Kotokos coronation ends season

Richard Yeboah’s header after 57 minutes crowned Kotoko’s season and cemented their place as 2011/2012 Ghana Premier League champions.The reds beat Tema Youth 1-0 on Sunday in front of a raucous home crowd in Kumasi. It’s now the 21st title for Kotoko, and the atmosphere was joyous from start to finish. The catalyst for the winner was this season’s impact sub for the reds, Kofi Nti-Boakye, who came on for Stephen Oduro.The player raced down the left before stepping over and using his weaker left foot to lob into the penalty box. Yeboah was there to head through a diving header.But the man of the match was Gideon Baah at left back, who gave Tema Youth a lot of trouble in his position, midfield and even upfront. Maxwell Konadu started Ben Acheampong who has been called up for Ghana’s double header with Lesotho and Zambia in early June.

And elsewhere

Second-place AshGold made it another year of being in the penultimate position of the league. Last year, they finished with 47 points; this season, they had two points more.But this season sees the winners stretch the Miners by 14 points while it was 10 by Berekum Chelsea. The Porcupine Warriors won the league with four matches to spare. AshGold beat Ebusua Dwarfs 2-0 at the Sekondi Stadium, with two goals from the spot by Mohammed Yakubu.Wassaman drew 0-0 with Heart of Lions, but are still very much relegated. In the Brong Ahafo region, Liberty Professionals also drew 1-1 at the Agyemang Badu Park with Aduana Stars.Medeama’s hopes of finishing second ended in failure, after they were beaten by Wa All Stars up north.

All the scores

Accra: Hearts 4-0 Arsenals

Kumasi: Kotoko 1-0 T. Youth

Dormaa: Aduana 1-0 Liberty

Essipong: Dwarfs 0-2 AshGold

Wa: A. Stars 1-0 Medeama

Bekwai: New Edubiase 1-0 Bechem Utd

Berekum: Chelsea 1-1 Mighty Jets

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Ghana beats Nigeria

Ghana’s under-20s defeated the old enemy with a spirited 3-2 win against Nigeria at the Cape Town International Challenge on Friday. Both teams next play on Sunday, with Nigeria facing Argentina at the Cape Town Stadium, and Ghana playing hosts South Africa.The Black Satellites showed superior possession in the first half of the possession, with Wa All Stars’ Franck Sarfo Gyamfi an absolute livewire against the left back of Nigeria, Tolulope Aluko.Nigeria goalkeeper Samuel Okani was on multiple-duty from Ghana’s piled pressure in search of the opening goal. But it was level and goalless at the end of the first half.

Nigeria’s Uche Agbo got the opening goal just after the restart, totally against the run of play. But the Enyimba player did not celebrate for long, as Ghana drew level almost immediately. Kotoko’s Baba Abdul Rahman curled it in.The Flying Eagles knew they had to keep their recent good record against Ghana going – after drawing and beating the Satellites in their last two respective meetings. The second goal soon came in the 61st minute from Wikki Tourists’ striker Aminu Umar.At this time, the game had reached a frenetic pace and with ten minutes to time as Sarfo Gyamfi hit a bullet freekick from the near the Nigerian box. And the with full time looming, the Satellites got the clincher.Heart of Lions’ Benjamin Annan-Fadi had earlier been brought on to replace Adam Bassit and a good move saw him win it for the Satellites with four minutes to go.

Teams

Nigeria: Samuel Okani; Patrick Kingsley/Brown Braiye (75′), Ikechukwu Okorie, Tolulope Aluko, Izuegbu Abonima; Shehu Abdullahi, Uche Agbo /Lucky Omeruo (57′), Nzube Anaezemba, Ugonna Ezenwaka; Alhaji Gero, Aminu Umar/Alimi (78′).

Ghana: Felix Annan; Baba Rahman Abdul, Jacob Asiedu Apau, Daniel Amartey; Mumuni Abubakar/Isaac Sakey (66′), Frank Sarfo-Gyamfi, Seidu Salifu, Fatam Safiu Abdul, Prince Baffoe/Moro Ibrahim (75′); Lawrence Lartey, Adam Bassit Abdul/Benjamin Annan Fadi (59′)

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