Author: Krobea

Barcelona scored two goals in three second-half minutes to come from behind and beat Real Sociedad to maintain their 100% start to the La Liga season. The champions trailed after 12 minutes when they failed to clear a free-kick and Aritz Elustondo lashed in. But Luis Suarez scrambled the ball home in the 63rd minute before Ousmane Dembele converted at another corner. La Real could have been further in front but missed three chances shortly before the Barcelona goals. Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen made two fine saves, denying Real Madrid loanee Theo Hernandez and Juanmi while Mikel Oyarzabal blazed…

Volkswagen has decided to kill its iconic Beetle.  The company’s American unit announced Thursday that it would end global production of the third-generation bulbous bug in July of next year after offering two special editions for sale. The compact Beetle was introduced in Germany in 1938 during the Nazi era and came to the U.S. 11 years later, where it became a symbol of utilitarian transportation often used by hippies. The iconic car sold for about 30 years before U.S. sales stopped in 1979. The last of the original bugs was produced in Puebla, Mexico, in 2003. Volkswagen revived it…

The makers of Big Brother have announced that the show is being axed at the end of the current series. Big Brother’s Twitter account shared the news that the 19th series, launching on Friday night, would be the last. Channel 5 confirmed Celebrity Big Brother was also ending. The show first appeared on screens in 2000 and was extremely popular, but viewing figures have dwindled in recent years. A spokesperson told the BBC: “The forthcoming series of Big Brother will be the last – of either celebrity or civilian versions – on Channel 5. “We’d like to thank Endemol and…

“27Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. 28Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.” ― Proverbs 3 [Amplified Bible] When God noticed that He could physically not be on earth, He made man to take His place. He made men to love each other. He made man to be the caretaker of man. He endowed others with opportunities and advantages so they could have the power to do good to…

Mobile telecommunications giants MTN have gone to the aid of the chiefs and people of Nsein Traditional Area by donating a cheque for GH¢10, 000 and assorted items towards the upcoming Kundum festival. This year’s festival by the chiefs and people of Nsein will be celebrated under the theme ‘Harnessing the Talent of the Youth for Sustainable Participation in the Planting for Food and Jobs Program – The Role of the Traditional Ruler’. Speaking on the theme, the Acting Regional Senior Manager for South-West Business District for MTN, Ann Ekua Yalley, said MTN believes the youth have to be empowered…

Samuel Paa Kwesi Fabin has resigned as coach of Asante Kotoko barely seven months after his appointment. Fabin was appointed to replace Englishman Steve Polack prior to the start of the 2017/2018 Ghana Premier League. It was his second spell at the club, having managed the side in 2009/10. But on Thursday, Fabin tendered in his resignation letter to the club. “I write without any malice that I am tendering my resignation as the Head Coach of your club Asante Kotoko Football Club effective 13th September, 2018. “This decision has become necessary because of my personal conviction that it is…

The long-serving Secretary General of the Pan-African Writers’ Association (PAWA), Professor Atukwei Okai, will make his final journey to eternity on Friday. A burial service has been scheduled to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) and the forecourt of the State House for him. The service comes barely 24 hours after that of another illustrious son of Ghana, Kofi Annan, at the same venue. Watch Kofi Annan’s funeral service Prof. Okai died on Friday, July 13 after a short illness. He – together with late Prof Kofi Awoonor – was celebrated recently by the Ghana Book Publishers…

Actress and TV presenter Efia Odo  has revealed that lack of opportunities in the movie industry in the United States was a major factor in her decision to come back to Ghana. Efia Odo, who left the country at the age of five, told Mikki Osei Berko on the After Hours show that ‘her spirit’ was always calling her to come back home though she also wanted to act. “After school, I was always pursuing acting, not only acting but media stuff. “I had a friend called Enoch Atakora and I told him I wanted to act. He told me…

A popular Chinese restaurant chain has lost around $190m (£145m) in market value after a pregnant woman found a dead rat in her soup. Hotpot restaurant Xiabu Xiabu’s stock hit its lowest level in almost a year, after photos of the dead rat being fished out of the broth with a pair of chopsticks quickly spread online. The outlet in Shandong province has now been temporarily suspended. The outlet reportedly offered her 5,000 yuan (£559, $729) as compensation. According to local news outlet Kankan News who spoke to her husband – identified as Mr Ma – he declined the offer,…

The much-awaited committee to oversee the reformation of Ghana football has finally been constituted by the sport’s world-governing body. FIFA recommended a Normalisation Committee to ensure the return of proper structures to govern football in the country. The recommendation was a fallout from a meeting between the Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, and FIFA officials. FIFA gives Ghana up till March 31, 2019 to resolve issues On Thursday, Dr Kofi Amoah, the head of the Liaison Team which has overseen affairs since the government dissolved the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has been named as President of the Committee.…