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The Irish Sun
7 days ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Fans only just realising what Lionesses' Euro 2025 hero Michelle Agyemang's name means and say ‘that's just incredible'
MICHELLE AGYEMANG is the name on everyone's lips right now... and rightly so. The TWICE rescued the Lionesses from the brink of Euro 2025 heartbreak. Advertisement 5 Michelle Agyemang was once again the Lionesses' saviour as she scored in the 96th minute vs Italy Credit: AP 5 Agyemang celebrated wildly with her team-mates following her last-gasp heroics Credit: Getty 5 Agyemang was also the hero when England left it late to beat Sweden on penalties Credit: Alamy After losing their group-stage opener to France, But twice The Gunners star - at the club since the age of SIX - climbed off the bench with 20 minutes to play of the quarter-final, with her nation down and seemingly out, trailing 2-0 to Sweden. Lucy Bronze pulled one back and, within two minutes, Agyemang - a Wembley ball-girl as recently as 2021 - levelled the match as the Advertisement READ MORE SPORT STORIES And in an enthralling semi-final against Italy, she netted an even more dramatic equaliser. Agyemang was in the perfect position to thump the ball into the back of the net as the clock ticked over into the 96TH-MINUTE of the match, with just one more minute of added time to be played. The Lionesses would go on to win and celebrate with a pizza party thanks to another Arsenal star, Chloe Kelly - as she poked home after her 119th-minute But Agyemang was the saviour. Quite literally. In fact, "Agyemang" in her family's native language, Akan, translates to "saviour of the nation". Advertisement Most read in Football CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS How fitting. Fans went wild after learning the fun fact, with one taking to X to write: "The fact that Agyemang can mean 'saviour of the nation' in Ghanaian Akan is just incredible." I coached Chloe Kelly as a kid and have now spent £3,000 building my own pub to watch her at Euro 2025 Another said: "WAIT SO AGYEMANG WAS DESTINED TO DO THIS??? Having a last name that means "Saviour of the Nation" AND doing this is crazy." Advertisement A third added: "How aptly named she is." And one posted: "She is literally living up to the meaning of her name." Match-winner Kelly later claimed: "She's unbelievable. She's got the world at her feet. A young player with a bright future and I'm absolutely buzzing for her." But Lionesses captain Leah Williamson perhaps summed it up best, saying: "She feels inevitable right now." Advertisement England fans will certainly hope so ahead of the all-important final on Sunday evening. 5 Agyemang has been on the books of Arsenal since she was six years old Credit: Getty 5 The forward was part of the Arsenal squad who won the Champions League last season Credit: Getty
Scottish Sun
7 days ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Fans only just realising what Lionesses' Euro 2025 hero Michelle Agyemang's name means and say ‘that's just incredible'
Arsenal forward's name could hardly be more fitting SAVIOUR IS BORN Fans only just realising what Lionesses' Euro 2025 hero Michelle Agyemang's name means and say 'that's just incredible' MICHELLE AGYEMANG is the name on everyone's lips right now... and rightly so. The Arsenal forward, 19, has TWICE rescued the Lionesses from the brink of Euro 2025 heartbreak. 5 Michelle Agyemang was once again the Lionesses' saviour as she scored in the 96th minute vs Italy Credit: AP 5 Agyemang celebrated wildly with her team-mates following her last-gasp heroics Credit: Getty 5 Agyemang was also the hero when England left it late to beat Sweden on penalties Credit: Alamy After losing their group-stage opener to France, England battered the Netherlands and Wales to reach the knockouts and continue their quest to retain their title as European champions. But twice history-making Sarina Wiegman has been indebted to the Lionesses' newest hero... England's saviour: Michelle Agyemang. The Gunners star - at the club since the age of SIX - climbed off the bench with 20 minutes to play of the quarter-final, with her nation down and seemingly out, trailing 2-0 to Sweden. Lucy Bronze pulled one back and, within two minutes, Agyemang - a Wembley ball-girl as recently as 2021 - levelled the match as the Lionesses went on to win on penalties. READ MORE SPORT STORIES Gotta be kitting Fans baffled at bizarre kit quirk during Lionesses semi-final with Italy And in an enthralling semi-final against Italy, she netted an even more dramatic equaliser. Agyemang was in the perfect position to thump the ball into the back of the net as the clock ticked over into the 96TH-MINUTE of the match, with just one more minute of added time to be played. The Lionesses would go on to win and celebrate with a pizza