A tenth minute strike from Douglas Nkrumah ensured that defending champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko kept their ambitions on course.

The Porcupine Warriors with a game in hand beat Gamba All Blacks 1-0 at the Konongo Park to move second on the log.

The Black Magicians tried to pull a goal back in the late minutes of the game but the Porcupine Warriors denied All Blacks coach, Hans Dieter Schmidt, a sweet welcome as the game marked his first against his former club.

AshantiGold still maintained their position on top the summit in the premiership despite drawing 1-1 with Power FC at the Ho Sports Stadium.

Power FC could have shoot ahead first but Abeiku Biney had his penalty kick in the 12th minute saved by national goalkeeper, George Owo.

Both clubs ended the first half goalless.

Back from recess, Lamine Nasir put the Miners ahead but Power FC rallied back to pull a late equalizer.

Addoquaye Addo saved the blushes of Power FC when he leveled the scoring.

Real Tamale United failed to hold onto a lone goal lead as Great Olympics rallied back to win the game 2-1 at the Len Clay Stadium.

Peter Yakubu had given the home side the lead in the 37th minute and they managed to hold onto that lead to end the first half 1-0.

Great Olympics again lost their goalkeeper in the league.

This time, Ben Mensah was taken off after sustaining a cut on the head and replaced with Ibrahim Salifu.

Back from recess, Andrews Pomayie leveled up for Great Olympics six minutes into the second half.

But as both teams appeared to settling for a draw, the Wonder Boys struck again.

Emmanuel Clottey popped up to give Great Olympics the match winner.

At the Golden City Park, Berekum Arsenals maintained home invincibility as they beat Heart of Lions 3-1.

Arsenals, who went unbeaten at home last season went ahead in the 41st minute through Francis Aggrey and three minutes later, registered the second goal when James Boadu scored.

In the second half, Osei Boateng made it three for the Gunners before the bruised Lions got a consolation through Abraham Annan.

In Swedru, Feyenoord yet again failed to live up to their potential dropping valuable points at home in their 1-1 drawn game with Sekondi Hasaacas at the Swedru Park.

The youthful Feyenoord side took the lead through impressive attacker, Dominic Adiyah in the fourth minute but veteran John Ainoo cancelled the lead to secure a point for Hasaacas.

Hasaacas still have a game in hand though Feyenoord find them at the bottom of the log.

Liberty Professionals settled for a goalless draw with Real Sportive in an unentertaining fixture on match-day-IV of the premiership at the Karl Reindorff Park.

After an impressive midweek display, the title ambitions of Liberty Professionals looked real but they found in Real Sportive, a difficult unit to break.

Liberty Professionals were tipped to carry the day but rather sold out a drab game as Real Sportive left the grounds with a point.

Bofoakwa Tano needed an injury time equalizer from the boot of Opoku Antwi to deny Tema Youth victory at the Sunyani Coronation Park.

The premiership debutants tested Bofoakwa’s resilience on many occasions but were unsuccessful.

However, in one of such attacks, Bofoakwa Tano’s Abdulai Seidu gave the away side the lead when he scored an own goal in the first half.

In the second half, play was held up for close to ten minutes after players of Bofoakwa protested against the referee’s decision to award them a freekick instead of penalty.

Play resumed and it Bofoakwa had to wait till injury time, when Opoku Antwi scored to give them a point in match-day-IV.

Earlier on Saturday, poor finishing from attackers of Accra Hearts of Oak and King Faisal earned the two sides a point each in an entertaining draw.

Accra Hearts of Oak thus dropped valuable points after drawing goalless with King Faisal in match-day-IV of the premiership at the Ho Sports Stadium.