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Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach Steve Polack has dedicated the club’s FA Cup triumph to the late Kofi Asare who died in the car crush that wrecked their season.  Asare, the club’s equipment officer, was the one fatality from the accident in May as Kotoko returned to Kumasi after a league game. Polack, who clinched his first title as coach, says they owed the victory to the deceased officer. He said: “It is my first cup final as a head coach so this would always be close to my heart because you always remember your first. It has been a difficult…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has embarked on a clean-up exercise to climax the Food Safety Sensitization Week Programme at Aboabo Market in Tamale. The Programme dubbed ‘Enhancing Food Security Through Safety Food Practices’ saw some staff of the FDA clean up the market area and sensitize some market women over food safety. They also educated the women on the need to limit microbial contamination as well as avoid unhealthy practices and habits at the points of food preparation and sale. Addressing the media, the Northern Regional Director for the Authority, Martin Kusi, stated the FDA will continue to periodically…

The former manager of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Paul Manafort, is to face charges related to an inquiry into alleged Russian election meddling, US media report. He was seen arriving at an FBI office in Washington with his lawyer early on Monday. An investigation headed by special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into any links between Russia and the Trump campaign. Both sides deny any collusion. Mr Mueller’s team is known to have conducted extensive interviews with several current and former White House officials as part of the inquiry. One of Mr Manafort’s business associates, Rick Gates, has also been…

Ibrahimah Abdulai, 24, a butcher and a resident of Yendi in the Northern Region, has been murdered by some unknown assailants in Kuga, a suburb of Yendi. His body was found in a near-by bush. The deceased, according a police report, was found dead by the Assemblymember of Kuga, Imoro Ibrahim, on Sunday at about 6:30pm. He reported the case to the Yendi Divisional Police and led the police to the scene with the body “in the supine position with multiple deep cutlass wounds on the body with his motor-bike parked besides him”. Preliminary investigations by the Yendi Police again…

Former Black Stars striker Junior Manuel Agogo has appeared for the first time on television since suffering stroke two years ago. The Ex-Zamalek man is suffering aphasia and has been struggling to speak. He is, however, recovering. He invited BBC’s Speechless to his home in a documentary broadcast on Sunday. Watch below: A former striker for Nottingham Forest, Agogo featured for the Black Stars – capped 27 times – at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He won Bronze with the team. Source: 3news.com|Ghana Follow @3Newsgh

Ghana’s two top clubs – Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko – on Sunday observed a minute’s silence for Burkina Faso international Soulama Abdoulaye just before kick-off of the 2017 MTN FA Cup final. It was a sad moment for the two sides as Soulama – who featured for both sides in his playing career in Ghana – died two days ahead of the clash. He died in his hometown of Banfora after a long illness. After news of the death of Soulama broke on Saturday morning, the two clubs paid him tribute via their twitter accounts. We are shocked…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong. State media released undated photos of the visit on Sunday. Both women are rarely seen in public. Ms Kim’s appearance comes shortly after her recent promotion to a powerful position in North Korea’s government. Foreign luxury goods including make-up have become scarce in North Korea after several rounds of UN sanctions. Why did he visit a cosmetics factory? Over the years many countries have stopped importing luxury goods into North Korea as a result of sanctions. North Korea…

Asante Kotoko beat arch-rivals Hearts of Oak 3-1 on Sunday to lift the 2017 MTN FA Cup. The match dubbed ‘Unmissable’ was played at the Tamale Sports Stadium to climax the domestic season of association football. Saddick Adams scored all the goals for the Porcupine Warriors in the first half while Thomas Abbey got the consolation for the Phobians in the second half. The win hands Kotoko the ticket to represent Ghana in the Caf Confederation Cup next season. Going into the final of Ghana’s biggest club competition, the two sides had record and tradition to protect. Hearts had won…

Former goalkeeper for Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak and Burkina Faso international Soulama Abdoulaye has kicked the bucket after battling a long illness. Soulama died at Bobo-Dioulasso on Friday. He is expected to be buried in his hometown of Banfora. He had returned to Burkina Faso after years of professional football in Ghana. He had played in the Ghana Super Clash a number of times with his last seeing him in post for the Phobians. His back pass error gifted Asante Kotoko – his former club – the winner. He was sent off in that clash in March, 2016.…