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The Normalisation Committee overseeing football in Ghana has called for a meeting with the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) to discuss the way forward for the possible start of the 2019/20 season. In a statement, which details the number of representatives for the meeting, the Committee wants Premier, Division One and Women Football clubs to come with the GHALCA Executive. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17. This comes in the wake of the exit of the Black Stars from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations and the demand of extension by the Committee from FIFA. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

Pupils of Kanda Basic School, within the Kanda Cluster of Schools, have benefitted from free school uniforms from Inspire To Rise, a non-governmental organisation. The gesture is part efforts by the NGO to help the country meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. It is dubbed: ‘Confidence in School’. In all, 50 uniforms were shared to the kids. They were made up of 24 shorts and shirts for the boys and 26 pinafore for the girls. Founder of Inspire To Rise Wendy Laryea disclosed how she was touched to help after a previous visit to the school witnesses one pupil…

The number of women who picked nominations forms for the parliamentary primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Greater Accra Region was not encouraging, according to the regional secretariat. Only 20 out of the 118 prospective aspirants who picked forms to contest in various constituencies were women. The Greater Accra Regional Secretary, Theophilus Tetteh Chaie, who made the revelation on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa on Monday, explained that the situation has become a worry to the party. “Women participation is not encouraging,” he observed. “We had 118 aspirants and only 20 are women,” he stated. The former Ablekuma…

The registration for private- and public-trained nurses who completed between 2012 and 2016 has been extended to Tuesday, July 16. This category of nurses from accredited health training institutions had up to Friday, July 12 to complete their registrations online. A statement from the Ministry on Friday said the deadline has been extended “to enable health professionals who are yet to register to go online and select Agencies of their preference”. Those having challenges have also been provided some hotlines “for assistance”. Applicants have been directed not to submit printed copies of their forms to the agencies “because the Agencies…

In typical fashion, Ghanaians are looking for who to blame after the latest attempt to end the wait for the next Africa Cup of Nations title (AFCON) ended in failure.  A painful second round exit at the hands of Tunisia on penalty shootout.  The introspection has been brutal. Players have been accused of being mercenaries who have not given value for money. For journalists, some have been slaughtered because the state sponsored a score of them to Egypt. There is also a certain unanimity in questions about coach Kwasi Appiah’s competence. But how do all these accusations and counter accusations…

The Foreign Minister of South Korea, Kang Kyung-wha, on Friday, July 12 called on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the Jubilee House, Accra. Kang Kyung-wha is in Ghana on a two-day working visit as part of a three-nation African tour, which would also take her to Ethiopia and South Africa. The two leaders discussed ways of further strengthening the existing mutually beneficial ties between Ghana and South Korea, especially in the areas of trade, human capital development and peace building. Describing Ghana as a “key partner in the West Africa sub-region”, Foreign Minister Kyung-Wha commended the country’s democratic and…

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defied a mid-match slump to reach the Wimbledon final with a four-set victory over Roberto Bautista Agut. In an agitated display, the Serb beat Spain’s Bautista Agut 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-2 to reach his 25th Grand Slam final. Djokovic, chasing his fifth Wimbledon title, will face Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal in the final on Sunday. “This has been the dream tournament for me since I was a child,” said 32-year-old Djokovic. “So to be in another final is a dream come true. Regardless of the history and many finals I’ve played, playing finals at Wimbledon…

Barcelona have signed France forward Antoine Griezmann from La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid after paying his 120m euro (£107m) buyout clause. The 28-year-old World Cup winner has signed a five-year deal which includes an 800m euro (£717m) release clause. Griezmann joined Atletico from Real Sociedad in 2014 and scored 133 goals in 256 appearances. He signed a new five-year deal in June 2018 but announced in May he would be leaving the club this summer. The 2018 World Cup winner becomes the world’s sixth most expensive signing behind Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Philippe Coutinho, Joao Felix and Ousmane Dembele. Griezmann won…

Beside me in the State Transport Corporation [STC] bus with registration number GE 402-16 was a beautiful, dark-skinned lady. She wore [what appeared to be] a Denim blue-faded jeans trousers with a black sleeveless top matching it. It was the 21st day of June 2019 and we were headed for the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi, from the nation’s capital – Accra. Before our bus could set off from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange, passengers chorused one thing― they were dying of heat and that the driver should switch on the air-conditioners in the bus. However, the driver sat still. He…

Madagascar’s fairy tale in their debut Africa Cup of Nations came to an end on Thursday, July 11 after they went 0-3 down to Tunisia in the final quarter-final match. Goals from Zamalek’s Ferjani Sassi, skipper Youssef Msakni and Dijon’s Naim Sliti sealed a rather comfortable win for the 2004 champions. The Malagasy were yet to lose a match going into the game at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. Their opponents, on the other hand, were yet to win a match in full regulation time, having drawn all their games prior to reaching the last 8. But this…