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Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned as the 2015/16 Uefa Best Player in Europe. The Portuguese was named ahead of Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale and Antoine Griezmann to be acknowledged as the best player playing on the continent. Surprisingly, Lionel Messi was not nominated for the award, leaving the two Real Madrid stars and Atletico Madrid’s Griezmann to contest for the ultimate prize. The original 11-man shortlist included Messi, Gianluigi Buffon, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Manuel Neuer, Pepe and Luis Suarez as well as the top three nominees. But it was Ronaldo who emerged triumphant in a year where he guided Real Madrid to Champions League glory as well as winning Euro 2016 with Portugal. It was an equally impressive year for Bale who took unfancied Wales to the semi-finals of the Euros on top of lifting the Champions League. However, it was a year of so close but so far for France international Griezmann who was a runner-up in Euro 2016 and also missed a

A criminologist is criticizing the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for deploying what he describes as revolutionary tactics in the case of Bishop Daniel Obinim. Ken Attafuah says the Police acted unprofessionally when they cuffed the Bishop in the full glare of the public knowing too well the Bishop will not escape. The criminologist said the conduct of the police smacks of an old revolutionary tactic. "It is a throwback to primitivity. It is a moribund policing tactic which belongs to the medieval period," he said, adding, "this is the kind policing that was commonplace with the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) period." The leader of the International God's Way Church has been charged with assault and defrauding by false pretense of some GH¢11.6 million cedis. He was to be arraigned before the Accra High Court Thursday on charges of assault after days of interrogation and transfers between the CID

The death toll in the Italian earthquake has risen to at least 247 as thousands of rescuers continue efforts to find survivors. Dozens are believed trapped in ruined Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, in mountainous central Italy. The search went on through the night, and there was a strong aftershock which rocked already damaged buildings. More than 4,300 rescuers are using heavy lifting equipment and their bare hands. Many of the victims were children, the health minister said, and there were warnings the toll could rise further. Amatrice: MJost of the pretty historic town is now rubble, blanketed in grey dust Amatrice residents spent the night outdoors Rescuers said they had pulled five bodies from the ruins of the Hotel Roma in the historic town of Amatrice. As many as 70 tourists were staying at the hotel when the quake struck. Many are feared to be in the rubble, though several were pulled out and given medical care. Late on Wednesday there were cheers in t

Church activities at the headquarters of International God’s Way Church at Kenyasi-Bosore in the Ashanti Region have been put on hold in solidarity with the church’s leader who has been arrested. This follows the arrest and subsequent detention of the founder and leader, Bishop Daniel Obinim since Tuesday. He is being held for flogging two members of his church in the presence of a congregation and allegedly defrauding a man in GH¢11.6 million in a gold business. A few anxious church members, mostly relatives and others who are undergoing spiritual healing for various ailments were spotted mid-morning and in the evening outside the main auditorium. A scheduled evening service on the eve of Thursday’s prophetic and anointing service was cancelled. Members of a prayer team were engaged in a spiritual exercise in an obscured section of an extended part of the church building under construction. A male voice, believed to be that of leader of the about a 15-member gro

Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe has vowed to maintain his title in his upcoming bout with Filipino boxer Neil John Tabanao. The African WBO featherweight champion and WBO Oriental featherweight champion Neil John Tabanao will set the Police Officer’s Social and Fitness Centre alive on Friday when they  face each other in the WBO unification and WBC Youth World Championship. Isaac Dogboe recently stretched his unbeaten professional record to 14 wins after knocking out Ugandan Boxer Edward Kakembo in round 6 and will be looking to maintain his amazing unbeaten run. The boxer, is confident of keeping the titles in Ghana in a bout dubbed “Africa vs Asia” on Friday. He also believes the Filipino boxer will do everything in his power to win the bout and the titles available. Speaking to pressmen in a press conference yesterday he said "Tabanao is not here to make numbers, he's here to prove something and take my title and also the title on the line. He will do everythi

Ghanaian foward, David Accam was on the scoresheet once again for Chicago fire in their 2-2 draw with LA Galaxy in the  Major League soccer. The 25 year old put his side in the lead with a calm finish into the lower right corner in the 39th minutes after teammate Arturo Alvarez had cancelled Gyasi Zardes opener for LA Galaxy. However, they weren't able to grab all three points after Mexican international Giovanni Dos Santos pulled parity for the visitors in the 69th minute. The former Helsingborg forward, is the leading scorer for his side with 7 goals so far in the season and looks to be in great shape and form for the Black stars ahead of their African Cup of Nations Qualifier against Rwanda.

Singer and actress Diamond Appiah has been challenged to pay Bishop Obinim’s alleged Gh¢11.6 million cash or keep quiet henceforth. Prince Tsegah aka Don 1 who claims to be her friend on Wednesday dared the aspiring MP for Trobu Constituency to pay the money stated in the founder and leader of International God's Way Church case. The musician on several occasions has defended the pastor anytime he is in the news for the wrong thing. She recently used unkind words to describe many Ghanaians who talked against Obinim’s act of flogging two teenagers in church for engaging in the immoral act. Prince Tsegah speaking on ‘U Sey Wetin’, a gossip segment on Amanda Jissih’s show on Hitz FM asked Diamond Appiah to pay the Gh¢11.6m if its true the Bishop defrauded the man and stop fighting others anytime the man of God is in trouble. He said Diamond paying off the alleged amount will prove she is indeed a loyal follower of Bishop Daniel Obinim but not someone who just runs her