Accra, September 5, 2019 - The winner for the MTN Hitmaker Season 8 will receive a grand prize of GHC120, 000 recording deal. This was announced by the Chief Marketing Officer for MTN Ghana Mr. Noel Kojo-Ganson during the launch of this year’s Hitmaker competition at the MTN house.  
He called on young persons with interest to become Hitmakers in the music industry to register and upload their demos on the MTN Hitmaker App available on Google Play store before the 20th of September 2019.  The demos will be reviewed by renowned “Beat Makers” who will shortlist contestants for the live auditions. The shortlisted contestants will be camped and trained by a technical team made up of Voice Coaches, Choreographers, Music Directors, Image Stylists and many more. Contestants will be taken through breathing exercises, speech improvements, pitch and inflections, singing and rapping in key and other techniques required to prepare them for the entertainment industry. After the boot camp, 12 finalists will be unveiled to compete for the ultimate prize of GHC 120,000 in a 13 week eviction show. 
Mr. Kojo-Ganson noted that, contestants of this year’s Hitmaker competition will undergo a series of briefings on how to use digital platforms to showcase their talent and drive the needed attention to their individual brands. He urged other music artistes to take advantage of the many digital platforms that MTN offers such as the MTN Play and Shortz platform to remain relevant and connected in today’s digital age. 

 The imposing new trophy will be raised Sept. 18 by the first-ever Leagues Cup champion 

NEW YORK AND MEXICO CITY (September 5, 2019) – The imposing, unique new Leagues Cuptrophy was unveiled today in anticipation of the Leagues Cup Final between Tigres UANL and Cruz Azul, to be played September 18 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. ​

Dame Louise Martin DBE has been re-elected Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President for a second four-year term at the Federation’s General Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda.
 
Dame Louise (Scotland) was re-elected by acclamation by delegates at the Kigali Convention Centre four years after she took up the role in 2015, when she became the first female to hold this office in the history of the Commonwealth Sports Movement.
 
She has a long and distinguished association with the Games as an athlete – swimming for Team Scotland at the Perth 1962 Commonwealth Games – and thereafter as Team Manager, Administrator and Honorary Secretary.

Project is launched in partnership with NGO Aim Higher Africa, which is founded by Obama Foundation Leader and Head of Digital Media and Partnerships for Forbes Africa, Peace Hyde

ACCRA, Ghana, September 5, 2019/ -- GIG Logistics (www.GIGLogistics.com), Nigeria’s leading logistics company, has launched the Back-2-School Giveaway, where school backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to children residing in low-income communities in Ghana. The project is launched in partnership with NGO Aim Higher Africa, which is founded by Obama Foundation Leader and Head of Digital Media and Partnerships for Forbes Africa, Peace Hyde. The project is initially scheduled to launch in Accra with a total of 1000 school bags scheduled to be distributed to low income communities in the region.

“Education is the cornerstone of every economy in Africa and GIG Logistics Ghana is committed to investing in this sector. We believe education is the bedrock of our society and a requisite for Ghana’s development,” says Chidi Ajaere, CEO of GIG Group.

The eagerly-anticipated reveal will take place at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 10 September 2019
Land Rover is set to globally unveil its new Defender at the Frankfurt Motor Show - and you can now showcase the live reveal to your online audience. 
The vehicle will be revealed at 9:00 BST on 10 September in front of an expectant audience. To reach Frankfurt, the new Defender is tackling its first expedition - crossing one of the world’s most landlocked locations, the remote Charyn Canyon in Kazakhstan. The road to reveal will test the new vehicle’s capability and durability, travelling among the towering 300m canyons in the Valley of Castles on its way to Germany.





The man who last year set the first world record in the history of the oldest German city marathon will be making a return to those same familiar roads: Mark Kiptoo is to run the 38th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 27. The Kenyan ran 2:07:50 twelve months ago to take the world record for a masters or veteran runner under 2:08 for the first time when he finished sixth in Frankfurt. All the signs are that the 43-year-old is capable of a further improvement on the world record as his aim is to win the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon.
 
