GARETH Bale is among the first five players to be shortlisted by France Football magazine for the 2018 Ballon d’Or. The Real Madrid and Wales forward is joined on the list by his club-mate Karim Benzema, Liverpool and Brazil goalkeeper Alisson, Manchester City and Argentina striker Sergio Aguero and Paris Saint-Germain and Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani. Twenty-five further nominees will [...] The post Ballon
JURGEN Klopp is satisfied with Liverpool’s position heading into the international break but is not so happy with his players being taken away to play in “the most senseless competition in the world.” The goalless draw with Premier League leaders Manchester City at Anfield means the top three are all level on 20 points and separated only by goal difference. [...] The post ‘Nations
NAPOLI moved back to within six points of Serie A leaders Juventus on Sunday as goals from Adam Ounas and Lorenzo Insigne clinched a 2-0 win over Sassuolo, while Inter Milan took third by beating SPAL. Carlo Ancelotti’s hosts slipped off the pace last weekend with a loss to Juve in Turin, but managed to avoid dropping further adrift, after [...] The post Napoli cut gap on Juventus appeared first
SERENA Williams and Roger Federer will play in December’s Hopman Cup in the mixed team’s event. Angelique Kerber, a former Australian Open winner, and Alexander Zverev will represent Germany. Frances Tiafoe will be Williams’ team mate, and Belinda Bencic will partner Switzerland’s Federer. Switzerland defeated Kerber and Zverev in January’s final. Federer and Williams will face one another in a [...] The post Serena,
Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world welterweight champion, Joshua Clottey, says Mikey Garcia will be a tough customer for Richard Commey. “Garcia is a very tough and incredible boxer. He is a four-division world champion. He has reign in featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight and light welterweight. He beat Andrew Browner and the guy that prevented Commey from winning the world [...] The post Clottey
Pride of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) table tennis prodigy, Cecilia Baah Danso is hopeful of winning the 2018 Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) female Table Tennis Player of the Year award after what she felt had a very successful and eventful season. She was among the award winners at the recently held Women in Sports Association (WISA) Achievers [...] The post Baah Danso targets
Most Reverend Edward Kwamina Minnah, was on Saturday, consecrated and enthroned as the second Archbishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church (OAC) of Ghana. Most Rev. Minnah, who was nominated to the Episcopacy at a Special Diocesan Convention, held on June 30, this year, succeeds Most Rev. Jacob Augustine Welbourne, first Bishop, who retired in 2015. Most Rev. Minnah also former [...] The post Orthodox
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of C7 Logistics Limited, a Takoradi-based logistics company, Mr Frank Nene A. Kubi, has donated 45 fire extinguishers and 40 reflectors, worth Gh¢15,000.00, to the Western Regional Police Command. Mr Kubi also ensured the installation of the equipment at Regional Police Headquarters, Sekondi District and the Sekondi barracks, at his own cost. Additionally, he [...] The post CEO
The Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana (ICAG), on Thursday in Accra inducted 281 newly qualified accountants into its membership. Addressing the inductees at a ceremony, Kwame Asuah Takyi, Controller-General, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), asked members to uphold the principle of accountability and gate keeping role with honesty and sincerity. He commended the ICAG for its contribution towards the enhancement of [...] The post ICAG
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Eric Kwakye Darfour has advised businesses to build friendly relationship with their host communities, to ensure peace and development. He said this on Monday when he paid a working visit to Dedeso Holding Incorporated (DHI), a timber harvesting and processing company of submerged trees on the Akosombo Volta Lake. The minister was accompanied [...] The post Businesses
Experts in Agriculture, Renewable Energy Water, Sanitation and Hygiene on Friday held a day’s workshop in Accra to deliberate on the mobilisation of influential stakeholders for an inclusive approach to addressing high malnutrition and post-harvest loss in farming. Organised by the Netherlands Development Organisation under the Voice for Change Partnership, an evidence based advocacy programme funded by the Dutch government [...] The post Workshop
A TOTAL of 236 households in 16 communities in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region are now Open Defection Free (ODF). Each of the households has a decent toilet since they embraced the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in October 2016, with UNICEF as donor partners. This was largely realised through communal labour in the communities. “We are [...] The post 16
The 30th anniversary of the Power Queen’s Club (PQC) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was yesterday launched in Accra. On the theme; “ Facing change – The role of the queen”, it was aimed at creating a forum for sharing practical experiences to encourage, promote and enhance productivity of members and foster good working relations and co-operation among [...] The post Power
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has handed over twenty three toilet facilities to some basic schools in the metropolis to improve their sanitary conditions. The facilities which are disability friendly come with toilet cubicles, changing room for girls, refuse holding bay with bins, urinal, hand washing bays as well as water supply and storage facilities. It was funded by the [...] The post AMA
A special service was held at the Ebenezer Methodist Cathedral in Madina on Monday to announce the Northern Accra Diocese (NAD) as the 20th Diocese within the Connexion of the Methodist Church Ghana. The new Diocese is led by the Bishop-Elect, Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph M. Y. Edusa-Eyison with Mr. Nimo Ahinkorah as the Lay Chairman and the Very Rev. [...] The post Methodist Church inaugurates
The President of the All Nations University College (ANUC), Dr Samuel H. Donkor, has urged the government to allocate the necessary financial resources for the promotion of technological innovation. He said for Ghana to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the country would need more investment in technological innovations to end poverty, fight inequality and protect the planet for [...] The post Let’s
Madam Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has reaffirmed the Ministry’s hope in aquaculture as a major exit from the threat of dwindling fishstock in the nation’s water bodies. She said the Ministry was focusing on the possibility of pursuing fish farming under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme, and would use key interventions [...] The post Government
Torgbui Adzesi Dzaga VI, Acting President, Awudome Traditional Council, in the Ho West District of the Volta Region, has appealed to government to complete work on the Kpeve water extension project. He said the project which was in its second phase and expected to extend water supply to communities in the Awudome Traditional Area, had delayed for years and [...] The post Chief
Turkey has requested a search of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, after saying that a journalist was murdered within its walls, media reports say. Missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national, was last seen visiting the consulate on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia has called the allegations baseless. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has previously said officials are welcome to conduct a [...] The post Turkey
A Madrid court has let off a former doctor over stealing newborn babies from their mothers and supplying them to infertile couples. The court found gynaecologist Eduardo Vela, 85, had committed the crimes but could not legally be convicted because too much time had elapsed. He was the first person to go on trial for illegal adoptions that took place [...] The post ‘Stolen babies’ doctor
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