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Ghanaian athlete Emmanuel Dasor has completed his undergraduate studies at the Western Kentucky University (WKU) in the US. The 200m and 400m specialist is among over 36 Ghanaian athletes in the US on Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) scholarships. He majored in Business Administration and is expected to begin working on his Masters Degree in January, 2018. The 22-year-old is the latest Ghanaian athlete to graduate after javelin thrower John Ampomah and decathlete Atsu Nyamadi. Dasor helped Ghana’s 4X100m relay team win Silver in the 2014 African Athletics Championship and Bronze in the All Africa Games in Congo the following year.…

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Swiss Government through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) officially launched a national digital market hub designed for exporters and investors on Thursday at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra. The market hub is to help guide producers and exporters do business with accredited and registered companies licensed to engage in exports. The support is facilitated by the Trade Capacity Building (TCB) Programme for Ghana, a project implemented by UNIDO and funded by SECO. UNIDO Project Manager Juan Pablo Davila…

Former VIP group member Promzy has posted a video challenging VVIP group member Reggie Rockstone to a battle. It is clear Promzy isn’t entirely over on the group, especially when his departure from the group did not stall the group’s success in any way. It is still not quite clear exactly what made him come out to challenge Reggie Rockstone to a battle. The only way to find the reason behind this invitation, according to him, will be revealed when the stage is set. While we wait for Reggie Rockstone to accept the open invitation or otherwise, make sure you…

Dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns has released a new video which condemns violence against women. Titled ‘Maame Hw3’, the video shows the controversial artiste – whose real name is Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng –  all dressed up in what fans find an exact opposite of what she has been known for. Watch the video below: Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

National Treasurer of the People’s National Convention (PNC) Akanni Adams says the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC), Charlotte Osei, should have resigned long before hearing began on a petition filed to look into her tenure. According to him, the decisions taken prior to the 2016 polls – one of which is the initial disqualification of his party’s candidate – must be avoided as the country prepares for the 2020 polls. Mr Adams was speaking on 3FM’s Midday News on Thursday. His comments come on the back of a five-member committee set up by the Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo,…

Members of the Mine Workers Union of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) have petitioned Parliament to intervene in the recent decision by Goldfields Ghana Limited to lay off some 1,500 workers. The Union marched to Parliament in red to present the petition. According to them, the gold-mining company has to be stopped from going the road it wants to take. “They cannot do anything untoward,” General Secretary of the Union Prince William Ankrah said on Thursday when they presented the petition. Goldfields Ghana Ltd says its decision to lay off the workers this month is part of measures to…

If your wine was served in a smaller glass, would you drink less of it? That is the question being posed in a study, published in the BMJ, into the growing size of wine glasses. University of Cambridge researchers found glass size grew from an average 66ml in the 1700s to 449ml today – a near sevenfold increase – and wine drinking nearly doubled from 1980-2004. “When it comes to how much we drink, wine glass size probably does matter,” says study author Prof Theresa Marteau. The increase in the capacity of wine glasses has been more rapid since the…

2017 Ghana Premier League champions Aduana Stars will have their first taste of continental action in Libya, where they will play Al-Tahadi FC. The draw for the preliminary round of the Champions League was held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football in Egypt. The Dormaa-based side will debut in the top-tier continental club competition on the weekend of February 9 – 11. They are expected to host the second leg a week later in what will be their first home game in a continental club match. The winner of the two-legged tie will face either…

Asante Kotoko have been drawn to play Congolese champions Club Athlétique Rennaisance Aiglon (CARA) Brazzaville in the preliminary round of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup. Held on Wednesday at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) headquarters in Egypt, the draw will see Ghana’s most decorated continental club host CARA Brazzaville in Kumasi on the weekend of February 9. The second leg will take place barely a fortnight later. The winner of that tie will face either Tunisia’s Ben Guerdane or South Sudan’s Al Hilal Juba in the 1/16th stage. Ten clubs including Morocco’s RAJA, Tunisia’s Club Africain, Nigeria’s Enyimba, Algeria’s…

The Champions League draw for the knockout rounds is out and boy! we have some fascinating fixtures in there. There are some among the ties that resonates well among fans of those clubs who have come to expect that at some point almost every other year, their clubs will face a certain European opponent. That is the case for Chelsea after they drawn against Barcelona in the Round of 16 stage. You may call that the punishment for finishing second in a group many expected them to top, surrendering their lead at the top in the penultimate game to AS Roma. English…