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Charles Kwablan Akunnor has announced his squad to face African champions Ivory Coast (Elephants) next month in place of the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers that got cancelled last week. Richard Ofori who missed the AFCON qualifiers in March makes a return to the squad having recovered from a groin injury. Reading FC’s Andy Yiadom, Portugal based Gideon Mensah, Schenzhen FC’s Frank Acheampong and inform forward, Kamaldeen Sulemana have all made a return to the team for the two matches. Former Tema Youth winger Joseph Painstil who has had a stellar campaign in Turkey for Ankaragucu has also earned a…

Hearts Of Oak headcoach Samuel Boadu has named his strong starting eleven as the “continental club masters” lock horns with Bechem Utd at Nana Fosu Gyeabour park. This are the “Phobians” to face the “Hunters” Richard Attah (GK), Mohammed Fatawu (C), Raddy Ovouka, Robert Addo, Mohammed Alhassan, Caleb Amankwah, Salifu Ibrahim, Patrick Razak, Benjamin Afutu, Emmanuel Nettey, Kwadwo Obeng Jnr. Substitutes Richmond Ayi, Larry Sumaila, James Sewornu, Afriyie Barnie, Michelle Sarpong, Victor Aidoo, Isaac Mensah.

Astute football administrator Nana Fitz, has fired GFA and FA President Mr Kurt ES Okraku for their inability to secure sponsorship deals for the ongoing Ghana premier league, and said he wonder why clubs are quiet about playin a league without a sponsor. “I am so much astonished that club owners and administrators have kept mute for these GFA for taking them for granted” “We have played 23 games in the GPL this season, still the GFA can’t boast of one Headline Sponsor for the Premier league”. “I remember very well the then candidate Kurt Okraku made a lot of…

Bechem United’s winger, Charles Mensah says they are ready to beat Accra Hearts Of Oak as Bechem hosts the “contnental club masters” for GPLWK24 at the Nana Fosu Gyeabour (ii) park this afternoon. Mensah admitted Hearts Of Oak is in a very good form but optimistic his side, Bechem is much prepared to defeatthe phobians. “We have prepared enough for this game and the mentality at camp is to win this game” “The worst result for Bechem should be a draw, and that is our last expectation going into the game”. “Playing against Hearts is a huge task as an…

Obuasi Ashanti Gold Sporting club supporters’ PRO, Mr Kofi Owusu Ansah popularly known as “Gyidie Anamon” has explained why supporters were angry at the club president and coach after their 1-1 home draw with Techiman Eleven Wonders at Obuasi Lencleyd Stadium. Ashanti Gold supporters last Sunday after their match tempted to curse their head Coach , Thomas Duah but the supporters spokesperson has said the club’s president, Dr Kwaku Frimpong “champion” is responsible for the team’s poor performances in the Ghana league. “We are angry because of the results, we’re very disappointed”. “The major cause of our disappointing results is…

In some cases, food and agriculture receive only 3% of the national budget. FAO found that of this, on average, more than a fifth is un-disbursed due to insufficient implementing capacity. The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, warned that severe under funding of the agri-food sector was preventing Africa from reaching its potential. He spoke at the launch of FAO’s latest report, Public Expenditure on Food and Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, which reveals the gap between long-standing political commitments and financial reality in 13 sub-Saharan African countries. He noted that the…

Gunmen carried out a series of attacks in three separate regions, burning down houses and shooting civilians dead. The assailants also ransacked health centers and damaged homes and shops. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by the humanitarian consequences of recent violence in Burkina Faso that has killed 45 people and forced more than 17,500 people to flee their homes over the past 10 days. Gunmen carried out a series of attacks in three separate regions, burning down houses and shooting civilians dead. The assailants also ransacked health centers and damaged homes and shops. In the East Region…

Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the “manuka” label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar. Manuka honey takes its name from the Maori term for Leptospermum scoparium, the flowering shrub whose nectar forms its essence, which is found in both Australia and New Zealand. But Australian production could soon be dealt a heavy blow, with a group of New Zealand producers launching proceedings in multiple countries to register the term “manuka” and claim its exclusive use. If they are successful,…

Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday makes her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, to open a new session of parliament and present her newly victorious government’s post-pandemic legislative agenda. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is riding high after the Conservatives’ triumph in last week’s local and regional elections in England, but faces new questions over the UK’s cohesion after pro-independence forces emerged on top in Scotland. Johnson says his government, after overseeing a successful inoculation campaign against Covid-19, is intent on reopening the economy and “determined that we look forward and get on with fulfilling…

China’s population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday. The growth of 5.4 percent since the last census in 2010 reflects fears of a looming demographic crisis amid an ageing society and slowing birthrates, with a sharp drop in the number of working-age citizens in the world’s second biggest economy. The growth rate was the slowest since the 1960s, according to official data. Beijing changed family planning rules in 2016 to allow families to have two children amid fears grew about China’s fast-ageing population and shrinking workforce — but it is…