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Manchester City Vrs Arsenal; Check Out Arsenal Starting Eleven

February 24, 2024October 8, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

The 2023/2024 season of the English Premier League finally featured Manchester City Vrs Arsenal football club. During last season’s English Premier league, Manchester City and Arsenal had a great tight until the final game between both sides determined the winner of the season which went to Pep and his boys (Manchester City).

In the 2023/2024 season, Manchester City is ahead of Arsenal after the 8 games already played. It is the dream of Arsenal to win the English Premier League this season as they disappointed their fans and supporters in last Seasons English Premier league.

The team line-up on the side of the Arsenal against Manchester City has been announced. Black Stars midfielder Thomas Partey missed out the starting eleven for the side of Arsenal in the clash with Machester City after recovering from injury. It is likely that Thomas Partey will play in the second half of the game.

Here is the first eleven (11) for Arsenal Against Manchester City on the 8th of October 2023.

Raya. White. Saliba. Gabriel. Zinchenko. Odegaard. Jorginho. Rice. Gabriel Jesus. Nketiah. Trossad. Arsenal playing on the formation 4-3-3. The back 4 four was made up of the four giants namely White, Saliba, Gabriel and Zinchenko.

The middle 3 are Odegaard the captain for Arsenal at the right, Jorginho at the centre midfield, and Rice at the left side. The top three were Gabriel Jesus attacking from the right (playing Saka’s role), Nketiah as the centre attacker, and Trossad playing as on the left as an attacker.

Midfielders and Forwarders for Arsenal.

Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Jorginho, Fabio Vieira, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Mohamed Elneny, Kai Havertz, Declan Rice. Forwards: Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah, Leandro Trossard, Nicolas Pepe, Reiss Nelson, Folarin Balogun, Marquinhos. a match between Manchester City vrs Arsenal is always a tough one and very difficult to determine the winner until the 90 minute is over.

Chelsea Vrs Burnley; First Impressive Win For Chelsea This Season

February 24, 2024October 7, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

Chelsea Vrs Burnley had a tough clash on the 7th of October 2023. This happen to be the 8th match on the side of Chelsea in the premier league this season. From the start of the season, Chelsea football club haven’t given their supporters and fans the best from them this season.. The performance is low and Chelsea fans are still expecting the best from them.

In today’s game, it happens that the Chelsea Football club have exhibited their topmost performance for the first time in this 2023/2024 English Premier League season. In terms of goal scoring abilities for this season, Chelsea has proved to have comeback in their old times. It is clear to say that, this is the first time in this season that Chelsea football club have scored more than three (3) goals in a match.

Chelsea Vrs Burnley; First Impressive Win For Chelsea This Season.

Into the first 15 minutes of the game, Burnley broke the seal of the game by scoring a goal from the left angel facing the goal post of Chelsea football club. With the left foot, Odobert finds the net of the goal post with no attempt from the Chelsea’s goalkeeper to save prevent the ball from the goal post. Almost at the end of the first half, a strike from Sterling with his left foot ended into the goal post after the ball deflected with the knee of Burnley’s defender Dakhil making it an own goal.

The clash between Chelsea Vrs Burnley come to an end after the Blues gave an impression performance by scoring three (3) goals in the second half. Palmer a winger for Chelsea scored a penalty in the 50th minute. At the 65th minute, Sterling find the net with his left foot. To end the goals for the match, Jackson the striker for Chelsea ended the game with another left foot strike which ended in the goal post to make a total of four go

Why Scoring 3 Goals Is Called Hat-trick In Football

February 24, 2024October 7, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

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Have you asked yourself once why scoring 3 goals is called a hat-trick in football? Well, here’s the reason revealed below as it’s actually derived from another sport.

Why Scoring 3 Goals Is Called Hat-trick In Football

A hat-trick is mainly a player scoring three goals in a single match. If a player scores 3 goals in one match, it is called as being on a hat-trick.

