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Great Olympics General Manager, Olubio Commodore says the Black Galaxies have what it takes to beat Nigeria at their ground in the ongoing African Nations Championship [CHAN] qualifiers.

Ghana will be hosted at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in the return leg having recorded a 2-0 win in the first leg.

Kick-off is on Saturday, September 3 at 15:00GMT.

Speaking in an interview, Commodore is adamant Ghana’s first leg win is enough to get the Black Galaxies past Nigeria.

“Nigeria is a big football nation,” he told Citi Sports. If we can beat them here, it means that if we are not careful, they can also beat us there but we have a better tea.

“I am very confident that a 2-0 win for Ghana it’s a done deal for us,” he stated.

Annor Walker and the technical are bent on securing a place in the tournament that will be hosted in Algeria next year after Ghana have failed to play in the last three editions of the CHAN tournament.

Source: Modern Ghana

It was almost a perfect night for Athletic Club as they destroyed Cadiz 4-0 away from home on Monday evening, but Los Leones have received some bitter news on Tuesday afternoon.

Inaki Williams got their opening goal of the game but ended up being substituted after picking up a knock. Today they released the news that Williams has suffered a sprained ankle.

They did not provide a time of recovery for Williams nor any further details on how serious the sprain was. However it does suggest that Williams might miss some game time.

More pertinently for Williams personally, it puts his remarkable record of having appeared in 236 consecutive La Liga matches at risk. Athletic Club next take on Espanyol at home on Sunday, giving Williams just five days to recover in time.

Should he miss that match, it would bring the curtain down on one of the great modern runs of fitness and performance to maintain such consistency. It’s a run that has continued for the previous six years, back in 2016.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghana defender Abdul Baba Rahman has returned to English Championship side Reading FC on loan from Chelsea.

The left-back extended his contract with Chelsea last year but was immediately loaned out to Reading for the entirety of the 2021/22 campaign.

Rahman went on to make 29 appearances for the Royals, as they finished 21st on the table to avoid being relegated to League One.

However, the 28-year-old has made a return to Reading for the rest of the season, the Premier League club have announced.

The defender is now entering his eighth year as a Chelsea player, having joined from Bundesliga outfit Augsburg in the summer of 2015.

Rahman has rarely featured for the Stamford Bridge outfit and has been farmed out on loan in each of his years with the club.

He was on a promising career path when he first joined Chelsea from Augsburg for a fee of £23 million.

However, after struggling for game time, Rahman was loaned out to Bundesliga side Schalke O4 for the 2016-17 season after the arrival of Antonio Conte.

A series of niggling injuries prevented him from playing consistently and he managed very few club matches on his return to Germany.

The former Dreams FC and Asante Kotoko defender is, however, back to full fitness, although it seems unlikely that he will have a future at Chelsea after his latest loan spell.

Source: Modern Ghana

Ghana midfielder, Mohammed Kudus, has boycotted Ajax training in an attempt to force a move to Premier League side, Everton.

The 22-year-old has struggled to make the Ajax starting squad in the ongoing 2022/23 season in the Dutch Eredivise.

Having excelled in pre-season playing the false no. 9 role with four goals, the former Right to Dream Academy product was expected to play a major role under Alfred Schreuder this season.

However, four games into the season, the midfielder has only played 28 minutes which has prompted him to look elsewhere.

Everton, who have been struggling in the new season have shown strong interest in him with personal terms already reported to have been agreed but Ajax are unwilling to let the Ghanaian leave.

In the wake of that, the player is reported to have missed Wednesday’s training session with the Dutch champions in an attempt to force a move out of the club.

Having seen Brazilian and teammate Antony leave the club through the same process, Kudus is said to also follow a similar path as he refused to train with the club on Wednesday, August 31.

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup just days away, the Black Stars midfielder believes a move away from Ajax t Everton will see him play regularly.

Kudus joined the side from Danish side, FC Nordsjaelland.

Source: Modern Ghana

Health officials are ramping up polio vaccination efforts in the northern Ghana after a case was detected in the Savannah Region.

The virus has also been detected during surveillance in the Northern Region.

“What it means is that if we have these children also in our environment, who are not vaccinated, it won’t be long before we will also record a case,” the Deputy Director in Charge of Public Health at the Northern Regional Health Directorate, Hilarious Abiwu said.

The strain of polio detected is a new one called the Poliovirus type 1.

The virus was detected during routine surveillance carried out by the health directorate after samples of water collected in some drains in the Tamale metropolis and the Sagnerigu Municipality were taken to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research for testing.

Mr. Abiwu noted that an outbreak investigation conducted in the communities showed that over 40 protected children were carrying the virus.

