Hearts of Oak trainer, Kim Grant says he side are poised to win their remaining two matches against Elmina Sharks and Dreams FC to prove that his side is in top shape. The Phobians have been on an inpressive run in the ongoing Normalization Committee Special Competition. With two matches to end the competition, Hearts of Oak yesterday beat Karela …

Barrister and women’s rights campaigner Cherie Blair has been criticised for saying “most African ladies’ first sexual experience is rape”, reports the UK Guardian newspaper. British MP Chi Onwurah, who is chair of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa, is quoted as saying: “Ms Blair should enable African women to speak for themselves instead of usurping their voice and their …

Barbra Streisand is facing criticism for expressing sympathy towards late singer Michael Jackson, who is accused of sexually abusing children. She told the Times she believed allegations made in the documentary Leaving Neverland but said “it didn’t kill” the alleged victims. “Did you really say that?” the film’s director Dan Reed asked of Streisand in a tweet. Jackson’s brothers deny …

Barbra Streisand is facing criticism for expressing sympathy towards late singer Michael Jackson, who is accused of sexually abusing children. She told the Times she believed allegations made in the documentary Leaving Neverland but said “it didn’t kill” the alleged victims. “Did you really say that?” the film’s director Dan Reed asked of Streisand in a tweet. Jackson’s brothers deny …

The United States and Israel have officially quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, the culmination of a process triggered more than a year ago. The withdrawal is mainly procedural yet serves a new blow to UNESCO, co-founded by the US after World War II to foster peace. …