Star Premier League 10th week

 K'bibirem     1-1    Okwawu 
Adansiman     0-0    Hearts 
Kotoko        1-0    Faisal 
Hasaacas      1-0    GHAPOHA 
Olympics      0-2    Goldfield 
Bofoakwa      3-0    Maxbee 
Arsenal       1-1    RTU 
Liberty       1-0    Dawu 

Dawu suffers home defeat
Dawu Youngsters on Wednesday suffered their first home defeat in this year's Star Premier league when they lost 0-1 to Liberty Professionals.

Dawu who played the match without some of their regular players including Awudu Adama who is leading the goal table dominated the first half of the exchanges but failed to capitalise on their advantage till the end of the first half.


Liberty Professionals resumed the second half more strongly and in the 53rd minute their striker Albert Batsa received a pass in the goal area of Dawu and blasted the ball into the net for the only goal of the match.


The Liberty boys content with the lone goal lead defended it till the final whistle.


Some of the Dawu supporters who could not control their emotions ventured their disappointment on some of their players whom they felt did not put in much efforts to prevent their disgrace at home.

Bofoakwa thrash Maxbees
Bofoakwa Tano whalloped visiting Maxbees 3-0 in their match at the Suyani Coronation Park.


After wasting a 10th minute chance, John Kudjoe atoned for his earlier miss, when he utilised a lob from Anthony Mintah to open the scores in the 20th minute.

The visitors led by Asamoah Dzifa, ably assisted by team mate Willie Hammond, went into attack and nearly got the equaliser in the 39th minute but Burt Plange's long range effort was beautifully saved by goalkeeper Mohammed Alhassan.


John Kudjoe increased the tally to two in the 70th minute with a terrific strike which Maxbees' goalie Sammy Martey, had no answer to.


Substitute Ben Kusi made it three in the 87th minute.


And at Berekum RTU won 1-0 against Arsenals.

Adansiman, Hearts draw
Obuasi Adsansiman held Accra Hearts of Oak to a goalless draw in their match played at the Len Clay Sports Stadium.


Adansiman, who went into the game as underdogs put up a spirited performance and outplayed the African champions in all departments, for the greater part of the game.

In the first half, Hearts created two good chances but Ishmael Addo and Charles Taylor hit the cross bar on each occasion.


The second half saw a revamped Adansiman side, which mesmerised Hearts but failed to score.


Hearts now move up to 17 points with two matches in hand while Adansiman are still pegged at the bottom of the table with six points and a match in hand.

Hasmal pip Ghapoha
Sekondi Hasaacas on Wednesday established their superiority over Tema Ghapoha by defeating them by a lone goal in the premier league match.


The only goal of the match was scored in the 17th minute through Frank Turkson and the victory has moved Hasaacas two steps up to the eighth spot on 13 points.


The game, which started on a dull note, gained some momentum during the second as both teams marshalled their technical ideas yet neither Ghapoha nor Hasaacas could score any more goals.

Superb scoring chances that came the way of both teams were wasted and this sent the spectators booing and jeering at the players.


The officials who were to handle the game, did not turn up and as such Sekondi-Takoradi based referees handled the match.


Nana Musah, the match commissioner told the GNA Sports that the absence of the match officials could mean they got the message to officiate late or were not informed at all.


In another development, Tahiru Braimah a former player of Accra Great Olympics, but now with Tema Ghapoha, was presented with a certificate from SKY Power FM, a Takoradi radio station as part of the stations Top 20 Footballers for the 2000 season.

Kotoko pick another three at Faisal's expense
League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko beat King Faisal 1-0 to extend their lead on the Star premier league table to five points after their tenth week match played at the Kumasi sports stadium on Wednesday.


Kotoko, fought hard to get the only goal in the 74th minute through substitute Joe Okyere from a Joe Louis pass.

The game started with high tempers following the arrest of Alhaji Kamil Abdallah, the chairman of Faisal after a confrontation with a police Inspector.


Alhaji Grunsha, chairman of Faisal who wanted his boys to boycott the match because of the initial confusion but had to rescind his decision for the match to kick-off late.


The tension in the match got the better part of the both sets of players as they resorted to rough play earning Emmanuel Ampiah a red card in the 36th minute.


Playing with 10 men, Faisal defence had to ward off a series of onslaughts from the fast attackers of Kotoko with young goalkeeper Samuel Okyere being called upon to make dramatic saves.


The defeat, move down Faisal to the eleventh position with a difficult game in hand against Obuasi Goldfields.