Author: Krobea

Keta Business College, winners of the 2019/2020 Sprite Ball Championship, have been banned indefinitely from the basketball competition for fielding ineligible players. The school has also been stripped of the title. Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Anthony Boateng, Head of Rite Sports Yaw Sakyi Afari, National PE Coordinator Emmanuel Dormenyah and his Deputy, Cynthia Wise, held a meeting with the Headmaster of KETABSUCO, E. Seake-Kwawu, PE Master Kovor Daniel and his assistant, Henry Habada, to discuss issues surrounding the eligibility of the players. PE Master Daniel Kovor admitted that five of the players presented at the Championship…

Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini says the entrenched position taken by the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) over the new voter management system could plunge the country into chaos. He said the current Chair, Jean Mensa, seems to have taken a consistent position over the issues, which also came up in the run-up to the 2012 elections. Speaking on TV3’s New Day on Tuesday, January 14, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP expressed shock at the current position of Mrs Mensa vis-à-vis her position in the past. The Commission is set to…

Distinguished Ghanaian writer and art historian Nana Ofosuaa Oforiatta Ayim has been appointed by the University of Oxford to the Advisory Council of the University’s Cultural Programme. It is unprecedented to have a young African woman determining the paths of future leaders who pass through this most prestigious of world universities, and this shows clearly that the time has come for us to have a seat at the global table. In his appointment letter to the Ghanaian, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Louise Richardson, stated: “Your expertise in helping to shape the agenda for this exciting programme would…

Former Ghana captain C.K Akonnor is set to be named new Black Stars coach after a deliberation between the FA and major stakeholders of the game. Akonnor’s slow but steady rise in the game began in his playing days when he captained Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga in the early 2000’s and is till now one of the players most revered by the fans. He led Kumasi Asante Kotoko to the money zone of the CAF Confederation Cup, beating teams like Zambia’s finest ZESCO United and Nkana FC as well as Cameroonian giants, Coton Sport. Before Kotoko, Akonnor had managed in…

The Ghana Football Association is close to appointing new technical heads for some of the various national teams, with the biggest announcement being Charles Kwabla Akunnor as Black Stars head coach. The head coach positions in the national teams have been untenanted after the GFA dissolved the technical teams on January 2, 2020. 3Sports understands, after deliberations and considerations of the possible candidates for the positions, the GFA is set to name local coaches to fill the roles. That includes former Eleven Wise, Dreams FC, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak coach, C. K. Akunnor who will likely take on…

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has dispelled rumours that it is not ready to partner any television station for the broadcast of the Ghana Premier League. After the Ghana Football Association (GFA) named Chinese television company StarTimes as the television rights owners for the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League, the state broadcaster felt hard done by, claiming it tendered in a superior financial bid. GBC said it held the fort in the nadir of the football crisis in 2018 when no television station was interested in having anything to do with Ghana football. “Apart from GBC’s superior financial offer, we thought…

The 2020 housing and population census is likely to be postponed, 3news.com can confirm. The exercise will be held at a later date yet-to-be determined. The exercise, which is held every decade, was originally scheduled for March. However, it is gong to be postponed indefinitely as a result of a switch from a traditional census to an electronic one. According to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the 2020 census will be an e-census in order for results to be delivered in real time. As a result, gadgets to be used for the exercise have to be procured and properly set…

Thirty-four persons have been confirmed dead in a motor accident at Dompoase near Komenda in the Central Region. The gory accident, which occurred at around midnight on Monday, January 13 involved a Man Diesel bus with registration number GR 5704-18 – which is said to be travelling from Takoradi to Accra – and a Hyundai bus with registration number GN 3780-10 heading the in the opposite direction. Eye witnesses told Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show host Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson that the Takoradi-bound bus tried an overtaking but in the attempt collided with the opposite bus. Both drivers died instantly…

Nigerians online are angry after President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter Hanan travelled in a presidential jet to Bauchi in northern Nigeria for a private function. Ms Hanan, a photography graduate, was taking photos in the annual Muslim festival hosted by the Emir of Bauchi Rilwanu Adamu, according to Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper. She arrived aboard a presidential jet and was received by leaders before proceeding to the festival. Ms Hanan took photographs during the religious festival for her gallery. First Lady Aisha Buhari on Monday shared a video of her daughter’s trip kick-starting a debate on the use of presidential jet by…

The Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has triggered Article 14(2) of the Premier League regulations by banning Asante Kotoko temporarily from playing at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. The decision was taken at a crunch meeting held on Monday, January 13. This follows a mayhem that ensued after Asante Kotoko lost 0-1 to Berekum Chelsea in a Match Day 3 game of the Ghana Premier League. Supporters threw objects onto the pitch in protest against referee Charles Bulu’s seventh minute allowed goal. The supporters of the home side felt cheated by Kofi Owusu’s goal, apparently becoming the…