ERIC Bailly has been given assurances over his Manchester United future after January interest from Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain. The Ivory Coast centre-back, 24, has started just one Premier League game under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer since his straight red against Bournemouth last month. But the pair held talks after Bailly’s suspension when it was made clear he is in the [...] The post Bailly
PEP Guardiola won two trophies with Manchester City last season – the EFL Cup and the Premier League. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola believes this season’s Premier League title race “won’t be decided until the last fixture or two.” Successive draws against Leicester and West Ham mean leaders Liverpool will be overtaken by City on goal difference if they win [...] The post Guardiola:
THE United States and China continue to dominate the global ownership of the world’s top 100 clubs. This year’s Soccerex Football Finance report has revealed the two countries control more than a third of the most powerful clubs financially. Most MLS franchises are under US ownership, but their influence in the Premier League, where five clubs (Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, [...] The post US,
The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof. Patrick Twumasi has urged students to consider investing in the business side of sports to generate income for themselves. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ghana Technical Universities Sports Association (GHATUSA) Games on Tuesday, the NSA boss who represented the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, said sports [...] The post Consider
Two-time former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion, Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko (35-5, 26KOs), is set to defend his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa bantamweight title against Shabani Hashimu Zuberi of Tanzania on April 19, at the Aborigines Beach Resort in Keta. The bout, which is under the Aborigines Promotion, is dubbed ‘The Clash of the Titans’ and Agbeko, who [...] The post Agbeko
Matthew Vikuba Nantiere, winner of the 2018 Kwahu Mountain Marathon, placed 45th in the just ended Access Bank Lagos City Marathon held in Nigeria, over the weekend. The 22-year-old officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), though had challenges at the initial stages of the competition, after suffering a knee injury, which was as a result of a push, [...] The post Nantiere places
Ghana’s national Under-20 side, the Black Satellites yesterday lost 2-0 to Senegal in the second Group B game of the ongoing CAF African Youth Championships at the Maradi Stadium in Niger. A brace from Youssouph Mamadou Badji in the 11th and 45th minutes secured the maximum points for the Junior Teranga Lions. Right from the blast of referee Jean Claude [...] The post Black Satellites
A heavy rain on Friday hit Manso Nkwanta and other 10 communities in the Amansie West District of Ashanti, claiming one life and destroying property worth thousands of Ghana cedis. More than 800 people have been rendered homeless. Currently, all the affected victims are staying with their friends and relatives. At Manso Nkwanta more than 50 houses had their roofs ripped off, including [...] The post Heavy
WANNABE president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kudjoe Fianoo, has embossed his intentions to the mast as he campaigns to make the Premier League Board (PLB) self-governing, if elected into office. The autonomous body, he said, would be a registered subsidiary under the GFA and run within the regulations of the association. Mr Fianoo told the Times Sports yesterday [...] The post Fianoo
Lawrence Carl Lokko, former coach of Richard Commey, the new International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight world champion, says there was nothing wrong with the new champion mounting the ring in April to fight Ukranian Vasyl Lomachenko. Commey (28-2,25 KOs) recorded a stoppage in the second round over Isa Chaniev (13-2, 6 KOs) on Saturday in Frisco, Texas, United States of [...] The post Commey
Following the violence that characterised the by-election at the Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in Accra last week, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has set up a commission of inquiry to look into the events that led to the disturbances. Chaired by the venerable Justice Emile Short, the commission has Mrs Henrietta Mensah Bonsu and Patrick K. Acheampong as members, [...] The post Aftermath
A former member of the Council of State, Reverend Dr Nii Amoo Darku, has suggested closing down of quack churches in the country. Reverend Dr Darku who was the personal chaplain of the late President J.E.A. Mills, said, that some churches in the country had become a laughing stock and fast losing the dignity and respect in the country. “One [...] The post Close down quack churches – Rev.
First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has rallied key stakeholders in the healthcare industry to do more with the treatment of cancer and build synergies to reduce prevalence of the disease in the country. Speaking at the first ever cancer conference in Accra yesterday, the First Lady stressed that “we must begin to think of and treat cancers as we think [...] The post 1st Lady rallies support
More than 1,000 participants across the world are expected to participate in the 2019 Africa Climate Week (ACW), to be hosted in Ghana next month. The programme slated for March 18 to 22 at the Accra International Conference Centre is on the theme “Climate action in Africa: A race we can win.” The event would showcase the role of future [...] The post Ghana to host 2019 Africa Climate
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has donated books on various sectors of the Ghana economy to the Takoradi Technical University. The books authored by research fellows of the institute are to guide lecturers and students on the development of the various sectors in the Ghanaian economy in order to make informed decisions on matters of business, [...] The post ISSER
Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament for Tema West, has appealed to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and Ministry of Education to help complete the abandoned E-block project in the area. Mr Ahenkorah said his checks indicate that only 40 per cent of the project had been completed and therefore pleaded [...] The post MP
THE Vice Chancellor of the Ho Technical University (HTU), Professor B. Honyenuga has re-affirmed the institution’s commitment to be of immense benefit to the community by contributing actively to the nation’s technological development. For that matter, he said that HTU would continue to help its lecturers to constantly upgrade their skills to meet that objective. Professor Honyenuga was speaking at the [...] The post Ho
Volta Region last year won major awards in the educational sector including the most outstanding National Best Teacher award. The region swept awards in sports, arts and culture and other academic competitions. Madam Enyonam Afi Amafuga, the Regional Director, Ghana Education Service at a ceremony to present the awards to the Regional Coordinating Council and the Regional Minister, said the [...] The post Volta
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), yesterday stated that its Close-Of-Polls statement on the recent Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency by-election is factual and reflected what the observers’ team documented. It has, therefore, refuted allegations by the Electoral Commission (EC) that it (CODEO) said the shooting incident took place at the polling station. It would be recalled that the EC [...] The post CODEO
The Ghana Police Service and the Inter-Party Coalition for National Sovereignty are in a standoff on the routes for the latter’s demonstration tomorrow. Though the police have given permission for the demonstration, they have raised some “security” concerns about the routes the Coalition intends to use: the Obra Spot – Farisco traffic light – UTC –High Street- Ministry of Interior [...] The post Coalition
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