KUMASI, Ghana, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - African Confederation Cup Group B result Saturday:

Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 2 (Kwabena Yaro 4, Eric Bekoe-pen) Etoile Sahel (TUN) 2 (Slim Jedaied 60, Mohamed Ali Nafkha 83-pen)

At Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie (ALG) v Al-Merreikh (SUD) 2000GMT

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)

ACCRA, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has named a 22-strong squad for a 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup Group 5 qualifier against Lesotho in Sekondi on October 11:

Goalkeepers: Isaac Amamoo (Etasellat/EGY), Richard Kingson (Wigan/ENG), George Owu (Al-Masry/EGY)

ROME, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana international midfielder Sulley Muntari has been suspended for three matches following his red card against Catania on Saturday, a sporting judge said on Tuesday.

The Inter Milan player was sent off for an elbow at the end of the first half that left his opponent with a small cut on his lip.

LONDON, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson has signed for English Premier League club Wigan, linking up again with former Birmingham boss Steve Bruce.

WASHINGTON, September 15, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana President John Kufuor on Monday praised US President George W. Bush's handling of 'mind-boggling and hair-raising' challenges throughout his term and wished him a happy retirement.

WASHINGTON, Sept 15, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana President John Kufuor on Monday praised US President George W. Bush's handling of 'mind-boggling and hair-raising' challenges throughout his term and wished him a happy retirement.

JOHANNESBURG, September 13, 2008 (AFP) - Asante Kotoko of Ghana climbed from last to first on the African Confederation Cup Group B table Saturday after a 3-1 triumph over Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie of Algeria in Kumasi.

JOHANNESBURG, September 13, 2008 (AFP) - African Confederation Cup third round result on Saturday:

Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 3 (Eric Bekoe 37, 79, Jordan Opoku 74) Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie (ALG) 1 (Berramia Tayeb 90+1)

Etoile Sahel (TUN) v Al-Merreikh (SUD) 2000GMT

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)

TRIPOLI, September 6, 2008 (AFP) - Result of a 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup Group 5 qualifying match this weekend:

Libya 1 (Ahmed Saad 84) Ghana 0

At Bloemfontein, South Africa

Lesotho v Gabon 1300GMT

Note: Only international-standard stadium in Lesotho being renovated

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)

ACCRA, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - World Bank president Robert Zoellick on Thursday called for sweeping reforms in the way international aid is managed if the current food crisis is to be effectively tackled.

One option, he suggested, is to lift export bans and restrictions on humanitarian food aid.

CASTEL DI SANGRO, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - Inter Milan's teenage star Mario Balotelli pinned his colours firmly to Italy on Thursday by insisting that he does not want to play for the land of his forefathers.

Balotelli was born in Palermo to Ghanaian immigrants, whose surname is Barwuah, but when he was three years old he was entrusted to an Italian family, called Balotelli.

President John Agyekum Kofuor during a joint statement at the White House.

ACCRA, September 2, 2008 (AFP) - Donors and recipients of development aid started talks in the Ghanaian capital on Tuesday to see to it that foreign funding was effectively managed for the betterment of the world's poorest people.

ACCRA, September 2, 2008 (AFP) - At least six people have been killed in northern Ghana in pre-election violence which followed a weekend campaign rally, a local private radio station said on Tuesday, quoting police sources.

KUMASI, August 31, 2008 (AFP) - Result of an African Confederation Cup Group B second round match on Sunday:

Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 1 (Eric Bekoe 89) Al-Merreikh (SUD) 0

At Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Jeunesse Sportive Kabylie (ALG) 1 (Nassim Oussalah 57) Etoile Sahel (TUN) 0

Standings (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points)

KAKUM, August 31, 2008 (AFP) - For five years now the heat has been less intense and the rainfall more abundant in a small cocoa farming area in Ghana's Upper Volta region, thanks to villagers bent on affecting climate change.

In this region in Afiaso in the country's south, their efforts have focused on conserving the nearby Kakum National Park.

BERLIN, August 30, 2008 (AFP) - The German weekly magazine Der Spiegel reports in Monday's edition that the 2006 World Cup knock-out stage match between Brazil and Ghana was influenced by an Asian betting syndicate.

