A Stuttgart player voted this year's Bundesliga rookie of the season has been playing under a false identity.
The Congolese-born attacker known as Silas Wamangitukais is actually called Silas Katompa Mvumpa and was born on 6 October 199…
Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has been added to Spain's parallel training bubble following Sergio Busquets' positive Covid-19 test.
Spain pulled out of their final Euro 2020 warm-up game with Lithuania after Busquets tested posit…
Thomas Muller scored his first international goal in more than two years as Germany crushed Latvia 7-1 in their final Euro 2020 warm-up game.
First-half strikes from Robin Gosens, Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan, Muller, Serge Gnabry a…
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek will miss the Netherlands' Euro 2020 campaign with an injury.
The 24-year-old endured a difficult first season at United, making just four league starts after signing from Ajax last summer.…
"One of the main factors I got with Gareth Southgate," 42-cap striker Danny Welbeck says of the England manager, "was he likes to make sure there's a really good culture within the group".
It is a term that is referenced with increasing…
The European Championship has thrown up plenty of surprises during its 60-plus years - from shock titles for Denmark and Greece to Iceland's unexpected heroics.
BBC Sport has teamed up with data experts Gracenote to uncover the 10 bigge…
At age 35, boxers should be nearing their retirement but to Bastie Samir, it marks the dawn of career revival.
The light-heavyweight fighter has failed to live up to expectation despite being a prospect in his amateur days.
To Samir,…
Light-heavyweight contender, Bastie ‘The Beast’ Samir, believes he still has what it takes to compete at the highest level, despite not fighting consistently.
Samir, 35, therefore intends to return to the US to revive his career, having…
Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder, Salifu Ibrahim, has hailed coach Samuel Boadu’s impact in the team and believes his trainer’s technical ability would be crucial in seeing them win the ongoing Ghana Premier League.
Ibrahim describes coac…
The Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi which was closed down for renovations in February last year could be reopened for public use by the end of June, the Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Professor Peter Twumasi, has reve…
The Black Stars of Ghana have arrived in Rabat, Morocco for an International friendly match against the Atlas Lions of Morocco.
The team departed Accra on Sunday, June 6, and landed in Rabat on Monday morning.
The match will be Ghana…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has stated that Thomas Teye Partey Deputy Captain of the senior national team, the Black Stars was not sacked from camp as being reported in sections of the media.
A statement from the GFA said, Part…
Despite rumors of a royal rift, other members of Britain's royal family are celebrating the news that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have welcomed their second child. Daughter Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday, Ju…
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, Microsoft and Honda, has secured a permit that will allow the company to shuttle passengers in its test vehicles without a human safety operat…
The Upper West Regional Department of the Parks and Gardens (P&G) is to plant and nurture one thousand trees in two years under the grand agenda of the Parks and Gardens to plant one million trees nationwide in two years.
The departm…
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes that long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019, seems to be causing trouble from beyond the grave.
Short presentational grey line
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One of Google’s strong advantages in the world of online video has been the sheer size of YouTube: currently, the site has more than 2.3 billion monthly active users and over 500 hours of content uploaded every minute. Now, Google and YouT…
Stock Market Highlights
The benchmark index gained 7.50% following gains in five counters in the banking, petroleum marketing, insurance and telecommunication sectors to close the week the at 2,602.76 with a 34.05% year-to-date return. Ma…
Street Sense Organisation(SSO), an NGO championing road safety education in Ghana has organised a tree planting exercise along the Korle Gonno Beach to Mortuary road and Ring Road West in Accra.
The exercise, which was done in collabo…
Namibia has said the deal agreed with Germany for €1.1bn ($1.34bn; £940m) in aid following the colonial-era genocide is "not enough", but it would "revisit and renegotiate" as funding is rolled out.
A week ago Germany issued a long-awai…
Michelle Obama paid her respects to Breonna Taylor, the Black EMT who was killed by police in her Kentucky home, on her 28th birthday.
“Thinking of you today, Breonna,” tweeted the former first lady on Saturday, sharing an illustration…
Chrissy Teigen is back on social media... sort of.
The model and cookbook author, 35, was photographed on husband John Legend's Instagram account this weekend, marking her first appearance on the platform in several weeks since the rev…
Through its Ministry of Information and Culture today, the Nigerian government announced its decision to suspend the operations of social media platform Twitter in the country.
The statement, made by Minister of Information and Culture,…
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has shut down schools and suspended public gatherings as the country faces a surge of infections in a second Covid-19 wave.
