Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor says Wednesday's showdown with Women's Super League leaders Chelsea is one of those "moments we should cherish".
City are two points below Chelsea in the table with three games of the season remaini…
Brighton manager Graham Potter has said that he will allow Percy Tau to play for South Africa at the Tokyo Olympics.
Last week Tau was named in 40-man preliminary squad for men's football tournament at The Games by the South Africa Foot…
The news that 12 clubs have signed up to join a new European Super League (ESL) has drawn almost universal condemnation - from fans, players, politicians, administrators - and even royalty.
However, the reaction from around Africa has b…
Former Queens Park Rangers and Swansea City right-back Angel Rangel has retired from football at the age of 38.
The Spaniard last played for QPR in July 2020 when he tore his Achilles tendon. against Luton Town.
He will be best remem…
Clubs like Celtic and Rangers are "needed" in Uefa competitions, says the organisation's president amid a threat of a European Super League.
Twelve clubs, including six from England, have signed up to a proposed ESL, while Uefa has anno…
Fifa boss Gianni Infantino "strongly disapproves" of the breakaway European Super League and says the 12 clubs will have to "live with the consequences" of their decision to join.
Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manche…
Ryan Mason says he feels "immense pride" to be interim head coach at Tottenham until the end of the season after Jose Mourinho's sacking.
Former midfielder Mason, 29, who retired from playing in 2018 after suffering a fractured skull, h…
While I watched the ‘Jamestown Fight Night’ at the Bukom Boxing Arena last Saturday, one bout stole the show with a thrilling encounter.
It was a bout I least expected to steal the show on the night but Michael Decardi Nelson,alias Mayw…
Young enterprising fighter, Mohammed ‘Golden Boy’ Aryeetey recorded his fourth professional win after a unanimous decision victory over Isaac Aryeetey in their flyweight contest at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra on Saturday, April 17.
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Kenya’s Geoffrey Yego beat Ghana’s Eric Ofosuhene 3-2 to win the 2020 Matchplay Champion of Champions Finale at the Bok-Nam Kim Golf Course last Sunday in Accra.
Yego won on holes one, five, eight and nine on a windy and drizzly course …
Showmax mobile subscribers in Ghana will pay GHC 16.99 a month for access to the full Showmax catalogue on a single mobile device. This is a more than 25% reduction on the previous price point of GHC 22.99.
Speaking about the price cha…
To celebrate Earth Day on 22 April, the Commonwealth Secretariat and Satellite Applications Catapult are launching the first-ever Hack the Planet competition, in search of innovative, impactful and scalable ideas that will tackle the threa…
Multichoice Ghana has unveiled a year of exciting television content during a Virtual Content Showcase at the weekend. The content showcase revealed exciting and thrilling content that will keep you glued to your TV screen for the rest of …
Zoom Video Communications, Inc . (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced the Zoom Apps Fund, a new $100 million venture fund created to stimulate growth of Zoom’s ecosystem of Zoom Apps, integrations, developer platform, and hardware. Portfolio compa…
Police brutality and the death of schoolboy Damilola Taylor are among the unflinching themes tackled by contenders for 2021’s Brunel International African Poetry Prize. [2]
The world’s biggest cash prize for African poetry is sponsored …
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has received the March NBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by Kaiser Permanente in recognition of his dedicated efforts to address housing insecurity in Greater Philadelphia, the NBA (www.NBA.co…
Are you always engrossed with work and a busy schedule, making it simply impossible to get yourself, your besties or that dear family member a meal that requires an in-person? Or perhaps you are the kind that loves to snuggle in bed over t…
The Absa Group Board and the Group Chief Executive, Daniel Mminele have come to an agreement pursuant to which he has stepped down as a director and Group Chief Executive and will be leaving the group with effect from 30 April 2021. The pa…
The 90-day jail sentence handed to social media personality, Rosemond Brown, on charges of publication of obscene material and domestic violence, has stoked conversations across various media platforms.
Widely known as Akuapem Poloo, Ro…
Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have today come together to announce they have agreed to establish a new mid-week competition, the Super League, governed by its Founding Clubs.
AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Atlético de Madrid, Chelsea…
In Senegal, 9 out of 10 workers are paid in cash. Most are temporary workers and excluded from health insurance. A survey revealed that 77% of temporary workers would be willing to receive their wages digitally if this gave them access to …
The Gender Mainstreaming Awards (GMA) are back in 2021 with the aim, once again, to reward organisations and individuals that are at the forefront and are advancing the business case for gender diversity in Africa. The awards are set to ta…
Africanews, part of the Euronews group, will celebrate its fifth anniversary on 20th April 2021. To mark the event, the pan-African news channel will offer special coverage from 19th April to 9th May and will launch a new brand campaign.
