Ghanaian witch doctor says he will put a curse on Harry Kane
Ghanaian witch doctor Nana Kwaku Bonsam has vowed to put a curse on England captain Harry Kane for Tuesday's World Cup clash.
England hope to book their spot in the knockouts of the World Cup against Ghana on Tuesday.
However, Bonsam hopes to stop the Three Lions in their tracks by imprecating Kane, who scored twice in England's sensational opening win against Croatia.
Nana, who claimed responsibility for Cristiano Ronaldo's knee injury at the 2014 World Cup, told the Daily Star: 'I am working on Harry Kane. I have shown what I am capable of before, so I know what work I must do to stop him. I am very famous for my predictions.
'I am not wishing him serious injury. It will be just enough to stop him against my country. I will do my work so that it can help Ghana.'
Kane has been threatened with a curse as he closes in on Gary Lineker's World Cup goal-scoring record
Nana Kwaku Bonsam has vowed to put a curse on England captain Harry Kane
Bonsam claims his powers come from the Kofi Oo Kofi shrine and labels himself 'Africa's only Authentic Man'.
Speaking in 2014 when Ronaldo missed Portugal's clash with Ghana, Nana said: 'I know what Cristiano Ronaldo's injury is about, I'm working on him. I am very serious about it.
'I said it four months ago that I will work on Cristiano Ronaldo seriously and rule him out of the World Cup or at least prevent him from playing against Ghana and the best thing I can do is to keep him out though injury.
'This injury can never be cured by any medic, they can never see what is causing the injury because it is spiritual. Today, it is his knee, tomorrow it is his thigh, next day it is something else.'
Kane, who is one goal away from breaking Gary Lineker's England World Cup goal-scoring record, will be hoping to avoid a similar fate.
The game against Ghana is another opportunity for Thomas Tuchel's team to show their prowess in the group stage after impressing against Croatia. Critics across the world acclaimed the Three Lions as tournament contenders after an outstanding second half in Dallas.
Full back Djed Spence credits that to Tuchel's high standards.
'He's a great manager. He wants the best from his players,' Spence told talkSPORT.
'He demands high standards and for this tournament, we need to be ready, we need to be on it.
'Every session needs to be of the highest quality. That's what he demands. It's good.'
Videos of Spence being called out by Tuchel have gone viral this week. 'I wouldn't be the only one he says it to. It's part of the game,' Spence added.
'I think he's a great manager, he's a great guy. Very detailed in what he wants to do. I've got great respect for him.
'It's like what he always says, we're building a family, we've built a brotherhood within the team, everyone has one dream, one brain.
'I think everyone is on the same path. We can do special things. I think he's built that environment with this squad.'
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
