Sports News of Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Source: sportsniteleaks.com

We are achieving our aims gradually – Kurt Okraku

Gen Sec of the MTN FA Cup Kurt Okraku Gen Sec of the MTN FA Cup Kurt Okraku

Ghana FA Executive Member Kurt Okraku believes that the ability to maintain the integrity of the FA Cup competition is helping them to achieve their aims gradually.

The round of 16 draw of the FA cup competition fixtures came up today at Accra.
Speaking to Asempa Sports, he said, “In the past years we have tried to maintain the integrity of the competition and am very happy about it.”

“The fixtures we had are very interesting fixtures because supporters will like to watch Okwawu United or Storm against Kumasi Asante Kotoko because it the pick of the pack.”

“We will negotiate with the Sports Ministry and the National Sports Authority and when we get the approval will play the grand finale at the new Cape Coast Stadium.” he added.

He also revealed that they are putting in place measures to award players at the end of the season.

“Our awards night will come up in August and we will pick the best player, best defender and best discovery of the year and we are proposing to give out a land to the best player and we will give other stuffs as well but the entire package will be announced getting to the end of the season.”

“Every team will get five hundred cedis MTN talk time and every team is entitled to 25 percent of the gate in a form of money but in all the away team will receive three thousand Ghana cedis and the home team will receive two thousand five hundred Ghana cedis.”

The matches will kick off 11th to 16th of May.