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Paulson said the team should have been more open about the sacking of Riley in 2015 and that a lack of accountability and transparency and the subsequent inaction that followed shows a “systemic failure across women’s professional soccer.” “We then made an opaque announcement about not renewing Riley’s contract as opposed to explicitly announcing his termination, guided by what we, at the time, thought was the right thing to do out of respect for player privacy,” Paulson wrote in an open letter on the team’s website on Monday. “I deeply regret our role in what is clearly a systemic failure…

Black Stars will commence training today Black Stars will commence training on Tuesday ahead of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Zimbabwe on Saturday.According to the Ghana Football Association (GFA), 27 out of the 32 invited players are expected in the team’s camp.Five players namely Ismail Abdul Ganiyu, Tariqe Fosu Henry, Joseph Alfred Duncan, Mubarak Wakaso and Emmanuel Gyasi have been excused and will no part in the qualifiers.The team is expected to travel to Cape Coast Tuesday afternoon – where they will train in the evening.Meanwhile, England based right-back Andrew Kyereh Yiadom who plays for Reading FC…

At least eight African countries featured in the document. In all, there are 336 politicians listed in the document, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which published the earth-shaking papers on Sunday. The ‘Pandora Papers’ is an investigation based on one of the biggest-ever leaks of financial documents which, on Sunday, exposed a hidden world of shielded wealth belonging to hundreds of politicians and billionaires. So far, 10 Nigerian Politicians Implicated In Pandora Papers.   Considered as one of the largest ever global media investigations, the Pandora Papers involved more than 600 journalists who, together, analysed some 11.9…

Stock slide knocks his net worth down to $120.9 billion Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline. A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting around 5% on Monday, adding to a drop of about 15% since mid-September. The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $120.9 billion, dropping him below Bill Gates to No. 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s lost about $19…

Incoming NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has been asked how he will cope with the job given he has six children during his first press conference as leader.The stunning moment came as Mr Perrottet outlined his vision for the state, following his 39-5 victory in the Liberal Party ballot this morning. The devout Catholic, a father of six, was asked how he would be able to manage the job as premier given his large family.Sky News’ Laura Jayes pointed out that a female in his position would be asked that question – and put it on the new leader. Mr Perrottet pictured…

Even before the militant group marched into Kabul, the English teacher felt intense uncertainty and heartache.In early May, she was at the entrance of the Sayed Al-Shuhada school on the outskirts of the capital and saw an explosion in front of the main gate. As her students rushed past her, trying to escape onto the dusty yard below, a second and then a third bomb detonated, killing at least 85 people — many of them teenage girls.Just months later, Watanyar is standing at the very same entrance before her lesson begins. Young female students pour into the hallway, their voices…

General News of Tuesday, 5 October 2021 Source: ghanaguardian.com 2021-10-05 MCE nominee for KMA, Sam Pyne The fate of the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party will be determined today as assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly have been called for a special meeting on Tuesday October 5,2021 to that effect.The eighth Assembly Meeting will determine the fate of the President’s nominee at 10am.Dignitaries such as the Ashanti Regional Minister, Members of Parliament (MPs), All metro sub chairpersons including Heads of department are expected to attend the meeting.The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, nominated the NPP’s…

The record seven-time African champions face surprise Group F leaders Libya at home and away and need at least four points to take over first place ahead of the final two rounds during November. Only the 10 group winners advance to the final qualifying round and Egypt and fellow first seeds Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo have catching-up to do.    Here, AFP Sport looks at the situation in each group with 41 matchday two, three and four qualifiers scheduled for seven days from Wednesday. Riyad Mahrez-captained reigning African champions Algeria have an impressive home record…

Black Stars midfielder Mubarak Wakaso Influential midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has dropped out of the Ghana squad to face Zimbabwe in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.The 31-year-old scored the only goal for the Black Stars when they defeated Ethiopia 1-0 at the Cape Coast Stadium last month.Black Stars new coach Milovan Rajevac named the Shenzhen F.C midfielder in his squad for the double header but he has opted out of the squad according to credible broadcast journalist Enoch Worlanyo on Asempa FM. Source link

Press Informant, Nigeria News Paper 2021 BBNaija Cost Us N4.3 Billion – Organisers <i>Organisers of Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season 6 has revealed how much it cost to host the show. CEO of DSTV in Nigeria said it cost N4.3 billion to make the show happen this year. He said this at the season 6 winner’s prize presentation. “We employed 12,000 persons for this show, it cost us N4.3 billion to air this show this year “We use BBNaija to enrich lives and contribute positively to society. We hope to continue to do so.” The organisers also revealed that one…