Ghana: Sellas Tetteh Knighted
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The sheer brilliance exhibited by Sellas Tetteh, the Satellites coach in the U-20 World Cup, which recorded his name in the FIFA history books as the first African coach to win gold, has motivated veteran coach Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio to confer the title 'Sir' on coach Tetteh.
In a multihued award ceremony at the Crown Liberty Hotel at Bortianor, a suburb of Accra, at the weekend, Coach Attuquayefio gave his full consent to give the title 'Sir' to his former student.
"Not only has he made history as the first African country to win the U-20 World Cup, but has made a strong case for black coaches in general and local coaches in particular," said coach Attuquayefio.
In his acceptance words, he noted: "I have many titles and nicknames, but I think the title "Sir" surpasses them all.
I will respect it, it's so special to me, and I think it will spur me on to strive for greater laurels."
According to Sir Sellas, he consulted the seasoned coach before embarking on the just-ended Egypt championships, where the Satellites team made history by emerging as winners, saying "I consulted coach Attuquayefio before going to Egypt, he prayed for me and gave me his blessings."
The management of Liberty Professionals, Ghana's WAFU representatives last Saturday honoured Sir Sellas and three key players of the victorious Satellites team - goalkeeper Daniel Adjei, Latif Salifu and Kesenu Ghandi, by presenting trophies to them for making the club proud by their exceptional performance.
Coach Sellas, also referred to as 'Bobor', joined Liberty in the '90's. He won last year's WAFU tourney with the Satellites and extended their dominance to the African Youth championship by lifting the ultimate.
He led the U-17 side the Starlets to finish as losing finalists in the South Korea World Cup competition two years ago, and was the man who began the Black Stars' World Cup success story, bagging nine points before Serbian trainer Milovan Rajevac took over.
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African Qualifiers
Monday, September 7, 2009
Ghana became the first African nation to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after a 2-0 victory over Sudan in Accra sealed their place in the finals.
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The Black Stars, who made their first appearance at the 2006 tournament in Germany, booked their ticket to South Africa after Benin and Mali could only manage a 1-1 draw during their game earlier in the day.
That left Milovan Rajevac's needing a win at the Ohene Djan Stadium and, in front of a capacity 45,000 spectators, they did not disappoint. Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari broke the deadlock after 13 minutes, before Chelsea star Michael Essien doubled the advantage after 53 minutes to make it four wins from four for the west Africans in Group D.
They join hosts South Africa, Brazil, Holland, Japan, Australia, South Korea and North Korea in the finals, becoming the eighth confirmed finalists.
The other match in the pool ended disappointingly for both Benin and Mali, who had to settle for a draw. In a tense encounter in Cotonou, the visitors broke the deadlock in the 72nd minute thanks to Mamadou Diallo, but Mohamed Aoudou grabbed an equaliser a minute from the end.
Nigeria's chances to qualify for the global showpiece took a massive dent after Oussama Darragi scored against them in stoppage-time to snatch a 2-2 draw for Tunisia.
The Super Eagles, who went into the match trailing their opponents and Group B leaders by two points, looked on course for victory after Michael Eneramo put them 2-1 up with 10 minutes remaining. Peter Odemwingie (23) had put the home side ahead in Abuja, before Nabil Taider (25) equalised, but the late drama means that destiny is no longer in the hands of Shaibu Amodu's team.
In the other game in the pool, Mozambique moved to within two points of the Nigerians after Manuel Tico-Tico (67) scored the only goal to lift them to a 1-0 win over Kenya in Maputo.
There was also plenty of drama in Lome, where Adel Taarabt netted an injury equaliser to deny Togo all three points. In what is turning out to be the most tightly contest Group A, Moustapha Salifou's fourth-minute strike looked to have put the Sparrow Hawks on course for all three points. However, midfielder Taarabt had the final say at the Kegue Stadium to help the Atlas Lions keep their qualification chances alive.
They remain bottom of the group with three points from four games, one behind Cameroon (four), Togo (five) and Gabon (six). The Indomitable Lions and the Gabonese, though, have a game in hand.
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The Black Stars, who made their first appearance at the 2006 tournament in Germany, booked their ticket to South Africa after Benin and Mali could only manage a 1-1 draw during their game earlier in the day.
That left Milovan Rajevac's needing a win at the Ohene Djan Stadium and, in front of a capacity 45,000 spectators, they did not disappoint. Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari broke the deadlock after 13 minutes, before Chelsea star Michael Essien doubled the advantage after 53 minutes to make it four wins from four for the west Africans in Group D.
They join hosts South Africa, Brazil, Holland, Japan, Australia, South Korea and North Korea in the finals, becoming the eighth confirmed finalists.
The other match in the pool ended disappointingly for both Benin and Mali, who had to settle for a draw. In a tense encounter in Cotonou, the visitors broke the deadlock in the 72nd minute thanks to Mamadou Diallo, but Mohamed Aoudou grabbed an equaliser a minute from the end.
Nigeria's chances to qualify for the global showpiece took a massive dent after Oussama Darragi scored against them in stoppage-time to snatch a 2-2 draw for Tunisia.
The Super Eagles, who went into the match trailing their opponents and Group B leaders by two points, looked on course for victory after Michael Eneramo put them 2-1 up with 10 minutes remaining. Peter Odemwingie (23) had put the home side ahead in Abuja, before Nabil Taider (25) equalised, but the late drama means that destiny is no longer in the hands of Shaibu Amodu's team.
In the other game in the pool, Mozambique moved to within two points of the Nigerians after Manuel Tico-Tico (67) scored the only goal to lift them to a 1-0 win over Kenya in Maputo.
There was also plenty of drama in Lome, where Adel Taarabt netted an injury equaliser to deny Togo all three points. In what is turning out to be the most tightly contest Group A, Moustapha Salifou's fourth-minute strike looked to have put the Sparrow Hawks on course for all three points. However, midfielder Taarabt had the final say at the Kegue Stadium to help the Atlas Lions keep their qualification chances alive.
They remain bottom of the group with three points from four games, one behind Cameroon (four), Togo (five) and Gabon (six). The Indomitable Lions and the Gabonese, though, have a game in hand.
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