The organisers of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon are expecting up to 14,000 runners to take part. Places are still available for the race, which has IAAF Gold Label status, the highest category awarded for road racing. Further details are available at: www.frankfurt-marathon.com
 
“We are delighted that Mark Kiptoo has decided to run the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon again – and especially because this time he returns as a world record holder, achieved in Frankfurt. That says a lot for our organization because Mark knows that he will have the best possible conditions here. Hopefully he can further improve his masters world record on October 27,” said the Race Director Jo Schindler.

Both jurisdictions have set a precedent that threatens to spread across and bring to a halt the great signs of promise demonstrated by the continents gaming industry

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 4, 2019/ -- The burgeoning African gaming market has been spearheaded by a number of countries in recent years with South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania widely deemed as the leading markets on the continent.

Thanks to a concoction of budding technological hubs, increasing online access and digital penetrations rates, as well as viable payment solutions being in place for a mostly unbanked population, the conditions have been ripe to support an online market. In Kenya, mobile operators cover almost 90% of the population with over 46 million people having access to the digital space.

These conditions, intertwined with a youthful and growing middle class that has a ferocious passion for sports, has made the 2nd most populous continent on the globe an attractive opportunity for gaming operators looking to expand beyond existing mainstream and, often, saturated markets.

History has been made today as the 55 names for the inaugural FIFA FIFPro Women's World11 have been revealed. The World11 is decided by the players, for the players and involves votes from thousands of professional footballers from across the globe, with each player selecting one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three Forwards.
The 55 players represent 16 nationalities across four confederations, with the USA (14) the most-represented nation, ahead of England, Netherlands (seven each) and France (six). The candidates ply their trade at a remarkable 24 different club sides, with an incredible 13 current Olympique Lyonnais players in the running to make the final World11.

The broadcasters for the Hero Caribbean Premier League have been confirmed for the 2019 tournament with deals with key partners in place in India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada and South Africa. In addition, the tournament will be live streamed over Twitter and Facebook, so no matter where you are in the world you will be able to enjoy the Biggest Party in Sport. 
 
With this excellent spread of broadcasters around the globe the tournament is expecting an increase in viewership for the seventh successive year. Each game will be shown live, with a highlights package being available for all our partners. In addition, CPL will be producing a weekly round up magazine show that will focus on the best of the action from each week of the tournament.​

Accra-Ghana Sep 2019 - The Ghana Rugby Board yesterday approved a revised version of its logo during a Board meeting that was conducted via Skype with members situated in four different cities.

According to the President of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, his administration adopted an aggressive approach to embracing technology from the first day since taking over on 5 June 2014.

“Rugby is about men, women, boys and girls enjoying the many benefits of the second-largest team sport in the world. Off-the-field performance, however, is essential to ensure the continued growth of the sport. Using technology to conduct Board meetings even though members are scattered around the globe is one of the ways to overcome governance challenges,” Mensah said.

The meeting linked up members of the Ghana Rugby Board in Accra-Ghana, London-UK, Pretoria-South Africa and Cape Town-South Africa for a marathon four-hour meeting using Skype as a collaboration tool.

Veteran rugby players, Jonny Wilkinson (England), Bryan Habana (South Africa), Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland), Will Greenwood (England), Lawrence Dallaglio (England), Sam Warburton (Wales) and Gavin Hastings (Scotland) took part in Land Rover's off-road driving challenge ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2019, in Japan. ​

There will be a new team competing at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the first ever, as Thailand and Papua New Guinea face each other in Thursday’s Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier semi-finals for one of two spots up for grabs in Australia 2020.
The winner of the semi-final in Scotland will be the 11th different team to compete in a Women’s T20 World Cup since the event’s launch in 2009. If Thailand were to qualify it will be the first World Cup they have ever qualified for and for PNG the first ICC World Cup outside of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.
Bangladesh and Ireland who both played in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 Women’s T20 World Cups will compete for the other spot. Both matches will be live streamed via the ICC’s Digital Platforms.

