BARCELONA have agreed in principle a deal to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Ousmane Dembele to replace Neymar. Neymar was unveiled as a Paris Saint-Germain player today after completing his world-record shattering £200million move. Barcelona are desperate to sign a replacement ahead of the new season and are trying to land Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool. But according to Italian journalist Tancredi ...

A massive Buddha statue weighing about half a tonne has been stolen from a temple in the Botswana capital, Gaborone, police say. The Buddhist community in the city say they are devastated by the loss and have appealed for help to retrieve it. The bronze statue was donated by Thailand in 1996 and is 1.5m (5ft) tall and 1.2m wide. ...

Ghanaians desirous of travelling to the United States of America (USA) face a daunting task as President Donald Trump has endorsed a legislation that will abolish Visa Lottery, as well as curb the level of legal immigration using skills-based immigration system. Analysts say if the bill is passed and implemented, it could cut legal migration to US by some 50%. ...

Ghanaian actress Yvonne Okoro has indicated she is willing to act in Kumahood movies on condition that the money is good and the scripts are well written. In an interview with Berla Mundi on GhOne TV, the 4play actress said “I was asked if I was willing to work in Kumasi and I told them it is about time we ...

MANCHESTER UNITED must win the Premier League this season, says Quinton Fortune. Manchester United have not won the title since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club in 2013. The Red Devils finished fifth last season under Jose Mourinho and qualified for the Champions League by virtue of winning the Europa League. Mourinho has spent £130million on three new signings this ...

Two people have not been accounted for after a tow truck managed to pull out a mini bus that plunged into the Kpesie Lagoon along the La-Teshie beach road in Accra, police have said. “The brief information we have received is that this particular vehicle was coming from La Palm Hotel and heading towards the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping ...

Arsene Wenger has characterised Neymar’s €222 million move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain as “beyond rationality” and has blasted the deal as being a result of when “a country owns a football club.” Qatar Sports Investments became the majority shareholder of the Ligue 1 club in 2011 and has proceeded to make headlines for the exorbitant sums they’ve spent on ...

Ghanaian actor and entrepreneur, John Dumelo, has been announced as the host for the Glitz Style Awards 2017. In a post on social media, the Glitz Africa team who are the organizers of the show unveiled Dumelo as the host after a series of cryptic posts which allowed their followers to guess the identity of the host. This is the ...

Embattled businessman in the controversial GHc51 million judgment debt case, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has filed a case at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, a day after his petition at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was thrown out. The ICC rejected Woyome’s petition citing Article 6(4) of its Arbitration Rules and also the lack of establishment of ...

Fans of Kumasi Asante Kotoko are calling for a reduction in ticket prices ahead of Sunday’s Super Clash between the Porcupine Warriors and Hearts of Oak. The chairman of the Ashanti Regional Circles Obeng Sekyere made this known to the Ghana News Agency. “They are charging GH¢100.00, GH¢50.00, GH¢20.00 and GH¢10.00 for the VVIP, VIP, Center line and the popular ...