Chelsea suffered the indignity of becoming the first Champions League holders to fail to advance beyond the group stage despite thrashing Nordsjaelland at Stamford Bridge.

Lionel Messi missed out on a chance to match Gerd Mueller's record of 85 goals in a calendar year as he was injured during Barcelona's draw with Benfica.

Manchester United suffered their first home defeat in the Champions League for three years on a night of frustration for manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Upon his arrival at the Efua Sutherland ChildrenÂ’s Park Thursday for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) final campaign rally, Nana Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the NPP was informed by one of his aides that former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang-Rawlings, leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP), had endorsed his candidature for the presidency.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Wednesday rounded up its political campaign for Friday's election, with a declaration by President John Dramani Mahama that God would grant the NDC victory in the election.

The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan has said the Commission will declare the results of FridayÂ’s election within 72 hours after the close of poll.

Scores of supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) converged at the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra Wednesday at a mammoth rally to which leading members of the party impressed on the supporters to eschew complacency and turn out in their numbers and vote.

There has been an explosion in a mainly Somali neighbourhood in Kenya's capital Nairobi, police say.

The hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge said it "deeply regrets" giving out information about her condition to hoax callers from an Australian radio station.

With just days to the 2012 elections the debate has come to this, which of the two leading parties has the requisite big ideas needed to leapfrog our country to the next stage of development. It is both fortunate and unfortunate that Education has become a deserving centerpiece in the mostly noisy and political airwaves.

NPP has it right! Their free Senior High School (SHS) education is so much on target that it is sending cold shivers down the spine of political opponents and causing them to shake at the knees. NPP is promising that when elected to power they will provide free basic education.

President John Dramani Mahama has launched a nationwide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training for teachers across the country aimed at improving their knowledge base.

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) says the December 7 general election will record an unprecedented low incidence of spoilt ballots.

The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Omane Boamah has charged all peace loving Ghanaians to vote against the opposition NPP to consolidate the countryÂ’s peace and tranquility.

Two people, including a primary school girl, collapsed and several others have been hospitalised following a chemical disaster in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi.

Two unidentified gunmen Wednesday evening attacked a resident of Community 18, Lashibi, Matilda Ahiator and made away with her Hyundai minibus H200 with Registration Number GS 6397 – 11.

The NHIS has once again chalked another success winning the ‘Outstanding Health Insurance Initiative and Innovation’ awarded by The West African Regional Magazine. The institute was described as a beacon for providing sustainable, progressive and equitable social health insurance scheme in Africa and beyond.

A newly married couple claim one of their wedding guests stole their cake and gave it to her policeman boyfriend to share with colleagues at work.

One Hundred and thirty three women are running in 27 out of the 275 constituencies in GhanaÂ’s Parliamentary race this year. This number is relatively small compared to their male counterparts who number up to one thousand three hundred and thirty two. But to some observers and gender advocates, this number, as low as it appears, represents a 30 percent improvement on previous figures.

Police, military and other security personnel are being deployed across the country ahead of tomorrowÂ’s presidential and parliamentary elections.