A player from Ghana's Hearts of Oak SC football team (2nd R) competes with his opponents from Libya's Al-Ahli team during a rare friendly football match held on December 15, 2015 at Tripoli's International Stadium. (PHOTO / AFP)

ACCRA - Ghanaian top-flight club Accra Hearts of Oak won the premier league for the first time in 12 years on Sunday with a game to spare.

The Accra-based club was held to a 1-1 draw by the Liberty Professionals in the penultimate round of matches of the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League (GPL).

The Accra-based club was held to a 1-1 draw by the Liberty Professionals in the penultimate round of matches of the 2020/2021 Ghana Premier League

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Hearts thus sits on top of the GPL log with 63 points while second-placed Kumasi Asante Kotoko follows with 57 points after week 33 round of matches.

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The yet-to-be crowned Ghana champions last won the premier league in 2009.