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Cheetah F.C.
Cheetah Fotball Club is a Ghanaian football club based in Kasoa in the Central Region of Ghana. The club currently competes in Central Region Zone of the Division Two League which is the third tier of the football league system in Ghana, and the MTN FA Cup. History In 2009, Abdul-Hayye Yartey, a Ghanaian sports executive and entrepreneur founded the club in Kasoa as a juvenile club. The club started scouting young prospects across Ghana and recruiting them to form a football club. In 2021, the club was named on the top 10 clubs in Africa with the most outgoing transfers of players in FIFA's 2020 Global Transfer Market Report. As of 2021, the team plays in the Central Regional Football Association (CRFA) Division Two League. Some of the club's most notable players are Christian Atsu, Emmanuel Toku and Alhassan Wakaso amongst others. Grounds In August 2020, the club began the construction of an AstroTurf AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Two League, Ghana
The Division Two League is the second tier football league in Ghana. It is two tiers below the Ghana Premier League. The top teams after series of games are promoted to the upper tier and lower teams are relegated League structure The league is divided into regional zones with a zone in each of the ten regions of the country. Each zone is further divided into two groups to further reduce the distance between the participating teams in a zone. ;2011–12 teams ; Brong Ahafo Football Association. ''Zone A'' * Berekum Berlin FC * Mim Freedom Fighters * Techiman Kenten AC Milan ''Zone B'' * Japeikrom Asuo PRU * Nsoatreman FC (Nsoatre) * Techiman GSP United ; Central Regional Football Association. * Abreshia United * Adansi Praso WAECO FC * Agona Swedru Amanpong FC * Cape Coast Nadel Ahli Rovers * Ekotsi Hi-Kings FC (also listed as Gomoa Assin Hi-Kings) * F.C. Takoradi ; Eastern Regional Football Association. * Akosombo Sparks FC * Amasaman Bright Future FC * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasoa
Kasoa, formerly known as Odupongkpehe, is a peri-urban town in the Awutu Senya East Municipal District of the Central region of Ghana. Location Kasoa has territory in 1 of the 20 Metropolitan, Municipalities and Districts (MMADs) in the Central Region of Ghana: Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA). It is the largest and fastest growing town and municipality. The city is situated along the Accra- Cape Coast Road and, approximately , by road, west of Kotoka International Airport, the International Airport that serves Ghana's capital city of Accra. approximately , by road, west of the central business district of the city of Accra. The coordinates of the town are:05 31 12N, 00 28 48W (Latitude:5.5200; Longitude:-0.4800). The average elevation of Kasoa is 75 m above sea level. Climate Kasoa experiences a five-month dry season lasting from November through March. During the dry season, the northeast trade winds are prominent. The dry season is followed by a seven-mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Region (Ghana)
The Central Region is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. It is bordered by Ashanti and Eastern regions to the north, Western region to the west, Greater Accra region to the east, and to the south by the Gulf of Guinea. The Central region is renowned for its many elite higher education institutions and an economy based on an abundance of industrial minerals and tourism. The Central region attains many tourist attractions such as castles, forts and beaches stretched along the Central region's coastline. Economy and tourism The Central Region is a hub of education, with some of the best schools in the country. The region's economy is dominated by services followed by mining and fishing. Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle are prominent UNESCO World Heritage Sites and serve as a reminder of the slave trade. The Central Region is a major center for tourism within the peninsula of Ashantiland and it has some of the most beautiful beaches and national parks (Kaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division One League, Ghana
The Division One League is the second tier football league in Ghana organized by the Ghana Football Association. It was previously known by the title sponsor as the GN Bank Division One League. It is below the Ghana Premier League. The winner of each of the 3 zones will promote to the 1st tier League League structure The league is divided into three zones with a zone in the southern, middle and northern sectors of the country. Regions Zone One: Brong-Ahafo, Northern, Upper West & Upper East Region Regions Zone Two: Central, Western & Ashanti Region Regions Zone Three: Eastern, Volta & Greater Accra Region 2020-21 Division One League clubs with a stadium capacity of at least 10,000: 2021-22 See also * Ghana Premier League * List of football clubs in Ghana * Ghana Football Leagues List of Professional Leagues from Ghana under the Premier League. Division One League The league is divided into three zones with a zone in the southern, middle and nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian FA Cup
The Ghanaian FA Cup, currently known as the MTN Group, MTN FA Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the top Single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament of the Ghanaian association football. The competition is played between the clubs of the Ghana Premier League, Premier League, Ghana Football Leagues#Division One League .28Poly Tank Division One League.29, Division One League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Two League, Division Two League, Ghana Ghana Football Leagues#Division Three League, Division Three League and Ghana Football Leagues#GAFCOA, GAFCOA. The first G.F.A. Cup competition took place in the season 1957–1958, with an eight years hiatus between the seasons 2002-2010. Accra Hearts of Oak SC, Hearts of Oak is the most successful club, having won the competition on 10 occasion, followed by Asante Kotoko S.C., Asante Koko who have won the cup on nine occasions. In 2016, Bechem United defeated Okwawu United 2–1 in the 2016 final. The current holder is Accra He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Atsu
