ARSENAL could play minor league side Solihull Moors in the FA Cup third round, while London neighbours Tottenham Hotspur may face fellow minnows Southport after Monday’s third round draw. Solihull will host record 13-times winners Arsenal if they beat third-tier Blackpool in a second-round replay and Southport must defeat fourth-tier Tranmere Rovers to welcome Spurs. Holders Chelsea were drawn at [...] The post Arsenal,
LUKA Modric has been crowned the Ballon d’Or 2018 winner, ending Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s 10-year domination of the coveted award for the game’s best player. It caps off a memorable year for Modric, who won his third Champions League in a row at Real Madrid before inspiring Croatia to the World Cup final against all odds. Last year’s [...] The post Modric
KYLIAN Mbappe has won the inaugural Kopa Trophy for the best men’s Under-21 player of 2018, while Ada Hegerberg has won the first Women’s Ballon d’Or as presented by France Football. Mbappe, 19, won the World Cup with France in the summer, scoring four goals and becoming the first teenager since Pele to scored in a final – which they [...] The post Mbappe claims inaugural Kopa
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder says he “can’t wait” to face Tyson Fury again, following their controversial draw in Los Angeles last Saturday. Wilder twice knocked down Fury during the fight, but many observers felt the Briton should have won. And Fury, 30, said he thought the 33-year-old American would try to avoid a rematch with him “at all costs.” [...] The post Wilder:
JOSE Mourinho needs to lift Manchester United’s morale quickly as a deflating run of performances threatens to throw their season off track completely but he faces a daunting task against a revitalised Arsenal. Mourinho’s team have not looked themselves at Old Trafford for much of the season, with their past two matches producing an insipid goalless draw against Crystal Palace [...] The post Mourinho
Fulham v Leicester Wolves v Chelsea Burnley v Liverpool Everton v Newcastle Man Utd v Arsenal Tottenham v Southampton The post EPL matches today: appeared first on Ghanaian Times.
MANCHESTER City face being banned from European competition if they are found guilty of breaking UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules. Football Leaks claimed last month that City had inflated their sponsorship income in order to comply with UEFA’s break-even rules. In 2014, City settled their FFP case with UEFA and accepted a £49m fine. Three weeks ago, UEFA announced it [...] The post City could
Stanbic Bank Ghana, as part of its corporate social initiatives, has partnered with the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) to commemorate the 2018 World National Aids Day celebrations which was marked in Ho, the Volta Region. The World AIDS Day which falls on the 1st of December every year, is a day set aside to commiserate with people living with HIV/AIDS [...] The post ‘Stanbic Bank
SOUTH Korea’s Samsung has extended its sponsorship contract with the International Olympic Committee by eight years and will remain a top sponsor until the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the world governing body said on Tuesday. Samsung, who first signed up as a top sponsor with the IOC in 1998 and was a local sponsor at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as [...] The post IOC gets sponsorship extension appeared
DESPITE the expansion of social media platforms globally, newspapers will remain in business to serve generations yet unborn, according to panellists of the just-ended Highway Africa conference held in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in South Africa. They said that corporate entities and individuals would continue to access newspapers for more authentic news in the wake of the social media growth. The [...] The post Newspaper
The Agriculture Manufacturing Group (AMG) has presented a cheque for GH¢100,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) towards the celebration of the 34th National Farmers’ Day. The event slated for the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale is being celebrated on the theme: “Agriculture: Moving Ghana beyond Aid”. The celebration which is expected to attract stakeholders in the [...] The post Agriculture
The acting Deputy Chief Executive/Operations (DCEO) at the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) Mr Ekow Sampson has called on the Ghana Education Service to include domestic tourism into school syllabi across the country. He noted that the introduction of the subject would help boost the tourism industry in the country stressing that, “When domestic tourism is inculcated in the students, it [...] The post INCLUDE
Ghana must seriously consider the use of locally manufactured materials in construction in order to bridge the housing deficit, Mr Eric Atta -Sonno, President, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Ghana, has said. The use of the locally manufactured goods would not only address the current deficit but also transportation of the materials from the urban area to rural area [...] The post Use
Members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFDO) on Monday demonstrated in Accra to highlight their challenges and presented petitions to some government agencies. The petition seeks to remind the government to address the infrastructure challenges confronting Person with Disabilities, including physical accessibility to all public places. They were presented to the Ministries of Gender, Children and Social Protection [...] The post GFDO
THE Ghana Baptist Convention (GBC) on Thursday inducted Rev. Dr Ernest Adu Gyamfi for a second term as the Executive President of the church in Accra yesterday. The GBC also inducted Rev. Enoch Thompson as the Vice President in charge of Ministries as well as an 11-member denominational board to advise the executive president on his mandate. Giving his sermon [...] The post Baptist
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut the sod for the construction of a number of road projects in the Tema Metropolis in the Greater Accra Region. The projects include drainage in the Tema Light Industrial area, Ziginshore road and adjoining links, road projects in Bankuman, Tema Newtown, Manhean Abrewankor, Farm Vivian among other projects in Community 16. [...] The post Pres
THE First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has described as unfortunate the purported blockade of two disabled persons from accessing the House last Friday. The Bekwai MP said it was not the culture of Parliament to prevent disabled people from accessing the Chamber of the House and that the House was open to all Ghanaians. Two disabled [...] The post Parliament
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh says government will next week announce the lifting of the ban on small-scale and artisanal mining in the country. According to him, all the necessary preparatory works had been completed and in line with the framework of the road map, government would lift the ban before the end of the year. [...] The post Ban to be lifted appeared first on
The first child-friendly gender–based violence court was inaugurated in Accra yesterday with the Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Sophia A.B. Akuffo appealing to Ghanaians to support the course of establishing similar courts across the country. The new court, being funded by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the Canadian High Commission in Accra would ensure quality delivery of justice to [...] The post First
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his administration is supporting 16 local companies across the country with a stimulus package of GH¢237 million. The facility would be given to businesses in the areas of pharmaceuticals, oil palm, agro-processing, beverages, textile, and poultry, among others under the government’s National Revitalisation Programme. President Akufo-Addo announced this when he visited one [...] The post Big
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