Southampton have announced the appointment of former Liverpool player Mauricio Pellegrino as their new manager. The 45-year-old, who played 12 games for Liverpool in 2005, has managed Valencia, Estudiantes, Independiente and, most recently, Alaves. Pellegrino has signed a three-year contract at St Mary’s and will join up with the club next week ahead of the start of pre-season training. “I ...

Monaco midfielder Fabinho is “tempted” by a move to Manchester United this summer, according to reports. The 23-year-old midfielder was part of the Monaco team that won the Ligue 1 title last season and reached the semifinal of the Champions League, with Fabinho scoring 11 goals in 50 matches. In an interview with Brazilian television channel Esporte Interativo, as quoted ...

More than 140 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday). Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks. Pictures posted by the People’s ...

One of the plaintiffs who filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the thenPresident John Dramani Mahama to host 2 Guantanamo Bay detainees in Ghana, is demanding that he apologise to Ghanaians for acting unconstitutionally. According to Henry Nana Boakye, who is the Deputy Executive Director of National Service Scheme, former president ought to apologise to ...

A 62-year-old Rastafarian, Haspinel Mclaren, has appeared before the Odumase Krobo Circuit Court for assaulting a teacher trainee at Somanya. The accused person was charged for causing harm and pleaded not guilty when he appeared in court and was granted bail in the sum of GHc20,000.00 with one surety. The facts of the case as presented by ASP Richmond Akwasi ...

ACI Construction Company Limited, a subsidiary of Agams Holdings, says it is cooperating with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) towards a speedy resolution of tax issues which resulted in the tax agency locking up the offices of the company early this week. According to the company, since the figure is in dispute, it is unfair for GRA to make categorical ...

Government has expressed its firm commitment towards the construction of roads at Manhean, near Amasaman, in the Greater Accra Region following a massive protest by some residents against the deplorable state of their roads. Amasaman MP Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea, on the floor of parliament on Friday, June 23, 2017, wanted to know when construction of the Manhean roads would ...

Ghana coach, Kwasi Appiah says his Black Stars, are ready for their double-header international friendlies against Mexico and USA. The Stars will play Mexico first next Wednesday in Texas and then USA on July 1 in Connecticut, and Kwasi Appiah says the two games form part of his team-building exercise but that will not deter the team from delivering ‘performance ...

The Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mr Lord Commey, has laughed off claims that he has been dismissed. A terse statement making rounds on Whatsapp platforms suggests that the former national organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been sacked. However, Mr. Commey, believes his detractors are behind such “lies” because he is making it difficult for them ...

Mr Martin Obeng, the Sunyani West District Chief Executive, has called on educational authorities to help instil in students the spirit of patriotism, as a means to help control corruption in the country. He said corruption ought to be tackled among students at the basic education and Senior High School level, if the country would successfully reduce the canker. Mr ...