NEYMAR is travelling to London before completing his move to Paris Saint-Germain, according to a Spanish journalist. Barcelona have given Neymar permission to discuss a move away from the club but will insist his buy-out clause of €222million (£198.5m) is paid in full. The Brazilian superstar made a 40-minute visit to Barca’s training ground this morning to inform them of ...

Standard Chartered Bank has launched its Visa Infinite and Visa Platinum credit cards in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. The Visa Infinite credit card which is the first of its kind in Ghana also marks another milestone of the bank’s 120 years of existence. Holders of the new credit cards are eligible to benefit from a whopping US$2.5million complimentary travel ...

Ghana’s 8-man team have arrived in London to compete at the 16th IAAF World Championships scheduled from August 4-13 at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Ghana’s contingent comprises of high jumper Nadia Eke, Sprinters Alex Owusu, Janet Amponsah, Persis William-Mensah, Emmanuel Dasor, Akua Obeng Akrofi, Gemma Acheampong and Flings Owusu Agyapong. The president of the Ghana Athletics Association president, Francis ...

Some irate members of the NPP’s invisible forces Monday stormed the town hall meeting at Tema to threaten government of mayhem if they are not immediately given jobs. According to the group, officials of the Akufo-Addo government, who hitherto to the elections were on good terms with them, suddenly do not pick up their calls if they call them. “We ...

The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. “We’re not your enemy,” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point. But a Republican senator said President Donald Trump had told him there would be a war with North Korea if ...

The President of the West African Federation of Engineering Organization, Ing Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, says recent comments by the Minister for Works and Housing against Ghanaian Engineers are in bad taste. Atta Akyea had said at a forum that priority will be given to foreign engineers on key government projects because of the inability of local engineers execute projects to ...

The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo will today Wednesday, August 2, hold a press conference to reveal sanctions proffered against government officials who have looted state resources. “We want to give an update to fellow Ghanaians through the media on the status of implementing disallowances and surcharges as prescribed by the constitution and recently pronounced by the Supreme Court of Ghana,” Domelevo ...

The embattled chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei is being unfairly targetted because she is cleaning the rot at the commission, IMANI President Franklin Cudjoe has said. According to him, calls for the EC boss to step aside while investigations into the impasse at the commission is underway is irrational and unconstitutional. The EC chair and two of her ...

UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg result on Tuesday: Sheriff (MDA) 1 (Badibanga 90+4-pen) Qarabag (AZE) 2 (Ndlovu 45+3, Michel 86) Qarabag win 2-1 on aggregate Playing Wednesday (kick-offs GMT): CSKA Moscow (RUS) v AEK Athens (GRE) (1700) CSKA lead 2-0 from first leg APOEL (CYP) v Viitorul (ROU) (1700) Viitorul lead 1-0 from first leg BATE (BLR) ...

ANTHONY MARTIAL has already agreed to leave Manchester United for Inter Milan amid talk of a transfer for Ivan Perisic. Manchester United are chasing a move for Croatia international Perisic but Inter are playing hardball. The Serie A side are holding out for around £48million and want Martial on loan as part of any potential deal. Jose Mourinho does not ...