It’s the peak output of a goal-scoring player which most players dream to attain, but we are just finding out the word was actually not from football.

The word hat-trick was derived from cricket. It was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls.

Talking about the roots of football used word, the BBC wrote: “The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls. The club would give the bowler a hat to celebrate this achievement.”

Furthermore, as per the Oxford English Dictionary, it was initially used in 1858 after an English cricketer named H.H. Stephenson took three wickets in three consecutive balls.

After his marvelous achievement, fans held a collection for Stephenson and presented him with a hat bought with the earnings.

Another use of the word was when Chelmsford Chronicle used the term in print for the first time in 1865.

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Formula 1, rugby and water polo also went ahead to use it as football wasn’t the only sport to adopt the word. his comes in handy so that the next time your team player scores a hat-trick, you will know the root of the word having originated from cricket.

Ghana Vrs USA: Check Out The Head-To-Head And Team List

February 24, 2024October 7, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

Ghana Vrs USA will have a clash after the second international games in Europe. The black stars of Ghana is preparing for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations to be held in 2024. There is a saying that, Practice make man perfect. In view of this, the management of the Black Stars of Ghana have … Read more

BREAKING: Real Madrid To Sack Coach

February 24, 2024October 7, 2023 by Rexford Dede Baah-Nyarkoh

Spanish football club, Real Madrid has revealed plans to sack Coach of the under-17 side, Adria Diaz.

Adria Diaz, an assistant coach for Madrid’s ‘Juvenil C’ side, is in line to be released from his role after writing a thank-you note to Barcelona, according to The Athletic. In the letter, Diaz dubbed Barca “the club of my dreams.”

The coach worked for Barcelona from 2015-2019 in a variety of youth roles. Madrid sources told The Athletic that Diaz is not being fired, and has instead opted to leave voluntarily for an opportunity at second-tier Leganes. Madrid will pay the entirety of his salary, after he penned a one-year contract in July.

Madrid are yet to comment on the issue. Their senior side play against Osasuna on Saturday, where they will hope to pick up three valuable points in La Liga.

However, a senior sportsman of the Real Madrid academy has declared these rumours as false. He denied the allegations that Diaz would be dismissed. Instead they wanted Diaz to leave to find a job in Leganes’ youth academy. However, another source close to the situation disputed this theory, claiming that the possibility of Diaz joining Leganes was discussed by Madrid for the sole purpose of Diaz joining Leganes. Real Madrid declined to comment further when contacted by The Athletic.

Diaz joined Real Madrid in July, but is set to leave just over three months later, with Real Madrid paying out his full salary in the process. The club’s public version is that Diaz has decided to leave of his own volition to join Leganes’ analysis team, yet internal sources ‘strongly deny’ this, alleging that the letter is in fact responsible

GRA Generates ¢15m From Betting Tax, Expected To Generate ¢60m Before Football Season Ends

February 24, 2024October 6, 2023 by Rexford Dede Baah-Nyarkoh

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it has generated ¢15m from the recently implemented betting tax within a month. According to GRA, they are expected to generate ¢60m before the football season ends.

“We have two streams of taxes: the gross revenue tax and the withholding tax. During the first month of implementation, we averaged GH¢20 million for the GGR. As for the withholding tax, we’ve just started the betting season, but during the lean season, we averaged GH¢15 million. We anticipate this to quadruple by May” the Commissioner in charge of DTRD, Edward Gyambra said.

As part of government’s effort to generate more revenue for development, government introduced 10% withholding tax on betting and lottery wins. This tool effect on Tuesday, 15th August, 2023.

Here is how the tax is being charged on bet wins.

The tax is not charged on the amount invested in staking or playing the games. It is only be charged on the profit you have made from it.
Example, if you deposited ¢10,000 into your bet account on 15th August, 2023 and won ¢50,000, tax will be charged on your profit, which is ¢40,000.

