Graphic Sports

'Why Adu Tutu was dropped', the Graphic Sports writes in a back page story that tries to explain why Adu Tutu Skelly, one of the players who captured the hearts of fans during the just- ended Africa Under-20 tournament in Accra, was left out of the final list of the Black Satellites for the impending World Cup in Nigeria. The nation's leading sports paper reports that Coach Guiseppe Dossena, who handles both the senior and the under- 20 national teams as saying his choice was based on the technical as well as well as the individual skills of the players. Coach Dossena conceded that all the 22 players in camp are highly talented and choosing the final 18 had not been easy but said until the last moment, no player can be completely ruled out of the squad. The paper says the coach refused to be pinned down on the specific reasons why Adu Tutu whom many see as being instrumental in the triumph of the Satellites in the African tournament was dropped.

In a front page story, the Graphic Sports reports that Coach Ibrahim Sunday, the man who captained Kotoko to its first Africa Cup victory in 1971 and helped the team to win the cup again in 1983 as coach, has returned to the club as Technical Director. Sunday is to be assisted by current Coach, Ebo Mends while the British David Booth is expected soon the augment the team's technical bench. Club Chairman, Herbert Mensah says these are part of efforts to re-structure Kotoko's technical bench in an attempt to recapture the past glory of the once great club. Coach Sunday accompanied Kotoko their one sixteenth Africa of Gabon which Kotoko lost 1-2 but qualified on a 3-2 appregate, having won 2-0 at home, a fortnight ago. GRi