{"id":400890,"date":"2017-07-13T20:23:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T20:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/goil-commiserates-with-kotoko-sports-news-2017-07-13\/"},"modified":"2017-07-13T20:23:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T20:23:53","slug":"goil-commiserates-with-kotoko-sports-news-2017-07-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/13\/goil-commiserates-with-kotoko-sports-news-2017-07-13\/","title":{"rendered":"GOIL commiserates with Kotoko | Sports News 2017-07-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 13 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/43887671.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kotoko Accident0\" title=\"Kotoko Accident0\" width=\"295\" height=\"150\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>(GOIL expressed sadness over the accident<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499977433_627_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has expressed sadness over the tragic accident involving players and technical team of the Kumasi Asante Kotoko that led to the death of the team\u2019s assistant equipment manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe management and staff of GOIL are saddened by the tragic news,\u201d a statement signed by the company\u2019s Managing Director, Patrick Akorli, said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_iDUK8TV084?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The players and officials of the team were returning to Kumasi with the players and officials of the club when their bus was involved in an accident at the Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway at about 9:45 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Steve Polak is among team management members, including team manager, Godwin Ablordey and driver Berchie who are in critical condition and are currently receiving medical care at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The front side of the bus was mangled by the impact of the accident and some members of the team were trapped<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heart-broken to learn that an official of the team lost his life while others including players sustained various degree of injuries. Our hearts and prayers go to the team,\u201d the statement added. GOIL is the official sponsor of the Porcupine Warriors. \u201cGOIL will continue to support Kotoko in the club\u2019s moment of grief and pray that the team recovers speedily.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_iDUK8TV084?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news go to: 3news.com<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Thursday, 13 July 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-07-13 play video(GOIL expressed sadness over the accident &#13; 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