Cristiano Ronaldo did not know who Ousmane Dembele was when Barcelona signed him in the summer, and claims that he only joined the Catalan club to play with Lionel Messi. Dembele played one full season for Rennes in Ligue 1 after graduating from the club’s academy in 2015-16 before catching the eye of Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund. Thomas Tuchel, then ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, will be honoured for 20 years of meritorious service to his constituency, Suame, and the nation at large. Under the auspices of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the event to be held on Sunday, November 26, 2017, at the Bremang Park in Kumasi, is expected to have in attendance President Nana ...

JOSE MOURINHO reportedly hopes that dropping Henrikh Mkhitaryan will revitalise his Manchester United career. Mkhitaryan has been left out of back-to-back match day squads – the 4-1 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford last Saturday and subsequently the 1-0 Champions League defeat away to Basel in midweek. Following a loss of form, the Armenian has failed to convince Mourinho that ...

Lawyers for Ibrahim Mahama, owner of Exton Cubic Group Limited-, a mining company exploring bauxite at Nyinahin in the Ashanti Region – have filed an application for judicial review at an Accra High Court over the revocation of his mining licences by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister. Ibrahim is challenging the revocation of the mining lease granted by his ...

Former deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called on government to revise upwards the monies allocated to the Free SHS program in the 2018 budget. The North Tongu MP is of the view that the current allocation which is little over GHS1billion is woefully inadequate for the program. The government in the 2018 budget earmarked some GH¢1.2billion to the ...

A High Court in Accra has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Yaw Anokye, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of two African-American women at Akwamufie in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, in May 2015. Yaw Anokye was found guilty by a seven-member jury after he had confessed to killing the two women in their 70s. Delivering her ...

Weeks ago, British photographer, Jamie Roberts, reported to be the father of Yvonne Nelson’s new daughter made headlines when a Nigerian woman came out as his wife and called him names. The heat got the photographer to make his Instagram account private from unwanted stalkers and trolls but not anymore. The London-based photographer shared a pretty picture of himself with Yvonne Nelson and ...

Indians have reacted angrily after the health minister from Assam state said cancer “is divine justice” caused by “past sins of a person”. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that people could also get diseases like cancer “because of the sins of their parents”. Cancer patients and their relatives said they were saddened by the minister’s statement. Opposition parties have described his ...

LIONEL MESSI’s contract situation is not a problem in the Barcelona dressing room, insists Denis Suarez. Messi’s deal runs out in the summer despite the club insisting he has agreed a new one. It was announced he’d signed a new contract in the summer before emerging he in fact hadn’t. He has been linked with a move to Manchester City – to ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in a tribute to mark the one year anniversary of the passing of his former press aide Kwabena Boadu, said a “large void” has been left in his life. Boadu died in the Upper West region on November 24, 2016 in the line of duty. Bawumia leaving the cemetery In a Facebook post on Friday, ...