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Tottenham scored three second-half goals to reach their first Champions League final[/caption] Lucas Moura scored a dramatic 96th-minute winner to cap an astonishing Tottenham fightback against Ajax and set up an all-English Champions League final against Liverpool. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Spurs made the worst possible start in Amsterdam when a towering fifth-minute header by 19-year-old Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt doubled the advantage for Erik ten Hag’s exciting young side. Tottenham hit the post through Son Heung-min before Hakim Ziyech doubled Ajax’s lead on the night with a sweeping finish after an assist by former Southampton winger…

A Chinese company operating in Ghana, Sunda International has donated cash, household consumables and T-shirts through the May 9 Foundation for families of victims of the Accra stadium disaster.  The donation coincides with the 18th anniversary of the tragic stampede which occurred during a soccer game between rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on May 9, 2001. The tragic stampede claimed at least 127 lives and left many football supporters injured and their families in despair. The May, 9 2001 Accra stadium disaster remains the number one sports tragedy in Ghana’s history.  A month earlier in the same…

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has invited Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo again for questioning. His invitation is in relation to recent kidnap cases in the country as well as some fire outbreaks that have occurred at certain government institutions. There has been a number of incidents of kidnapping since last year, with the most notable one being the kidnapping of some three teenagers in Takoradi raising debates in  public circles about security situations in the country. Last Sunday May 5, there was a fire outbreak at the office of…

A group calling itself the Association of Newly Recruited Teachers (ANRT) has set May 17 to register its displeasure over what it called the ‘snail pace’ approach in processing their salaries. The coalition of aggrieved teachers, in a press statement signed by the president, Collins Nana Adjei dated May 8, alleged that its members have not been paid for seven months since their appointment in November, 2018. “We are therefore by this release informing the stakeholders in Education and the general public of our planned demonstration on Friday, the 17th of May, 2019 and after that if nothing is done,…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Introducing him to the cameras earlier in the day, Meghan said: “He has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm. He’s been the dream.” As they laughed, Prince Harry said: “I don’t know who he gets that from.” The announcement came after the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh met their eighth and newest great-grandchild for the first time at Windsor Castle. By deciding to call their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, Harry and Meghan have chosen not to use a title for their first born. As the first…

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Introducing him to the cameras earlier in the day, Meghan said: “He has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm. He’s been the dream.” As they laughed, Prince Harry said: “I don’t know who he gets that from.” The announcement came after the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh met their eighth and newest great-grandchild for the first time at Windsor Castle. By deciding to call their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, Harry and Meghan have chosen not to use a title for their first born. As the first…

A group calling itself the Association of Newly Recruited Teachers (ANRT) has set May 17 to register its displeasure over what it called the ‘snail pace’ approach in processing their salaries. The coalition of aggrieved teachers, in a press statement signed by the president, Collins Nana Adjei dated May 8, alleged that its members have not been paid for seven months since their appointment in November, 2018. “We are therefore by this release informing the stakeholders in Education and the general public of our planned demonstration on Friday, the 17th of May, 2019 and after that if nothing is done,…

Portions of the Odaw storm drain that caved in nine years ago as a result of downpour has worsened. Residents along the shoulders of the drain risk being displaced with the next heavy rains. In December 2001, construction works on the Odaw drain was completed after ex-president Kufour’s government secured a world bank funding for the project. This was intended to curb perennial flooding in some worse affected parts of the capital including Alajo and Avenor. A decade on, portions of the drain at Achimota Abofu behind the GH Media school caved in and has now deteriorated after authorities became…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana