The former Chelsea midfielder watched on as his old boss orchestrated a 2-1 victory for United over CSKA Moscow in the Champions League.

Essien labelled Mourinho as ‘daddy’ in his caption and also shared a snap of himself with Sir Bobby Charlton.

The 35-year-old wrote: ‘Good to see daddy Jose Mourinho and the great legend Sir Bobby Charlton.’

The Ghanaian now plies his trade for Persib Bandung in Indonesia but his most successful years were spent at Stamford Bridge.

He claimed the Premier League title, FA Cup and League Cup under Mourinho’s stewardship and clearly still possesses a strong relationship with the Portuguese.

The United boss is now in pursuit of silverware at a new club and watched on as his side advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford helped Mourinho’s men fight back from a goal down against their Russian opposition.

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At his peak, Essien was considered one of the best central midfielders in the world and spent his prime years playing for Chelsea where he won the Champions League before later moving on to play with Real Madrid and AC Milan.

These days he plies his trade in the Indonesian top flight with Persib Bandung and has already found the bag of the net 5 times in 27 appearances.

Boateng does not appear surprised that at age 34 Essien is still going strong in his club career.

“This guy is so professional you have no idea.

“When we all went to Europe most of the time he declined to come home with us for holidays.

“When you called to ask his whereabouts, he would answer that he was home watching Formula One.

“The guy was so determined and he was the only one during our U-17 days that kept his position right from the friendly through to the tournament,” he revealed.

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Andrean was assaulted while trying to stop his friends from attacking a Persija supporter.

“The goal and the victory are for Ricko,” Essien said.

Essien scored in the 25th minute on an assist from Febri Haryadi. It was the third goal in Liga 1 from the former Real Madrid player.

Two other goals were scored by Raphael Maitimo. Persib are 15th in the Liga 1 with 24 points from 18 matches.

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The Write-Away Contest is Ghana’s number one literary competition for amateur writers.

This year’s contestants wrote their own short stories, with their own unique characters, that ended with the idiom: ‘A bird in hand is worth two in a bush.’

Speaking at the event, the Acting Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Charles Aheto Tsegah said the Write Away Contest is “the best public contest that is dedicated to building the minds of children.”

Mr. Tsegah praised Citi FM for demonstrating consistency “to drive change.”

“We are not harnessing the potential of our children,” he lamented.

Educationist and Chief Examiner of the contest Hanis Hafar, speaking at the event has charged the Education Minister, through her representative at the event to “erect billboards across the country to encourage children to always read and write.”

[contextly_sidebar id=”JO1wiPDkAfBIWIJNRFCRgKbDTOO1w6I7″]Over the years, enterprising young writers have thrilled audiences with their well researched and written entries, and have been awarded accordingly.

Last year’s winner, Isabella Quaye, making a comment at the even lamented that “our biggest challenge is we do not have reading materials and if they are available, the children do not read.”

This year’s winner takes home GHC 5,000, the first runner-up  and the second runner-up will each receive GHC 3,000 and GHC 1,000 respectively. Special awards will also be given to deserving contestants.

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank and Indomie Instant Noodles. The contest is supported by Finlite and the Volta River Authority (VRA) and powered by 97.3 Citi FM.

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Thousands of school children aged between ten (10) and fourteen (14) years submitted entries for the year’s contest. The entries were their own short stories, with their own unique characters, which ended with the idiom a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Twenty (20) entries were selected after which an interview session with the examiners was conducted to select the top ten (10) winners, from which the overall winner will be announced on Saturday.

The Write-Away Contest is Ghana’s number one literary competition for amateur writers. Over the years, enterprising young writers have thrilled audiences with their well research and written entries, and have been awarded accordingly.

This year’s winner takes home five thousand (5000) cedis, the first runner-up  and the second runner-up will each receive three thousand (3000) and one thousand (1000) cedis respectively. There will also be special awards for deserving writers.

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank and Indomie Instant Noodles. The contest is supported by Finlite and the Volta River Authority (VRA) and powered by 97.3 Citi FM.

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The 20 finalists will be interviewed by a judging panel on Saturday August 30 at the premises of Citi FM. The top ten will be selected from the top 20 from which the best three will be chosen for the ultimate awards.

The overall winner of the 2014 Write-Away Contest will be announced on Saturday September 6, at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel. The overall winner will be presented with a cash prize of GHc5000. The first and second runners-up will be given GHc3000 and GHc1000 respectively.

Below is the top 20 (in no particular order)

1. Nana Esi Okyere-Nyarko

2. Johnson Jr. Asamoah

3. Owura Osae Adade

4. Okoye Bonaventure

5. Emmanuel Obeng

6. Nana Yaw Addae-Poku

7. Nana Akua Aboraa Owusu Ababio Nhyira

8. Jessica Eyeson

9. Quartey Melvina

10. Christalyn Amissah-Aidoo

11. Edem Fiifi Dawson

12. Marilyn Nanayaa Gyan

13. Quarcoo Dela Redeemer

14. Melody Ruth Ngaaso

15. Awo Adu-Amoah

16. Petra Asantewaah

17. Yvonne Obenewaa Obeng Kyeremateng

18. Seyram Dorgbetor Kwame

19. Vanessa Inkoom

20. William Nnuro Jr.

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank and Indomie Instant Noodles. The contest is supported by Finlite and the Volta River Authority (VRA) and powered by 97.3 Citi FM.

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The 20 finalists have been selected from over one thousand entries that have been received this year.

According to the judges, the quality of this year’s entries is good – a trend which shows that children will improve in their endeavors, if they are encouraged to read and to write more. The criteria for marking included mechanical accuracy, organization, expression, quality of content, among other things.

The 20 finalists will be interviewed by a judging panel, on Saturday August 30th, after which the top three winners will be chosen for the ultimate awards.

The ultimate winner will be announced at an awards ceremony, which comes off on Saturday September 6, at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel. The overall winner will be presented with a cash prize of GHc5000. The first and second runners-up will be given GHc3000 and GHc1000 respectively.

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank and Indomie Instant Noodles. The contest is supported by Finlite and the Volta River Authority (VRA) and powered by 97.3 Citi FM.

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Successful entrants stand the chance of winning the whooping GHC 5000 prize money and the enviable title of a winner.

This year’s Write-Away Contest is giving school children between the ages of 10 and 14 years the liberty to explore and express themselves by writing their own stories.

The story must have their own fictional characters, not be less than 600 words and end with the idiom “a bird in hand is worth two in the bush.”

Completed entries must then be posted to THE WRITE-AWAY CONTEST, P.O. Box GP 14123 Accra Central by the 1st of August 2014. Entries can also be submitted to the front desk of Citi FM, behind the Adabraka Police Station, Accra.

The Write-Away Contest is sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank and Indomie Instant Noodles and supported by Finlite and the Volta River Authority.

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