{"id":43379,"date":"2025-03-23T20:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T20:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=43379"},"modified":"2025-03-23T20:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T20:02:33","slug":"match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-holystars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/match-report-asante-kotoko-1-0-holystars\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Report : Asante Kotoko 1-0 HolyStars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kotoko returned <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">back<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to winning ways <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">as they posted<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a 1-0 victory over newly promoted <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">side,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 Basake Holy Stars at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; 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