{"id":1155899,"date":"2022-07-22T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/22\/asante-kotoko-withdraw-from-2022-ghalca-top-six-tournament\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:19:55","slug":"asante-kotoko-withdraw-from-2022-ghalca-top-six-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/22\/asante-kotoko-withdraw-from-2022-ghalca-top-six-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko withdraw from 2022 GHALCA top six tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image_2022-07-21_162610475.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Asante kotoko\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Defending league champions, Asante Kotoko, will not participate in the upcoming Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) top six tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The club on Thursday announced their decision on social media stating \u2018sporting reason\u2019 as to why they won\u2019t partake in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have this afternoon written officially to GHALCA, informing the welfare body of our decision not to partake in this year\u2019s Ghalca Top Six tournament. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur decision was purely based on sporting reasons,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc14\ud835\udc01 \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc13\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc04<\/p>\n<p>We have this afternoon written officially to GHALCA, informing the welfare body of our decision not to partake in this year\u2019s Ghalca Top Six tournament.<br \/>Our decision was purely based on sporting reasons. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3T02aJ81Z\">pic.twitter.com\/y3T02aJ81Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Kotoko SC \u2013 21\/22 GPL Champions\ud83e\udd47 (@AsanteKotoko_SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsanteKotoko_SC\/status\/1550120462214017027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The withdrawal comes just a day after head coach of the club, Prosper Nartey Ogum resigned from his role.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is set to kick off from August 14th to 31st at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"MhP8ecunc7Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amasaman Robbery: Fuel station attendant killed, police continue investigation (21-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MhP8ecunc7Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defending league champions, Asante Kotoko, will not participate in the upcoming Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) top six tournament. 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