Hearts coach Kim Grant says he is ‘proud of his boys’ despite their defeat to Kumasi Asante Kotoko in the semi-final stage of the NC’s Special Competition. The Phobians were knocked out of the competition via penalties after drawing 1-1 with Kotoko in regulation time. Defensive stalwart Mohammed Alhassan who returned from the Black Stars camp recently missed his penalty …

Asante Kotoko are through to the final of the Normalisation Committee’s Special Competition after beating arch-rivals 5-4 on penalties. The match played at the Accra Sports Stadium was the semi-final encounter of the special tournament introduced to determine Ghana’s representative for next year’s CAF Champions League. After holding on to a 5th minute goal by Abdul Fatawu  Safiu, Kotoko were …