Kotoko-Olympiakos Match Fetch 2.6 Million Cedis

Last Friday's special fund raising football match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko's under-20 side and first division campaigners A/C Olympiakos played in memory of late radio commentator, Joe Tetteh-Cofie of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, fetched a disappointing 2.6 million cedis.

Organisers told GNA Sports in Accra yesterday that out of the scanty proceeds, 100,000 cedis was spent on workers at the Stadium and the balance of 2.5 million and an additional 500,000 cedis donated by Dansoman-based Liberty professionals was presented to the authorities of the GBC to set up an educational fund for Joe Tetteh-Cofie's three children.

The radio commentator was killed in a motor accident at Amasaman on the Accra -Kumasi road after running commentary in the Kotoko-Santos CAF Cup Winners' Cup match at the Kumasi Sports Stadium on Sunday, April 28.

He said the two teams are likely to organise a bigger match at the Oda Sports Stadium later in the year to raise a respectable amount to help cater for the educational needs of Joe Tetteh-Cofie's children. They are yet to finalise the date for the big game. Last month, Olympiakos played a similar match against Ebusua Dwarfs at the Cape Coast Stadium, but realised only a million cedis - out of which 600,000 went to the late radio commentator's family and 400,000 cedis to an old player of Dwarfs who is also incapacitated.