The Volta Regional Football Association in an effort to boost the development of beach soccer in the region will on May 1 bring the entire beach soccer fraternity to Eli Beach Resort in Tegbi to interact and develop action plan for the sport in the region. Activities lined up …
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COVID -19 And Disability: 80% of children failing in their learning
Most children living with disability in Ghana are particularly vulnerable to stigma and discrimination, and are often segregated. They may not appear in the national statistics, becoming ‘invisible’ to decision makers, service providers and the public. While data on the estimated 80% children living with disability across the …
Read More »National team schedule of matches from May 2021 – Dec. 2022
The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce the programme line up for the Black Stars from now until the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Cameroon. Ghana has qualified for a record ninth Africa Cup of Nations tournament on the spin and are set to battle other African giants in the continental …
Read More »Isolate for 10 days even if you test negative for coronavirus at KIA – GHS to travelers
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has asked all travellers who arrive at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to self-isolate for ten days even if they test negative for Coronavirus. date rush This directive, according to the GHS, is one of the measures to curb the high rate of infection being recorded …
Read More »‘Enough is enough’: Ghanaian midfielder Tyrese Fornah wants action on East London stabbings
Plymouth Argyle’s on-loan Nottingham Forest midfielder Tyrese Fornah has made an emotional statement calling for change after two teenagers were stabbed in East London. The 21-year-old was raised in that area and was left devastated by the news. He decided to react to it by issuing a passionate statement. “ENOUGH …
Read More »Legon: Young man who fell from 4th floor of Sarbah Hall still unable to talk
Sarbah Hall The Dean of Students and the Mensah Sarbah hall master of the University of Ghana have been invited by the police to submit their statements to help assist with investigations into the case involving a 24-year-old man who allegedly fell from the 4th floor of the Mensah Sarbah …
Read More »Ghana Embassy in Egypt asks Sports Ministry to pay $332,000 debt from AFCON 2019
Ghana Embassy in Egypt has asked the Ministry of Youth and Sports to pay $332,000 it owes them for pre-financing the accommodation and flight of supporters for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) hosted in Egypt. The state in 2019 flew over 500 supporters to the tournament where …
Read More »Anger over $25million Black Stars budget
A declaration by the Minister for Youth and Sports that the country will spend $25million dollars on the 2022 Africa Cup and the World Cup has been met with anger by some Ghanaians on social media. The Minister, at a sports breakfast meeting with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Maxwell Konadu appointed as Black Starlets coach
Maxwell Konadu has been appointed as coach of the national U-17 team, otherwise known as Black Starlets. The former Ghana striker replaces Ben Fokuo who has been appointed as Black Princesses head trainer. Maxwell Konadu, a Premier League winner with Asante Kotoko in 2012 after stints with the Black Meteors, Fetteh Feyenoord …
Read More »Ghana FA ban 4 key Elmina Sharks players for combined 126 matches for gross misconducts
Elmina Sharks have been dealt a massive blow after four of their key players were handed heavy fines and suspensions for misconducts during a league match against Medeama on February 21. Samuel Arthur, Justice Mensah, Emmanuel Gustav Addington and Alhaji Mustapha have been handed more than season suspension for verbally …
Read More »Prez Akufo Addo sets up committee to raise $25 million for Black Stars
The Government of Ghana has set up a 5-member committee to raise an amount of $15 million to support the Black Stars participation at AFCON 2022 as well as the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The government has already committed $10 million out of the $25 million that the team …
Read More »Trainee nurses, midwives complain over unpaid allowances
Trainee Nurses and Midwives across Ghana have launched a desperate appeal to the government to pay them eight months of their allowances. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Nurse-Midwife Trainees’ Association (G.N.M.T.A) on Sunday, April 25, 2021. The Akufo-Addo-led adminstration restored allowances for nurses and …
Read More »The five love languages
A few days ago, I came across a tweet which said “Just because you love me doesn’t mean I feel loved by you.” This really made me realize that a lot of us aren’t being loved the way we want or ought to be loved and vice versa because …
Read More »One dead, 9 on admission after consuming ‘poisoned’ food from funeral grounds
Police at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region have launched investigations after an 18-month-old boy died after consuming food suspected to have been poisoned. Nine others who attended the funeral at the St. Thomas Primary School park on Saturday, April 17, are also receiving treatment at separate health facilities including …
Read More »GPL: Medeama comes from behind to beat Asante Kotoko 2-1
Medeama SC on Saturday afternoon produced a spirited performance after going behind to beat Asante Kotoko 2-1 in a fierce contest at the Len Clay Sports Stadium. The side from Tarkwa today played away to the Porcupine Warriors in Obuasi in a fixture serving as a matchday 21 encounter in the 2020/2021 …
