Mischa Zverev has received a record Grand Slam fine for retiring from an Australian Open first-round match. The German 32nd seed was punished for “a poor first-round performance” under new rules aimed at curbing early withdrawals through injury. Zverev, 30, was fined $45,000 (£32,200) after pulling out during the second set of his match against South Korea’s Hyeon Chung on ...

Veteran Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has urged government to award a contract to the former Director General in charge of Technical at the Police Headquarters, Commissioner of Police (COP) Rose Bio-Atinga, to enable her return to work from her retirement to help in the fight against armed robbery in the country. According to him, the former Senior Police Officer has ...

CHELSEA have reportedly agreed a double swoop to sign Edin Dzeko and Emerson Palmieri from Roma. The reigning Premier League champions are keen to bring in a new striker and defender during the January sales. And according to the Daily Star, Antonio Conte’s side have agreed a double deal to sign Roma duo Dzeko and Palmieri for a fee which ...

Juventus are preparing a stunning deal to bring Mario Balotelli back to Italy this summer. The former Manchester City and Liverpool striker is in red-hot form in Ligue 1 after scoring 17 times for Nice already this season. And his return to goalscoring form has caught the attention of Serie A champions Juve The club’s relationship with the forward’s agent, ...

Former Deputy Health Minister, Rojo Mettle Nunoo, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey and one Prof. Aaron Nii Lante Lawson have been accused of registering the newly built 650-bed University of Ghana Health Facility in their names. According to a Deputy Minister of Health, Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, checks from the Registrar General’s Department indicates that the ...

A Russian Orthodox bishop has advised the faithful not to vote for Vladimir Putin when he stands for re-election in March, a nearly unheard of occurrence in the loyal church. The angry statement marked the first time an acting bishop has spoken against supporting the current president, according to the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, but it was motivated by Mr ...

A Senegalese-based reporter with AFP, Jennifer O’Mahony has taken to Twitter to hail Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for being punctual during yesterday’s investiture of former football star, George Oppong Weah as Liberian President. An image of Akufo-Addo surrounded by empty seats on his left and to his right have been circulating on various social media platforms. Elements within ...

ALEXIS SANCHEZ has officially been confirmed as a Manchester United player – but did Jose Mourinho leak a clue to the signing six months ago? Sanchez finally completed his move from Manchester United to Arsenal, putting an end to one of the biggest transfer sagas in Premier League history, at 6pm on Monday. The deal, which sees Henrikh Mkhitaryan move ...

Former Minister of Lands and Forestry and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale Central, Ahaji Inusah Fuseini, says Vice President Bawumia is a public property and that Ghanaians deserve to know his health status. The presidency on Saturday announced that, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had been flown to the UK for further medical treatment after he was reported unwell Friday. The ...

Paris Saint-Germain are strongly considering making Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane their manager this summer, with Unai Emery’s future in France ‘hanging by a thread’. Emery is under pressure at Parc des Princes after an underwhelming debut season last term, with the club missing out on the Ligue 1 title and suffering a humiliating Champions League exit against Barcelona. They’ve performed ...