YOUNG German Alexander Zverev’s breakthrough title at the ATP Finals in London last month brought the future into focus but the year ended with men’s tennis in the grip of a block of 30 somethings led by a resurgent Novak Djokovic. Serbian Djokovic, 31, needed elbow surgery in February to cure a problem that surfaced in 2017, but after some [...] The post Djokovic back on top appeared first on
MANCHESTER United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward believes the club’s new interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will “unite the players and fans.” The Old Trafford legend, 45, replaces Jose Mourinho on a short-term deal until the end of the season, after the Portuguese boss was sacked on Tuesday morning. Solskjaer, who has left his role as head coach of Norwegian side [...] The post Solskjaer
BUNDESLIGA pacesetters Borussia Dortmund suffered a shock 2-1 loss at promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf on Tuesday that snapped their unbeaten league start and cut their lead to six points. Goals from Dodi Lukebakio and Jean Zimmer in either half secured an unexpected three points against the overwhelming title favourites Dortmund, who remain on 39 points. Second-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach moved to 33 [...] The post Dortmund
AN absolutely hideous set of penalties from Leicester City – they missed three of four kicks, in pathetic fashion – ushered Manchester City into the League Cup semi-final. The holders, who beat them in the same manner at the same stage last season, will not only fancy their chances of retaining their title, but augmenting it with the various others [...] The post League Cup:
The Western Regional Boxing Committee will hold a special amateur boxing championship between the Greater Accra and Western regions on Boxing Day at Amanful, a suburb of the region. The event will be used to outdoor a new boxing ring and other boxing equipment presented to the body by the President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Mr Peter Zwennes. [...] The post Western region gets new boxing
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Limited on Saturday climaxed a week-long employee family wellness programme with a six-kilometre health-walk in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, which ended at the Sicelo Ntuli Sports Stadium. The programme, which formed part of the Mine’s efforts to provide a healthy and safe operations, was organised in conjunction with the National Sports Authority (NSA). Other [...] The post AngloGold
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) will soon announce a partner that will help in developing Takoradi as the oil hub of the country, Captain Ebenezer Afadzi, Director the Takoradi Port has announced. According to him, the construction of an oil hub remained a major priority for the board and management of the GPHA and the search for a [...] The post GPHA keen
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the use of drones to supply essential and lifesaving medical supplies to health facilities will not be run at the expense of tax payers. “This programme is not going to be run on the public budget. Corporate social responsibility contributions from private sector players will pay for the service” “I prefer drones [...] The post Drone
Black Star Energy, a company that specializes in the development of mini-grids has won the second EDF Pulse Africa 2018 awards after competing against nine other African finalists. The 10 finalists were invited for a week in Paris to participate in a three-day coaching session in EDF training centre called ‘The Lab” to accelerate their ability to pitch their innovation.’ [...] The post Black
A total of 52 security officers from four African countries last Friday graduated from the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Junior Division. The Junior Staff Course 70 graduands consisted of 42 officers from Ghana Army, one from Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority; five from the Armed Forces of Nigeria; two from the Botswana Defence Force [...] The post 52
Youth leaders in the country yesterday brainstormed on the 2010 National Youth Policy in Accra to fine-tune it meet current trends. The consultation forum aimed at making inputs into the new policy and further outlines comprehensive strategies, projects and activities into the policy that would nurture and engage Ghanaian youth in national development. Participants were youth organisers of [...] The post New
Government is working assiduously to address the legacy debts accrued by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) through recapitalisation and other stimulus packages, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said these assistances would be provided based on financial audits of the enterprises and those that are deemed viable would be the beneficiaries. The President gave the assurance yesterday in [...] The post Govt
Vodafone Ghana has extended its commitment to SMEs by instituting a programme to provide investment opportunities and advice for these businesses in Ghana. In a partnership struck between the telecom company, NexInnova and Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), Vodafone seeks to foster innovation and creativity for SMEs whilst making them globally competitive. The partnership will operate through a common [...] The post Vodafone
A safety campaign geared towards reducing carnage on the road during the yuletide has been launched in Accra. The campaign, themed, “Slow Down”, would promote public education, road engineering and emergency response during critical periods. It was organised by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) in partnership with the Accra Central Motor Traffic [...] The post Road
A total of 48 persons drowned in the sea and other water bodies from January to date this year as against 68 the previous year, the Pathology Department of the Ghana Police Hospital has said. A statement issued and signed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yaw Nketia, Head of Public Relations of the hospital, said out of the 48 [...] The post Proofed 48 persons drowned since
Head Coach of the Black Stars, Kwesi Appiah has disclosed that his consistent lack of call-ups for locally based players is because there is no competitive football in the country. Ghana’s domestic top flight leagues were truncated following the revelations of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ No. 12’ documentary in June. The piece by the investigative journalist caught several top Ghana Football [...] The post Appiah
Black Meteors coach, Ibrahim Tanko, has attributed Tuesday’s success over the Junior Hawks of Togo changes effected in the second half of their qualifier at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The U-23 national team humbled the Junior Hawks of Togo with a 5-1 win in the first leg of the U-23 AFCON qualifier at the Baba Yara Stadium. The Meteors [...] The post Meteors eye double over Junior Hawks
Cherryfield Montessori School held its Nine Lessons and Carols to usher in Christmas at the school’s premises near Pokuase. The pupils treated their parents and the invited guests to ceaseless melodious songs with other Christmas displays by various entertainment groups formed in the school. Mrs Magdalene Dzifa Atisey, proprietress of the school read the ninth lesson and called on the [...] The post Cherryfield
Asante Kotoko has completed the construction of a new training field at their Adako Jachie complex. Dr Kwame Kyei and his team made the Adako Jachie training grounds one of their major priorities after Otumfuo Osei Tutu II gave them the mandate to run the club. The sod for the construction of the project was cut a few years ago, [...] The post Kotoko complete construction of new
Accra -based Satellite TV station, Omy TV, has official launched its operations, promising exciting and innovative television experience for viewers. The station has been in existence since 2016 but started test transmission in October 2018. The channel is predominantly a sports station with 70 per cent of its content sports-related whilst the rest of the 30 per cent to be [...] The post Omy TV launches
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