Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia's civil aviation authority has said. Earlier, Wagner-linked Telegram channel Grey Zone reported the Embraer aircraft was shot down by air defences in the Tver region, north of Moscow. The private jet, which was flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, was carrying seven...
NBA fines James Harden $100,000 for threatening not to play for Philadelphia 76ers
James Harden has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for saying he would not play for the Philadelphia 76ers while president Daryl Morey was in charge. The guard called Morey a "liar" in an interview after reports the 76ers had ended talks about trading him. Harden, 33, was reportedly keen to join the LA Clippers before talks faltered. The NBA said the fine...
Burnley sign Aaron Ramsey from Aston Villa
Burnley have signed midfielder Aaron Ramsey from Aston Villa for a fee in excess of £12m. Ramsey, 20, has agreed a five-year contract at Turf Moor and becomes manager Vincent Kompany's 13th summer signing. "I have been waiting to be a Burnley player for a while and I can't wait to get started," Ramsey said. The Clarets have also wrapped up the...
Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount set to miss next two games
Manchester United midfielder Mason Mount is set to miss the club's next two Premier League matches with injury. The Red Devils said Mount is expected to be out until after the international break because of a "small complaint" sustained in last weekend's 2-0 defeat by Tottenham. Mount joined United from Chelsea in June in a deal worth an initial £55m. Erik ten Hag's side will...
West Ham sign ex-Arsenal defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from Stuttgart
West Ham United have completed the signing of Greece defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from Stuttgart for an undisclosed fee. Mavropanos, 25, has signed a five-year contract with the Hammers and has taken the number 15 shirt. He was signed by Arsenal in January 2018 but only made seven Premier League appearances before being loaned out. "I'm really looking forward to the next step...
Alexis Mac Allister red card overturned after Liverpool appeal
Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister's red card in Saturday's 3-1 win over Bournemouth has been overturned following a successful appeal. The Argentina midfielder, 24, was sent off and suspended for three matches after he clipped Ryan Christie's foot in the 58th minute at Anfield. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said the decision was "harsh". The Reds appealed and the Football Association's Independent Regulatory Commission removed the suspension. "An independent...
Akufo-Addo leaves Ghana for BRICS summit
President Akufo-Addo has left Ghana, today, Tuesday, 22nd August 2023, to attend the 15th BRICS Summit. The President left the country to Johannesburg at the invitation of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa for the summit which is being held between August 22 and August 24. The BRICS Summit is the gathering of leaders from Brazil, India,...
NCA launches Digital Audio Broadcasting, becoming first country in West Africa to deploy innovation
The National Communications Authority under the Ministry of Communications has launched the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in Ghana. In the trial phase, up to eighteen (18) existing FM stations in Accra and Kumasi will share one frequency channel out of VHF band III and transmitter in the two cities. DAB is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services...
Ghana to host global conference on reparations for Africa
Ghana has been chosen to host a global conference on reparations for Africa later this year, President Akufo-Addo has revealed. The conference, the President says, will bring together key stakeholders on the Continent that are pushing for reparations, Africans in the diaspora among many other interested parties to make possible, the push for some symbolic benefits to families of victims...
Lands Commission to adopt technology to eliminate services of ’goro boys’ from its operations
Outgoing Executive Director the of the Lands Commission, James Dadson has disclosed that the commission has begun rolling out measures to eliminate the services of unauthorized intermediaries commonly referred to as ‘goro boys.’ This comes after a 2021 report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNDOC) revealed that the lands commission is the institution that...
