2017/2018 Tanzanian Premier league Champions Simba Sporting Club defeated FA Cup winners Mtibwa Sugar 2-1 on Saturday at the CCDM Kirumba Sports Stadium at Mwanza, Tanzania to win the the 2018 Community Shield Cup . Ghanaian trio of Nicholas Gyan, James Kotei and Akwasi Asante were all in action for 90 minutes for the Msimbazi Kariakoo based club when they defeated Mtibwa Sugar 2-1. The Champions opened the scoring in the 29 minute of the first half through their striker Meddie Kagere but the celebration for the red and white fans was cut short Kelvin Kongwe got the equaliser in…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Empire 102.7FM, the leading urban radio brand in the Western and Central regions, has sent shock waves down the streets of its coverage space following the announcement of a new initiative dubbed ‘TADIFEST’. TadiFest is a catalogue of outdoor events put together by Empire FM a prominent brand under the EIB Network umbrella to usher in and celebrate the yuletide in earnest. TadiFest will take place between December 15 and December 25 with 5 big events penciled for 4 days within the earlier mentioned period. It entails a Western Music Show Night, massive Oil City Carnival, Health Walk, a clean…
Former United Nation’s (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has died. A close source to the family who confirmed the sad news to citinewsroom.com, said Mr. Annan died this morning, Saturday, August 18, 2018, at a Hospital in the Swiss city of Bern. He is reported to have fallen ill on his way back from South Africa (the Mandela centenary). He was hospitalized in Geneva and later airlifted to the capital, Bern. The 80-year old Ghanaian diplomat, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the…
Season three of the biggest soccer tournament in Ghana “Adonko Inter Community Gala” will soon hit the Ashanti Region this year. The Gala which is sponsored by the most consumed alcoholic beverage in West Africa, Adonko Bitters, has reached its third season in the Ashanti Region. 48 communities will contest for the ultimate golden trophy with Diamond Emeralds which was imported from the United States of America. This year’s edition will be keenly and create competition for footballers across the country since all football competitions in the country has being halted by the Government following the premiere of the Number…
Ghanaian scintillating forward Arafat Ibrahim has expressed his delight after putting pen to paper for the Norwegian top flight side IK Start. The budding goal poacher joined IK Start from Slovenian outfit Aluminij after the two parties reached an agreement. He posted on his official twitter page saying “IK Start is his new home”. He joined the Norwegian side today after a successful medicals. READ: Congolese league is more competitive than Ghana league – Ato Mensah
Recent developments in Ghana football governance seem to be progressively leading towards an increasing abuse use of the laws of the game for refereeing which was depicted by the #12 of Anas Aremeyaw Anas (Alleged). Opponents to change are often portrayed as old-fashioned and conservative. Philosophy might be of some help to overcome the dispute. In this I first explore several concepts that are central to the current debate on football refereeing. Then, I try to determine the business of referees in relation to rules. I looked at different arguments displayed regarding the role of chance and skills in competitions.…
The government of Ghana has hold a successful meeting with FIFA on the way forward of Ghana football. A delegation of the government of Ghana led by the Youth and Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah met the delegation of FIFA officials by its President Gianni Infantino and comprising the Secretary General, Madam Fatma Samoura and other representatives of the FIFA administration. Read below the outcome of the meeting:
GNPC Foundation under its Educational and Training module is pleased to announce to the general public that its accepting applications from suitable Ghanaian students looking forward to pursue first degree in a local public university and in the selected fields of study. WHO CAN APPLY The individual should be a Ghanaian and must have an admission to undertake a Degree program at Public/State owned Universities at the time of application. Meanwhile, preference would be given to students with disability. HOW TO APPLY The individual should apply via the GNPC official website: www.gnpcghana.com and follow application process, attaching relevant documents. Also…
Ghana Premier League giant Medeama Sporting Club will play two-legged friendlies against counterpart Ashantigold, the club website confirmed. The Premier League leaders will host the first leg at the Tarkwa NA Aboso Park on Sunday August 19 with the return fixture fixed for the Len Clay stadium on August 26. The two teams have resorted to the friendly games due to the lack of competitive matches in the West African nation. Ghana football has grind to a halt since June 6 after an investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas revealed widespread corruption in the game. There are no clear…
Government has announced the lifting of the ban slapped on small-scale mining across the country. Announcing this at a meeting with journalists in Accra on Thursday, the Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, who is also Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, admitted that the latest decision will be met with mixed reactions by the Ghanaian populace. “We can imagine that this decision to lift the ban will elicit varied responses from Ghanaians,” he surmised. “There will be many who will say that the water bodies are still polluted and so the ban…