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Africa’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers will continue to provide engrossing action, with 14 fixtures broadcast live from Matchday 6, running from Sunday 23 to Tuesday 25 March 2025. There is no better place to get your season-long ticket to the best football the world has to offer than DStv! A team looking to win back their sense of pride and respect in the wake of failing to reach the AFCON is Ghana. The Black Stars will continue their quest to reach a fifth World Cup tournament when they battle Madagascar away from home on Monday night. Ghana have somewhat surprisingly…

Accra Hearts of Oak head coach, Abubakar Ouattara, has downplayed the significance of calculations in football, insisting that the game is unpredictable. His remarks came after his side secured a hard-fought point in their Matchday 25 fixture against Bibiani Gold Stars in the Ghana Premier League. The 1-1 draw in Bibiani moved Hearts of Oak to 4th place on the league table with 37 points after 23 games in the 2024/25 season. Speaking in a post-match interview, Coach Ouattara expressed contentment with the result, emphasizing that football is not an exact science. Football is not mathematics like one plus one…

Cristiano Ronaldo scored and missed a penalty as Portugal edged a thrilling encounter with Denmark to reach the Nations League semi-finals. The quarter-final had ended 3-3 on aggregate after 90 minutes, but Francisco Trincao put the home side ahead seconds into the extra period after Kasper Schmeichel had saved Goncalo Ramos’ shot. Substitute Ramos completed the scoring with five minutes left. In a dramatic contest, Patrick Dorgu gifted Portugal an early penalty after bringing down Ronaldo inside the area, but Schmeichel got down low to his left to keep out the Portugal captain’s effort. Undeterred, the hosts continued to create…

Sudan, under the guidance of Ghanaian coach James Kwasi Appiah, are having a remarkable 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. The Falcons of Jediane have been the surprise package of the qualifiers, leading Group B after five matches. Kwasi Appiah’s side are currently one of only six unbeaten teams in the qualifiers, with three wins and two draws. They have recorded some impressive victories along the way, including a 1-0 win over DR Congo and a 2-0 away victory against Mauritania. Sudan sit top of their group with 11 points after holding group favourites and 2023 AFCON champions Senegal to…

High-flying fugitive Kwabena Adu Boahen, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), and his savvy wife Angela Agyei Boateng have been dramatically busted over allegations of diverting an eye-watering GH¢39 million into their personal accounts. The dynamic duo’s clandestine financial misdeeds were unveiled by eagle-eyed authorities, resulting in a jaw-dropping arrest of Adu Boahen at the prestigious Kotoka International Airport (KIA) late last week. In a bombshell revelation at a press conference today, the hard-hitting Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dominic Ayine, pointed a damning finger at the erstwhile NSB head honcho and his companion for their…

In a striking critique of the past administration’s handling of illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, Benjamin Kofi Quashie, Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Council of Elders in South Africa, has asserted that President John Dramani Mahama has demonstrated greater commitment to fighting galamsey in a few months than former President Nana Akufo-Addo did during his eight-year tenure. Speaking on JoyPrime’s morning show on Monday, Mr. Quashie condemned the environmental devastation caused by illegal mining, highlighting its dire health implications and the destruction of forest reserves. Comparing the two leaders, Benjamin Quashie criticized Akufo-Addo for failing to uphold…

First and foremost, we would like to use this opportunity to commend President John Mahama led government for the 2025 Budget, capturing few of their policies and programmes(about 10%) that they promised the Ghanaian people during the 2024 general elections. However, there are some weaknesses and inconsistencies contained in the 2025 Budget that Ghanaians need to know as follows: 1. Resetting the Economy and Creating Prosperity for All(Chapter 1 of 2024 Manifesto of NDC). According to the 2024 Manifesto of the NDC, to achieve macro-economic stability, restore fiscal and debt sustainability for long-term economic growth and prosperity, they will: (a).…

….Director of Finance cited Dark forces within the relatively calm Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), are working tirelessly to change the atmosphere with their selfish ambitions. The agenda of the forces, is to create a charged atmosphere all in the name of getting the current Managing Director out. What is making the whole agenda murky is the fact that those pursuing the agenda want to rope in the Workers Union to lead the charge. The Director of Finance, Rev. Dr. John Okwesie Arthur and others, have been fingered as leading the onslaught to create unnecessary tension at the GACL. Sources…

Ghana is home to some of the world’s best arable lands, yet it is the country with one of the biggest food import bills. Food imports cost the country over $3.5 billion in 2023, according to Statista, a German-based online data portal – draining Ghana’s already strained foreign exchange and further straggling local farmers. As a nation, we import almost everything edible – from rice to offal, locally called ‘yemuadie,’ as local production continues to suffer largely due to limited policy interventions that can stand the test of time. These are even though the country has a bubbling young population…

….At meeting with Western Region Chiefs Dr Toni Aubynn, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), has reaffirmed President John Dramani Mahama’s vision to transform Jomoro into the “Rotterdam of Ghana”, a global energy hub. He emphasized that, beyond infrastructure development, PHDC is committed to training and preparing local youth to seize the employment opportunities that will arise when construction begins. “With the right training, the youth will not only qualify for jobs within the hub, but also become competitive for similar roles elsewhere,” Dr Aubynn assured while addressing traditional leaders in the Western Region, who have pledged…