{"id":443846,"date":"2017-12-05T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T09:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/football-match-to-commemorate-renaming-of-tamale-sports-stadium\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T09:30:26","slug":"football-match-to-commemorate-renaming-of-tamale-sports-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/football-match-to-commemorate-renaming-of-tamale-sports-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Football match to commemorate renaming of Tamale Sports Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/14651441.295.jpg\" alt=\"Aliu Mahama 5\" title=\"Aliu Mahama 5\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The Tamale Sports Stadium will be named after late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512466226_259_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A football match between Northern and Southern sector of Ghana, has been organised to precede the renaming of the Tamale Sports Stadium to Alhaji Aliu Mahama stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The commemoration match, which has been fixed for Sunday 10th December, 2017 at the Tamale Stadium, will have the northern zone teams comprising Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Upper East, Upper West and Northern Region, with Greater Accra, Eastern, Western, Central and Volta Regions making up the southern zone team.<\/p>\n<p>According to Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide, the decision from Government to name the stadium after the late Vice President was due to his contribution to sports development in the country and more especially his contribution to the development of Northern Ghana and Real Tamale United (RTU).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn collaboration with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Aliu Mahama Foundation, Government has decided to immortalize Aliu Mahama for his immense contribution to youth development and sports in general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played a major role in the construction of the Tamale Sports Stadium and RTU, and on his 5th-anniversary celebration, we have decided to honour him\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Coach of newly crowned Ghana Premier League Champions Aduana Stars, who would coach the Northern Zone team, hinted of his team\u2019s preparedness to win the day in honour of the late statesman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to exhibit a good game for Ghanaians to enjoy and also remember our former leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me few hours to select my players because the Northern sector abounds with great players. I have penciled down few names like Saddick Adams, Awal Mohammed, Felix Annan, Joseph Addo, Elvis Opoku, Noah Martey and Evans Coffie\u2026just to mention a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, C.K Akunnor, who would be on the sidelines for the southern zone team with his assistant Laryea Kingston, noted that players like Thomas Abbey, Kwame kizito, Vincent Atinga, Samuel Safo and Winful Cobbinah would make the cut for their side.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Director for the Aliu Mahama Foundation, Dr Samuel Kwadwo Frimpong, extolled the love the late Mahama had for sports and his contribution to sports and youth development in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe former Vice President was so much involved in football through his days as former RTU Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe played a role in getting the Tamale Stadium in place and he deserves it and am urging all Ghanaians to help us to celebrate a great man,\u201d he added.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe commemoration match, which will commence with a youth forum at the University of Development Studies Campus on Friday and a national health and fitness walk in collaboration with Agricultural Development Bank, will have the winner of the match on Sunday taking home a trophy and a cash price of GH\u00a2 50,000.00.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/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 Tuesday, 5 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-05 The Tamale Sports Stadium will be named after late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama A football match between Northern and Southern sector of Ghana, has been organised to precede the renaming of the Tamale Sports Stadium to Alhaji Aliu Mahama stadium. 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