{"id":611763,"date":"2019-04-30T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n2019-04-30\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/8819302"},"modified":"2019-04-30T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:02:10","slug":"violence-should-not-be-part-of-football-ck-akonnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30\/violence-should-not-be-part-of-football-ck-akonnor\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence should not be part of football &#8211; CK Akonnor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/88193020.295.jpg\" alt=\"CK Akunnor\" title=\"CK Akunnor\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kotoko coach, CK Akonnor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has expressed concern about the violence which broke out prior to their match against Berekum Chelsea at the Golden City Park on Sunday, April 28.<\/p>\n<p>The match ended 0-0 but before then violence broke out leading to the head  injury to a Kotoko official identified as Dr Amo Sarpong.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting about the incidence in a post match interview, coach Akonnor said  football, like any sports discipline, was meant to forge unity among sports fans , hence the need to avoid  such violence in future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019 Football is meant to  forge unity and bring people together. That is why the incident which occurred  before our match against Chelsea should not be repeated in future &#8221; , he noted<\/p>\n<p>He said  he was, however, happy that the two teams eventually honoured the match which ended goalless.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nComplaining about the field, he said it was not the best , a situation which affected their style of play<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We played well and I was  happy about the manner we played, especially considering the nature of the  field. It was difficult because it was not too good and made playing difficult\u201d he lamented<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1551782677_816_56523644.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news go to: www.graphic.com.gh<\/td>\n<\/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<\/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, 30 April 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-04-30 Kotoko coach, CK Akonnor Coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has expressed concern about the violence which broke out prior to their match against Berekum Chelsea at the Golden City Park on Sunday, April 28. 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