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Soccer News of Thursday, 13 December 2001

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GFA to honour soccer personalities

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Ghana Breweries Limited (GBL) are to hold an awards night to honour personalities and institutions that distinguished themselves during the outgoing soccer season.

The ceremony dubbed the "Star Awards Gala Nite 2001" will take place at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday, December 15 at 7: 00 pm.

A statement signed by Mr Kofi Nsiah, General Secretary of the GFA said the awardees have been selected for "their immense contribution to the promotion and development of football."

Those short-listed for the awards include goalkeeper Sumaila Abdulai of Dawu Youngsters who got a FIFA mention recently for fair-play for resuscitating Hearts' Charles Taylor when he went unconscious after a collision in a league match against Dawu.

Also on the list are Mr Kofi Badu a veteran sports journalist and Mr Sam Jonah, Chief Executive of Ashanti Goldfields Limited. Ms Sophia Okulley, Mr Oteng Aboagye and Mr Derek Blackmore are listed for the female football category. Three referees, Ibrahim Idrisu, Nicholas Djomoah and Joshua Mensah are in line for the award in their division.

Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, head coach of champion club, Accra Hearts of Oak and two others, J E Sarpong of Accra Great Olympics and Emmanuel Quarshie of Brekum Arsenals have been mentioned in their section.

For the club chairmen, Harry Zakkour of Accra Hearts of Oak, Alhaji Karim Grunsah of King Faisal and Seth Yeboah of Dawu Youngsters are on the short list while eight players have been nominated.

The players are goalkeeper Osei Boateng and Stephen Oduro of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, and the Hearts trio of Sammy Adjei, Charles Taylor and goal-king Ishmael

Addo.

Others are goalkeeper Abubakari Kankani of Tema Ghapoha, Nana Arhin Duah of Goldfields and Awudu Adama of Dawu Youngsters who placed second on the goal-king's chart.

Eight institutions have also been short-listed for awards. They are Nestle Ghana Limited, Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) King Faisal F/C and Liberty Professionals.

The rest are The Ghana Red Cross Society, Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Accra Hearts of Oak who won the league for the fifth time on the trot, Knockout champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Dawu Youngsters.