Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been fined £20,000 for wearing a yellow ribbon on the touchline during the FA Cup defeat at Wigan. On Monday, the Spaniard accepted the Football Association charge for “wearing a political message”, a breach of kit and advertising regulations. In November, Guardiola said he wore the ribbon to support imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia. He ...

JAMIE CARRAGHER has been axed from a TV punditry gig as a result of his spit shame. The Liverpool legend was due to assess Manchester United’s Champions League clash against Sevilla on Tuesday for TV3 Sport. But bosses at the Danish channel have pulled Carragher from their line-up after he was filmed appearing to spit at a United fan and ...

The Medical Director of Tema General Hospital, Dr Kwabena Opoku Adusei, has debunked public assertion that consuming bush meat, including rodents, will infect them with Lassa fever, leading to their possible death. According to Dr Opoku Adusei, Lassa fever could only spread or affect people when their foodstuffs were contaminated with faeces and urine of infected rodents. Lassa fever is ...

Dancehall icon Stonebwoy, in a phone interview with Hitz FM’s King Lagazee Sunday afternoon, has described purported attempts by Bulldog and a band of men to seize his Mercedes Benz last night, as a “robbery attack”. A clash was reported at the Champs Bar in Accra last night, during a Kelvin Boy gig. Eyewitnesses narrate that Bulldog and his men ...

A Ugandan MP has left people horrified after saying men need to “discipline” and “beat” their wives. Twinamasiko Onesimus, who represents Bugangaizi East constituency was speaking to Ugandan television channel NTV when he made the shocking statement. “As a man, you need to discipline your wife,” he told the channel. “You need to touch her a bit, you tackle her, ...

Zinedine Zidane has confirmed Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos soiled himself during their weekend win over Eibar. Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice for Los Blancos to secure a 2-1 victory and three LaLiga points to add to their tally. But it was the sudden disappearance of Ramos during the 73rd minute that raised eyebrows and provoked laughter in Zidane’s post-match press conference. ...

Captain of Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has dismissed reports making rounds that he (Asamoah Gyan) and his management are trying to bailout Dancehall musician Stonebwoy with $2 million from Zylofon media. This comes in the wake of reports of tension between Stonebwoy and Zylofon media after the signing of his ‘rival’ Shatta Wale unto the same label. Over the weekend ...

The Greek Super League has been indefinitely suspended after PAOK Salonika’s president invaded the pitch with a gun during a match on Sunday. Ivan Savvidis tried to confront the referee with a gun in a hip holster after his side had a late goal ruled out for offside against AEK Athens. AEK’s players left the pitch concerned for their safety ...

Asante Kotoko coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has revealed striker Saddick Adams will be out of action for over a month. Adams did not feature in Kotoko’s fine 2-0 friendly win at the expense of New Edubiase at the Baba Yara stadium on Sunday. In his absence, Federick Boateng and Obed Owusu grabbed the goals. “Saddick Adams is nursing an injury. ...

Nene Ofoe Teye, incumbent Constituency Chairman of the Tema East branch of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has declared that former President John Dramani Mahama is finished politically. “The things that we have discovered from his administration are ready to be put before Ghanaians and I promise you that by the time Ghanaians will see the full extent to ...