The magazine reports large sums of money had been bet on Brazil winning by at least two goals and a former Ghana international acted as an intermediary.

ACCRA, August 24, 2008 (AFP) - The UN-sponsored climate change talks between rich and poor countries offer few benefits to Africa, which bears the brunt of climate change in the world, officials and African delegates said Sunday.

ACCRA, August 24, 2008 (AFP) - Trading carbon emission rights between developed and developing nations caused a split Sunday between delegates at protracted international climate change talks in Ghana.

ACCRA, August 23, 2008 (AFP) - Nigeria and South Africa are the main emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa, accounting for almost 90 percent of the emissions in the continent, environmental experts said Saturday.

CRAWFORD, August 22, 2008 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will welcome Ghana President John Kufuor and his wife for a state visit on September 15, the White House announced Friday.

Serbia`s Milovan Rajevac has been appointed coach of Ghana, the Ghanian football federation (GFA) ...

Result of an African Confederation Cup Group B first round match on Sunday

The Ghanaian parliament on Thursday ratified the controversial sale of a majority stake in ...

LAGOS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - E-waste from European, US and Japanese manufacturers is contaminating the environment around the sites where it is dumped for recycling and disposal in Ghana, Greenpeace said in a statement received Wednesday.

LAS VEGAS, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana's Joshua Clottey won the vacant International Boxing Federation title by stopping Zab Judah in the ninth round at the Palms Casino and Hotel on Saturday.

Clottey won his fifth-straight fight, capturing the vacant title which was previously held by Antonio Margarito.

PONCE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana's Jospeh Agbeko will not make his first defense of the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title here Saturday as planned because his opponent cannot get a travel visa.

Promoters announced Thursday that the fight was called off because Nicaraguan challenger William Gonzalez was unable to obtain his travel visa.

ACCRA, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Hunchbacks in the township of Bibiani in western Ghana are receiving extra police protection after the recent murder of two of them whose humps were removed, police said.

Earlier this month, the body of a hunchback who died of natural causes and was buried in a cemetery in a nearby township was exhumed and the hump taken away, police said.

APPIANO GENTILE, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Inter Milan on Monday unveiled their second major summer signing with the arrival of Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari.

The former Portsmouth man, who previously played five seasons at Udinese, has joined for a fee believed to be in the region of 14 million euros (22 million dollars) and he will wear the number 20 shirt next season.

PORTSMOUTH, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari is close to joining Inter Milan after admitting he couldn't turn down the Italian champions.

Muntari is due to fly to Milan for a medical this week after Portsmouth accepted Inter's offer of around 12 million pounds (15 million euros).

ROME, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Italian press reports claimed that Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari will sign for Inter Milan on Thursday.

With Chelsea refusing to let Frank Lampard leave for the Italian champions, Inter coach Jose Mourinho is said to have turned his attentions to Muntari with a 14 million euro deal on the table.

LONDON, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien confirmed on Tuesday he has signed a new five-year deal at Stamford Bridge.

The Ghana international, currently in China on the club's pre-season tour, will be contracted to the club until 2013.

LYON, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Ghana captain John Mensah has turned down the chance to play in the English Premier League in favour of an 8.4 million euro five year deal with French champions Lyon.

The 25-year-old central defender, courted by English sides Portsmouth and Wigan, said he was excited about linking up with his new teammates like Juninho and Karim Benzema.

ACCRA, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Opposition lawmakers in Ghana's parliament on Friday blocked approval of the sale of a majority stake in state-owned Ghana Telecommunication to Britain's Vodafone.

With the chamber going into the summer recess, Vodafone and the Ghanaian government will have to wait until October when deputies return.

ACCRA, July 17, 2008 (AFP) - Two teenage British girls sentenced in January by court in Ghana for smuggling cocaine were released Thursday after serving their one-year sentence, their lawyer told AFP.

ACCRA, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - President John Kufuor of Ghana has come under heavy criticism after leaked documents show that his government spent 33,000 pounds (41,300 euros, 65,400 dollars) on a medal which was used to decorate him at a national awards ceremony.

LAGOS, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Red Cross workers began distributing food aid Thursday to more than 5,000 victims of unrest in Ghana's northern Bawku region.