Standings after the 24th week league matches played today (tabulated under played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Accra, July 7, The senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, play their Zimbabwean counterparts in the last group qualifying match for the 1998 Africa Cup of Nations at the Accra sports stadium on Sunday, July 13. A spokesman for the Ghana Football Association said in Accra today that in view of the tie, the penultimate 25th week matches of the ABC Brewery Premier soccer league would be honoured on Saturday, July 12. According to the fixtures released by the Professional League Board in Accra, Great Olympics welcome defending league champions Obuasi Goldfields to Accra in the most attractive clash. Real Tamale United take on jaded Kumasi Asante Kotoko in Tamale while second-placed Accra Hearts of Oak trek to Sunyani as guests of struggling Bofoakwa Tano. In-form Ghapoha Readers engage Afienya United in a local derby at Tema, Sekondi Hasaacas vie with Dawu Youngsters in Sekondi, Okwawu United meet bottom club Yeji Stars at Nkawkaw and King Faisal host Ebusua Dwarfs in Kumasi.