Klopp banned from touchline for Villa game over Tierney comments

May182023 by Daniel DuahNo Comments

Klopp banned from touchline for Villa game over Tierney comments

Jurgen Klopp has been punished for comments he made to the media about official Paul Tierney following Liverpool's dramatic 4-3 win over Tottenham at Anfield on April 30; he will also be fined £75,000 and has a further one-match touchline ban suspended until the end of next season The ban is part of Klopp's punishment for comments he made to the media about official Paul Tierney following Liverpool's dramatic 4-3 win over Tottenham at Anfield on April 30. He will also be fined £75,000, with a further one-game touchline ban suspended until the end of next season on the condition that he does not reoffend. "We have our history with (Paul) Tierney, I really don't know what this man has against us, he has said there is no problems but that cannot be true," Klopp told Sky Sports. ...

May182023 by Daniel DuahNo Comments

SECOND BATCH OF FOOTBALL BOOTS FOR PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS ARRIVE IN GHANA

Ghana News, Pent TV, Sports

The second batch of Football boots have arrived in Ghana awaiting onward distribution to the 18 Premier League clubs. This follows the GFA's promise to provide each of the eighteen (18) betPawa Premier League clubs and (48) Access Bank Division One League clubs with Thirty (30) pair of football boots. President Simeon-Okraku revealed during the 28th ordinary session of congress on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram that a total number of Five Hundred and forty (540) pair of boots will be supplied to Premier League Clubs with One Thousand, Four-hundred and Forty (1,440) going to the 48 Division One League clubs for onward distribution to their players. Division One League clubs have already received their boots from the GFA with the Premier Le...

May182023 by Daniel DuahNo Comments

HAFIZ KONKONI NAMED NASCO PLAYER OF THE MONTH FOR APRIL

Ghana News, Pent TV, Sports

Current Ghana Premier League leading scorer Hafiz Konkoni has won the NASCO Player of the Month award for April. Konkoni was among a six-man shortlist for the award alongside Sampson Eduku(Tamale City), Issah Kuka (RTU), Bassit Siedu(Accra Lions), Steven Mukwala (Asante Kotoko) and Kalo Ouattara (Berekum Chelsea). Konkoni beat all to the award with his impressive performance, scoring four goals out of five matches played. The Bechem United forward also won the NASCO Man of the Match Award once during the last month. He will receive a 43-inch NASCO Television from Electroland Ghana Limited.

May182023 by Daniel DuahNo Comments

COACH KWESI FABIN WINS NASCO COACH OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR APRIL

Ghana News, Pent TV, Sports

Aduana FC Head Coach Kwesi Fabin has been named the NASCO Coach of the Month for April after guiding his side to stay on top of the League table. This is Coach Fabin's second Coach of the Month Award for this season after winning the February edition. He beat off competition from Karela FC's Ibrahim Tanko Shaibu, Berekum Chelsea's Christopher Ennin and Maxwell Konadu of Legon Cities. Table- toppers Aduana FC won three games out of five matches played in April and drew one game. Coach Fabin's side also scored a total of six goals and conceded three. A 43-inch NASCO Television set from Electroland Ghana Limited will be presented to Coach Fabin.

May182023 by Daniel DuahNo Comments

How Manchester City thrashed Real Madrid to set up Champions League final vs Inter Milan

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Manchester City will play Inter Milan in the final of the Champions League after Pep Guardiola’s side defeated Real Madrid 4-0 on Wednesday, giving them an impressive 5-1 aggregate victory. Bernardo Silva scored twice, before an own goal from Eder Militao and a late finish from Julian Alvarez. Manchester City vs Real Madrid analysed Manchester City booked their place in the Champions League final after beating Real Madrid 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium with two strikes from Bernardo Silva, a second-half own goal from Eder Militao and a late strike from Julian Alvarez. Pep Guardiola’s side will hope to lift their first European Cup against Inter Milan in June, as their bid for the treble continues — with the Premier League title and FA Cup also within their grasp.

May182023 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana to put spotlight on oceans at Maiden Blue Economy Summit

Ghana News, International, Science & Technology

Ghana’s commitment to the protection and sustainable management of its oceans takes centre stage as the nation prepares to host the inaugural National Blue Economy Summit. The summit, scheduled for May 31st and June 1st, aims to raise awareness about the critical challenges facing our oceans while highlighting the immense opportunities for Ghana’s transformation. Dr Eugene Owusu, Ghana’s Special Advisor to the President on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), spoke passionately about the urgent need for action to save the world’s oceans. Addressing attendees at the Media Launch of the National Blue Economy Summit on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, Dr Owusu referred to the current state of the oceans as a “time bomb” that requires immediate attention. The decline in ocean heal...

May182023 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Kenya suspends 27 officials over expired sugar trade

Africa News, International

The head of Kenya’s standards regulator and 26 other government officials have been suspended over the release of 1,000 tonnes of expired sugar into the market. A statement by the head of public service, Felix Koskei, said 20,000 bags of sugar imported into the country in 2018 and condemned by the regulator had been “irregularly diverted and unprocedurally released”. The Kenya Bureau of Standards had then declared the sugar as unfit for human consumption and was set for destruction through conversion to industrial ethanol. The conversion was to be undertaken jointly by regulatory agencies. They were required to source for a distiller through an open and competitive tendering process and pay all the necessary taxes and fees. “It is manifest that some officers in the relevant ...

May182023 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Asantehene launches Green Ghana Day in Kumasi, decries effects of illegal mining

Ghana News, Headlines Today

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II says he is unhappy with the spate of illegal mining that has ravaged lands in the Amansie area of the Ashanti Region. He will be visiting the area to demand answers from local chiefs who allowed the menace to destroy their lands. He spoke at the launch of the 2023 edition of the Green Ghana Day, which is part of the government’s drive to aggressively restore degraded lands and depleted forest reserves. “I am not happy with chiefs in the Amasie area where galamsey has taken over the lands, and I say to them that if they sit there and claim that they do not know what’s happening then you’re not fit to be a chief over there. These are matters we are going to take up them again. I don’t care whose job it is to enforce it. “ He conti...

May182023 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ban on church noise still in force – Ga Traditional Council

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Lifestyle & Social

The Ga Traditional Council Wednesday reiterated that the use of Public Address Systems by churches and other institutions outlawed as part of the ban on drumming and noisemaking remains in force. The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II said at no point had the members of the Ga Traditional Council endorsed the usage of microphones and public address systems by the clergy or any other at reduced volume in auditoriums and other institutions. A statement from the Ga Traditional Authority, signed by the Ga Mantse and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said though the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs set out to clarify the requirements of the ban on drumming and noisemaking, it was misleading to say that churches could use public address systems at reduced volumes dur...

May182023 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

EOCO releases wanted persons list

Ghana News, Headlines Today

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has released a list of three persons wanted in connection with various criminal activities. The list, which was shared on Twitter, contains the details of Ezekiel Mensah Otoo, Nicholas Gyekye, and Derrick Obeng, a.k.a Chiling. Ezekiel is wanted for alleged offences of stealing and involvement in SIM swap fraud. In the case of Nicholas Gyekye, the EOCO has not stated what crime he is alleged to have committed but has urged members of the public to provide information on the said Nicholas Gyekye through a phone number. The third person on the list, Derrick Obeng, is being sought after by the EOCO for allegedly stealing, defrauding by false pretence and money laundering. The EOCO has asked anyone with information on the...

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