A high level of inspiration can be drawn from Mish J's powerful six-track Extended Play (EP) titled ''Free'', a lineup of RNB, Jazz, Afro-beats and Hip-hop, blended into some fascinating  Afro-fusion tunes.
The sensational songstress known by her real name as Mishasha Jacob, looks very talented with a sweet honey voice and also blessed with inspirational song writing abilities that heals the heart.
When asked what motivates her lyrics on her beautifully packaged EP, Mish J said, ''Challenges in life inspires her to chin out lyrics that could help people thrive in their respective endeavours,’’ she said at the launch of her EP.
Mish J, a philanthropist who heads the Spotlight Foundation, opens her debut EP with ''Jigelelele'' a tune that features young Ghanaian rapper, ''Lil Shaker''.

Attram De-Visser FC has won the maiden edition of the Greater Accra Regional FA Special Competition after beating Charity Stars FC 5-4 on penalties.
Both teams gave a good spectacle to the teeming fans who thronged the Accra sports stadium last Saturday despite no goals being recorded in the 90 minutes, an action that saw the game go to the penalty shootout.
Attram De-Visser FC managed to expertly convert all five of their kicks as against four from Charity Stars FC to win the giant trophy that was at stake.
In the 3rd & 4th playoffs played earlier, Tema United thrashed Adenta United 4-0 to pick bronze.

USA players celebrate with the FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy at Stade de Lyon on July 07, 2019 in Lyon, France. Photo by Maddie Meyer - FIFA via Getty Images
Eight member associations have confirmed their participation in the bidding process for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, the first-ever edition of the tournament that will feature 32 teams.

Former ICC Elite Panel umpire, Simon Taufel, who won five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year Awards from 2004 to 2008, and who was generally considered as the best umpire in the world during his time, has joined the Hero CPL match officials team.  
 
Taufel, who retired from umpiring in September 2012 following the ICC World Twenty20 final, then held the post of ICC Umpire Performance and Training Manager until August 2016, joins the CPL in a dual role – as one of the traveling Match Referees and also as Umpire Trainer and Assessor.
 
CPL Tournament Operations Director, Michael Hall is looking forward to Taufel’s involvement: “Simon’s resume speaks for itself, and we are happy that he will be sharing his vast experience and knowledge in support of our tournament umpires. Since June, in collaboration with Peter Nero, Cricket West Indies (CWI) Umpire Trainer and Assessor, he has been conducting remote training sessions with all CPL match officials, and this will culminate in a one-day seminar and workshop in Trinidad on September 3rd.”

Scotland and the Netherlands, joint winners of the previous qualifying event in 2015, will feature on the opening day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates from 18 October to 2 November.
Scotland, who are the top-ranked side in the 14-team tournament, will take on Singapore in the opener at the ICC Academy 1 ground in Dubai while the Netherlands will take on Kenya later in the day at the same venue. In other matches on the first day, Test nation Ireland will take on Hong Kong and Oman will play hosts UAE at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Bermuda, Canada, Jersey, Namibia, Nigeria and Papua New Guinea are the other teams in the tournament who will be vying for the six available places at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia from 18 October to 15 November.
The teams are placed in two groups, with Scotland, the Netherlands, PNG, Namibia, Singapore, Kenya and Bermuda forming group A and the UAE, Ireland, Oman, Hong Kong, Canada, Jersey and Nigeria in group B.

Elites Rugby Club du Togo remporte le Trophée Bright Stars

LOME, Togo, septembre 2019/ -- L'association Bright Stars Ovali (BSO), a organisé ce samedi 31 août à Lomé (Togo), précisément sur l’aire de jeu du Lycée Avedji Elavagnon en collaboration avec la Fédération Togolaise de Rugby (FTR) la première édition du grand tournoi international de rugby R7, « Trophée BRIGHT STARS » pour les U16 et la catégorie féminine.

L’événement, à en croire les organisateurs, ambitionne devenir une compétition prestigieuse de référence orientée vers les jeunes talents (filles et garçons) d’Afrique de l’Ouest.

Cette compétition a rencontré une massive adhésion des jeunes de la localité qui sont massivement venus découvrir et partager la passion du rugby.

