A money-spinning mega-fight between Anthony Joshua and either Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury may be some way off – but the powers that be are willing to bend their own rules to allow boxing’s biggest fight to take place. Fury challenges the Bronze Bomber for his WBC world heavyweight title in Los Angeles on December 1. There will be clamour [...] The post Joshua set to fight
WAYNE Rooney has admitted he wanted to finish his career at Manchester United, but thinks he ultimately left the club “at the right time.” The 33-year-old was back in England to make one final international appearance against USA on yesterday. Rooney was honoured at Wembley with the captain’s armband after coming off the bench, wearing his favourite No 10 shirt [...] The post Rooney
DEFENDING Champions of the African Women’s Cup of Nations, the Super Falcons of Nigeria and the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon – runners-up at the last edition, as well as Zambia have arrived in the country for the 11th edition of the tournament which starts tomorrow. While the Nigerians are bent on picking their ninth African glory, the Cameroonians are aiming [...] The post Champions
NASRI played under West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City Former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has agreed to train with West Ham in a bid to secure a permanent deal at the club. Nasri was due to have a medical with the Hammers as he reaches the end of an 18-month doping ban. However, concerns have [...] The post Nasri to train with West Ham appeared first on
MANCHESTER City have confirmed that full-back Benjamin Mendy has undergone knee surgery, with reports suggesting he could be out until 2019. Mendy, 24, missed a large chunk of last season after rupturing the ACL in his right knee. This new injury is to his left knee and is a small tear to the meniscus which he suffered towards the end [...] The post City’s Mendy to miss
SUNSHINE Fontes scored twice to lead USA to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Cameroon at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 in Colonia Del Sacramento on Wednesday. Playing in the afternoon sunshine at the Estadio Alberto Suppici, those in attendance for this Group C opener saw an eventful first half, with the Stars and Stripes finding the back [...] The post USA thrash Cameroon in
BAFANA Bafana will arguably be considered underdogs going into their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Nigeria. But former captain Neil Tovey believes the locals have a good chance to upstage the Super Eagles. Nigeria are planning to arrive only a day before the match as they try to negate the effects of altitude but this, Tovey said, [...] The post Bully Nigeria! … Bafana
GERMANY made a bright start to their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 campaign with a convincing 4-1 victory over reigning champions Korea DPR in Colonia Del Sacramento on Wednesday. It was the Germans that showed a cutting edge during the first half at the Estadio Alberto Suppici, as they took a two-goal lead into the half-time break. Charlotte [...] The post Germany stun holders Korea DPR
The President of the Institute of Directors Ghana (IoD-GH), Rockson Kwesi Dogbegah, has called for the promulgation of a law to regulate corporate governance practice in the country. Mr Dogbegah, who made the call at the launch of the IoD-Ghana Director’s Week celebration for the year 2018, said the law had become necessary to sanitise the corporate governance space in [...] The post Regulate
MTN Ghana Foundation has launched its flagship programme MTN Heroes of Change Season V with a call on Ghanaians to take advantage of the programme to nominate people who are impacting positively on their communities for recognition and support. The programme was initiated by the MTN Ghana Foundation five years ago to honour individuals who are making extraordinary contributions to [...] The post MTN
*Estimated total expenditure – GH¢73.4 billion *Estimated total domestic revenue and grant – GHc58.9 billion *Estimated budget deficit of GHc14.5 billion *Projected petroleum revenue is GHc5.4 billion *GHc16 billion allocated to pay interest *Review of personal income tax band from GH¢10,000 to GH¢20,000 and above *A Bill to Parliament to ensure fiscal deficit is capped at five per cent of [...] The post Key
The Ministry of Education(MOE), has directed the Ghana Education Service(GES) to stop the compulsory deduction of GH¢10 from teachers’ salaries which is being paid to the State Insurance Company (SIC) as a group insurance policy. It has further directed the GES to explain details of the policy to teachers before enrolling them onto the policy. The ministry tasked the [...] The post Stop
The state has finally concluded its evidence at the Supreme Court with regard to the ownership of the two residential properties at Adjiringanor and Trassacco Valley in the Greater Accra Region. Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice told the court yesterday after Mr. Osafo Boabeng, counsel for Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, had finished cross-examining Mrs Stella [...] The post 2
The EU says much work still needs to be done on Brexit, despite agreeing a draft withdrawal document with the UK. “We still have a long road ahead of us on both sides,” chief negotiator Michel Barnier said. The EU has set out a series of meetings leading to one on 25 November where it plans to approve the Brexit [...] The post EU warns of ‘long road ahead’ on Brexit appeared
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Isaac Asiamah, has launched the Youth in Sports programme. The Youth in Sports programme is a community improvement initiative by the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) in collaboration with the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) and the National Youth Authority and other agencies. It aims at training the youth in sports related courses [...] The post MoYS launches YiS
Ghana’s female U-17 team, the Black Maidens, will face Finland today in their second group game at the ongoing Women’s U-17 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay. The Maidens are on top of their group with three points after defeating host, Uruguay 5-0 in the first game on Tuesday and would hope to consolidate that feat with a second win to [...] The post Boost for Black Maidens
Black Queens striker, Samira Suleman, says the team would embark on a mission of vengeance when they line up against the Fennecs of Algeria on Saturday in the opening game of the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON)? at the Accra Sports Stadium. This follows a 1-0 defeat the Queens suffered in the hands of the Fennecs in the [...] The post Black Queens eye revenge over Algeria
Ghana has earned praises from the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) following the exploits of Ghana’s Black Muscles at the 2018 Arnold Classic Africa (ACA) in South Africa. Ghana for the first time excelled in the Africa championships as Cyril Kofi Adja won a gold medal in the 90kg, earning him an IFBB ELITE PRO Card. Others including [...] The post Ghana earns IFBB praise
THE Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Total African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) has announced rates for the matches with the popular stand going for GH?5.00 at both the Accra and Cape Coast Sports Stadia. Whilst Cape Coast goes for a flat rate of GH?5.00 for all stands, the situation in Accra is different. The VIP stand in Accra, [...] The post Prices for AWCON ticket released appeared
Ten more contestants have been recruited for the finals of the ongoing ‘Maltavator Challenge’ after an electrifying competition at the Police Reserve Park in Takoradi over the weekend. This brings to 20, the number of challengers recruited to compete at the second season of the event in, January 2019. Out of 150 aspirants that registered to participate, 40 scaled through [...] The post Fresh
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