Barcelona’s general manager said the club are close to completing deals for Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele after Wednesday’s 2-0 Super Cup loss to Real Madrid, although the claim has been strongly rejected by Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool’s Coutinho has been the subject of two bids from Barcelona, the most recent worth €100 million turned down last week. However, Coutinho responded ...

JURGEN KLOPP has hit back at Barcelona’s comments over signing Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho. Barcelona have identified Coutinho as the ideal replacement for Neymar, who left the Nou Camp to join Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record £200million deal earlier this month. Coutinho has handed in a transfer request at Liverpool in order to force through a move to the Catalan ...

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has reiterated his intention to one day buy Arsenal. Dangote, Africa’s richest man with a fortune of around $13billion, outlined his wish to purchase the Gunners, who he supports, back in September. He now thinks he can tempt current owner Stan Kroenke into doing business, despite the American insisting he is not looking to sell. Kroenke ...

Exiled striker Diego Costa has repeated his wish to return to Atletico Madrid and believes his stand-off with Chelsea will come to an end when he travels to Spain. The 28-year-old Brazil-born Spain international signed for £32million from Atletico in July 2014, agreeing a five-year contract, and wishes to return to the Spanish capital. Speaking from his native Lagarto earlier ...

Deputy Communications Director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused renowned Bible teacher, Pastor Dr Mensah Otabil of ensuring the collapse of Capital Bank through his poor managment of the financial institution of which he served as the Board Chairman. According to Kwaku Boahen, Pastor Mensah Otabil whose church, businesses and family allegedly have a huge stake in ...

Tweet Four persons have reportedly died at the Margret Marquart Catholic Hospital at Kpando in the Volta Region, where they were rushed after eating a fish, suspected to be poisonous. Three of the deaths were recorded two weeks ago after a number of individuals were sent to the facility from one of the Alavanyo communities. The latest death occurred on ...

NORTH KOREA could launch start a large-scale nuclear war at any time, leaving a think tank to warn Britons to start preparing for the event. North Korea could strike at any time because of Donald Trump’s “volatile and impulsive” nature, the UK-based think tank claimed British civil servants have been urged to start preparing immediately for the possible declaration of ...

The 2015 Auditor General’s report has cited the National Identification Authority (NIA) for illegally using its Internally Generated fund to offset a loan facility it acquired from CAL Bank. According to the report, Management of the Authority arranged with CAL Bank to retain funds generated internally by it to defray the loan facility of $1.5million taken from the Bank. “As ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has bemoaned the poor academic performance in public first and second cycle schools and advised directors of education to provide the kind of leadership and supervision that is conducive for teaching and learning. “That leadership should provide an environment for the teacher to work with dedication, commitment and a sense of responsibility. ...

The 2015 Auditor General’s report has revealed that several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operating in the country failed to renew their license and continued to operate in contravention of the laws. The report presented to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee indicted 14 ISPs including popular internet provider, Teledata ICT Limited. African Communication Ghana Limited, Giant International, Easy Net Company Limited, Engineering ...