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Swedish defender Filip Helander scored the only goal of a tight contest to condemn Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou to defeat in the Australian’s first taste of the Glasgow derby. Celtic were left to rue a huge missed opportunity by Odsonne Edouard in the first-half and Rangers took control after the break and got their deserved goal when Helander powered home Borna Barisic’s corner 24 minutes from time. A difficult week for Rangers ended on a high despite the absence of their manager, both first-choice goalkeepers Allan McGregor and Jon McLaughlin plus captain James Tavernier, Scott Wright and Calvin Bassey. Celtic’s…

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has sparked hopes of playing for the Ghana national team after rejecting a call-up to play for England next month.The talented player is leaving his options open over his international future after declining an England U-21 invite to train with the Blues development team.The 20-year-old, who is the son of former Hearts of Oak player Bismarck Odoi rejected a call up from the new English U-21 manager, insisting the time is not right for him to join the Young Three Lions.Hudson-Odoi missed the U-21 Euro championship during the summer break due to…

A rocket has hit a neighbourhood north-west of Kabul airport and killed a child just hours after US officials warned of the possibility of another jihadist atrocity following an ISIS-K suicide bombing which massacred 13 US troops, scores of Afghan civilians and two Britons.A security official from the recently deposed US-backed government told AFP that a rocket struck a house in what is thought to be the Khajeh Baghra area near Hamid Karzai International Airport, where desperate Afghans are currently attempting to flee Taliban rule. A source at the Afghan Ministry of Health separately told the BBC that the blast was near the airport,…

Ghanaian rapper Peter Famiyeh Bozah who is known professionally as Fameye has announced the cancellation of his Manchester Concert.The event that was scheduled for August 28 at Empire House, Manchester in the United Kingdom has been cancelled in an announcement written by the Event Manager, Edward Mathar.READ ALSO: Tracey Boakye Blows Wads Of Dollars On Luxury Clothing For Her Daughter (Video)The event manager blamed the cancellation of the event on the inability of the organizers, EDK Media and Entertainment, to honour their part of the booking agreement contract.The events manager who is also the international perforkance booking agent apologised to…

The 34-year-old said he was happy he had got the vaccine but is aware not everyone on the tennis tour is as keen. “Ultimately I guess the reason why all of us are getting vaccinated is to look out for the wider public,” he told reporters on Saturday, ahead of the start of the US Open. “We have a responsibility as players that are traveling across the world to look out for everyone else as well.”I’m happy that I’m vaccinated. I’m hoping that more players choose to have it in the coming months.”Organizers of next week’s US Open have said…

play videoAdjetey Annan will be in charge of GhanaWeb’s Facebook and Instagram pages on Monday GhanaWeb’s Facebook and Instagram pages will be taken over tomorrow, Monday August 30, 2021.From the hours of 11am to 12.30pm, pertinent issues regarding road saftey will be highlighted and discussed on both platforms.Popular actor, Adjetey Anang, often referred to as ‘Pusher’ will be doing the takeover.This forms part of activities under the #GhanaWebRoadSafety campaign, geared towards creating awareness to help curb the high rate of accidents in the country.Adjetey Anang who is joining the campaign as an ambassador will engage its readers on various subjects…

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the President on January 7, 2017, promised to rebuild this country, as Ghanaians faced daunting challenges including declining economic growth, rapidly falling value of the cedi, and constantly rising inflation and interest rates. “While we have not totally eliminated the suffering of Ghanaians and Ghanaian workers, we can point to specific policy interventions that have mitigated the suffering that we talked about,” he said. He listed several social interventions including de-freezing of public sector employment, which has led to the recruitment of thousands of nurses and teachers, creation of NABCO to reduce graduate unemployment, expansion of recruitment…

Some Hearts players have tested positive for COVID-19 • Hearts of Oak are preparing for their CAF Champions League tie against CI Kamsar of Guinea• Players and officials of the club underwent COVID-19 tests earlier this week• Some players and officials have tested positive for the virusGhana Premier League champions, Accra Hearts of Oak have confirmed that some members of the technical and playing bodies have tested positive for COVID-19. As part of preparations towards the CAF Champions League tie against Guinean side CI Kamsar on September 10, players and coaching staff of the club went through a mandatory COVID…

On August 26, 2021, 11 Marines, one Navy corpsman, and one Army staff sergeant were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul that also claimed more than 160 Afghan lives. The US servicemembers were on a mission of mercy to evacuate at-risk Afghans after the disastrous US withdrawal led to a Taliban takeover. These are their stories:Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee was was a maintenance technician with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Roseville, California.A week before she was killed, Gee cradled a baby in her arms at the Kabul airport. She posted the photo on Instagram and wrote, ‘I…

A pastor has taken to advise women against wearing high heels are not godly. According to Pastor Gideon Akande, men who get a certain popular haircut are also not godly and could end up on hell. In his words: “A Christian woman who like wearing high heel shoes is married to the world; she may be in the church, but her soul is in the world. You will NEVER see a godly, chaste and modest Christian lady wearing high heel shoe.” In another post, he wrote: “I repeat, no genuine child of God will comfortably put this devilish haircut on…