JOSE Mourinho had to be restrained by his backroom staff and security after a Chelsea staff member provoked him seconds after the home side had rescued a 2-2 draw with Manchester United in the Premier League. Chelsea assistant coach Marco Ianni confronted the former Blues coach after Ross Barkley had tucked away Chelsea’s equaliser. The goal came in the final [...] The post Mourinho

JAMAICA needed penalties to defeat Panama in the match for third place at the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, and with it, earn a maiden berth at the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019. They become the first side from the Caribbean to reach the showpiece event of women’s football after winning the shoot-out 4-2 following a 2-2 extra-time draw. It was [...] The post Jamaica secure dream

JULEN Lopetegui will face further questions over his future following Real Madrid’s disastrous 2-1 home defeat to Levante, extending their winless run to five games. The result saw Real Madrid break the unwanted record for the longest goalless run in the club’s history, going 481 minutes without finding the net, but it could also cost Lopetegui his job, with speculation [...] The post More misery for Real

The establishment of a Construction Industry Development Authority is crucial if the sector is to be transformed and contribute meaningfully to the development of the country, the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ABCECG), has said. According to president of the association, Prosper Yao Ledi, the authority which would regulate and ensure the proper transformation of the [...] The post Construction

Customers of local banks should not break the relationship they have developed over the years with their banks in view of the recent banking crisis, a banking consultant, Nan Otuo Acheampong has said. Rather, he said the customers of the local banks should consider a long term banking relationship with their local banks. Speaking with the Times Business on the [...] The post Longterm

The Nandom District in the Upper West Region will soon be declared one of the first district assembly to obtain Open Defecation Free (ODF) status in the country. This was made possible as the district attained 96 per cent coverage of household latrines in 84 communities as at September this year; implying that residents of 84 communities in Nandom owned [...] The post Nandom District

An Advertisers Bill to regulate the advertising industry and ensure individuals and organisations conform to best standards is currently before Cabinet for consideration, Minister of Information-Designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated. In order to expedite the processes towards the passage of the Bill into law, he said his outfit was working with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to complete [...] The post Advertisers

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced plans by the government to address the legislative and policy loopholes in the country’s justice delivery system.   The decision, according to him, is to strengthen the justice delivery system and uphold the rights of all citizens in the spirit of the constitution.   President Akufo-Addo said this last Friday when he delivered [...] The post Justice

Some metropolitan, municipal and  district assemblies (MMDAs) have delayed the disbursement of the three per cent  of the District Assembly’s  Common Fund (DACF) meant  for  Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, has disclosed. He, therefore, entreated political heads of the MMDAs to expedite action on the [...] The post Some

The National President of the Power Queens Club (PQC) of the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG), Mrs Rosemond Asamoah Frimpong, has asked Ghanaians to desist from illegal connection of power through third parties. According to her, not only were households prone to fraud by such third parties, but it also contributed to loss of revenue for the company, thereby depriving it [...] The post Ghanaians

The Director General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Professor Victor Agyeman, has urged government to establish research laboratories in all the regions, in order to enhance scientific research in the country. According to the Director General, it would be necessary to have these research laboratories in the future since CSIR researchers were being encouraged to extend [...] The post Govt

Russia has condemned US plans to withdraw from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty and threatened to retaliate for a “very dangerous step”. On Saturday, President Trump said he intended to “terminate” the three-decade-old 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. He said Russia had been “violating it for many years”. The deal banned ground-launched medium-range missiles, with a range of [...] The post Russia:

The UK, France and Germany have denounced writer Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, demanding urgent clarification from Saudi Arabia over his death. A joint statement said the explanation that Mr Khashoggi died after a “fist fight” in the consulate in Istanbul needed “to be backed by facts to be considered credible”. President Donald Trump earlier said he was “not satisfied” with the [...] The post Saudi

POWER outages and obsolete water pumping equipment has led to the rationing of water in the Bolgatanga Municipality and Bolgatanga East District of the Upper East Region. As a result, residents of the affected areas have resorted to streams and dugouts for their source of water. Commenting on the situation, the Upper East Regional Manager of the Ghana Water Company [...] The post Water crisis hit Bolgatanga

EMMANUEL ‘Gameboy’ Tagoe clinched the vacant World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa lightweight title after unanimously defeating Namibian opponent Paulus Moses in the first edition of the Asamoah Gyan fight night last Saturday. All three judges scored the bout 120-110, 120-109 and 120-109 in favour of the Gameboy to send the wild crowd at the Bukom Boxing Arena into rapturous jubilation [...] The post Tagoe

THE University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Development Studies (UDS) once again confirmed their superiority at the 23rd edition of the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Cross-Country games hosted at the University of Professional Studies (UPS) on Saturday. Both universities successfully defended the race they won last year in the male and female categories of the keenly-contested [...] The post Cape

MINISTER for Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has inaugurated a 10-member technical committee, to review the National Youth Policy (NYP), aimed at engaging the youth for national development. The committee, which would be chaired by Mr. Kwesi Evans-Nkum, Director for Education and Training, National Youth Authority (NYA), has been tasked to engage the youth and other stakeholders in a [...] The post Sports

KUMASI Asante Kotoko midfielder, Seth Opare, has finally left the club after just a season. The defensive midfielder, who joined the Porcupine Warriors from Aduana Stars in the 2016/17 season struggled to cement a place in the team and was put on transfer a couple of times. Opare was signed by Croatian trainer Dravko Lugarisic but fell out of favour [...] The post Kotoko, Opare part ways appeared first

BARCELONA forward Lionel Messi will miss next week’s Clasico against Real Madrid with a fracture in his right arm, the La Liga leaders have announced. Messi was injured when he fell awkwardly in the first half of Saturday’s 4-2 win over Sevilla, and the Argentinian now faces three weeks out. Barcelona said on Twitter: “Tests carried out on the first [...] The post Messi

Eazzy Social, a start-up that trains organisations on utilising social media for growth, has unveiled its latest service called Express Social targeted at small businesses. The new service is expected to help them increase their value and boost sales with strategic social media tools. Speaking at the launch in Accra, Gad Ocran, CEO of Eazzy Social, said small and medium [...] The post Utilising