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Asante Kotoko centre-back Yussif Mubarik will do his nuptials with his girlfriend Hasita Mohammed Dembara in Kumasi this month.

The former Ashantigold defender will finally leave the lonely train of bachelorhood in a ceremony at Aboabo Middle B Park in Kumasi, on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at 3:00 PM.

Top club officials, teammates, family and friends as well as the football community are expected to grace the occasion.

Mubarik will become the first Ghana Premier League player to tie the knot in 2022.

Yussif ubarik, 26, has been splendid in the 2021/22 Ghana Premier League campaign for the Porcupines – featuring 21 times in all competitions and aiding the club to clinch the league title.

Hearts of Oak head coach, Samuel Boadu has threatened to quit his job following his side’s defeat to King Faisal on Sunday.

In the matchday 32 games, the Phobians, who have been poor in the ongoing campaign were hosted by the ‘Insha Allah’ in Kumasi at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Richard Akrofi scored in the 92nd minute as King Faisal picked up all three points to boost their chances of playing in the Premier League next season.

After the game, Samuel Boadu, who won domestic treble last season was left weeping as he suspected his players of playing a fixed game.

According to Kumasi-based journalist, Michael Akomeah, the former Medeama SC boss wept after the game and even threatened to quit his job as the head coach of the side.

“Coach Samuel Boadu crying at Baba Yara Sport’s Stadium… because he thinks his players played a fixed game… he wants to even quit the job…Wow,” Akomeah tweeted after the game on Sunday.

Match-fixing in the topflight football has become a major canker. Ashgold and Inter Allies have been demoted to Division Two after playing a fixed game during their 2020/21 Ghana Premier League at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium.

The defeat leave Hearts of Oak, who are the defending champions at the 4th position with 48 points with King Faisal sitting on the 13th position with 39 points.

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Asante Kotoko legend Opoku Afriyie says Hearts of Oak defender Mohammed Alhassan should have made the Black Stars squad ahead of Jonathan Mensah.

Jonathan Mensah was named in Ghana’s squad by Coach Otto Addo for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the World Cup friendlies.

The Columbus Crew defender made a return to the team after missing out of the squad for the World Cup playoff against Nigeria in March.

Mohammed Alhassan has been in superb form for Hearts of Oak this season. The 30-year-old has made 27 appearances in the ongoing season.

His performances has earned him a call up to the Black Stars B for the upcoming CHAN qualifier against Benin.

Sarfo Gyamfi believes the the Hearts of Oak deputy captain deserved to be in the Black Stars squad for the 2023 AFCON qualifiers because he performed better than Jonathan Mensah.

“ Jonathan Mensah has done his bit for the Black Stars, I thought is was time to call Mohammed Alhassan of Hearts Of Oak, He is a very hard defender and deserves to be in the national team” he told CTV.

Jonathan Mensah sustained a serious head injury in the game against Central Africa Republic on Sunday.

The Columbus Crew captain has been discharged from the hospital and will travel with the team to Japan for the four-nation tournament.

This could be a massively exciting one. Reports say Emmanuel Keyekeh could return to Karela United, while Umar Bashiru heads in the opposite direction to Asante Kotoko.

Keyekeh joined Kotoko from Karela in 2020 but has struggled due to various injuries and has failed to impressed the Reds fraternity and reports say he has been a target for many Premier League clubs including Aduana Stars and Medeama.

Umar Bashiru, on the other hand, joined Karela after a torrid time with the Porcupines from West African Football Academy (WAFA) in 2018 under C.K Akonnor’s era.

He was an integral member of Akonnor’s side that reached the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup and left the club the following season on mutual consent.

Bashiru has made 31 appearances for Karela United this season and has scored 14 goals with 3 assists as a midfielder.

According to former Kotoko Communications Director and Silver FM journalist Obed Acheampong’s sources, Bashiru is now wanted by Kotoko. It is believed that the club is interested to secure a swap deal that would send Keyekeh back to the Ayinase-club.

Myfabulousonline will be keeping a close eye on all the updates on this highly attractive transfer story.

England U21 defender Tariq Lamptey has had fruitful talks with the Ghana Football Association and he is set to play for the Black Stars ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The 21-year-old has been in Ghana for holidays as well as for charity work.

However, he seized the opportunity to talk with handlers of the Ghana Football Association as he makes a decision over his international future.

GHANASoccernet.com has revealed that the player has been convinced by the FA’s propositions and will be available for Ghana’s next international assignments.

The Brighton and Hove Albion right-back asked to be excused from the England U21 squad during the international break as he sorts out personal issues.

He travelled to Ghana, where he took to opportunity to watch the Black Stars in the game against Madagascar at the Cape Coast stadium.

Lamptey’s decision to represent Ghana stems from the fact that he has not been given a look by the English senior team and competition for places could hamper his international future.

The London-born has been key to Brighton manager Graham Potter’s team for past two seasons despite spells out with injury.

Dutch-born Ghanaian winger, Edwin Gyasi has named his two favorites players in the current Asante Kotoko set-up.

Being hailed as the brain behind Kotoko lifting of the league title by fans of the club, Gyasi in an interview with Pure FM in Kumasi is also throwing huge songs of praise towards Franck Mbella Etouga, describing him as a very good striker after watching him against Aduana Stars in Kumasi.

In the game, Etouga scored the opening goal but unfortunately missed two penalty kicks. The 21-year-old is the current topscorer of the Ghana Premier League with 21 goals. 

Gyasi is certain the Cameroonian is a huge talent who will go all the way to the top of World Football.

Again, he named left-back Imoro Ibrahim as the most impressive Kotoko player he saw on the day. Gyasi who supports the Porcupine due to his parents’ love for the club described Imoro as talented.

Imoro is currently leading the assist chart with eight (8) goals in the Premier League.

Meanwhile, Edwin Gyasi has featured five times for the Black Stars, netting once.

Asante Kotoko legend Sarfo Gyamfi has urged the club not to sell inform striker Franck Mbella Etouga for not less than 1 million dollars following his impressive display this season.

The 20-year-old bagged his 21st league goal of the season to propel the league champions to a 1-0 win over Great Olympics at the Accra Sports stadium.

Etouga’s goal contribution helped the Reds secure their 21st league title with three games left to play.

“Kotoko must not hesitate to sell him of an amount of 1milllion dollars offer comes from a club, He is a good player in fact a complete striker he is,”Gyamfi told Hot FM.

“The reason why He is scoring more goals in Kumasi is because of the good nature of the Kumasi pitch and also the support.”

He added, “We don’t have good pitches in Ghana at all, just look at the Berekum Park just like the waste product from a cow.”

Coach Prosper Narteh Ogum side’s will be crowned champions of their 25th Premier League title on Sunday June 12, 2022 when they host Elmina Sharks on match week 33.

By virtue of winning the league title, Kotoko will represent Ghana at next year’s CAF Champions League.