LIVERPOOL striker Daniel Sturridge has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of the Football Association’s betting rules, the English governing body announced on Monday. The FA said the allegations related to events that took place in January of this year. Sturridge is alleged to have broken rules that prohibit the passing on of information about players, managers, [...] The post Sturridge
PAUL Pogba and Anthony Martial have withdrawn from the France squad to face the Netherlands and Uruguay, along with Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy. Pogba (thigh) missed Manchester United’s 3-1 loss to City on Sunday, during which team-mate Martial (hip) and Mendy (knee) picked up injuries. Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette and Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko were called up as replacements. But [...] The post Pogba,
IN a bid to deal with Brexit and boost the number of homegrown players, the English Football Association (FA) is planning to reduce the number of overseas players in Premier League squads to 12 from 17, the Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. The proposal, to be put to the clubs this week, would mean significant changes to a number of [...] The post English FA to cut foreign players
FORMER Egypt forward Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country’s most famous sportsmen, has been sentenced to a year in jail on charges of tax evasion, local media reported on Tuesday. A commercial and financial crimes court in Cairo passed the sentence against Aboutrika in absentia on Monday, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported. The court found Aboutrika guilty of evading taxes [...] The post Aboutrika
ARSENAL striker Danny Welbeck has undergone a second operation on his ankle after sustaining an injury against Sporting CP last week, the club have said. “Both procedures went well, without complications,” the club said in a statement. “Danny will now recuperate and start his rehabilitation. It’s too early to say how long this will take.” The forward landed awkwardly as [...] The post Welbeck
UEFA has warned Manchester City it may reopen its 2014 Financial Fair Play (FFP) investigation into the club. It comes after German magazine Der Spiegel published a story which claimed the defending Premier League champions struck a secret deal with UEFA four years ago to avoid a potential Champions League ban for breaching FFP regulations. City accepted a £49m fine [...] The post UEFA
SAMIR Nasri is expected to link up with Manuel Pellegrini at West Ham once his doping suspension ends, according to a report in the Evening Standard. The story suggests that Nasri, who played under Pellegrini at Manchester City, is undergoing a medical prior to signing a short-term contract with the Hammers. The 31-year-old midfielder would not be eligible to play [...] The post Nasri closes
A total of 45 investment deals worth US$32 billion have been signed at the first African Investment Forum (AIF) in Johannesburg. The majority of the clinched deals are in infrastructure, energy, transport, agriculture and housing sectors, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (ADB) has announced. With the continent requiring at least 130 billion U.S dollars yearly for infrastructure [...] The post AIF
The Minescho Co-operative Credit Union in the Western Region, has recorded assets growth by 18.4 per cent from GH?9,137,836.09 in 2017 to GH?10,815,554.91 in 2018. The impressive performance has changed the union’s position from medium credit union to large credit union, and from grade ‘E’ to grade ‘B’ under the industry classification. Professor William Kwame Buah, Chairman of [...] The post Minescho
All is set for the reopening of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), on Friday, November 16, 2018, following the inauguration of a new governing council of the university yesterday. The Chancellor of the University, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has set up of a five-member committee to conduct a full and transparent enquiry that would [...] The post KNUST
The Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson has stated that government was in the process of making good its promise on the (one million dollars GH4million) per constituency. According to her the Ministry of Finance had so far released GHc927million out of the GHc1.2billion budgeted under the 2018 fiscal year and same disbursed under the Infrastructure for [...] The post Govt
Ghana will not be dissuaded by anyone from pursuing a relationship with Qatar, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Although a number of countries around the Gulf region and some parts of Africa have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar due to their alleged support for terrorists, President Akufo-Addo said Ghana, a sovereign country, would not be pressured to [...] The post We’ll
A leading agro-chemical and fertiliser company, Chemico Ltd, has completed a month-long sensitisation exercise aimed at educating farmers and extension/PPRSD officers across the country on the effective ways of using agro-chemicals to fight Fall Army Worms (FAW). The training aimed at improving the capacities of participants in early detection and management of FAW as well as making them aware of [...] The post New
The Danquah Institute, a public policy and research centre, has questioned the rationale behind the award of the new automated terminal contract of the Tema Harbour to Meridian Port Service (MPS). The institute said the public procurement rules were grossly breached and could lead to revenue loss in excess of two million dollars as well as a possible [...] The post GPHA
A draft national policy for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has advocated the conversion of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) into an Enterprise Development Authority (EDA) to facilitate MSME development and promotion. The draft policy, which also called for complete resourcing, said the creation of the EDA would bring together all agencies and bodies concerned [...] The post ‘Convert
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Nabdam in the Upper East Region, Mrs Agnes Anamoo, has inaugurated a Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound at Gumwagre, a deprived community in the area. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony here on Monday, the DCE explained that the facility which was made up of a consulting room, delivery room, ward, Out-Patient Department [...] The post Nabdam
GHANA made a huge mark as a force to reckon with on the global stage in triathlon with a dominant performance in the maiden edition of the West Africa Zone 1 Triathlon Championship held on Sunday at the University of Ghana poolside. The event drew six other West African countries and over 100 participants for the competition. Ghana’s Mark Ofori [...] The post Ghana wins West Africa
Paul Dogboe, trainer of Ghana’s WBO super bantamweight champion, Isaac Dogboe, is envisaging a very tough challenge from Mexican opponent, Emanuel Navarette when the two clash on Saturday, December 8, 2018. The clash, scheduled for the Big Apple Madison Square Garden in New York will be Dogboe’s second defence of the title he won after beating former champion, Isaac Magdaleno. [...] The post Knocking
The Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) will organise a two- day national schools badminton championship at the Tema International School. The December 7 – 9 event will attract at least 40 schools in several age categories including 11-13 years, 13-15 years, 15-17 years and 17 -19 year groups. Schools that have confirmed their participation include Morgan International Community School (MICS), [...] The post BAG
The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) and Association of International Press Sports (AIPS) – Africa, will organise a day’s seminar on women football in Africa, as part of activities for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), to be hosted by Ghana. The seminar on the theme; “Raising the bar for today’s women’s sports journalists”, would be held [...] The post SWAG/AIPS
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