party thanks to another Arsenal star, Chloe Kelly - as she poked home after her 119th-minute penalty was saved to reach the final. But Agyemang was the saviour. Quite literally. In fact, "Agyemang" in her family's native language, Akan, translates to "saviour of the nation". CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS How fitting. Fans went wild after learning the fun fact, with one taking to X to write: "The fact that Agyemang can mean 'saviour of the nation' in Ghanaian Akan is just incredible." I coached Chloe Kelly as a kid and have now spent £3,000 building my own pub to watch her at Euro 2025 Another said: "WAIT SO AGYEMANG WAS DESTINED TO DO THIS??? Having a last name that means "Saviour of the Nation" AND doing this is crazy." A third added: "How aptly named she is." And one posted: "She is literally living up to the meaning of her name." Match-winner Kelly later claimed: "She's unbelievable. She's got the world at her feet. A young player with a bright future and I'm absolutely buzzing for her." But Lionesses captain Leah Williamson perhaps summed it up best, saying: "She feels inevitable right now." England fans will certainly hope so ahead of the all-important final on Sunday evening. 5 Agyemang has been on the books of Arsenal since she was six years old Credit: Getty
Morocco World
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Morocco World
Ghana's Seperewa Revives Ancestral Echoes at Fez World Sacred Music Festival
Fez – The city of Fez, cloaked in centuries of history and the whispers of spiritual traditions, recently opened its arms to a sacred sound nearly lost to time. At the 28th edition of the Fez World Sacred Music Festival, the seperewa, an ancient Ghanaian harp-lute, sang once more through the hands of master musician Osei Kwame Korankye and his daughter, rising artist and ethnomusicologist Rama Blak. This year, the festival served as more than just a cultural exchange. It became a ceremonial revival, an ode to ancestral memory and an assertion of African identity. In an exclusive interview with Morocco World News (MWN), the father-daughter duo shared their mission to reclaim and reintroduce the spiritual power of Ghanaian traditional music to a global audience. The Seperewa: voice of a vanishing heritage 'Seperewa is a traditional instrument of the Akan people in Ghana,' explained Osei Kwame Korankye, founder and leader of the Seperewa Agofoma ensemble. 'It's a very old instrument. History tells us that it was discovered around 1600, and this is the soul of Ghanaian highlife that we are enjoying today.' Historically a royal instrument, the seperewa once played a prominent role in Akan court ceremonies before it fell into obscurity during the colonial era, as Western instruments like the guitar gained popularity. 'It disappeared when the guitar was introduced,' Korankye recalled. 'And then finally, my grandfather, Kolo Opeini Kwabene Jakun, had a dream and rediscovered it. He taught me how to play.' This rediscovery became a generational mission. Today, Osei Kwame Korankye is widely regarded as the custodian of the seperewa tradition, having taught at the University of Ghana and performed across Africa, Europe, the US, and the UK His ensemble brings together seperewa, adenkum (calabash gourd), prempensiwa (lamellophone-cajón), and traditional percussion in performances that are celebratory and reverent. A musical legacy carried forward Also performing at the festival was Korankye's daughter, Awura Ama Agyapong, known by her stage name Rama Blak. A student of ethnomusicology at the University of Ghana, Rama represents a new generation of Ghanaian musicians who are reconnecting with traditional roots after growing up in a world dominated by foreign musical influences. 'It was a little bit of a cultural shock,' she shared. 'I was always hearing foreign music growing up. But then I came to university and began to explore traditional music. That's when my father started training me.' For Rama, sacred music holds a powerful, often unspoken message. 'The music actually communicates things that are too sensitive to talk about openly,' she said. 'Sometimes the music helps us express ourselves in a more coded language. That's why it's sacred.' A sacred encounter in Fez The Fez World Sacred Music Festival was the perfect stage for this message. 'This is not just to come and have fun and go,' Korankye noted. 'We are trying to prove to the world to understand our spiritual music.' The family was deeply moved by the festival's mission and spirit. 'Even my daughter was so happy when we arrived,' he smiled. 'We are trying to tell our listeners, I believe maybe our viewers too, that something interesting is happening, and it has started already.' Rama echoed the sentiment. 