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Weekly Highlights
• Consumer Price Inflation unchanged at 10.3 percent
• Interest rate for 182-Day T-Bill slashed by 8 basis point, as rate moderation persist.
• GSE equity indices resumed uptrend, on the back of 4 advancers.
• Gh…
African leaders assembled at a global meeting to discuss the status of local pharmaceutical manufacturing on the continent, underscored the need to increase local production of vaccines and therapeutics to achieve greater public-health sec…
India has widened its vaccination programme as infections surge and the capital goes into lockdown.
All adults over the age of 18 will be offered a coronavirus jab starting from 1 May, the government said on Monday.
However, with vac…
The number of migrant children trying to reach the US from Mexico has increased ninefold since the start of 2021, UN children's agency Unicef says.
The rise from 380 to nearly 3,500 has overwhelmed the facilities at Mexico's reception c…
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired to consider its verdict.
The prosecution told jurors that Mr Chauvin had murdered Mr Floyd, but the defence said…
Younger people continue to bear the brunt of the jobs crisis amid widespread cuts in sectors such as hospitality, official figures show.
In the year to March, 811,000 payroll jobs were lost in the UK, with under-35s accounting for 80% o…
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called on the African Union to lead talks on a process that would lead to a free and fair elections in the country.
The president said all stakeholders would participate in the talks for…
Some Kenyan high school finalists were left stranded in the capital Nairobi on Monday night as police enforced a curfew by closing roads.
Students had been exempted in the new regulations that locked down the capital and nearby counties…
The German Development Cooperation in partnership with COGNOS International, has commenced a 10-day training programme for 60 Ghanaian-owned Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to boost their capacity for the international market.
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The Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM) – Ghana has commended Tema Tank Farm Limited, a petroleum storage management company, for upholding quality standards in the petroleum supply chain and general operations.
The I…
The Ghana Nuts Company Limited at Techiman in the Bono East region has taken steps to address the environmental concerns raised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its operations.
The EPA during a site inspection at the fact…
At least 40 shops in the locally manufactured sandals enclave at the Kumasi Central Market were completely burnt when fire gutted the market on Sunday night.
It was the eighth fire disaster to be recorded over the weekend destroying pro…
The Chief of the Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, has inaugurated a fully furnished 72-bed Sailors’ Transit Quarters at the Western Naval Command in Takoradi.
The project was designed to temporally cater for the accommodation ne…
The exercise to get traders off the streets in Accra has been given a further boost with the planting of greenery at the Madina-Zongo Junction.
The exercise, which will soon be extended to the Ritz Junction and the Atomic Junction, will…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has begun a nationwide programme aimed at reorganising the rank and file of the party for victory in the 2024 election.
As part of the programme, the leadership of the party has directed all execut…
Recommendations of the Annual New Year School and Conferences (ANYSC) should be given serious attention by the government to spur national development.
This was the view of two experts who expressed concern about the non-implementation …
Air pollution in the capital city is rising at an alarming rate and it can be detrimental to the health of the public, a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has said.
Mr Kofi Amegah, who is also a member of the Public …
The Electoral Commission (EC) has presented the original documents on the Techiman South parliamentary election to the Wenchi High Court.
The documents have since been inspected by the parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic …
The management of domestic airline PassionAir has explained that their Kumasi-bound flight from Accra had to be diverted to Côte d’Ivoire because of bad weather conditions in the Ashanti Regional capital.
PassionAir in a press release s…
Ghana will leverage on its strong bilateral relations with Switzerland to attract Swiss investors for the pharmaceutical industry.
It is also working to make Switzerland a destination for products manufactured in Ghana under the Industr…
Bristol City midfielder Henri Lansbury has had the red card he was given against Sheffield Wednesday rescinded.
The 30-year-old was sent off after referee Tony Harrington felt the former Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa player had deli…
Most people who run know it can at times be a painful business - even if you're good at it.
But Hellah Sidibe, a Mali-born former professional footballer, has decided to put himself through pain on an altogether different scale, without…
The European Super League was created "to save football", says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Real are one of the 12 European clubs who have signed up to the breakaway league and intend to establish a new midweek competition.
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Everton have criticised the "preposterous arrogance" of the clubs involved in the European Super League, while Fifa boss Gianni Infantino "strongly disapproves" of the plans.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester Unit…
Mr Niyi Ojoulape, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative, says the Orange Support Centre would help reduce cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Ghana.
The Centre, a call centre for victims of SG…
At least seven people died in a deadly fire outbreak following a tanker explosion in central Nigeria on Sunday.
An oil tanker laden with petrol veered off the road and spilled its contents in Oshigbudu area of Benue state.
Eyewitness…
Creditors of AirtelTigo will be settled all outstanding debts by government in the short to medium term.
This is the assurance of Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Her assurance follows the recent ta…
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