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This year’s Baby Jet U-16 African football tournament is currently underway at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, featuring 32 teams from various African countries. The tournament serves as a platform for young talents to showcase their skills before international scouts and potentially secure professional contracts. The opening ceremony took place last Tuesday night, launching the week-long tournament. The 30-minute ceremony commenced with a spectacular fireworks display and a captivating brass bass performance. Following the ceremony, teams hit the pitch to begin their warm-ups in preparation for the upcoming matches. Asamoah Gyan, the CEO of Baby Jets and former captain of […]Read more...
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Forbes magazine has reported that Cristiano Ronaldo is now the highest-paid athlete in the world, a position he last held in 2017, following his transfer to Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, which almost doubled his annual playing salary. Ronaldo earned a total of $136m, with his playing salary estimated at around $75m. His contract has been valued at more than $220m. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, both of Paris Saint-Germain, took second and third place, respectively, on the list. LeBron James and Canelo Alvarez rounded out the top five, while LIV Golf, a new breakaway tour, saw two of its […]Read more...
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Benjamin Azamati ran the quickest time among Ghana’s track and field athletes as they pushed to start their 2023 outdoor season. His time of 9.99 seconds at the Jo Meaker Classic and Multi means four Ghanaian athletes are now running under 10.10s in the 100m event already. There was a clean sweep for Ghana in the 100m finals at the Jo Meaker Classic and Multi, as Isaac Botsio and Joseph Manu of West Texas A&M University finished in second and third places, respectively. Botsio’s time of 10.06s was a jump from his Texas Relays best 10.21s, set only a week […]Read more...
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Ghana’s Black Starlets put on an impressive display against their Serbian counterparts, triumphing 4-0 in the UEFA Under 16 invitational tournament currently underway in Serbia. Playing a crucial role in Ghana’s midfield was Fatawu Ganiwu, a talented 15-year-old who represents Division 2 club Sporting Avranches in Madina. Fatawu exuded confidence throughout the match, serving as an anchor for the midfield. He displayed the calmness of Sergio Busquets when in possession of the ball and the aggression of Michael Essien when battling for it. Despite playing in the third tier of Ghana’s football league, Fatawu’s exceptional ability to deliver defence-splitting passes […]Read more...
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Hearts of Oak stop-gap coach, David Ocloo, has made a bold prediction that his side would win the betPawa Premier League this season. The Phobians were held to a goalless draw by Dreams FC at Dawu Park last Saturday, a result that pushed Hearts to the fourth position on the league log with 39 points but two points off the leaders Aduana stars who have a game in hand. Despite dropping points, the coach maintained a positive outlook, saying his side still had a bright chance of catching up with the league leaders, Aduana Stars and overtaking them. “I still […]Read more...
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Former Berekum Chelsea defender, Nicholas Opoku, is in Luanda, Angola to join the team for the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against the Palancas Negras today. The 25-year-old player got a late call up after the Black Stars lost the services of two centre backs, Salisu Mohammed and Alexander Djiku. The two players will not be available for selection due to injury. While Salisu could not play due to injury, Djiku picked up a knock during the first leg game at the Baba Yara Stadium and was replaced by Joseph Aidoo. Their absence for the return leg has created a […]Read more...
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Spintex Knights, a new team in Accra Basketball League Men’s Division 1, made a statement with a resounding 91-41 victory over Tema Youth last Saturday at the Prison’s Basketball Court in Accra. Despite being debutants, the Knights didn’t show any signs of nerves and dominated from the start, finishing the first quarter with a 20-point lead. Led by the impressive Elvis Pobi Siaw alias Arrow, the Knights’ pass-and-move approach left their opponents struggling to keep up. At halftime, they had a commanding 48-20 lead and by the end of the third quarter, their victory was all but certain with a […]Read more...
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Chris Hughton, the head coach of the Black Stars, has defended his decision to drop skipper Andre Dede Ayew from the starting lineup in Ghana’s recent match against Angola. Ayew, 33, was not named in the 21-man squad for the game and watched the entire game from the substitutes bench with Arsenal star Thomas Partey captaining the side. Speaking after the game, which saw his side secure a late 1-0 victory, Hughton explained that such choices were an integral part of a coach’s role. Despite Ghana struggling to assert themselves throughout the contest, a moment of chaos in the Angolan […]Read more...
