University of Ghana (UG) has retained the Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship by beating Marshalls University College 41-23 in the final game of the 2017 edition. UG won last year’s edition beating record winners Accra Technical University in a crunch game. Marshalls University College made it to the final game with a series of heart stopping plays but ...

Jude Arthur, an accomplished banker has been appointed Board Chairman of the GCB Bank. This was after some changes were made to the composition of the Board. Also appointed are Lydia Essah and Raymond Sowah who will be directors of the Bank. Meanwhile, Daniel Owiredu who until now was the Chairman of the Board, Moses Asaga, Mona Quartey and Faustina ...

Asante Kotoko legal head, Yaw Boafo, has ruled out an immediate return for Michael Osei to coach the team following the sack of Zdravko Logarusic. The former player has been linked to the role three months after losing the role to the Croatian and after a string of poor results, his successor has been shown the exit despite winning 5 ...

Barcelona star Neymar has been handed a three-match ban after that he was shown the red card during Barcelona’s 2-0 defeat to Malaga on Sunday night. The Brazilian ace ironically clapped the referee’s assistant on his way out of the pitch on Sunday night and the Spanish FA has decided to hand him a one-match ban for the red card, ...

The Vodafone Ghana Music Awards after several hours of technical hitches have started and the momentum has been building up gradually. There have been several performances and awards have been given out. See full list of winners here: Highlife Song of the year Kofi Kinaata (Confession) Gospel Song of the year Nacee (Ye WO nyame) Reggae/Dancehall song of the year ...

Ghana’s economy still remains a highly import driven one despite calls and the need to diversify the country’s exports and move it to a highly export driven one. Latest figures from the Ghana Shippers’ Authority have shown that total imports via the country’s maritime trade routes were twice the total exports for 2016 as compared to the previous year. Also, ...

FIFA could seal a major partnership deal with Qatar Airways within weeks, a source has said, the same day football’s corruption-tainted world body announced a $369 million loss. “We hope to confirm it in the next few months, perhaps before the congress in Bahrain (May 10-11),” the source close to FIFA said on Friday in Zurich. The contract between FIFA ...

The Ghana Shippers’ Authority says the maritime trade outlook for 2017 is likely to increase in trade volumes by 10% with boost in both import of major commodities and export of raw materials and semi-process good to the Chinese and European market. According to the shipper’s authority, the growth is as result of the calm political environment after the generally ...

Music group, Wutah have finally announced their comeback after almost eight years of separation. The duo separated in 2009 after releasing several hit songs. In an interview with Starr News’ Osei Owusu Amankwaah, the group’s Public Relations Officer Nana Kojo Afreh confirmed the news saying they will perform together in public henceforth. Their debut album, ‘Anamontuo’, with songs like ‘Adonko’, ...

The Managing Consultant of Centre for Media Analysis, Dr. Messan Mawugbe, has chastised the Chinese mission in Ghana for questioning the approach of the Ghanaian media in reporting Chinese involvement in illegal mining—otherwise known galamsey. According to him, the claims by the Chinese mission are groundless. The mission in a letter addressed to Ghana’s Lands and Natural Resources Minister complained ...