Author: Krobea

Luka Modric was named the world’s best male player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in London. The Real Madrid midfielder, 33, beat former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo, now with Juventus, and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to the award. Modric won his third Champions League title in a row in May and guided Croatia to their first World Cup final in July. Brazil and Orlando Pride forward Marta won the best female player award. France’s Didier Deschamps – whose side beat Modric’s Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final – was named best men’s coach. Salah received the Puskas award for the…

The co-founders of photo-sharing giant Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are both leaving the firm. Mr Systrom, chief executive, said they were departing to “explore our curiosity and creativity again”. Instagram was purchased by Facebook in 2012 for $1bn (£760m) in cash and stock and has more than one billion users. There had been reports of tension between the pair and Facebook, and the departures add to what has been a troubling year for the parent company. Mr Systrom, 34, and Mr Krieger, 32, started the image sharing site in 2010, and continued to run the service after it…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised concerns with the ongoing limited voters’ registration exercise by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The exercise, which began on Sunday, is expected to be first held in districts to be involved in this year’s referendum for the creation of six new regions. Before it ends on Tuesday, September 25, the entire country would have been covered via an online voter management system, according the Commission. Creation of new regions: Voters’ registration for referendum begins Sunday But the largest opposition party, the NDC says just a day after the exercise took off, it has…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed strong disagreement to critics that the free senior high school programme was rushed in implementation. He said government could not afford to allow thousands of qualified Ghanaian students to drop out after basic education. Critics have argued that investment should have been made into infrastructural development before a full rollout of any policy to allow mass entry into senior high school. The constitution is even cited as backing a progressively free senior high education. Key among these critics are members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). But speaking at the induction ceremony…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the newly introduced policy of teacher licensing is not to put an impediment in the way of teachers but to enhance the quality of education in the country. He said it is a policy which will maintain best practice in the sector. President Akufo-Addo remarked about the policy on Monday, when he joined staff and students of University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to induct its new Vice Chancellor into office. Very Reverend Father Professor Anthony Afful-Broni assumed the reins as the new VC of UEW despite several attempts to stop the ceremony. Induction of…

The Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has concluded its investigations into the allegations of corruption and match-fixing leveled against some members as captured in the documentary film by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. A statement by RAG on Monday said a five-member investigative committee was set up to look into the conduct of the 75 referees whose names and faces appeared in the film. The referees were interdicted ahead of the investigations. RAG said the committee started work on Monday, August 20 and submitted its report on Saturday, September 8. Consequently, an executive meeting was held on Saturday, September 15 to…

On Thursday, September 20, 51 Ghanaian students will travel to Israel to begin an 11-month intensive practical agricultural training with AgroStudies, an Israeli programme which offers apprenticeship that focuses on agriculture capacity building and promotes food security. This is a collaboration between the Government of Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the State of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Speaking at a send-off ceremony for the apprentices, Israeli Ambassador Designate to Ghana Shani Cooper explained that “the state of Israel sees this project as a great opportunity for a perfect cooperation since Ghana and Israel are equal in the…

In a stunning display of distance running, Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge broke the world record* at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday (16), winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39. Compatriot Gladys Cherono, meanwhile, secured her third Berlin Marathon crown, smashing the course record. Her winning time of 2:18:11 moves her to fourth on the world all-time list. From the early stages of the men’s race, 33-year-old Kipchoge had just a handful of pacemakers for company as they passed through five kilometres in 14:24 and 10 kilometres in 29:01. Wilson Kipsang, winner of the 2013 Berlin Marathon in…

World champion Kevin Mayer broke the decathlon world record* at the Decastar meeting in Talence on Sunday (16), scoring 9126 at the final IAAF Combined Events Challenge fixture of 2018. Had it not been for his three fouls in the long jump at last month’s European Championships in Berlin, Mayer most likely wouldn’t have competed at the Decastar meeting. But in the aftermath of that setback, the 26-year-old was looking redemption in Talence, a south-western city in the suburb of Bordeaux. Just as USA’s Dan O’Brien had done in 1992 after famously no-heighting in the pole vault at the US…

Chelsea have overtaken Liverpool at the summit of the English Premier League after a 4-1 win over Cardiff City on Saturday. A hat-trick by Belgian Eden Hazard and a thunderbolt by Brazilian Willian were the goals needed to give Maurizio Sarri’s men the comfortable win after an opening strike by the visitors. Making it five out of five for the Londoners is one of their brightest starts to the domestic season in recent years. Though the Reds have also not dropped points, they have a goal less than the Blues. They also won on Saturday, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1. Results…