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3Sports will on Wednesday join former Black Stars player Samuel Osei Kuffour at his East Legon residence to watch the Champions League semi-final game between his former club Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyon. The Bundesliga Champions will take on Lyon in Lisbon, in a game which promises to be full of fireworks. Kuffour will be hopeful that his former club will triumph and eventually go ahead to win the Champions League as he did with the team in 2001. The legend also won six Bundesliga titles and four German FA Cups. The 43-year-old has Bayern Munich to thank for his…

The Ghana Football Association has rescheduled its annual Ordinary Congress to September 1, 2020 from the initially announced August 27 date. It was earlier announced by the GFA that the Congress was slated for August 27 via video conferencing as part of the Association’s fulfilment of Covid-19 protocol to observe social distancing. However, the gradual ease of the restrictions has paved way for the Football Association to reschedule their Ordinary Congress and announce new measures. The Ordinary Congress will be held at the GFA Technical Centre – the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram. By Thierry Nyann|3news.com|Ghana

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that roads his government is building across the length and breadth of the country will be ones that the citizenry themselves will bear witness to. In an apparent jab to former President John Mahama and his supporters, President Akufo-Addo maintained that his roads will not exist in “Green books”. “I told Ghanaians that this year will be a year of roads. Ghanaians can see that I was not mincing words when I said that. These roads that we are doing are not Green book roads. We are not doing Green book propaganda roads.”…

Paris St-Germain are through to their first Champions League final courtesy of a deserved victory over RB Leipzig in an entertaining semi-final in Lisbon. One of Europe’s biggest spenders, but also one of the continent’s most high-profile underachievers on the grandest stage, PSG finally seized their opportunity courtesy of goals from Marquinhos, Angel di Maria and Juan Bernat. The former, who scored the first of two late goals in a comeback win over Atalanta in the last eight, rose to head home a superbly delivered free-kick from Di Maria. The Argentine forward then finished well from close range following an…

Former Black Stars and Lyon player Michael Essien believes the Ligue 1 club stands a good chance of winning the UEFA Champions League. The French club progressed to the semi-finals after beating Manchester City 3-1 in the quarter-finals last week. Speaking exclusively to TV3, Essien said since the game is now played over one-leg, everyone stands a chance. “It’s possible especially in this one-off tournament format, anything can happen in 90 minutes so you can’t rule them out.” He added that Lyon are focused and have an organised style of play, adding it has helped them immensely. “In the Champions…

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, a government spokesman has confirmed to the BBC. Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has also been arrested, despite earlier appeals for “brotherly dialogue”. The apparent coup attempt in the West African nation began with gunfire at a key military camp near the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday morning. In the city young men set a government-owned building on fire. The arrest of President Keïta and his prime minister has sparked widespread international condemnation. It came hours after disgruntled junior officers detained commanders and took control of the Kati camp, about 15km…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a swipe at the National Democratic Congress (NDC), emphasising that infrastructure is not only about “brick and mortar”. For him, there is digital infrastructure as well which has been a major area of development for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, he said. “I would also want to mention that infrastructure today, in this world of digitisation, is no longer just brick and mortar. “We are talking about soft infrastructure and we are talking about digital infrastructure.” Dr Bawumia made this known on Tuesday, August 18 when he spoke on government’s infrastructure policies…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says German automobile firm Volkswagen set up its assembly plant in Ghana under the One-District One-Factory Programme. He noted that the company was able to survive, as it has already started assembling and selling its cars in Ghana, as a result of the enabling business environment created by the government. Speaking at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra on government’s infrastructural policies in a virtual townhall meeting, Dr Bawumia said a total of 183 companies have been set up under the 1D1F Programme. Sixty-one are existing companies, he said, explaining that those…

Director of Football at Barcelona Eric Abidal has been fired following the sacking of coach Quique Setien. In the wake of Friday’s humiliating loss – the first time in 74 years that the Spanish side had conceded eight goals in a single game – the Barcelona board held an emergency meeting where they made the decision to sack both the sporting director and the manager. Abidal’s position has been hanging for a few months following a public spat with Lionel Messi over the dismissal of former first team coach Ernesto Valverde in January. The Frenchman’s departure is part of a bigger…

Michael Essien has given credit to his former club Olympique Lyon for shaping his career. Essien, who joined the Ligue 1 club in 2003 from Bastia for a four-year deal said: “It moved me from being a young player to a senior player at a big club, so, it helped me grow up and feature on the big stage.” “I gained a lot of experience in a short space of time,” he said. He singled out club owner Jean-Michel Aulas for praise, saying he has been the club’s most important leader over the years. “I think the set-up of the…