HOW IT IS DEDUCTED

The 10% tax on your profit will be deducted once you withdraw your money. If you choose to withdraw the whole ¢50,000, ¢4,000 will be deducted as tax.

There is however some worrying cases with this new tax system in some betting accounts. Some betting users who deposited money in their account before the 15th August, 2023 are being deducted tax even though they didn’t bet with such amount. They only deposited the money only for them to withdraw. They were deducted on their capital.

It will be recalled that in April, the government of Ghana announced plans to introduce taxes on all betting, games and lottery wins.

The new tax was widely criticised by young Ghanaians on social media, many of whom were involved in sports betting.

The betting industry in Ghana has seen tremendous growth in the last decade, leading to many betting companies setting up shop in the country.

In recent years, sports betting has often divided opinion among Ghanaians, with some quarters highlighting its effects on the youth.
Others also believe betting is legal and therefore cannot be described as a bad practice when no laws are broken.

The latest development follows the passage of the Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1094), which subjects all lottery wins to the withholding tax, to be deducted by the lottery operators and paid to the GRA.

In line with the law, the withholding tax deduction applies to winnings paid by private lotto operators of sports betting, casino operators, route operations (slot machines), marketing promotions, national lotto betting, remote interactive games operators, and others

Asamoah Gyan Reacts To KP Boateng’s Allegation Of Being Sacked From Black Stars

February 24, 2024October 6, 2023 by Rexford Dede Baah-Nyarkoh

Asamoah Gyam Reacts To KP Boateng's Allegation Of Being Sacked From Black Stars

Former Captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has reacted to the KP Boateng’s allegation of being sacked from the Black Stars in 2014.

In a tweet sighted by Ghanaeducation.org, Asamoah Gyan revealed that indeed, Kevin Prince Boateng was sacked from the Black Stars by the then manager, Coach Akwasi Appiah.

According to Asamoah Gyan, the coach felt that KP Boateng had disrespected him several times. He added that the coach got really angry on one particular day after Kevin Prince Boateng disrespected him. This led to the sacking of the footballer from the team in 2014.

“Kevin’s case happened at the training grounds between him and the coach in front of everybody. So that was the coach’s decision cos coach felt Kevin disrespected him several times with his chose of words. One thing Kevin didn’t know is we defended him behind the scenes several times. But on that day , coach couldn’t take it anymore and reacted. That was the first time I saw Kwesi Appiah get angry and reacted. So Kevin’ case was the coach’s call. That’s the truth as the captain of the team” he posted

Kevin’s case happened at the training grounds between him and the coach in front of everybody. So that was the coach’s decision cos coach felt Kevin disrespected him several times with his chose of words. One thing Kevin didn’t know is we defended him behind the scenes several…
— ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN3) October 6, 2023

This comes after Kevin-Prince Boateng says he was expelled from the Black Stars team in 2014 for standing up for his teammates.

The midfielder was sacked from camp together with Sulley Muntari after being involved in heated exchanges with the management committee the night before Ghana’s final group game of the World Cup against Portugal.

According to him, he criticised the Ghana Football Association for treating them below what they deserved and asked them to ‘invest’ in the Association, something that didn’t go too well with the management of the Ghana FA.

“I got kicked out from the national team and Schalke in the same season,” he said.

Asked about why he was kicked out of Ghana’s team, the retired player answered, “We had a meeting and I criticised them and I said ‘they can’t treat us like that’ because we know how much they make and they should invest in the organisation [and] give the players the money they deserved

Profile Of Kurt Okraku; His Age And Occupation

February 24, 2024October 5, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

The profile of Kurt Okraku has come to mind following his victory at the just-ended Elections organized by the Ghana Football Association on Thursday 5th October 2023. Honorable Kurt Okraku has been re-elected to his position as the President of the Ghana Football Association for the next four (4) years. Records have it that, the … Read more

Just In: Kurt Okraku Re-elected As GFA President

February 24, 2024October 5, 2023 by Mr. No-Body

Ghanaian sports journalists to demonstrate against GFA and Sports Ministry GFA APOLOGISES FOR BLACK STARS 2023 AFCON EXIT Just In: Kurt Okraku Re-elected As GFA President

The elections of the Ghana Football Association has come to an end. Kurt Okraku re-elected as GFA president for the next four years. Per the constitution of the Ghana Football Association, there is a need to be general elections to elect peoples who will occupy key positions in the Ghana Football Association.

