WORLD number one Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in the quarter-finals by sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. Greek 21-year-old Tsitsipas came from a set down – having lost the opening three games in seven minutes – to beat the defending champion 3-6 7-5 6-3. He will play Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals … The post Djokovic beaten in Shanghai appeared first on
Entrepreneur and broadcaster, Melody Kukua Ibrahim, affectionately called SokooHemaa, will on October 19, lead a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk within the Accra metropolis. The walk under the theme, “One Man, One Breast”, is to rope in men to help in the protection of breasts from any form of cancer. Speaking
Traditional authorities in the Shai state of the Greater Accra Region, have threatened to mobilise the people to hit the streets if government continued to pay lip service to the rehabilitation of bad nature of roads in the Shai Osudoku District. According Nene
More than 70 per cent of children in Ghana live under deprived conditions, a research by Ghana Multi-dimensional Child Poverty Report, has revealed. According to the findings, many children in
Maxwell Konadu, head coach of the local Black Stars has said his team will lift up their game in the finals of the ongoing West African Football Union (WAFU) championship in Senegal after beating Cote d’Ivoire 1-0 to qualify for the final on Sunday, October 13. According to him, though Cote d’Ivoire played better than … The post Konadu: Local Black Stars will improve
Spokesperson for Team Wilfred Osei Kweku ‘Palmer’, Ebo Appiah, says a petition has been sent to FIFA and CAF over a secretly recorded audio tape which Ghana FA Normalisation Committee president, Dr Kofi Amoah, was alleged to have discussed plans to deliberately disqualify candidate Palmer
The Elections Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee (NC) has announced that the process initiated to vet interested aspirants for the various advertised vacant positions officially ended on Tuesday October 8, 2019 at 4pm. At the time of the closure, there were no
ARSENAL’S highest-paid player Mesut Ozil could be set to leave the club in January, with Fenerbache reportedly interested. Ozil, who moved to the Emirates from Real Madrid back in 2013, has been frozen out of manager Unai Emery’s plans so far, this season. The Arsenal boss has preferred young
MEXICO’S Julio César ‘Rey’ Martínez and former Nicaraguan world champion Cristofer Rosales will collide on December 13 for the vacant flyweight world title of the World Boxing Council, according to the sanctioning
AUSTRALIAN boxing legend Jeff Fenech has successfully undergone lifesaving surgery overnight to replace an infected heart valve. The three-time world title winner was admitted to a Bangkok hospital three days ago when he began coughing up blood during a training session. In a five-hour operation, during which Fenech sat up rather than laid down, surgeons … The post Jeff
JOSE Mourinho is set for an imminent return to management after turning down an offer from Lyon, the French club’s president claims. Lyon sacked manager Sylvinho after losing to local rivals Saint-Etienne 1-0 on Sunday. The defeat left them 14th in Ligue 1 with just nine points from their first nine games and Gerald
INJURY-decimated Germany squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Argentina thanks to Lucas Ocampos’s 85th-minute equaliser in a friendly on Wednesday. The Germans, missing a dozen players and without a single world champion in the starting line-up for the first time since the 2014 World Cup final, fielded a callow team including newcomers Robin … The post Germany wastes two-goal lead
The World Bank on Wednesday cut its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa for 2019 to 2021 by 0.2 percentage points from its earlier projection, citing a slowdown in fixed investment and policy uncertainty in the global economy. The bank said the region’s economy was expected to grow 2.6 per cent
Ghana can do more in the world space if it strategically takes advantage of the world demand for goods and services Mr Albert Kasim Diwura, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has said He said considering the world demand as against that of what Ghana produces especially in cocoa paste production then, … The post ?Ghana
The future of banking is digital and that places a call on rural and community banks (RCBs) to be committed to technology which will help them to survive stiff competition and become sustainable, Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks (ARB-Ghana), Mrs Comfort Owusu, has indicated. Addressing the 18th National Managers Conference for RCBs … The post ?Stay
Three thousand two hundred young Ghanaians have received entrepreneurship training covering areas such as product design, starting a business and financial management. The beneficiaries were drawn from the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions Mr Allan Rutt,
The government has been urged to provide tax incentives to individuals and institutions to enhance commitment towards building sustainable and eco-friendly infrastructure. Mr William Evans Halm, the Chief Executive Officer of Spektra Global, an architectural firm, said through motivations such as a waive of the cost of building permits, more people would be encouraged to … The post ?Provide
Nigeria’s decision to close its borders to neighbouring Benin may be a bigger problem than envisaged. This is because other countries including Ghana are feeling the bite of the action, albeit remotely. The development becomes more alarming when the continent is working on a common trade market, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). But … The post ?Nigeria
THE Citi News correspondent in Ho, Benjamin Aklama, 25, was adjudged the best all-round journalist at the third Volta Ghana Journalists Association
The Ministry of Railways Development is pursuing the revamping and development of railways by employing new technologies. These technologies, it assured, do not have negative effect on the environment. Mr Joe Ghartey, Minister of Railways Development, announced
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