Ghana youth international Emmanuel Boateng was on target for Moreirense on Saturday. Moreirense suffered a 4-1 defeat to Arouca in the Portuguese top-flight league. The 20-year-old scored the consolation goal for his side in the 47th minute. He has bagged four goals in the ongoing season. Boateng was a member of the Black Satellites squad … Read more
I read the above-quoted article, first from Peace FM website and later on ModernGhana.com. I would like to write a little rejoinder and raise matters that in my humble view must matter to all Ghanaians. In the article, the Archbishop Duncan Williams’ call on all those who ‘demonised’ his daughter (Charlotte Osei) with no reason … Read more
Ghana’s Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe will take at least two more ‘warm-up’ fights before considering a possible shot at the world title, father and trainer of the Ghanaian boxer, Paul Dogboe has revealed. The undefeated Dogboe (16-0, 10 KOs) scored a round seven knockout victory over Julian Evaristo Aristule of Argentina to win the hitherto … Read more
New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, as expected, a week after John Key announced his surprise resignation after eight years in the role. English, who was the sole contender for the job, announced Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett as the deputy leader, following a special … Read more
Passengers will be able to fly from London to Australia non-stop for the first time when airline Qantas launches its new service from March 2018. Australia’s national carrier says it will connect Perth, in the west of the country, to the UK capital using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight will take 17 … Read more
Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe defeated Julian Evaristo Aristule of Argentina at Vector Arena in New Zealand to become the new WBO International super bantamweight and WBO Latino super bantamweight champion. The undefeated Ghanaian Boxer (with a career record of 16-0, 10 Kos) technically knocked out his opponent in the seventh round. Dogboe came into the fight … Read more
Former Ghana U20 star Emmanuel Okyere Boateng scored his fourth goal of the season in the Portuguese league on Saturday. The frontman gave Moreirense a lifeline after falling behind but they ended up losing 2-1 to Chaves in the Primeira Liga. Boateng, who played for Ghana at the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup in New … Read more
Ghana’s Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe and Julian Evaristo Aristule of Argentina both made a weight of 121.8 lbs on Friday ahead of their fight for the vacant WBO International and Aristule’s WBO Latino super bantamweight titles as well as final eliminator for the world title held by American Jesse Magdaleno tomorrow in New Zealand. Undefeated … Read more
Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo to allow desperately needed aid into the war-ravaged zone. The United States and Russia verbally dueled before the vote, which called for a seven-day truce. Venezuela also rejected the resolution. The vote came … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has resigned, in a move that came as a shock to many observers. Key, the leader of the National Party, had been in power since 2008. “Ten years at the top is a long time,” he said, according to TVNZ, adding that he owed it to his family to … Read more
The tax affairs of football manager Jose Mourinho should be investigated by British officials following allegations he used off-shore companies to reduce his tax bill, a UK MP has said. Mourinho is accused of moving millions of pounds of earnings to the British Virgin Islands to avoid paying tax. The Manchester United manager’s agent said … Read more
Mr Tsatsu Tsikata, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has said his imprisonment in 2008 was wrong and that “no one should have to go through what I went through.” The statement read by Mr Tsikata is reproduced for the readership of the general public as follows: Yesterday, November … Read more
Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe is new in Auckland but the 22-year-old Ghanaian already feels like he has been living in New Zealand all his life, having been taken aback by the hospitality and unending show of love from the people in the Oceania country. Undefeated Dogboe (15-0, 9 KOs) and his father/trainer, Paul successfully arrived … Read more
The Electoral Commission has said it is prepared to organize the special voting exercise tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, 2016. According to the Commission, over 127,394 special voters, comprising security personnel, electoral commission officials and the media, will be casting their votes at designated polling centers across the country. The results of this special vote, the … Read more
The General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has described the NDC Member of Parliament Afram Plains South, Joseph Appiah as a thief. According to him, the said MP is a known criminal who is currently on the wanted list of INTERPOL for grievous crimes he committed in New Zealand … Read more
Afcon 2017 title aspirants Ghana could face world champions Germany next year following draw for the upcoming Fifa Confederations Cup held during the weekend in Russia. Germany have been pitted against 2015 Copa America winners Chile in Group B alongside Asian champions Australia and eventual winners of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Hosts Russia, … Read more
Two more bodies have washed up on a New Zealand shoreline after a fishing boat capsized killing at least seven people, police say. Eleven people were on board the vessel. Three survivors were rescued after the incident in rough seas at Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland. Conditions were reportedly poor at the time, with wind … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video messageoutlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% of … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump says the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in the White House. He made the announcement in a video message outlining what he intends to do first when he takes office in January. The TPP trade deal was signed by 12 countries which together cover 40% … Read more
The national U-20 women’s team, the Black Princesses, could not make it to the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after a 1-1 draw with the United States on Monday. The Princesses needed a win to make it to the knock-out stage, having lost to New Zealand and drawn with France … Read more