'This is my first time in Morocco. It's been an amazing time. The weather is amazing. The sound is amazing. Everything is working perfectly… Maybe I might not go back.' Korankye saw the similarities between Ghanaian and Moroccan musical traditions not just in sound but in spirit. 'This is Africa, so I don't think it's different from what you have,' he said. 'We are also here to learn more from Moroccan music.' Preserving the past, educating the future A central theme of Korankye's mission is education. 'It's an old instrument that the generation sees as a new thing to them,' he said. 'That is why we have started educating them. We do performances and demonstrations. We tell them the value, the importance of it.' According to Korankye, the results are promising. 'Looking 10 to 15 years back, I can see that there's a lot of improvement. The young ones are participating. So I believe it's in good hands. But it will take a little time.' The seperewa is now included in university music programs in Ghana, thanks in part to Korankye's advocacy and teaching. 'It has been inculcated into our educational system, which is very good,' said Rama. 'It's educating young ones about traditional music. And my father has also been training me how to play the traditional instruments. So I think it's working. It's just going to take a little time.' The growing visibility of seperewa music beyond Africa is a source of pride and motivation for the Agofoma ensemble. 'People love it,' Korankye affirmed. 'We had a performance before coming here, and looking at the demand, I think it's awesome. People want to listen to more because it has become a new thing to them.' He emphasized that careful presentation and modernization are key to its appeal. 'The way we have packaged it, people love it. There is hope… we call it 'more fire', we need to put more fire in it to encourage them.' A message from Fez to the world For Korankye and Rama, the experience at Fez is more than a performance opportunity, it is a call to action. Korankye expressed a desire to replicate the festival model in Ghana. 'I think we should also do the same thing in Ghana, so that the scholars will have the opportunity to write more things. The young ones will also have the opportunity to see and appreciate our culture too.' The seperewa's reawakening is a story of cultural revival and a testament to resilience, memory, and the power of music to transcend time. Through the strings of his harp-lute, Korankye is echoing the voices of generations past, with his daughter ensuring those echoes carry into the future.
Business Mayor
21-05-2025
- Health
- Business Mayor
adjaye associates unveils rammed earth children's cancer research centre for ghana
The design for an International Children's Cancer Research Centre, recently unveiled by Adjaye Associates, begins with the land. Set to perch along the eastern slopes of the Atewa Range in Kyebi, Ghana, the proposed ICCRC is grounded in its setting before it rises in form. From the approach, the landscape of dense forests and filtered sunlight sets the tone. It is this atmosphere of continuity that guides the healthcare facility's masterplan, which holds the promise of both care and research for West Africa's youngest cancer patients. The center is designed as a holistic campus for the Wish4Life Foundation. Adjaye Associates organizes the 225,000-square-meter site into a network of buildings that hold more than function. Each structure — hospital, research lab, training institute, family residence, and chapel — participates in a larger rhythm of movement and repose. The spaces are open to the air and shaded from the sun, responding to the region's climate as well as its cultural logics. The unimposing architecture settles into the terrain with a clarity that seeks to invite trust. visualizations © Adjaye Associates adjaye associates draws from Akan Traditions With the International Children's Cancer Research Centre, the architects at Adjaye Associates draw from the Akan worldview. This proposes that illness results from a disturbance of personal, communal, and environmental harmony. Courtyards shaped like the Fihankra, or traditional compound, organize the campus into nested zones of rest and interaction. These enclosures hold the cadence of daily life, offering open-air rooms for conversation, reflection, and retreat. In Adjaye Associates' design, care is inseparable from architecture. The complex will be built from earth — rammed, pressed, and baked into slabs and bricks. Timber and clay, shaped by local hands, bring continuity between building and community. The Welcome Centre greets patients and families with the soft tactility of earth walls, while concrete screens in clinical zones reference Kente cloth, a gesture to ancestral pattern and meaning. Each material carries its own history into the future. Adjaye Associates unveils a cancer research center as a new model for pediatric care in Ghana A new precedent for a Cancer Research Centre Adjaye