Pulse Sports News On The Go - 18th May 2016

Ghana Premier League club Medeama SC have qualified for the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup following a 2-0 win over South African club Mamelodi Sundowns. The Tarkwa based club overturned a two goal deficit to qualify on away goal’s rule at the Sekondi Stadium in Ghana. Medeama conceded three late goals in South Africa after an early lead to lose 3-1 to Sundowns in the first leg. Accra Rep for Kumasi Asante Kotoko Edmund Ackah has blamed coach Didi Dramani of Dauda Mohammed’s inability to join them for their league game against Benchem United on Wednesday. Kotoko agreed with the head coach of the Black Satellites to allow their first choice striker to feature for them against the Bechem lads, before leaving for national assignment in Kenya with the national U-20 team, which would have let him miss two league games instead of three. Hearts of Oak kept their position at the top of the Ghana Premier League table after their win over Sekondi Hasaacas at the Accra Sports Stadium on Wednesday. Kenichi and his men won by a single goal to nil against Hasaacas at an empty stadium as they have started serving the ban for crowd violence against Wa All Stars. In other results, Bechem 0-1 Kotoko Allies 1-1 AshGold AllStars 1-1 WAFA Dwarfs 0-0 Chelsea Edubiase 0-1 Aduana Dreams 2-2 Liberty UEFA will elect a replacement for former president Michel Platini at a meeting in Athens on September 14. Platini was banned from all football-related activity last year, after receiving a "disloyal payment" from then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011. The Frenchman, who continues to deny wrongdoing, has since seen that suspension reduced to four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but they did not overturn his ban when their verdict was delivered on May 9. Following that decision, Platini confirmed his intention to resign.