MOHAMED Salah completed a memorable day for Egyptian football by retaining his African Player of the Year award in Senegal on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Liverpool star finished first with club-mate Senegalese Sadio Mane and Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the other finalists. “I have dreamt of winning this award since I was a child and now I have done [...] The post Salah
BAYERN Munich have increased their offer for Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi to £35m, with the 18-year-old having reiterated his desire to leave Stamford Bridge this month. A bid worth £30m plus add-ons for the England youth forward was rejected, prompting Bayern to return with a deal they feel matches Chelsea’s valuation. Hudson-Odoi has refused to discuss a new contract with Chelsea, [...] The post Bayern
WORLD number one Simona Halep’s preparations for next week’s Australian Open suffered a huge setback on Wednesday when she was bundled out of the Sydney International at the first hurdle. The Romanian hadn’t played since withdrawing from the WTA Finals in October with a herniated disc, and was no match for fast-rising Australian Ashleigh Barty, who scored the biggest win [...] The post Tennis
Defending champion of the Captain One Golf Society Invitational tournament, Prince Amponsah from the Obuasi Golf Club has retained the trophy of the annual competition. The professional golfer returned a net score of 113 after playing 27-holes in the one day competition held at the Ankobra Golf and Country Club in Bogoso for the trophy and the $2,000 prize money. [...] The post Amponsah
Lawrence Nyanyo Nmai, World Kickboxing (75kg) champion, says he was ready to face Ghana’s most feared boxer, Bastie Samir, also known as the “The Beast” in a boxing contest. Nmai, now based in Switzerland said, he was ready for Samir Bastie in a super middleweight or light heavyweight contest, adding that, he was ready to put his world title at [...] The post Kickboxing
Asante Kotoko have sent two of their youngsters Ibrahim Osman and Michael Yeboah on loan to Premier League side Liberty Professionals, according to reports in Kumasi. The pair have been farmed out to help them gain more play time and experience. Osman and Yeboah are not in the plans of manager C.K Akonnor this season and were not registered for [...] The post Kotoko loan 2 to Liberty Pros appeared
A total of 10,365 women have been trained in various skills and improved farming methods in the Upper East and West regions of Ghana under a project dubbed, Empowering Mutual Partnerships for Women Economic Resilience (Empower) by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD). The women, who were taken through skills like soap making, shea [...] The post 10,365
The Primate of the West Africa Province of the Anglican Church, Most Rev. Prof. Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, has charged Christians to make the celebration of Christmas relevant and productive to national development. He has accordingly appealed to all Christians, especially those of the Anglican denomination to make 2019 “a year of reconciliation since Jesus calls us irrevocably to the task [...] The post Make
The Tema Region recorded a total of 709 accident cases last year representing a reduction, in the 907 cases recorded in 2017. The Tema Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) Commander, Chief Superintendent Joseph Owusu-Bempah who disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times in an interview, however said there was still more room for improvement since losing 120 lives [...] The post Tema
Six out of seven customers of Menzgold Company Limited, who were arrested during a demonstration on Tuesday in Kumasi, have been granted bail by a district court at Asokore Mampong in the Ashanti Region. The court, presided over by Mrs Portia Molly Anafo Salia, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the seventh suspect whose name was not given, [...] The post Court grants
An Accra Circuit Court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest Nana Appiah Mensah, popularly known as NAM1, the Executive Director of Menzgold and two others for defrauding by false pretence. The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu obtained the warrant of arrest upon the instructions of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The Director of Criminal Investigations Department (CID)Maame Yaa [...] The post Nam
The President of the National Council of Women Traditional Leaders has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for keeping his promise to make education free for all Ghanaians with the introduction of the Free Senior High School educational policy. According to the Council, made up of traditional queens from the various traditional councils across the country, the policy has [...] The post Traditional
TWENTY youth players and officials of Bechem United will depart Ghana in April for the illustrious Dallas Cup football tournament in the United States. Favoured as one of the teams from Africa to make a mark, the cadet team of the Ghanaian premiership outfit, have been preparing zealously for the two-week campaign which roars off from April 12-24. Aside two-time [...] The post Bechem United for Dallas
Samuel Inkoom has been cleared to resuscitate his career following FIFA’s decision to lift its worldwide ban on him. The right-back was banned from taking part in any football related activity over a settlement dispute with his former agent Curtis Willer from a transfer back in 2014. Inkoom, 29, was ordered to pay the ‘World In Motion’ boss or serve [...] The post FIFA lifts ban on Inkoom appeared
The Ghana Football Association’s Normalisation Committee will begin inspections of venues for the special competition for domestic clubs which begins on January 26. An emergency competition has been organised by the NC for the 16 Premier division clubs as well as 48 teams from the lower divisions. The announcement for the inspections was made and later followed up in an [...] The post Inspection
The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) says it will no longer allow public school buildings to be used for church activities. This is to prevent further deterioration of school buildings and furniture by congregants. The Assembly explained that some churches after using the facilities for church service and all night activities had refused to repair broken down furniture or paint defaced [...] The post KKMA
Ghana Library Authority (GhLA)’s Year of Reading logo hackathon has ended at the Accra Central Library with 26-year-old Humphrey Asigbe, a resident of Ho emerging as the winner. The logo Hackathon is a prelude to official launch of the year-long reading campaign by Ghana Library Authority. Crowd sourcing for designs, concept and ideas is a modern trend for managers to [...] The post Asigbe
US President Donald Trump has made his first TV address to the nation from the Oval Office, escalating a stand-off with Congress that has led to an 18-day partial government shutdown. Mr Trump insisted on funding for his long-promised border wall with Mexico. However, he did not declare an emergency that would enable him to bypass the lower house of [...] The post Trump escalates migrant wall
THE Accra Circuit Court “one” presided by Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, yesterday remanded two persons into police custody for robbery. They are Raymond Duodu, 18, unemployed, and William Henkel, 21,a television game operator. The accused, who pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit crime and robbery will appear again on January 23, 2019. Mr. Kofi Bonney, counsel for the accused wanted [...] The post 2
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