Anthony Joshua defended his WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles by wearing down a game Carlos Takam with a controversial 10th-round stoppage at a raucous Principality Stadium. The Briton, 28, damaged his nose after a heavy head collision early on and did not have things all his own way against a fighter who took the ...

A goal from Eden Hazard early in the second half was enough to give Chelsea victory over Bournemouth and move them into fourth in the Premier League. The Belgian hit a firm shot past Asmir Begovic at the Cherries goalkeeper’s near post after defender Simon Francis failed to cut out a ball over the top. ...

An Italian man has been jailed for 24 years after intentionally infecting 30 women with HIV. Valentino Talluto is said to have had unprotected sex with at least 53 women after his HIV diagnosis in 2006, the youngest of whom was 14 at the relationship’s start. The accountant, using the pseudonym “Hearty Style”, went on ...

Salford City goalkeeper Max Crocombe was sent off for urinating during his side’s 2-1 win at Bradford Park Avenue. The 24-year-old New Zealander was shown red in the 87th minute of the National League North game. “He was told by the steward twice not to do it and he went ahead and had a pee,” said ...

Two explosions have rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, just two weeks after a huge bomb killed more than 350 people. The first blast was caused by a car bomb being driven into a hotel. Militants then stormed the building. The second explosion took place near the former parliament house nearby. The number of casualties is ...

England produced a sensational performance to come from 2-0 down to thrash Spain 5-2 and win the Under-17 World Cup in India. The Three Lions had never gone beyond the quarter-finals in the tournament before but emulated England U20s who won their World Cup in June. The margin of victory did not flatter Steve Cooper’s ...

There were five games to follow Manchester United’s win over Tottenham earlier in the afternoon and talkSPORT.com has the latest results from the Premier League. Arsenal 2-1 Swansea City Aaron Ramsey scored the winner – his 50th goal in all competitions for Arsenal – as the Gunners fought back after going a goal down to seal a 2-1 victory over Swansea at the ...

The Street Fashion Train Limited in Collaboration with the National Commission on Culture (NCC), and the National Theatre, have launched this year’s edition of the African Bikini and Accessories Fashion Show, slated 8th December, 2017, at the National Theatre. The event, which was held at the National Theatre on Thursday, 26th October, 2017, was attended by ...

The Street Fashion Train Limited in Collaboration with the National Commission on Culture (NCC), and the National Theatre, have launched this year’s edition of the African Bikini and Accessories Fashion Show, slated for 8th December, 2017, at the National Theatre. The launch, which was held at the National Theatre on Thursday, 26th October, 2017, was attended ...

Hiplife musician Captain Planet has told Citi Showbiz in an exclusive interview that he has not broken away from the 4×4 music trio as has been recently speculated. According to him, the rumour circulating that the group has collapsed after the release of his latest hit song, is not true. “People are asking if I have left ...

The Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ghana, Ms Sharon Cromer, has called on Ghanaian communities to continue to hold their local government authorities accountable. She said this at Chirehin in the Kintampo South District of the Brong Ahafo Region on Tuesday, when she made a stop in that community ...

Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has called for “democratic opposition” to direct rule from Madrid. He condemned the suspension of Catalonia’s autonomy and promised to continue to “work to build a free country”. He made the call in a pre-recorded TV address to Catalans broadcast on Saturday afternoon. The Spanish government has stripped Catalonia of ...

Some irate youth of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)  calling themselves Party Royals, on Friday disrupted the election of a Presiding Member for the Adeiso District Assembly in the Eastern Region. The angry youth, known as the Party Royals, besieged a Pentecost Church where the election was taking place, and assaulted some Assembly Members, supposedly ...

Former Member of Parliament for North Dayi, George Loh, has condemned what he describes as the increasing spate of lawless acts by vigilante groups affiliated to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), saying such things were minimal and not extreme as is happening currently. According to Mr. Loh, these attacks were not rampant under the Mahama administration, ...

Twenty Six Togolese nationals are in the grips of the Accra Regional Command for attempting to stage an unlawful demonstration over the political situation in their country. According to the Accra Regional Police Operations Officer, Chief Superintendent Kwasi Ofori, about 300 Togolese had to be dispersed lawfully at the Kawukudi Park because their intended action ...

The governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Karaga Constituency Chairman, Taahiru Zakaria, and other fours who were detained by the Northern Regional police command, have been granted a police inquiry bail. They were arrested after an official complaint filed by the under-fire Karaga District Chief Executive, Alhassan Yabdow, who was chased out of his office by some ...

Anthony Martial came off the bench to score a late winner for Manchester United against Tottenham. The French forward, introduced in place of Marcus Rashford midway through the second half, settled a cagey encounter nine minutes from time when he latched on to Romelu Lukaku’s headed flick-on and fired past Hugo Lloris. Lukaku had hit the post for United ...

A female student from the Christ the King International School in Accra, Krystyn Naa Adoley Bruce, has emerged the overall winner of Citi FM’s 2017 Literacy Challenge held today [Saturday]. She beat competition from nine other contestants in the competition quiz competition to win the ultimate prize of GHc10, 000. The quiz, moderated by educationist Madam ...

A former Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Charles Ahetor Tsegah, has commended Citi FM for The Literacy Challenge initiative. In his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Grand Finale, Mr. Tsegah, considered the mentorship and training session the 10 finalists were taken through as part of the entire journey of ...

A Facebook executive has denied the social network uses a device’s microphone to listen to what users are saying and then send them relevant ads. Rob Goldman, the tech giant’s vice-president of ads, was responding to a tweet by PJ Vogt, the presenter of a tech podcast called Reply All. Anecdotally, many people report seeing ...