
The promising 20-year-old footballer painfully lost his life when the team bus was attacked while returning from a Ghana Premier League fixture.
In an official letter addressed to Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association, Dr. Motsepe conveyed his deep sorrow over the devastating loss.
According to him, “It is with profound sadness that I learned of the armed robbery attack on the bus of Berekum Chelsea, returning from a Ghana Premier League fixture, which claimed the life of a 20-year-old winger Dominic Frimpong.”
The CAF President went on to express condolences on behalf of both himself and the continental football body, recognising the pain felt by all those connected to the young player.
“Please pass my personal and CAF’s deepest condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Dominic Frimpong and to the Ghana Football Association,” he noted.
In a message filled with compassion and solidarity, Dr. Motsepe offered prayers and support to the bereaved and the wider Ghanaian football community.
He added, “May God comfort and console his loved ones and the entire Ghanaian football community. CAF is with you during this sad and painful period.”
According to the GFA, it remains in constant communication with the club and relevant authorities, including the Ghana Police Service, as investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the attack.
Authorities are being urged to ensure that all necessary steps are taken to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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FIFA President extends condolences to Berekum Chelsea FC following passing of Dominic Frimpong
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino has extended condolences on behalf of FIFA and the global football community to the family, friends, and Berekum Chelsea FC.
This follows the tragic passing of player Dominic Frimpong in a reported attack after a Ghana Premier League fixture against former Premier League Champions FC Samartex 1996 on Sunday.
President Gianni Infantino says he is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of the 20-year-old calling the passing tragic.
