{"id":608887,"date":"2019-04-19T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n2019-04-19\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/38"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T17:01:42","slug":"kotoko-to-play-egypts-arab-contractors-to-mark-otumfuos-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19\/kotoko-to-play-egypts-arab-contractors-to-mark-otumfuos-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko to play Egypt&#8217;s Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo\u2019s 20th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanasportsonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/38294934.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kotoko Team\" title=\"Kotoko Team\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kumasi Asante Kotoko<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Kotoko will play Egyptian Club Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo Osei Tutu\u2019s 20th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Arab Contractors agreed to play the game after receiving an invitation from the Ghanaian Club.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko wants to honour their life patron who celebrates his 20th year reigning as King of the Ashanti Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Officials of Arab Contractors touched down in the country to finalize the deal with the Ghanaian giants.<\/p>\n<p>A date will be confirmed for the game which will take place at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Otumfuo Osei Tutu has played a big role in the Club since his he was enskinned to rule the people of Ashanti.<\/p>\n<p>In his reign, Kotoko has reached the finals of the Africa Cup Winners Cup and CAF Confederation Cup competition.<\/p>\n<p>The team, in addition, have won several domestic League titles including the Ghana Premier League and FA Cup.<\/p>\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 Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: ghanasportsonline.com 2019-04-19 Kumasi Asante Kotoko Kotoko will play Egyptian Club Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo Osei Tutu\u2019s 20th anniversary. Arab Contractors agreed to play the game after receiving an invitation from the Ghanaian Club. Kotoko wants to honour their life patron who celebrates his 20th year reigning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kotoko to play Egypt&#039;s Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo\u2019s 20th anniversary - 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\/2019\/04\/19\/kotoko-to-play-egypts-arab-contractors-to-mark-otumfuos-20th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kotoko to play Egypt&#039;s Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo\u2019s 20th anniversary - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: ghanasportsonline.com 2019-04-19 Kumasi Asante Kotoko Kotoko will play Egyptian Club Arab Contractors to mark Otumfuo Osei Tutu\u2019s 20th anniversary. 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