Christian Atsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – ) was a Ghanaian professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, although he was also deployed as an attacking midfielder or left back. Atsu began his career with Porto, also spending a season on loan at Rio Ave. In 2013, he was signed by Chelsea for £3.5 million, who subsequently loaned him to Vitesse Arnhem, Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Málaga. After spending the 2016–17 season on loan at Newcastle United, he completed a permanent transfer to the club in May 2017. Following the end of his four-year contract he played for Al Raed in Saudi Arabia and Hatayspor in Turkey, where he died in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake at age 31. A full international with 65 caps from 2012 to 2019, Atsu represented Ghana at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. He helped the team finish as runners-up at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, in which he also won Player of the Tournament and Goal of the To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goal (website)
GOAL is an international association football news website for FC Barcelona fans founded in 2004 by Chicco Merighi and Gianluigi Longinotti-Buitoni. It is published in 19 languages, with 38 national editions and 600 contributors. It is owned by Integrated Media Company (IMC), a division of TPG Capital. History GOAL was acquired by Perform Group in 2011, paying £18 million to the website's investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2012, the website was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs department of the UK government over the use of unpaid interns. In August 2016, Perform Group launched the online sports video streaming service DAZN. In September 2018 Perform Group was split into two companies: DAZN Group (named after its streaming service) for its consumer content operations, and Perform Content for its business-to-business services. Under this new structure, GOAL sat under DAZN. In March 2019, DAZN re-organized the Perform Media division into DAZN Media, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Toku
Emmanuel Toku (born 10 July 2000) is a Ghanaian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Oud-Heverlee Leuven, OH Leuven. He played for Ghana at the youth level, playing for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and serving as the captain of the Ghana U-20 national team in 2019. Club career Fremad Amager 2019–20 season Toku started his career with Ghanaian side Cheetah F.C. In August 2019, he signed for Danish 1st Division side Fremad Amager. He made his debut on 25 October 2019 in a 2–1 loss against Hvidovre IF, coming on as a substitute for Théo Chendri at half time. He made his first start for the club on 2 November 2020 in a 4–0 loss to Vejle Boldklub. Toku In a match against HB Køge, he came on in the 60th minute to assist a goal for Lukas Engel in the 83rd minute, which helped the team salvage a 1–1 draw at the end of the match. After that performance he featured more, going on to start in 8th successive times, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alhassan Wakaso
Alhassan Wakaso (born 7 January 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a central defender for Portuguese club Leixões. Club career Born in Tamale, Wakaso arrived in Portugal in 2009 at the age of 17, signing with Portimonense S.C. in the second division. On 28 October of the following year, when he was still a junior, he made his debut for the first team, featuring in a 2–3 away loss against C.D. Aves in the second round in the League Cup. Wakaso was definitely promoted to the Algarve club's main squad for the 2011–12 season. On 23 December 2012, with the side still in the second level, he scored his first goal as a professional, in a 2–1 league win at Vitória S.C. B. Wakaso moved to the Primeira Liga on 20 June 2013, signing with Rio Ave F.C. for three years. He made his debut in the competition for them on 18 August, starting and being replaced late into a 3–0 away victory over C.F. Os Belenenses. In the last minutes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Communications Group Limited
The Graphic Communications Group Limited is the leading and largest newspaper publishing company in Ghana. History Graphic Communications Group Limited was established in 1950 by the then Daily Mirror Group in UK. Products Graphic publishes and distributes all the popular national newspapers. There is the ''Daily Graphic'' which is the flagship and printed everyday except on Sundays. There is the ''Graphic Mirror'', ''Graphic Sports'', ''Graphic Business'', ''Graphic Showbiz'', and the ''Junior Graphic Junior or Juniors may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959 * ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009 * ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010 * ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019 Films * ''Junior'' (1994 ...'' for its junior readers. References Newspapers published in Ghana Publishing companies of Ghana Mass media in Accra Companies based in Accra {{Ghana-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AstroTurf
AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto. Since the early 2000s, AstroTurf has marketed taller pile systems that use infill materials to better replicate natural turf. In 2016, AstroTurf became a subsidiary of German-based SportGroup, a family of sports surfacing companies, which itself is owned by the investment firm Equistone Partners Europe. History The original AstroTurf brand product was invented by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright at Monsanto. The original, experimental installation was inside the Waughhtel-Howe Field House at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island in 1964. It was patented in 1965 and originally sold under the name "ChemGrass." It was rebranded as AstroTurf by a company employee named John A. Wortmann after its first well-publicized use at the Houston Astrodome stadium in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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