REAL Madrid and Barcelona suddenly see themselves facing a critical series of games that could decide their fates this season. After being drawn to face each other in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish powerhouses will meet three times in less than a month, before and after other crucial games in the Spanish league and Champions League. [...] The post Barca face Real today

LIVERPOOL were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham at London Stadium, leaving their advantage over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League at three points. Pep Guardiola’s side beat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday to cut the deficit at the top of the table to just two points but an out-of-sorts Liverpool were unable to re-open the [...] The post Title blow for Liverpool appeared first on

Marcus Rashford is in talks with Manchester United over a new contract which would see him double his wages at the club – the Telegraph reports. The England striker has been linked with Real Madrid in recent weeks, and United are keen to offer him £150,000 a week with bonuses to convince him to stay. The 21-year-old is playing some [...] The post Rashford to get double pay in new contract

SOUTH Africa’s Amajita and Nigeria played to a goalless draw in their second Group clash at the CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday afternoon. Nigeria began their campaign with a 2-0 win over Burundi, while Amajita drew 1-1 with host in their Group A opener over the weekend. The Nigerians saw a lot of the ball in the [...] The post AFCON Under-20: South Africa hold Nigeria

About 200 Burkinabes from Zoaga-Zabre in the Northern Province of Burkina Faso fleeing chieftaincy conflict at the weekend crossed the border to seek refuge in Ghana. They entered Ghana through the northwestern route to Widnaba, Tilli and Soogo communities in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Some of them have been registered for consideration for refugee status [...] The post 200

ROMELU Lukaku has offered a damning assessment of Jose Mourinho’s legacy at Manchester United by admitting the atmosphere has been lifted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Pogba has produced some of his very best form since Mourinho was sacked by United in December illustrated by his delightful through ball that enabled Marcus Rashford to score the winner at Leicester on Sunday. [...] The post Lukaku:

FORMER Barcelona forward Hristo Stoichkov has written an open letter to current star Coutinho in a bid to convince him to stay at the club despite rumours linking the Brazilian to a return to England. Coutinho signed for the Catalan club in January 2018 in a £142million deal but has failed to consistently perform at the level that earned him [...] The post Stoichkov wants Coutinho to

FOOTBALL Federation Australia have ramped up their campaign to free jailed Bahraini refugee player Hakeem Al Araibi and pledged A$10,000 ($7,263) on Tuesday to kickstart a fundraising drive to help efforts to have him return to Australia from Thailand. Araibi was arrested in Thailand last November on behalf of the Bahraini government. A Bangkok court on Monday ordered him to [...] The post Australia

A heavy rain storm has rendered about 100 people in Mandari, a community in the Bole-Bamboi District of the Northern Region, homeless.   The rainstorm, which occurred on Monday night, ripped off the roof of several houses and shops in the community.   A victim, Aliu Musah, in an interview with the Ghanaian Times yesterday, said the rainstorm had destroyed [...] The post Rainstorm

The Black Satellites of Ghana will chase a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing CAF African Youth Championships (AYC) and a ticket to the FIFA World Cup in Poland later this year when they take on Senegal’s Junior Teranga Lions in the second Group B game at the Maradi Stadium in Niger, today. A draw, however, would throw the [...] The post Black Satellites chase

Jonmoore International, a specialised project logistics service provider company, has pledged its commitment to continue to invest in state-of-the-art technology vehicles and maintenance systems to better serve clients of the company. Additionally, the company said its strategy is to invest in human capacity development to attract and retain better workforce to deliver on the vision of the company. Mr Hilton [...] The post Jonmoore

People’s Pension Trust Ghana has launched its maiden International Pension Conference dubbed “People’s Pension Conference 2019” The conference slated for Tuesday, February 19, 2019 in Accra, is the first major international summit on pensions especially following the reforms in 2010. A statement issued in Accra yesterday said “The event is designed to showcase the strides being made on the Ghanaian [...] The post International

The Supreme Court, yesterday, struck out Special Prosecutor (SP) Martin Alamisi Amidu, as a defendant in a case challenging his eligibility as a public officer. The seven-member panel of judges, presided over by Justice Julius Ansah said the SP is not a “proper party” in the suit brought against the Attorney General and Mr Amidu by Dr Dominic Ayine Akurutinga. [...] The post SC

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday addressed the 2019 edition of the Investing in African Mining Indaba in South Africa, and stressed the need for mining companies to contribute more to the development of the continent.   He said the mining industry had what it took to help transform the continent and bring prosperity to its people.   President Akufo-Addo [...] The post President

BASIC and Senior High School teachers who engage in partisan politics on campus will suffer swift and ruthless consequences, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has warned. The Volta Regional Director of the GES, Madam Enyonam Afi Amafuga, made it clear that the ethical codes of the GES do not endorse political activities in schools. “Apart from that, we expect our [...] The post Basic,

The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a suit by Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, the Editor-In Chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper who is challenging the removal of former Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Charlotte Osei. Mr Baako wanted the court to rule that the processes leading to the removal of Mrs Osei was inconsistent and in violation of [...] The post SC

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has developed policy documents to guide the conduct of graduate studies. Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso, the Vice-Chancellor, said the documents included ‘Guide for Higher Degree Research Supervision’, as well as ‘Guide for the Preparation and Evaluation of Higher Degree Research Thesis’, and a ‘Policy on Publication’. The move, according to the authorities, [...] The post KNUST

Residents of Densuso, a suburb of Suhum in the Eastern Region have appealed to the government to construct a new primary school building for the community. They said the only three classroom-block school, built decades ago, has become a pale shadow of itself. Making the appeal through the Ghanaian Times at the weekend, a resident lamented that the precarious condition of [...] The post Densuso

The Schools Entrepreneurship Initiative (SEI) will this year impact 5,000 tertiary students nationwide, the Minister of Business Development, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has said. He said the initiative would deepen the entrepreneurship culture among students to prepare them for the world of work. The Minister was speaking at the launch of the maiden edition of the Graphic Business Tertiary Business [...] The post SEI