Associates follows a low-energy design ethos with its International Children's Cancer Research Centre. The team employs passive cooling techniques, photovoltaic systems, and orientation strategies specific to the site. These decisions are embedded in the architecture, not appended to it, forming an infrastructure of resilience. The goal is to create a self-sustaining facility that can adapt to environmental change while maintaining a high standard of care. Here, a different model for pediatric healthcare is proposed. It refuses the imported template of compartmentalized buildings and anonymous corridors. Instead, it cultivates a campus in which care, learning, worship, and research support one another in spatial continuity. This vision expands the definition of a hospital, suggesting that architecture itself can foster dignity, belonging, and healing. A presentation of the proposal is currently exhibited at the Time Space Existence show during the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. It will be housed in Palazzo Bembo through November, and places Ghana on an international stage. the ICCRC is sited on the forested slopes of the Atewa Range in Kyebi Read More The Zillow App Will Now Show a Home's Climate Risks the campus integrates clinical research, educational, and residential functions into one connected whole materials such as rammed earth, brick, and timber are locally-sourced and crafted by local builders
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Payal Kapadia brings quiet power to Cannes 2025 in a deconstructed suit
Payal Kapadia, as a Cannes jury member, made a powerful statement at the 78th Festival de Cannes opening ceremony. She opted for a deconstructed plaid suit by Arjun Saluja, styled by Indrakshi Pattanaik, drawing inspiration from 1980s power dressing. Kapadia complemented her minimalist ensemble with statement silver jewellery from Tribe by Amrapali, reflecting worldliness and rootedness. Acclaimed Indian filmmaker and Cannes jury member Payal Kapadia made an understated yet powerful style statement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes. Eschewing the usual red carpet glamour, Kapadia arrived in a sharply tailored, deconstructed plaid suit by Rishta designer Arjun Saluja, an ensemble that redefined what red carpet dressing can look like when intellect meets intention. Styled by long-time friend and collaborator Indrakshi Pattanaik, the look drew inspiration from 1980s power dressing but with a subtle, contemporary edge. 'Payal loves the aesthetics of the 80s-structured, smart, and full of presence,' Indrakshi shared. 'We wanted her outfit to feel like an extension of her - intelligent, grounded, and expressive. Arjun was the perfect partner for that vision.' The suit, in muted grey tones, balanced authority with ease. Clean lines, asymmetric tailoring, and a relaxed silhouette ensured comfort as well as character, an important consideration for Kapadia, who preferred to watch the screenings without the distraction of fussy fashion. The design also aligned seamlessly with this year's Cannes dress code, which encouraged pared-down, classic looks over extravagance: no sheer fabrics, no exaggerated volume, and certainly nothing over-the-top. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The $5,000 Hearing Aid Lie... Exposed! Prime Sound Learn More Undo To complement her minimalist ensemble, Kapadia wore statement silver jewellery from Tribe by Amrapali. A layered pendant necklace - drawing influence from West African Akan traditions and an oxidised choker with ghungroo detailing added a tactile richness to the look, elevating the outfit without overpowering it. The pieces gave a sense of worldliness and rootedness, just like Kapadia herself. Kapadia was in distinguished company on the jury panel, joining filmmakers and artists like Carlos Reygadas, Leïla Slimani, Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Juliette Binoche, Dieudonné Hamadi, Alba Rohrwacher and Hong Sang-soo-each bringing their own cinematic lens to the prestigious festival. For the official jury photocall, Kapadia shifted gears while still staying true to her essence. She wore a handwoven silk outfit in rich hues of blue and red by designer Payal Khandwala, radiating elegance through simplicity. Another striking silver necklace from Tribe by Amrapali completed her look, again blending comfort with quiet grandeur. As a host of Indian celebrities, from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Karan Johar to newcomers like Nitanshi Goel,descend on Cannes between 13th and 24th May, Payal Kapadia's appearance is a refreshing reminder that style can be thoughtful, powerful, and deeply personal. In a sea of spectacle, hers was a look that didn't shout but it resonated. Future-Proof Your Child with AI Skills | Limited Early Bird Seats – 33% OFF! | WhatsApp: 9560500838