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Unadorned, unkempt and unloved, Ulva is the Scottish island no one wanted to live on. But now an era-defining community buy-out is behind its welcome resurrection. From the summit of Ben More, above the landslips and cliffs of Loch na Keal, the Isle of Mull’s complex coastal geography becomes clearer. To the south-west, across a sheltered Atlantic sound, lies the holy isle of Iona, where Irish missionary St Columba sailed in 563 AD to bring the Christian faith to the pagan Scots. To the immediate north-west lies a strew of islets, including Little Colonsay, an inspiration for the children’s book […]Read more...
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‘We were the
Darrell Myers remembers the surreal feeling last March when nearly all passenger travel shut down, leaving cargo pilots like him flying all alone.” We saw the devastation hit the airline industry,” said Myers, the president of the Luxembourg Airline Pilots Association, who is a captain for Cargolux. “There were moments where my company, we were the only airplanes in the sky.”Like many essential workers, international pilots have had to adjust to a drastically different work environment over the past 12 months. As the pandemic caused the sharpest air traffic decline in history, airlines were forced to lay off or furlough […]Read more...
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Find out which
There have been more than 142 million Covid-19 cases worldwide and vaccination roll outs have been much smoother in some countries than others. This pandemic is far from over, even though many of us are now itching to make plans to travel or to reunite with loved ones. In the end, it’s up to you to decide whether travel to an international destination is a good idea. The health risks are obvious. Variants of the virus have emerged. Nations might change their rules at any time. You may have to adhere to strict curfews and mask mandates. Violations could involve […]Read more...
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Government to roll
The Government intends to roll out a Stimulus package of GHC600 million cedis to the tourism sector. The move forms part of measures to cushion operators in the hospitality industry due to the hazardous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko- Mensah dropped the hint at the 2019 Western and Western-North Regional Tourism Awards in Takoradi. The annual awards scheme which aims at rewarding excellence in the hospitality industry to stimulate healthy competition in the tourism industry was on the theme, “Growing Tourism Beyond The Return”. Mr Darko-Mensah lauded the hardworking staff in the […]Read more...
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CTI Ghana calls
CTI Ghana has identified five countries for Ghana to grant e-visas to, in order to facilitate access to visas, and boost the tourism industry. There has never been a better time to reopen the conversation on the need for Ghana to switch to an electronic visa system. In August, 2019, the Chamber for Tourism Industry Ghana (CTI Ghana) started the conversation on “Necessity Innovation and E-Visas; Why it is Urgent for Ghana”. In the article, CTI Ghana shed light on the seven African countries out of the twenty-four countries in the world that offer e-visas. Reasons why it would be […]Read more...
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Over 400 illegal
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that 408 illegal immigrants were rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week. The immigrants were then returned to Libya by the country’s coast guard, the IOM said. A total of 7,981 illegal immigrants, including 534 women and 430 children, have been rescued and returned to Libya in 2020, according to the organization. It added that 144 immigrants have died and 215 others gone missing on the Central Mediterranean route so far this year. In 2019, a total of 9,225 illegal immigrants were rescued and returned to Libya, while 270 immigrants […]Read more...
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Migrant dies in
A Sudanese migrant died during his attempt to escape one of Malta’s detention centres, the Maltese police said on Wednesday. The police said in a statement that the migrant died after he fell off a fence and hit his head while trying to escape the Hal Far detention center. The incident happened at 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT). He was given first aid by nurses on duty at the center and later rushed to hospital where he died of injuries. A police investigation is underway while a magistrate has launched an inquiry into the incident. Migrants are taken to […]Read more...
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Passengers on Solomon
A repatriation flight has arrived in Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara from China with all passengers tested negative for the COVID-19 before boarding. According to a statement issued by the National disaster Council of Solomon Islands on Wednesday, the plane left Solomon Islands on Wednesday morning, made a brief stop-over in Indonesia and then to Guangzhou in southern China. The plane followed the same route for the return trip. The flight carried back 104 passengers, including 21 Solomon Islands nationals and foreign workers to be engaged in the Pacific Games 2023 facility preparations. All incoming passengers have conducted three sets of […]Read more...
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Industry left bewildered
Travel insiders have expressed their “bewilderment” as a range of new quarantine restrictions are introduced across the UK. Scotland and Wales have both asked arrivals from Portugal and parts of Greece to isolate for 14-days on arrival, but England and Northern Ireland have held off. Wales’ rules, including only six Greek islands, began at 04:00 this morning. Travel firms called for urgent clarity, with even transport secretary Grant Shapps admitting travellers were finding the rules “confusing”. While Wales’ advice has already changed, arrivals to Scotland from Portugal and French Polynesia will also have to self-isolate from 04:00 tomorrow. Scotland has […]Read more...