Chelsea inflicted champions Manchester City’s first Premier League defeat of the season with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge that allowed Liverpool to go top of the table on Saturday. N’Golo Kante and David Luiz were on target for Maurizio Sarri’s men as City paid for failing to take advantage of their first-half dominance. “I am very happy with the [...] The post Liverpool
WOLVES defender Willy Boly has been offered the chance of an international career by Ivory Coast despite having represented France at junior level. Boly, 27, has been approached by the Africans after playing a major part in Wolves’ impressive return to the Premier League. They face Newcastle on Sunday in mid-table having beaten Chelsea 2-1 on Wednesday night. The centre-half [...] The post Cote
MARIO Mandzukic’s second-half header gave Serie A champions Juventus a 1-0 lead over Internazionale in Turin on Friday night in the Derby D’Italia, preserving their unbeaten start to the season. Mandzukic was on hand to head home the excellent Joao Cancelo’s cross in from the left with just over 20 minutes left in the match. Mario Mandzukic of Juventus celebrates [...] The post Juve remain unbeaten
NOT bad for the fifth-best player in the world. Lionel Messi made a mockery of being left off of the Balon d’Or podium last week with one of his best performances of the season as Barcelona destroyed Espanyol 4-0 in the Catalan derby. Even those who applauded the recognition for Luka Modric believed it strange that Messi was down in [...] The post Messi masterclass sees Barca crush Espanyol
THE draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 took place at La Seine Musicale in Paris at the weekend. Hosts France will take on Korea Republic in the competition’s opening match at the Parc des Princes on June 7. Norway and Nigeria were also drawn in Group A. Australia were drawn as the top seed in Group C [...] The post Tough FIFA Women’s World Cup draw for Africa
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has commissioned a mini stadium which doubles as a community centre for the people of Sukura, a suburb of Ablekuma Central Constituency. The state-of-the-art artificial park was constructed by a solely owned Ghanaian company – Wembley Sports Construction Company Limited, the leading name in artificial Turf Construction and Management in Ghana. Addressing a well [...] The post President
Arthur Energy Advisors (AEA), has been adjudged the Energy Consultancy Service Company of the Year at the 2018 Ghana Energy Awards held in Accra. The company was recognised for its excellence in consultancy service in the energy sector. AEA has been delivering technical energy sector advisory and consultancy services in the areas of Project Definition and Development, Project Management and [...] The post Arthur
VASYL Lomachenko took Jose Pedraza’s WBO lightweight belt with a unanimous points victory at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Ukrainian fighter knocked down the Puerto Rican twice in round 11 on the way to adding to his WBA title. It was only the 30-year-old’s 13th professional fight. On the undercard, London-based Ghanaian Isaac Dogboe lost his WBO super-bantamweight [...] The post Lomachenko
Africa can deal with the outside world on an equal footing when there is a clear roadmap for the political and economic integration of the continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has observed. Addressing the 60th anniversary of the All Africa People’s Conference in Accra last Saturday, the President said Africans could exploit the continent’s vast potential and wealth [...] The post President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, threw a ball at the Jubilee House on Saturday night to celebrate the 80th birthday of former President John Agyekum Kufuor. The ceremony was attended by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and the Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Oquaye, the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, [...] The post President
Some parts of Weija and Gbawe in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region experienced an earth tremor yesterday morning. The tremor, which occurred at about 7:50 a.m. shook buildings and cars, creating some panic among residents in and around the area. Some of the residents took to various social media platforms to share their experiences on the tremor which lasted [...] The post Earth
A 42-year old Muhammed Awal Charley was on Friday adjudged the overall best farmer of the Adentan Municipality in Accra. For his prize, he received a tricycle, knapsack, a gas cylinder, cutlasses, agro-chemicals and GH¢500 worth of insurance from Millennium Insurance. Speaking at the ceremony, an Agricultural Economist, Dr Mrs Irene. S. Egyir, said agriculture should provide enough food such [...] The post 42-year
A 47-YEAR-OLD preacher of the Gospel, Apostle Emmanuel Afenu, was on Friday adjudged the best farmer in the Ho West District at a durbar at Abutia-Kissiflui. For his prize, the married father of two who is the founder and head pastor of the Call Out Ministry at Dzolo-Kpuita took home a brand-new tricycle valued at GH¢ 8,000. The machine was [...] The post Apostle Afenu wins Ho West best farmer
President Donald Trump has announced that his chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by the end of the year. There have been persistent reports for several days that Gen Kelly was under pressure to go. Some reports said that the retired Marine Corps general’s relationship with Mr Trump had deteriorated. But Mr Trump described Mr Kelly as [...] The post John Kelly to leave job appeared first
President Donald Trump has announced that his chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by the end of the year. There have been persistent reports for several days that Gen Kelly was under pressure to go. Some reports said that the retired Marine Corps general’s relationship with Mr Trump had deteriorated. But Mr Trump described Mr Kelly as [...] The post John Kelly to leave job appeared first
Emanuel Navarrete was fighting outside of his native Mexico for the first time but never seemed unnerved by it or the fact that he would be on the biggest stage of his career when he faced junior featherweight world titlist Isaac Dogboe. And Navarrete, the mandatory challenger, took it to Dogboe. He landed a lot of hard punches, swelled Dogboe’s [...] The post Dogboe loses title appeared first on
The three global car manufacturing giants, Volkswagen, Nissan, and Sinotruk, will begin operations in the country from next year. The companies have signed separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government to establish assembly plants here in Ghana. Speaking at the 7th Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) Industry Awards last Saturday, President Akufo-Addo said a comprehensive automotive industry [...] The post Volkswagon,
Charles Kwabla Akunnor, head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has named an 18-member squad for the club’s first leg game against Kenyan side, Kariobangi Sharks in the second round of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup. Asante Kotoko is expected to travel to Kenya on Wednesday for the first leg of the competition, which would be played between [...] The post Kotoko
Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister of Youth and Sports, will soon inspect ongoing works at the 10 multi-purpose youth centres nationwide. The inspection is to assess the progress of work undertaken since their commencement across the country. It is also to ensure that contractors were within schedule. The inspection, according to information gathered by the GNA Sports, was a follow [...] The post Sports
DEEP-thinking George Afrifa, alias Kickway, exhibited a star-spangling performance to win this year’s Tema Draughts Open championship at the weekend. The much-dreaded Tema-based Kickway beat Accra’s Nii Arday 2-0 with three of their tension-packed five-piece game drawing to prolonged applause from the large crowd that turned out for the two-day thriller. For his hard-fought effort, Kickway walked away with a [...] The post Kickway
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