Public transport between districts will be banned starting Thursday to allow …
Government has been urged to reduce its demand for funds from the domestic market to help reduce the overreliance of banks on government securities.
According to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, in addition to gove…
Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture had noted that though the country's tourism and hospitality industry was badly hit by the global pandemic, the government had rolled out a detailed plan to enable the industr…
Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister has emphasised on the significance of nature and the need to protect the environment by planting more trees and preserve our forest, water bodies and the natural habitats.
He commended t…
A sense of normalcy is returning to a Rwandan district ravaged by volcanic activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo two weeks ago.
The volcanic eruption in Mount Nyiragogo killed 32 people and destroyed hundreds of homes in DR Congo…
One year since the implementation of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana says it has experienced significant improvement in its transactions at the ports.
There were agitati…
UK online daters will be able to choose to display a badge on their profiles to show if they have been vaccinated against Covid or support the jab drive.
However there will be no way of verifying whether those displaying the badge have …
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has asked North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to desist from making a fuss about the alleged use of a luxurious chartered flight by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Accordi…
It's a girl! Meghan Markle has given birth to her second child with husband Prince Harry, a baby girl the couple have named Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, or "Lili" for short. The name is a nod to both the baby's paternal grandmother, …
Mr Fuseini Nurudeen, the Nkwanta North District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has challenged women to thrive in leadership positions and face the challenges that come with them.
He said they needed to t…
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa has launched the Sustainable Artisanal and Small-scale Mining Awareness Day set for June 2, every year.
The day is to create national and global awareness and a platform for stakehol…
A presidential aspirant in the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) national elections, Mr Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, says he will focus on the welfare and security of members when given the mandate to lead the association.
He also pledged…
The Programme Coordinator for the International Development Fund in Ghana, Jelili Jerry Afolabi, has urged Ghanaian entrepreneurs to explore international opportunities in development finance under the International Development Fund.
Ad…
Springfield Exploration and Production Limited has reiterated its commitment to the unitisation of the Afina-Sankofa fields, saying it will remain a willing and cooperative party to the process.
The company said it had since the governm…
Nana Bekoe Ahwireng, Chief of Mpaem in the New Juaben North Municipality, has called for a critical look at the living conditions of ageing cocoa farmers and make the industry attractive to young people.
"The cocoa industry is full of e…
A Deputy Minister of Finance designate, Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, has given an assurance that the government will account for all COVID-19 expenditure.
He said the government had already accounted for some of the expenditure and would keep …
Afrobeats artiste Haruna Buhari, known in showbiz as Nanky has featured King Promise on his new song dubbed, ‘Cassette’.
Produced by Killbeatz and Methmix, the video was directed by Yaw Skyface under Sultan Incorporation label.
Nanky…
A social media account for popular Chinese e-commerce app Xiaohongshu has been blocked after it issued a post on the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
It had posted "Tell me loudly: what's the date today?" on microblog…
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, says most of the country’s public senior high schools will be taken off the double track calendar in the next three years.
He said this will be done based on the progress of work on infr…
Ghana is exploring its diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom, United States, and other countries to procure additional Covid-19 vaccines for the country.
Ghana is currently struggling to find additional vaccines to give second ja…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has said that the upcoming Population and Housing Census will be an inclusive exercise where every tribe in Ghana will be captured without discrimination, no matter the size of their numbers.
Governme…
The chase for the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League title is getting keen with front-runners Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko pegged at 50 points apiece.
Asante Kotoko was able to secure maximum points against regional rivals AshantiGold afte…
The Management and Directors of PHAR Rangers FC have withdrawn from all Ghana Football Association (GFA) competitions including the ongoing Division One Zone 3 League and the FA Cup.
A Statement from the club signed by the Administrativ…
Two goals from Suzzy Dede Teye and Martha Gifty Amissah were enough to hand Ladystrikers FC the maximum points to wrap up the 2020/21 Women’s Premier League (WPL).
The match-day 14 fixture played on Sunday at the Mcdan La Town Park reco…
Akosombo-based Division One side Krystal Palace humiliated fellow Eastern Region Division One side Okyeman Planners 3-1 in matchday 23 in the ongoing National Division league played at the Akotex Park Akosombo.
The home team took the le…
Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder Emmanuel Nettey says it will be in the best interest of clubs if the rest of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League (GPL) are played at the same time.
The hardworking midfield sensation was adjudged Man-of-the-M…
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has urged the youth, whom he described as the ‘Resource Envelop,' to take advantage of government's initiative to make a headway in life.
He mentioned programmes such as the Ghana CARES 'Obaat…
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