The directorate will begin vaccinating children under five between Thursday and Sunday.

The vaccinated children will be given a second dose of the polio vaccine in four weeks.

“The idea is that the more doses of the vaccine one receive, the stronger the child’s immunity against polio,” Mr. Abiwu said.

In the North East Region, a total of 121,000 children under five are expected to be vaccinated against the disease.

The vaccination drive will also start on Thursday. The exercise which starts tomorrow to the 4th of September in all the districts in the region, the regional health director Dr Abdulai Bukari has urged parents to collaborate with the team to vaccinate all children under five.

He said a total of 231 vaccinators have been recruited to help in the exercise.

Source: Modern Ghana

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) have announced that they have reached an agreement with Access Bank as the new headline sponsor for the National Division One League.

The sponsorship according to the GFA boss, Kurt Okraku is worth $250,000.

The Division One League has been played for the past five years without a headline sponsor after GN Bank withdrew its financial packages in 2017.

“The Ghana Football Association [GFA] has successfully sealed a $250,000 partnership deal with Access Bank Ghana Limited that will see the bank come on board ad official bankers of the FA and also headline sponsors of the National Division One League,” Kurt Okraku confirmed the news at the 28th Extraordinary Congress.

“Melcom Ghana will provide vouchers worth Gh¢ 5000 to each Division One League club for the next two years,” he added.

However, the details of the deal are yet to be revealed but it is believed to be a lucrative one for the league.

Earlier this month, The Ghana Football Association announced Betpawa and Malta Guinness as official headline sponsors of the Ghana Premier League and Women’s Premier League.

Source: Modern Ghana

Accra, Aug.30. GNA – MTN Ghana have selected 10 individuals who have made significant impact in various communities in the country during the Covid-19 pandemic to compete in its Heroes of Change series.

The challenge, which falls under MTN Ghana foundation aims at identifying and recognising selfless people who continue to sacrifice their time and resources to improve their communities and brighten lives.

The 10 finalists, Cecilia Fiaka, David Hagan, Ebeyeyie Foundation, Gloria Sarkodie, Henry A. Ankrah, Patience Agana, Portia Gabor, Prof. K. Bobi Barimah, Prof. William K. Ampofo and Rhoda Wedam Kodoa had contributed either in Health, Education or Economic development.

Speaking at the premiering of the Heroes of Change series was Mrs Georgina Fiagbenu, the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications MTN Ghana said, “this Season is about ordinary people who took the initiative during a difficult period to help others.”

She further expressed her delight to showcase the work of the finalists in a way of honoring them for their selflessness.

According to her, this honour given to these individuals would go a long way for them to extend their projects to benefit more people within their communities.

The series would be aired on GTV, UTV and TV3 for the next 13 weeks.

MTN Heroes of Change since its inception have recognised 50 heroes of which five have emerged as overall Heroes of Change winners awarded for their contributions to society.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Mr. Thomas Anabah, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ridge Hospital in the Greater Accra region, has vowed the smooth implementation of the government’s Agenda 111 will come to nought because of the lack of human resources to man them.

The objective of the Agenda 111 project as envisioned by the President is to ensure that Ghanaians in every district and region have access to quality healthcare services.

The proposed project is to boost the provision of healthcare infrastructure in line with the government’s commitment to ensuring universal health care for all citizens and attainment of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3).

It will further fulfil the government’s policy of a hospital in each district and region, improve the geographical coverage of healthcare delivery in the country, and offer improved access to healthcare for all Ghanaians.

In the process, the outcome will also come with a model of accelerated construction of health facilities developed for future health projects.

The former CEO of Ridge Hospital also known as Greater Accra Regional Hospital painted this gloomy picture about the government’s much-talked about health project while speaking on the canker of ‘No-Bed-Syndrome’ that has hit most hospital facilities in the country.

The former CEO spoke on the Ghana Yensom morning show hosted by Mr Emmanuel Quarshie (The Hitman) on Accra 100.5 FM on Monday, August 29, 2022.

“Do not get me wrong the Agenda 111 project is a laudable one,” he said, adding that the project needs to roll out progressively.

He explained that it would be difficult for many of these Agenda 111 hospitals to run if fully completed by the government.

He added that there is a massive shortage of human resources on the health front.

“Go to Tamale Teaching Hospital, Legon Teaching, Wa Teaching, and Bolgatanga among other hospitals are understaffed,” he said.

He stressed that there are no people to man these hospitals across the country.

“So where will the people come from to man Agenda 111 projects?” he asked.

“There is no human resource to man the existing hospitals in the country,” he added.

Source: Modern Ghana