Read More »Kwasi Apppiah consulted no-one before stripping Gyan’s captaincy – Tanko
Former Ghana assistant coach Ibrahim Tanko has revealed ex-Black Stars boss James Kwasi Appiah’s decision to strip Asamoah Gyan of the captaincy ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was unilateral. Just a month prior to the continental championship in Egypt, Ghana’s camp was in disarray as the veteran striker was forced to …
Read More »Free SHS funding: Q & A with Education Minister
Host Francis Abban (right) and Education Minister Dr Adutwum FUNDING FREE SHS AND SHARING COST HOST: The matter of Free SHS, thus far, per the Budget that was read by the Finance Minister, we’ve spent a little over GHC 3 billion on the flagship program Free SHS. Three years after …
Read More »Kotoko to appear in court for failing to compensate ex-coach Steve Polack after near-death accident
Asante Kotoko will appear in court in May over the club’s failure to compensate former head coach Steve Polacka according to multiple reports. The English tactician was part of the team’s contingent that was involved in an accident in 2017 while on their way back from Accra to Kumasi after …
Read More »Free SHS: Parents are free to pay fees – Adutwum
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has said parents who wish to pay the fees for their wards despite the Free SHS program are free to do so. According to him, the government would applaud any parent who does so. He told Starr News’ Francis Abban in an …
Read More »Recruit only licenced teachers from next month or be sanctioned – Private schools told
The National Teaching Council (NTC) through the National School Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) – the regulator of pre-tertiary schools – has informed all pre-tertiary private schools to ensure that from next month their teachers begin processes to acquire their teaching licence. Also, it has notified the private schools that all yet …
Read More »Karim Zito Retains Black Satellites Post; Samuel Boadu gets Assistant role
Abdul Karim Zito has been retained as Head Coach of the Black Satellites. The former Nsawam Cannery, Asante Kotoko and Ghana right back has been rewarded for his hard work after leading Ghana to two major titles during the first year of his tenure as Coach of the national U-20 …
Read More »No student has been reported dead at UEW in last 24hrs – SRC
Authorities at the University of Education, Winneba say they are yet to receive any information concerning the death of a student in the school. According to the Students’ Representative Council of the University, no student of the university has been reported dead per the university records in the last 24hrs …
Read More »Real Madrid ta hau kan teburin La Liga bayan cin Cadiz
Real Madrid ta je ta doke Cadiz da ci 3-0 a wasan mako na 31 a gasar La Liga da suka fafata ranar Laraba. Minti 30 ana tsaka da wasa Karim Benzema ya fara ci wa Real Madrid kwallo a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaraon raga. Minti uku …
Read More »Andre Ayew set to return from injury next month
Swansea have received a huge boost with the news that key man Andre Ayew will be back to full fitness before the season ends. Ayew missed Swansea City’s home game against Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night due to an injury after the 31-year-old was forced off during the …
Read More »Don’t ask me stupid questions – Grusah to presenter
Bankroller of relegation-threatened King Faisal Babies, Alhaji Karim Grusah, has taken Rainbow Radios Isaac Worlanyo Wallace to the cleaners over a question he asked him. The football team owner found it offensive when the presenter asked why he had asked Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to assist the team so …
Read More »Asante Kotoko threaten GFA with CAS after ruling on Maxwell Konadu’s case
Asante Kotoko has expressed their disagreement with the Ghana Football Association‘s decision ordering the club to pay an amount totalling US$41,000 to former Coach, Maxwell Konadu. The issue relates to coach Konadu reporting the club to the Player Status Committee of the GFA for wrongful dismissal. In their ruling, the Committee …
Read More »Kumasi Asante Kotoko receive GH₵710,000 donation from Otumfuo
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu, the life patron of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has released monies to the management of the club to settle some debt owed the players. According to Ankobeahene, Baffour Kwame Kusi II the Asantehene has released an amount of GH₵710,000 to the club to pay some salary arrears. …
Read More »VIDEO: Why so many kidney deaths in Ghana?
65-year-old Ajara Mensah is battling for her life as her 25-year-old daughter, Rose Mensah struggles to pay for the treatment of kidney complications, which is dragging her slowly to her grave. Studies show that about 13% of Ghanaians have chronic kidney disease and many are dying on daily basis from …
Read More »Cool Pastor – Yesu din (Official Video)
Cool Pastor is out with his latest single, ”Yesu Din”.. Gospel songs have been one of the largest medium in transforming positiveness into the lives of the people. Several gospel songs have come to do its work and yes the legacy continuous. We bring to you a fresh dedication tune …
Read More »GFA bans referee Emmanuel Odoom for rest of season
The Match Review Panel of the Ghana Football Association has banned referee Emmanuel Odoom for the rest of the season. The decision was taken after the panel reviewed a Division One League match he officiated. The game in question was between Kotoku Royals and Accra Lions. In a complaint to the …
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