Midfielder Thomas Partey will miss Ghana’s first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto after Canadian authorities refused him entry. A FIFA statement to The Athletic confirmed the Arsenal star cannot travel from Ghana’s base camp in Boston, USA, for Wednesday’s, June 17, opener against Panama. “FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey … The post Partey denied Canadian visa…misses

Midfielder Thomas Partey will miss Ghana’s first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto after Canadian authorities refused him entry. A FIFA statement to The Athletic confirmed the Arsenal star cannot travel from Ghana’s base camp in Boston, USA, for Wednesday’s, June 17, opener against Panama. “FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey … The post Patey denied Canadian visa…misses

Midfielder Thomas Partey will miss Ghana’s first match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto after Canadian authorities refused him entry. A FIFA statement to The Athletic confirmed the Arsenal star cannot travel from Ghana’s base camp in Boston, USA, for Wednesday’s, June 17, opener against Panama. “FIFA can confirm that player Thomas Partey … The post Partey ruled out of Black

Government has revealed that through the Ministry of Finance, it has authorised the release of Seventy-Six Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Six Thousand, Nine Hundred and Nineteen Ghana Cedis and Twenty Pesewas (GH? 76,466,919.20) to support the Senior National Football Team, the Black Stars. This financial commitment is divided into two key disbursements to ensure the … The post Government

President John Dramani Mahama’s recent intervention at the United Nations has placed Ghana at the centre of one of the most morally charged global debates of our time: the question of reparatory justice for the transatlantic trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans. The Ghana-led resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 … The post eparatory

President John Dramani Mahama’s recent intervention at the United Nations has placed Ghana at the centre of one of the most morally charged global debates of our time: the question of reparatory justice for the transatlantic trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans. The Ghana-led resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 … The post eparatory

Ghana have arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, for the final phase of preparations ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign. The team departed Virginia on Thursday afternoon and touched down at T.F. Green International Airport in Rhode Island at about 6:00 p.m. Head Coach Carlos Queiroz and his squad will resume training on Friday … The post Black Stars arrive in

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, is set to deliver a keynote lecture as part of the 150th-anniversary celebration of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The planning committee, led by a Supreme Court Judge, Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong paid a courtesy call on the Speaker to formally invite him and brief him on the … The post Speaker

The Government of Ghana has begun the repatriation of 327 Ghanaian nationals affected by an ongoing mass demolition exercise in the Port Bouët Municipality of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 12, 2026, 228 of the affected Ghanaians arrived safely in the country on Thursday, … The post Government

A prompt response by the Ghana National Fire Service averted what could have been a major power disruption after an electrical fire broke out at the GRIDCO Power Station in Techiman on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. A distress call was received at the Techiman Fire Station in the early hours of the morning. A duty … The post Power Station Fire: Techiman Fire Service

Regulatory authorities have been urged to strictly enforce existing building regulations to curb the increasing incidence of building collapses across the country. The call followed preliminary investigations into recent building failures which revealed widespread disregard for permit requirements, approved building standards and professional supervision, as well as lapses in regulatory enforcement. The Chairman of the … The post Regulatory

Afarinick Company Limited (ACL) has distributed more than 400,000 improved cocoa seedlings free of charge to farmers across the Volta Region to boost cocoa cultivation in the area. The exercise took place at the company’s flagship cocoa project site at Kpando, where it has established a 2,000-acre sustainable commercial cocoa plantation, said to be the … The post Volta Region cocoa farmers

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has secured exclusive free-to-air terrestrial broadcasting rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.   According to a statement by GBC, the rights were obtained with the support of the government, with additional authorised television stations also granted licences to air the tournament.  Some of the authorised partners under the Ghana TV Consortium, licensed by FIFA through New World … The post

MTN Ghana staff that celebrated their birthdays from January to May on Wednesday presented a cheque for GH¢10,000 to the Street Academy, a sports and culture organisation in Accra. In addition, they presented assorted items to the academy that houses hundreds of street and vulnerable children. The items included exercise books, notebooks, biscuits, drinks and … The post MTN Ghana staff donates to Street

Ghana goalkeeper, Lawrence Ati-Zigi, has declared the Black Stars’ readiness ahead of the team’s first group game against Panama on June 16 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup which kicked off on Thursday. According to Ati-Zigi, the team was ready and focused on getting a good start before coming face to face with England and … The post Black Stars ready for World Cup opener – Ati-Zigi appeared

Morocco replaced two injured players in its World Cup squad ahead of an opening game against Brazil, including star winger Abde Ezzalzouli. FIFA confirmed late Wednesday that former Barcelona player Ezzalzouli and Marseille defender Nayef Aguerd were withdrawn from the Morocco squad for the tournament. Ezzalzouli helped Real Betis qualify for next season’s Champions League … The post Morocco loses

Germany’s players will pay for 600 of the country’s fans to travel by bus to their final World Cup group game amid criticism of high transport costs at the tournament. Train tickets, normally priced at $12.90 (£9.50) from central New York to the nearby Met Life stadium in New Jersey, where Germany will play Ecuador … The post Germany players will pay for 600 fans to travel

Cote d’Ivoire home-based fans have been denied visas to the United States, the president of the national supporters’ committee told AFP on Thursday. The run-up to the World Cup, which kicked off yesterday, has been dogged by the visa policies of the main host nation, the United States. Somali referee Omar Artan was turned away … The post Cote d’Ivoire supporters banned from World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended the way soccer’s governing body had handled visa issues ahead of the World Cup, saying on Wednesday that it was working to find solutions but could not override government decisions. Speaking on the eve of the tournament opener between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa, Infantino ?addressed concerns surrounding Somali referee … The post Infantino

Serena Williams’ comeback was put on hold yesterday as her doubles partner, Victoria ?Mboko, withdrew from the Queen’s Club WTA event with a knee injury. After nearly four years away, the 44-year-old American great partnered Canadian teenager ?Mboko to victory against Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in front of a sell-out crowd on Tuesday. They … The post Serena out