Tongraan Naab Kugbilson Nalebegtang the Overlord of Talensi Traditional area, in the Upper East Region, has said the construction of an AstroTurf at Wintogo-Bolgatanga will solve a huge infrastructure deficit in the region.
The Overlord…
Sizwe Ndlovu’s road to Olympic gold was a tough one and eight years later he still does not quite believe he made it.
“It still gives me a bit of goose bumps,” he told BBC Sport Africa.
“I get excited and pinch myself, in the sport o…
The National Sports Authority (NSA) has cleared 886 athletes who have qualified as beneficiaries of the Youth Employment Authority (YEA) monthly allowance package.
Each qualified athlete would receive a monthly stipend of GHc500 beginn…
Asante Kotoko’s rival in the Ghana Premier League, Accra Hearts of Oak has congratulated Nana Yaw Amponsah on his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the club.
Mr. Amponsah was unveiled yesterday in Kumasi as the CEO on…
Leading Formula 1 drivers are comfortable with racing at the Spanish Grand Prix despite a rise in coronavirus cases in the country.
The rise in cases in Spain has been particularly marked in Barcelona and the Catalonia region, where the…
A warm summer's day, at one of the sport's most demanding circuits, and some softer tyres was all it took to knock the Mercedes juggernaut off course at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
The two black cars that had looked unbeatable in t…
France's Fiona Ferro upset fourth seed Anett Kontaveit in straight sets to win the first tour-level tennis title in five months at the Palermo Open.
World number 53 Ferro, 23, beat the Estonian, ranked 22nd, 6-2 7-5 in Sicily.
The to…
England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff finished joint second at the Marathon Classic alongside Lydia Ko, whose dramatic late collapse allowed Danielle Kang to win the title by one shot.
New Zealand's Ko, 23, had a five-shot lead with six holes to…
American Collin Morikawa emerged from a stacked leaderboard to win the 2020 US PGA Championship after a flawless final round in San Francisco.
At one point on the back nine, six players shared the lead but an eagle on the 16th saw the 2…
Google to roll out its digital learning platform to 23 million students and teachers in India’s Maharashtra state
Google has partnered with one of the largest states in India to provide its digital classroom services to tens of millions…
England internationals Lucy Bronze, Nikita Parris and Jodie Taylor helped Lyon win a ninth French Cup as they beat Paris St-Germain 4-3 on penalties.
With the score 0-0 after normal time, Bronze scored in the shootout to put Lyon ahead,…
Livingston have rejected an increased "seven-figure" bid for striker Lyndon Dykes from an English Championship club.
Barnsley were reported to have made a £1m offer last month for the 24-year-old, with another bid coming days later.
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Midfielder Julia Simic has left West Ham Women to join AC Milan.
The German's departure comes less than a month before the start of the new Women's Super League season.
Simic, 31, scored three goals in 22 games for West Ham after joi…
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says "there's more to come" from Anthony Martial after the finest season of the Frenchman's career.
Martial, 24, scored his 23rd goal of the season against LASK in Wednesday's Europa League…
Alfredo Morelos scored his first goals since February as Rangers eased past St Mirren to make it two Scottish Premiership wins out of two.
The Colombian headed Rangers' second after Conor McCarthy's first-half own goal and made it 3-0 w…
Liverpool could turn their attention to Olympiakos left-back Kostas Tsimikas after their initial attempt to sign Norwich's Jamal Lewis failed.
The Reds had a £10m bid for 22-year-old Lewis, which included a substantial sell-on clause, r…
Brazil winger Willian has confirmed he has left Chelsea after seven years at the club.
Willian, 32, missed Chelsea's Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich on Saturday with an ankle injury and is now out of contract.
BBC Sport repo…
Opinion article by Nombulelo Shange and Kali Nena, Lectures in the Department Sociology, University of the Free State
When capitalism is in crisis, it turns on women, people of colour, LGBTI++ groups and other minority groups. We have s…
Atletico Madrid say two individuals have tested positive for coronavirus before Thursday's Champions League quarter-final against RB Leipzig in Lisbon.
The Spanish club said the unnamed individuals are isolating at home.
The positive…
Celtic have "lots to work on" after the 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock, says manager Neil Lennon, who refused to blame defender Christopher Jullien for the Scottish champions' slip-up.
Jullien's clumsy shirt tug on Nicke Kabamba allowed Chris…
Chris Burke's penalty earned Kilmarnock a deserved Scottish Premiership draw with reigning champions Celtic.
The visitors could not build on Ryan Christie's free-kick that flew by goalkeeper Danny Rogers from 35 yards.
Striker Nicke …
On Saturday, Juventus broke the internet, in Italy at least, when they announced the sacking of Maurizio Sarri as head coach and the hiring of Andrea Pirlo - the man without an ounce of coaching experience on his CV.
Pirlo, accustomed t…
Lawyers for the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Beyuo and Co., believes the erstwhile GFA?Normalisation Committee (NC) did not err in their decision to disqualify CEO of Tema Youth, Mr Wilfred Kwaku Osei, known in football circles as Pal…
Dr Edward Antwi, the National Child Heath Coordinator, has charged parents to set good examples by strictly observing the COVID-19 safety protocols for their children to emulate.
