African ladies are otherwise commonly known for other things than Boxing, except for this one who is changing and making a different story. Ms. Bintou Yawa Schmill is a 28 years old woman and a totally black African breed, 1.71m from Togo but based in Germany. She started her boxing career at a very tender age and now something she did as an amateur has become a success story. She has wickedly and mercilessly punched competitors winning 24 fights and drawing two in the 64Kg welterweight category. Her history shows that since 2007 as professional boxer she has an unbeatable... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – Team Ghana, the reigning champions of African Advisory Council of Bronx (AACB) 2013 African Nations Cup of New York held a courtesy meeting Monday with Belgium national football team the Red Devils. The unique meeting arranged by Brussels airlines, a major AACB sponsor took place at Rutgers University’s multi-purpose, state-of-the art Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, New Jersey. Team Ghana’s Coach Baffour Acheampong said the fifty-six man delegation led by AACB 2013 Chair Famod Konneh, discussed world cup qualifiers, European soccer, past club and national team games, and team transfer of players. Team Ghana... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – The 87th minute goal from a free kick by forward Michael Osei – popularly known as Ember, a former member of Ghanaian national team Black Stars as well as Ghana club champions Asante Kotoko gave Ghana a 1-0 victory over Senegal to win African Advisory Council of Bronx (AACB) 2013 African Nations Cup Saturday in New York. Senegal, the most successful team in the tournament has played in the finals for three consecutive years since they joined the games in 2011 winning the championship last year. According to team officials, they have never lost a match... Continue Reading
By Dennis Kabatto – Sierra Leone safely secured a play-off spot in the quarter-final of the African Advisory Council of Bronx, (AACB) 2013 fourth annual Bronx Week African Nations Tournament in New York Sunday after a lackluster goalless draw with South Africa. Gliyoh Moses – Sierra Leone’s acting team president and coordinator said Sierra Leone could have crushed South Africa’s Vuvuzela Boys into smithereens if it wasn’t for the suspension of four of his players including 3 defenders: Daniel Priddy, Mohamed Sesay, Alhassan Gbla and goalkeeper James Kargbo. Eventually, officials allowed Kargbo to play in the game against South Africa... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – More state government and well-meaning Nigerians have continued to reward the Victorious Super Eagles of Nigeria for their impressive outing at the just concluded AFCON 2013 in South Africa. One of such is the Lagos state Governor Babatunde Fashola who showered the team, technical crew and the supporters club Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola Friday showered a whopping sum of fifty-nine million naira (N59million) on the victorious Supper Eagles for their exploits at the just-concluded African Cup of Nations tagged AFCON 2013 in South Africa. A breakdown of the figures shows that the Chief Coach... Continue Reading
