Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has been charged by UEFA over his outburst towards referee Michael Oliver after his side’s Champions League quarter-final exit to Real Madrid. UEFA has announced that the Italian legend has been charged with breaching its “general principles of conduct” for his abuse of the English official. After Oliver awarded Real Madrid a last-gasp spot-kick – which Cristiano Ronaldo converted to ...

As of today Friday 11 May, there are some 34 days left to the Russia 2018 World Cup. There are also 8 years left to the 2026 World Cup which could be heading back to Africa after Morocco officially unveiled their hosting bid. Here’s a chronicling of the week in Sport:- SOUTH AFRICA: BARCA V SUNDOWNS FRIENDLY Spanish giants Barcelona are coming to Africa, South ...

Wife of Dr. Hilla Liman, Ghana’s only president under the Third Republic, has revealed that things were not easy for herself and her family after the overthrow of her husband in 1981. In an exclusive interview with the former first lady, Fulera Hilla Liman, as a build up to Mothers Day, she told Media General’s Sarah Parku ‘‘We were worst ...

Black Satellites coach Jimmy Cobblah has named his starting line-up to face Algeria in the CAF U-20 Africa Youth Championship qualifier  on Friday The team includes former U-17 stars Richard Danso of WAFA and Kudus Mohammed of Right to Dream Academy. Fast-rising KAS Eupen goalkeeper Nurudeen Abdul Manaf will man the post and will be guided by Gideon Mensah who ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined forces with graphic novel and animation producers Graphic India to help co-create a new cartoon series for kids. The show is called “Striker Force 7” and will see the often-overlapping worlds of professional football and superheroes brought together on screen once again. A character bearing Ronaldo’s likeness stands central in the promotional imagery, where he is ...

Egyptian and Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah has said they will ‘play to win’ in the May 26 Champions League final against Spanish football giants Real Madrid. Salah, who has won several accolades for his record breaking exploits this season, says his club aims to qualify for next year’s Champions League with a good result against Premier League side Brighton this ...

Namibia’s Jackson Pavaza has been selected by CAF to handle the Confederation Cup match between Aduana Stars and Raja-Casablanca next Wednesday. The Ghana Champions host the Moroccan giants at the Nana Agyemang Badu II park on Dormaa. Pavaza will be aided by Matheus Kanyanga and David Tauhulupo Shaanika. Aduana Stars are yet to pick a point having lost 1-0 to ...

The United Nations agency for Children UNICEF on Friday published a report saying at least 770,000 children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Spokesman Christophe Bouliera Reuters TV in Geneva that UNICEF had appealed for $88 million to provide assistance in Kasai, but said only about 25 ...

The Quantum Global Group is building an $80 million Cocoa Processing Company to support efforts to add value to Ghana’s Cocoa. The company which will be cited in Tema is a 64 thousand metric tons plant. The Executive Director of Quantum Terminal, Emmanuel Egyei-Mensah revealed this to Starr Business at the issuing of a GHS 45 million (USD 10 million), ...

Mobile money transactions have increased by about 177 per cent between 2013 and March 2018, reaching GHc312. 93 million and valued at GHc52.35 billion transactions in March this year, Dr Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), has said. He said companies with GHc48.24 million transactions were valued at GHc5.91 billion in March 2015, whilst mobile money ...