He said parents should be seen by the children washing th…
Oprah Winfrey revealed her latest book club pick, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, on Tuesday. And this one stands out from the rest.
"This might be the most important book I’ve ever chosen for my book club," s…
fairtrade, the Germany based organiser behind the leading agrofood & plastprintpack trade shows in Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya and Nigeria launch a new event called Virtual agrofood & plastprintpack Africa, tak…
Only about 10% of India’s 1.3 billion people know English. Yet, scores of firms operating in the country offer their services only in English. Netflix, one such company, said on Friday it’s aiming to break through the language barrier.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has set up a ministerial committee to investigate alleged corruption in state tenders in the fight against COVID-19, his office said on Thursday, including with businesses supplying protective gear.
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If you're looking to enjoy a comfortable retirement, you need income. And there are a number of ways to generate these types of earnings in retirement.
After a lifetime of working, it can be great to have your money working for you, and…
Hustlers‘ Keke Palmer will emcee the 2020 MTV VMAs airing live Sunday, Aug. 30 from New York City’s Barclays Center, the network announced Thursday.
“We’re thrilled to have the multi-talented Keke Palmer as this year’s VMAs host,” said …
Few could ever forget back in 2015 when security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek remotely killed a Jeep’s engine on a highway with a Wired reporter at the wheel.
Since then, the car hacking world has bustled with security r…
Nigeria will reopen for international air travel in a matter of weeks, the aviation minister said on Thursday, without giving a specific date for the resumption after months of closure due to the global coronavirus pandemic.
“It will be…
The Bryan Acheampong Foundation (BAF), a non-governmental organisation, has commissioned mechanised boreholes for five communities in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region.
The communities are Dwerebease, Bokuruwa, Abetifi, P…
As the pandemic ground its ride-hail business to a halt, Uber's delivery service took on new importance. Now, it's Uber's biggest source of revenue.
Revenue from Eats reached $1.2 billion in the second quarter, double a year earlier, th…
Africa's coronavirus cases have officially passed the one-million mark.
This is a significant milestone and an alarming one. But it is also a mystery.
More than 500,000 cases of Covid-19 have already been confirmed in South Africa alon…
African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA)-Ghana, a network of key players in the tourist industry, has been launched in Kumasi to encourage investment into the sector.
The Association aims to help push the country's ambition to beco…
In a sign the Chinese - and global - economies may be warming up, Chinese exports were up by 7.2% in July, compared to a year earlier.
Economists polled by Reuters and Bloomberg had expected a slight fall in exports. Meanwhile, Chinese …
With the launch of Android 11 getting closer, Google today launched the third and final beta of its mobile operating system ahead of its general availability. Google had previously delayed the beta program by about a month because of the c…
Amal and George Clooney are donating a total of $100,000 to Lebanese charities helping provide aid in the capital city of Beirut, which was devastated by Tuesday’s massive explosion.
“We’re both deeply concerned for the people of Beirut…
Nana Soglo Alloh IV, the President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, has welcomed President Akufo-Addo's directive for the creation of a new district for Santrokofi, Akpafu, Lolobi and Likpe (SALL) communities.
President Akufo-Add…
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS), in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross, has engaged stakeholders to deliberate and reach consensus on a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project it plans to implement in the Upper East Region.
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A seven-member Eminent Panel of renowned economists and academics have been tasked to critique 80 priority public policies and interventions and identify those that will promote value for money and impact lives.
They are also to align t…
Covid-19 has grounded business travellers. When the world opens back up, will employees close down Zoom and get back on planes?
When most of us aren’t even travelling to the office, going on a business trip feels about as remote as tak…
World food prices rose in July led by vegetable oils, dairy products and sugar, extending a rebound from the previous month following sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
Th…
One of the most frustrating aspects of COVID-19 is that the virus is most commonly spread when an infected individual is asymptomatic—either because they have yet to develop symptoms or they are one of the lucky 40% who never will. Due to …
Misan Harriman hopes to encourage employers to cast the recruitment net more widely with his Vogue cover portrait of influential Black activists in place of the usual pouting stars.
Footballer Marcus Rashford, who helped force a UK gov…
Opinion article by Prof Francis Petersen: Rector and Vice-Chancellor, University of the Free State [i]
This Women’s Month, the focus regrettably but rightfully falls on gender-based violence during lockdown. But unlike COVID-19, the GB…
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room.
The device made by PORTL Inc lets users talk in real time with a life-…
Uganda has recorded a 10% increase in the number of people in jail since March, a prison official told Reuters on Friday, with thousands jailed for alleged violations of coronavirus lockdown rules.
By imposing one of Africa’s strictest …
Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Friday lowered its previously stated quarterly earnings as the bank set aside more money to pay for its settlement with the Malaysian government over the multi-billion 1MDB scandal.
Goldman lowered its net ear…
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