Many people have expressed their disagreement with Kurt Okraku to continue as the President of Ghana Football Association. Other views has been noted that, with the emergence of Kurt Okraku as the President of the Ghana Football Association for the past four years, the Ghana Football Association management and the Ghana Premier League has not been to the very best expectations of Ghanaians. It will interest you to know that, several people embarked on a serious demonstration on the 4th of October 2023 just a day before the elections of the Ghana Football Association. The whole agitation was to get Kurt Okraku out as the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

Kurt Okraku Re-elected As GFA President.

On the 5th of October 2023, The Ghana Football Association held its elections in the Northern Region of Ghana – Tamale. The outcome of the elections shows that Ghanaians are still interested in the good works of Kurt Okraku to continue as the President of the Ghana Football Association for the next four (4) years.

Kurt Okraku re-elected as GFA President; hurt has secured a second term in office as president of the (GFA) following a successful re-election after running unopposed. The 52-year-old (Kurt Okraku) polled 117 votes out of the 120 delegates at the GFA Elective Congress in Tamale. According to the report from the Northern Region in Tamale concerning GFA’s elections, three (3) of the delegates did not cast their votes on reasons best known to them. However, the result goes in favor favour of Kurt Okraku.

Kurt Okraku Retains His Seat As President Of Ghana Football Association

February 24, 2024October 5, 2023 by Rexford Dede Baah-Nyarkoh

Kurt Okraku has retained his seat as the President of the Ghana Football Association. The Ghana FA elections was held today in Tamale. The elections took on a unique character due to the absence of a major contender against the incumbent.

Kurk Okraku was the only contestant in the election. So the vote for either a Yes or a No vote. At the end of the elections, Kurk Okraku received an Impressive 117 YES votes and only 2 NO Votes.

Kurt Okraku Retains His Seat As President Of Ghana Football Association

ABOUT KURT OKRAKU

Kurt Okraku is a Ghanaian football administrator who serves as the President of the Ghana Football Association since October 2019.

He is a former sports journalist and past Executive Chairman of Dreams F.C., where Ghana Black Stars and Chelsea F.C. player Baba Rahman played. He also served on various executive committees of the Ghana Football Association as well as the national team, Ghana Black Stars..

EDUCATION

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana, trained as a journalist at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, and also received his MBA from the University of Liverpool. While in the UK, he also received instruction in marketing, hospitality, and tourism management.

CAREER

He established a colt football club, Shooting Stars FC when he was 17 years old and was also the Director of the Jawara Babies Colt Club. From 1996 to 1999, he was a presenter and sports presenter for Radio Univers 105.7 FM, campus radio of the University of Ghana, Legon and concurrently served as the public relations officer for Afienya United FC, Tema and at the Public Relations Department, Ministry of Youth and Sports (1997–98) and the sports editor for Groove FM (1998–99).

Kurt Okraku Retains His Seat As President Of Ghana Football Association

Between 1999 and 2000, he was the Deputy Sports Editor, Network Broadcasting Ltd, owners of Radio Gold. He was the Communications and Marketing Director of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C. between 2006 and 2007.

He worked for sports marketing companies in the UK and Israel. He was the Communications and marketing director of Accra Hearts of Oak between 2006 and 2007. He was the administrative manager of Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) from 2008 to 2010. He became general manager of Wassaman in 2011. He is the Chairman of the Board of Dream FC. He is also the owner of Dream League Soccer (DLS)- a popular mobile soccer game developed and published by First Touch Game(FTG).