Author: Krobea

The Paris metro has temporarily renamed six stations in honour of France’s World Cup victors, as the capital prepares to salute their return. The French coach’s name features at two stops. Notre-Dame des Champs becomes Notre Didier Deschamps while one of the central stops is renamed Deschamps Elysées-Clémenceau. The World Cup winners will take an open-top bus along the central avenue in the heart of Paris later on Monday. France beat Croatia 4-2 on Sunday. Zagreb was also preparing to welcome back the runners-up, with a parade through the centre of the Croatian capital on Monday afternoon. Local authorities made…

Black Stars and Levante UD forward Emmanuel Boateng is set to release his first song as a recording artiste. The song titled ‘Oluwa Dey’ will be on Tuesday, July 17. The Spanish La Liga player will be joining the likes of Asamoah Gyan and John Boye as Black Stars players to be doing music while playing football. Boateng’s single will feature Famouz, a duo of Vincent Adom Baffour and Umar Alidu, whose hit ‘Nufuo no’ enjoyed massive radio airplay in Ghana. The 22-year-old revealed that his love for singing started in his childhood at church. “It is always important to…

Ocean-monitoring satellites have been set up to control fishing activities during the closed season in August, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has said. Speaking on TV3’s New Day with Bright Nana Amfoh on Monday, Acting Chief Director at the Ministry Professor Francis K. E. Nunoo said a monitoring and control satellites unit located at the Tema and Takoradi offices will help the Ministry to arrest offenders. Ghana has declared a closed season from Tuesday, August 7 to Tuesday, September 4 in order to, among others, replenish the ocean. But the declaration by the Ministry has not gone down…

A mob of angry villagers has killed nearly 300 crocodiles at a sanctuary for the animals in the Indonesian province of West Papua. The slaughter was in retaliation for a local man thought to have been killed by one animal from the site. Officials and police said they were not able to stop the attack and may now press charges. The killing of a protected species is a crime that carries a fine or imprisonment in Indonesia. The local villager was killed on Friday morning while gathering vegetables on the crocodile farm’s breeding sanctuary. “An employee heard someone screaming for…

Excitement has gripped the small village of Kogelo in western Kenya as their famous son, former US President Barack Obama, visits after 12 years. He last visited his ancestral village in 2006 when he was a US senator. Mr Obama arrived in the country on Saturday and is set to inaugurate a youth project run by his sister. Known as the Sauti Kuu Foundation, it will be a sports facility and vocational training centre. The former US president made a low key arrival to the East African nation compared to his visit in 2015 when he was still in office.…

A former Deputy Minister of Communication and now director of the Progressive Organization for Women Advancement (POWA), Victoria Hamah, has stated that she is single and available for dating. In an interview with Mikki Osei Berko, host of the ‘After Hours’ Show on TV3, Vickie Hamah said she is not married, and her doors are open for a potential relationship. “I’m not married, I’m single not searching, I’m just available,” she stated. Victoria Hamah is currently planning towards the second edition of the POWA forum, which is scheduled for the British Council on Monday, July 23. Check out the full…

Thailand was all over the news earlier this week. 12 schoolboys (who were also footballers) and their coach stuck in the Tham Luang cave for eighteen (18) days were finally rescued in an extraordinarily daring mission. For three (3) days, a joint team of Thailand’s Navy SEALs and international divers put their lives on the line for these young Thai assets, one of such even losing his life. This is a nation that cares! A nation that places its citizens above anything else will go every length to keep them safe. A nation that perceives each soul that belongs there…

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has announced that he will be a candidate in the 7 October presidential election that would, if he wins, extend his 35-year-rule. Mr Biya tweeted in French and in English: “I am willing to respond positively to your overwhelming calls. I will stand as your candidate in the upcoming presidential election.” https://twitter.com/PR_Paul_BIYA/status/1017695159222439936 The 85-year-old leader has been in power since 1982, making him one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders. Under his rule, Cameroon has survived an economic crisis and moved from being a one-party state to multiparty politics. But it has also been marked by endemic corruption…

Chelsea are set to announce the departure of manager Antonio Conte after two years in charge. The club have refused to comment on the status of the 48-year-old, who won the Premier League title in his first season and the FA Cup in May. Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has thanked Conte on social media and wished him “luck for the future”. Ex-Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri is expected to take over from Conte, who took pre-season training this week. Should Sarri be appointed, he would be Chelsea’s ninth full-time manager since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. During three years…

Croatia came from a goal down to beat England 2-1 in the second semi-final game of the ongoing FIFA World Cup to reach the final for the first time. A Mario Madzukic strike in extra time sent the Croats beyond the historic feat of France ’98. Coincidentally, they will meet the country where that feat was chalked in Sunday’s final at the Luzhniki Stadium, where Wednesday’s win over the 1966 champions was also clinched. Sunday’s final will also see Zlatko Dalic’s side come face-to-face with the side that stopped them from reaching the final two decades ago. But it was…