Ghanaian-born Dutch international Timothy Fosu-Mensah has been named among the Best 50 Young Players in the World. The 18-year old defender is the highest-ranked young player from the English top-flight league alongside his Manchester United teammate Angel Gomes. The ex-Ajax academy graduate made his Manchester United first team debut against Arsenal last season under Louis … Read more
Bernard Tomic’s woes continued Thursday as he pulled out of the Miami Open due to a back injury, the latest setback in a disappointing year for the Australian. Ranked 17th in the world as recently as November, Tomic has tumbled down the rankings to 44th. Since a third-round Australian Open exit, the 24-year-old has lost … Read more
Interior ministers mainly from the central Mediterranean region met in Rome on Monday to ramp up efforts to curb migration from Libya amid a sharp rise in the number of people trying to cross to Europe. One year after a controversial deal with Turkey to stop migrants setting out across the Aegean Sea for Greece, … Read more
Mattersburg’s Ghanaian youngster David Atanga has seen his strike against Rapid Wien nominated for the goal of the week. The 20 year old talented youngster is competing with four other players for the goal of the week after his wonder strike at Rapid earned Mattersburg a point. Skysportsaustria, the body responsible for intense coverage of … Read more
There is an expiry date for everything on the face of the earth. Indeed, this whole earth is transient and will, one day, cease to exist in the form it is currently. It is because there is time for everything that we must find the time to strike the iron while it is still hot. … Read more
Rescue teams worked for hours on the mountain in search of the missing fourth victim At least three people have been killed in a large avalanche at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps, police say. The avalanche hit the remote Jochgrubenkopf peak in the Tyrol region at about 12:30 local time (11:30 GMT). It … Read more
At least three people have been killed in an avalanche at a ski resort in the Austrian Alps, police say. Rescuers are looking for a fourth person reported missing, police said. The four were said to be in a group of eight foreign tourists. The avalanche happened in a remote area close to the Jochgrubenkopf … Read more
A diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter accounts were hijacked and replaced with anti-Nazi messages in Turkish. The attacks, using the hashtags #Nazialmanya (NaziGermany) or #Nazihollanda (NaziHolland), took over accounts of high-profile CEOs, publishers, government agencies, politicians and also some ordinary Twitter users. … Read more
Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday the nation’s drug war had left Filipinos feeling “hopeless and helpless”, with trust in the police eroded by thousands of summary executions. In a video message to a United Nations meeting on extrajudicial killings posted online, Robredo also called for international scrutiny on President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial crackdown. … Read more
Employers are entitled to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union’s top law court ruled on Tuesday, a decision Muslims said was a direct attack on women wearing hijabs at work. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said it does not constitute “direct discrimination” if a firm has an internal rule banning … Read more
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, has refused to grant the Ghana Special Olympic team visas, to enable to them participate in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Ghana’s 20-man contingent who were scheduled to depart the shores of the country on Monday, March 13, were left in a limbo concerning their participation. … Read more
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, has refused to grant the Ghana Special Olympic team visas, to enable to them participate in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Ghana’s 20-man contingent who were scheduled to depart the shores of the country on Monday, March 13, were left in a limbo concerning their participation. … Read more
Today, Microsoft announced that it will provide support to Mr. Isaac Otchere, a member of Special Olympics Ghana’s team. This will be done under the ambit of the Mission 3000 challenge -a Special Olympics initiative to support athletes competing in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. The Microsoft team is honoured to … Read more
The Netherlands has warned its citizens over travel to Turkey as a row between the countries shows no sign of abating. Germany, Austria and the Netherlands blocked Turkish attempts to hold rallies in those countries. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed retaliation, accusing them of “Nazism”. On Monday, the Dutch foreign ministry issued a new … Read more
Fidgeting nervously, Canadian ice hockey defenceman Alex Plante cleared his throat and addressed a roomful of Olympic officials in a halting new language: “I want to represent South Korea.” South Korea is among the world’s most racially homogenous non-island societies but its ice hockey team is becoming unusually diverse as Seoul seeks to avoid humiliation … Read more
Several EU leaders have criticised Turkey, amid a growing row over the Turkish government’s attempts to hold rallies in European countries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany and the Netherlands of “Nazism” after officials blocked rallies there. Dutch PM Mark Rutte called his comments “unacceptable”, while Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would “return … Read more
Ghana and Red Bull Salzburg winger Samuel Tetteh will not be able to kick a ball again this season after under-going surgery in Austria to correct a knee meniscus injury he picked up while playing for his club. The 20-year-old has been in top shape for Liefering, scoring ten goals to help the side and … Read more
Dutch riot police have clashed with protesters in Rotterdam, amid a diplomatic row that saw a Turkish minister escorted out of the country. Water cannon and police on horseback were used to disperse about 1,000 people outside the Turkish consulate. The minister was trying to win support among expatriates for a referendum on expanding Turkish … Read more
Eight Iraqis, including four children, were found crammed inside a refrigerated truck in a service area in eastern Spain, police said Saturday, adding that they had been trying to reach Britain. The four adults and four children, aged two, five, eight, and 10, were all in good health, Spanish police told AFP on Saturday. “After … Read more
Womba Africa Dancing and Drumming, a unique and talented group of youthful dancers and drummers, on Independence Day (Monday, March 6th, 2017) got all the attention and praise at the Calabash Pub at the Titanic Beach, Sakumono, Accra. The cultural group was indeed a delight to watch as many of the patrons of the pub … Read more