Author: Krobea

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…

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…