16 year-old cyclist, Allotey Alexander was declared winner of the 2019 Homowo edition of the Cowbell Cycling competition on Saturday at Prampram after beating over 60 cyclists in a very competitive and exciting race.
In the photo finish time of 2.14:10 seconds, the budding cyclist got his wheels ahead of his close contenders to walk away with the first position.
He dethroned the first stage winner, Frank Akuffo who placed 10th to book a place in the finals.
Allotey took home 10 boxes of Cowbell products and beamed with confidence ahead of the final stage of the competition slated for Teshie on Saturday.
Victor Cudjoe placed second and got eight boxes of Cowbell products while Razak Umar placed third position.

​The SABC will not broadcast the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in Japan later this month.

SABC spokesperson Vuyo Mthembu confirmed to local media that the public broadcaster had not been able to reach an agreement to acquire the rights from SuperSport.

“The public broadcaster aims to broadcast all sporting events of national interest, as well as national teams in the various sporting codes, in the execution of its mandate,” said Mthembu.

“But the cost of these particular rights would not be commercially sustainable and there would not be a return on the investment for the organisation.”

BEIJING (China) – FIBA, the international governing body of basketball, and Google - YouTube has teamed up to provide fans with the best possible coverage of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, which is being played until September 15, 2019, across eight host cities in China.
 
Thanks to this collaboration, fans will be able to find news, schedules, results, video highlights from the FIBA Official YouTube Channel, and more straight from the Google results page. ​

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has today officially launched the Transformation 2022 Refresh while the new Commonwealth Sport Brand was formally celebrated for the very first time at the CGF General Assembly in Rwanda.

Transformation 2022 is the Commonwealth Sport Movement's Strategic Plan from 2015-2022, with the refresh covering the period from 2019-2022 following the first four-year phase.

The plan follows detailed member consultation as part of the CGF’s Regional Meeting Programme which commenced following the conclusion of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

MTN Ghana has organized the premier Game Conference at the Accra Digital Center on Friday 30th of August, 2019. 
Chief Marketing Officer of MTN Ghana, Noel Kojo- Ganson expressed his satisfaction with the attendance and commitment of stakeholders in the Gaming industry.
He commended the guest speakers whoes in-depth knowledge in the area will boost the confidence of the youth to recognize the economic monetary potential in Games. 
Noel Kojo- Ganson said “the Gaming industry has proven itself globally to be an economic force to reckon with, employing thousands of individuals and generating revenues they never imagined’.  
Some experts in the Game Industry, notably Eric Elder who is a renowned international gamer with several years of experience in the gaming industry was the key note speaker. 
He is the founder of OW! (Online Worlds) Entertainment which was established in 1997 to create virtual worlds for movie & TV properties. His revolutionary Game Wizards video game training program, which has helped launch the careers of some of the top talent in AAA games today, celebrates 16 years in business this year. 

The Bukom Square in Accra will be the boiling point of the capital on Saturday October 19, 2019 when the ‘Coastal Strength Challenge’ takes place.
“It is going to be a matter of power, tactics and techniques to win the cash prize plus giant trophy as well as the bragging rights” said Emmanuel Olla Williams of Dreamland Sports Plus and One On One Foundation, the current best sports and entertainment events organisers in Ghana.
He explained that 16 teams from the coastal communities in Accra will compete in the Tug of War to climax the 2019 Ga Adangbe Homowo festivities.
He named some of the communities to be represented as Ga Mashie, Chorkor, La, Osu, Teshie, Nungua, Korle Gonno, James Town, Dansoman and Bukom, the hosts.

Ben Nunoo Mensah, President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has congratulated the athletes, officials and organisers of the 12th African Games in Morocco.
He said despite the poor preparations, Team Ghana was able to bring home 13 medals, representing 2 gold, 2 silver and 9 bronze with weightlifting and athletics as the shining sports.
He noted that the keys to winning are planning, preparations and participating in competitions to be on top of the game.
He expressed that Ghana could have won more medals, however he feels content due to the high level of the competition and the competitors.
According to the GOC president, every country wants to be a champion so they are investing massively in sports and urged the companies to support the sportsmen and events.