{"id":424179,"date":"2011-05-15T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/15\/ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match\/"},"modified":"2011-05-15T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T10:42:17","slug":"ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/15\/ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55.1533477322\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/sports\/\" title=\"View all posts in Sports\" rel=\"category tag\">Sports<\/a> \u00bb Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Page last updated at Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ <\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/football.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1694\" title=\"football\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/football.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>The Ministry of Youth and Sports has apologized to the general public over the call off of the May 9 Disaster Anniversary match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonial match which was fixed for Saturday at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra to wrap up activities to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the \u2018saddest\u2019 day in Ghana football was called off under bizarre circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Akwasi Sarpong, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry in a statement copied to GNA Sports apologized to the general public, especially \u00a0the sporting fans and spectators who turned up for the match for the mishap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to assure the general public that the Ministry will meet the Management of the two clubs very soon to resolve the issue and fix a new date for the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore appeal to all affected spectators to keep their tickets since they would be required to use the same tickets at the gates,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred and twenty-six (126) football fans lost their lives with scores injured as a result of a stampede during a Premier League match involving Hearts and Kotoko in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>| | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Currently%20reading%20http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/15\/ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match\/\" title=\"Click to send this page to Twitter!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a> | <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Comments<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/2011\/05\/15\/ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match\/\" title=\"Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> You Are Here: Home \u00bb Sports \u00bb Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match Page last updated at Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ The Ministry of Youth and Sports has apologized to the general public over the call off of the May 9 Disaster Anniversary match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. The ceremonial match which was fixed for Saturday at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra to wrap up activities to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the \u2018saddest\u2019 day in Ghana football was called off under bizarre circumstances. Michael Akwasi Sarpong, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry in a statement copied to GNA Sports apologized to the general public, especially \u00a0the sporting fans and spectators who turned up for the match for the mishap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/15\/ministry-of-sports-apologizes-for-abortive-hearts-kotoko-match\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"You Are Here: Home \u00bb Sports \u00bb Ministry of Sports apologizes for abortive Hearts-Kotoko match Page last updated at Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:10 AM \/\/ The Ministry of Youth and Sports has apologized to the general public over the call off of the May 9 Disaster Anniversary match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. 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