THIERRY Henry endured another miserable evening as Monaco manager after Edinson Cavani’s hat-trick ushered Paris St Germain to a 4-0 victory at the Stade Louis II. On a night when the linesmen came under scrutiny, Cavani scored twice inside 12 minutes – with both goals overturned on the video assistant referee system having been initially flagged for offside. Cavani used [...] The post Pressure
REAL Madrid director Emilio Butragueno has said the club are delighted with Santiago Solari’s spell in charge after the team posted their fourth consecutive win by beating Celta Vigo on Sunday. Madrid claimed a 4-2 victory at Balaidos and the expectation is Solari will now be given the job full-time, following a transformation in results. Four victories during his tenure [...] The post Solari
ARSENAL striker Danny Welbeck had an operation last Friday, a day after breaking his ankle in his side’s goalless draw against Sporting Lisbon, but it remains unclear how long his recovery will take, Gunners’ manager Unai Emery said on Sunday. Speaking after Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Emery confirmed the England international needed [...] The post Welbeck
ROGER Federer’s hopes of winning a record-extending seventh ATP Finals title suffered a blow as Kei Nishikori stunned the Swiss great 7-6(4) 6-3 in their round-robin opener on Sunday. The 37-year-old began calmly enough but his usually smooth game began to fray towards the end of the first set and fell apart in an error-strewn second. Unsurprisingly the match ended [...] The post Federer stunned
Accra Hearts of Oak have announced a three-year partnership agreement with English sports kit manufacturers, Umbro. The deal which, was unveiled yesterday, is part of activities to mark the 107th anniversary celebrations of Hearts (now the oldest existing football club in the country) which fell on November 11. As part of the partnership, Umbro will be the exclusive [...] The post English
GOLF enthusiasts and Head of West Africa Region and Executive Vice President at Gold Fields, Mr Alfred Baku, has asked female golfers in the country to improve upon their game and become professional golfers. According to Mr Baku, the country currently does not have a professional female golfer though there are brilliant players at the amateur level. Mr Baku was [...] The post Professional female
THE Ministry of Business Development over the weekend embarked on a two-hour health walk in Accra as part of the week-long celebration of the International Women Entrepreneurship Day. The 10-kilometre walk, aimed at sensitising women in general and women entrepreneurs in particular on the need to develop and adopt healthy lifestyles was on the theme: “Ghana beyond Aid; the role [...] The post Business
Leading automobile dealer in Ghana, Silver Star Auto Limited (SSAL), has introduced another Suzuki model, the 2019 Suzuki Jimny into the Ghanaian market. The fourth generation of the Jimny family, incredible and outgoing in design and performance, was unveiled over the weekend as part of the Japanese Day celebrations, ‘YOSAKOI Festival’, an annual event organised by the Embassy of Japan and [...] The post 2019
Smaller insurance companies must merge to seek investors and transform the fortunes of their companies, Mrs Lena Adu-Kofi, President of Ghana Insurance Brokers Association, has urged. Mrs Adu-Kofi said this in Accra at the 30th anniversary celebration dinner dance and awards night. The programme was on the theme: ‘30 years of insurance broking in Ghana, achievements and challenges’. She said [...] The post Smaller
The Evangelist at Nsumia Church of Christ in the Nsawam-Addoagyiri Municipality, Edward Boakye has advised parents to allow their children to partake in church activities. Evangelist Boakye gave the advice during the Nsumia Church of Christ Children Day celebration at the weekend. It had the theme; “Make Children Active Partners in the Works of Ministry.” He said children should be [...] The post ‘Children
The Ministry for Business Development will hold a fundraising gala to support physically challenged female entrepreneurs to enable them establish or expand their business operations. The event scheduled to take place on Thursday, November 29, 2018 would seek to raise an amount of GH2million from individuals and corporate organisations. It would be chaired by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo. [...] The post Business
The first national forum aimed at sensitising the public to provide the platform for stakeholders to brainstorm on Biosphere Reserves was held in Accra yesterday. Biosphere Reserves are special places for managing interactions between social and ecological systems including conflict prevention and the management of biodiversity. These are areas comprising terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems which promote solutions for reconciling [...] The post Stakeholders
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Shi Ting Wang has urged journalists to help change the negative perception about Chinese in the country. He said China was ready to cooperate with Ghana in order to create a mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries. Ambassador Wang said this during the donation of items worth GH¢50,000 by the Chinese Embassy to [...] The post Change negative
A Ghanaian boat building company, Benlex Engineering and Marine Systems, has successfully retrofitted a marine police boat which was grounded in Tema after an accident at sea. The boat, christened Ernest Arko, after a former Inspector General of Police, used to be operated with balloon on both sides which was vulnerable. It now has aluminum bulwarks and a [...] The post Ghanaian
A solemn ceremony was held in front of the Cape Coast Castle on Sunday to commemorate Remembrance Day celebration. The day, which falls on November 11 each year, has been set aside to remember Ghanaian veterans and others who lost their lives during the First and Second World War. Remembrance Day known as Poppy Day is observed in [...] The post Cape Coast observes Remembrance Day
Participants at a forum on the financing of free Senior High School (SHS) in the country have suggested that parents and people who can afford tuition for their wards should be allowed to pay in order to make the policy sustainable. They also suggested that the private sector and corporate bodies should be involved in the financing of the SHS [...] The post Financing Free SHS:
Violence has flared between Israel and Gaza, a day after seven militants and an Israeli soldier were killed amid an undercover Israeli operation in Gaza. Scores of rockets were launched at Israel, hitting an empty bus and seriously injuring a 19-year-old who was nearby, Israeli medics said. Israel launched a series of air strikes in response. Two Palestinians were killed, [...] The post Israel-Gaza
The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still missing, officials have said. Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29. That fire now equals the deadliest on record in California – the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in [...] The post California wildfires reach grim milestone
Currently there are 13,000 refugees and asylum seekers from some African countries living in the country, the programme coordinator at the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB), Mr Tetteh Padi has disclosed. According to Mr Padi, about 50 per cent of the refugees lived in camps while the rest live among the Ghanaian citizenry in the country. He said this after the [...] The post Ghana currently hosts 13,000
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako Atta has appealed to the chiefs and people of Tarkwa to exercise restraint as government tried to raise funds to pay contractors working on the roads leading to municipality. He said it was not only the road from Takoradi to Tarkwa which was in deplorable state but other entrances to Tarkwa [...] The post Minister urges Tarkwa
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