Popular Egyptian TV presenter and influencer Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted for her alleged role in a major drug trafficking operation. Khalifa, 39, reportedly broke down in court as the Cairo Criminal Court handed her the death sentence alongside 11 other defendants. The former host of Egyptian crime…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Carlos Queiroz for his appointment as Head Coach of the Black Stars for the next phase of the team’s programme. Queiroz’s previous mandate, which included leading Ghana at the just-concluded FIFA World Cup, concluded a few weeks ago. Following…
Argentina great Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football, He noted in his Instagram post, which featured a photo of a handwritten message across three pieces of notebook paper, that he wrote those words on July 21, two days after Argentina’s loss to Spain. Messi’s decision comes more than three weeks after his…
Antoine Semenyo has become the first ever Ghanaian to be named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. The Manchester City forward was recognised by his fellow professionals following a remarkable 2025/26 campaign in which he established himself among the Premier League’s most dangerous attacking players. Semenyo’s inclusion caps a season in which…
A fatal road accident has occurred at the Ofankor Barrier in Accra this morning, Thursday, August 13, 2026. The accident involved a Tipper Truck and a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus, leaving many passengers feared dead and several others sustaining serious injuries. Confirming the incident, Assistant Divisional Officer I (ADO I) Alex King Nartey, a member of…
The Confederation of African Football “unanimously reconfirmed its support for embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino following a meeting of its executive committee on Thursday. He has been under intense pressure for the world football governing body’s handling of a now-shelved proposal to open the World Cup to private investment. With CAF making up 54 of…
Gianni Infantino has apologised for “errors” he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco. Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism…
UEFA says it has lost confidence in FIFA President Gianni Infantino and that “no option should be off the table” as it will pursue a full review of his now-abandoned plan to sell stakes of the World Cup to private equity investors. Infantino was forced to scrap the plan early Saturday after his senior adviser,…
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has formally rejected FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup to private investors, becoming the latest football governing body to oppose the plan. The decision was reached after representatives of all 41 Concacaf member associations met on Thursday to deliberate on…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results for candidates who sat for the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for School Candidates. It said the council will dispatch the results of school candidates to their respective schools through the Metropolitan/Municipal/District Directors of Education. “The results are also available on the Council’s official…
