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A Saudi real estate mogul has won a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi face off in a friendly after bidding $2.6m at auction, an official said.The match on Thursday in Riyadh is set to pit Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain against a select side made up of players from Ronaldo’s new …

Rafael Nadal waved a lingering farewell to the Rod Laver Arena after his latest Australian Open ended with an injury-induced straight sets defeat.The defending champion’s watching wife, Xisca, was in tears after he appeared to jar himself around the left hip area late in the second set of his second round match …

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Alhaji Mustapha Ussif, has given a firm assurance that a new Black Stars coach will be appointed as early as possible to handle Ghana’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers in March. “The country should be rest assured that the Ghana Football Association …

The Lower Manya Krobo District Level Elections slated for tomorrow Tuesday, January 17, 2023 have been adjourned. This follows an application for injunction filed against the Electoral Commission at the High Court in Koforidua. In a statement, the EC said, a new date will be communicated in due course. Two …

Ukrainian interior minister Denys Monastyrskyy is among the 18 victims of a helicopter crash near a nursery outside the capital, Kyiv.At least three children and two top officials – Monastyrskyy’s deputy Yevhen Yenin and state secretary Yurii Lubkovich – were among those who died in the disaster.Emergency services are working …

Executive Chairman of McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel Mckorley said the global downturn, and the ripple effect on some Africa’s economies, may be the wakeup call that Africa needs to move AFCFTA forward. According to him, there are great opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa trade, in the Africa Continental Free …

The Ghana Police Service says it is looking for one Dr. Patrick Asiedu who alleged that some policemen planted marijuana in his car. The unknown doctor alleged in a viral audio that some policemen accosted him and demanded to search his vehicle only to plant narcotics in the car. Police …

In Canada, it should be Dry January all year round, according to new national recommendations that say zero alcohol is the only risk-free approach. If you must drink at all, two drinks maximum each week is deemed low-risk by the government-backed guidance. The advice is a steep drop from the …

The announcement by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) that tariffs are to go up effective February 1, is being kicked against by a section of the general public who say it will worsen an already difficult situation as, generally, the prices of goods and services have gone up. People …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened the 74th edition of the annual New Year School and Conference by the University of Ghana in Accra. The New Year School and Conference, which brings together stakeholders from academia, business and political leadership to discuss issues of national significance, has been …