World number one Novak Djokovic continued his fine form with a straight-set win over Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the Shanghai Masters.
Serbia's 16-time Grand Slam champion, who won the Japan Open last week without dropping a set, cruis…
American teenager Coco Gauff is set to break into the world's top 100 for the first time after reaching her maiden WTA Tour quarter-final.
The 15-year-old, who made a memorable run to the Wimbledon last 16 in July, reached the Linz Open…
England's final World Cup group match against France and Formula 1 qualifying could both be affected by the powerful typhoon that is due to hit Japan on Saturday after it changed course.
BBC weather presenter Simon King says Typhoon Hag…
Scottish hammer thrower Mark Dry has been cleared of an anti-doping rule violation.
Dry, 31, has been suspended since May after being charged with "attempted tampering with any part of doping control".
The case related to athletics' …
Bahrain-Merida rider Kristijan Koren and sports director Borut Bozic have been given two-year bans for doping by the International Cycling Union.
The Slovenian pair were provisionally suspended in May as part of the Operation Aderlass d…
The Elections Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has upheld the recommendation by the Vetting Committee to disqualify Wilfried Kwaku Osei alias Palmer from the race for the GFA Presidency.
A two-man legal team of Mr Osei,…
Former WBO super bantamweight champion Isaac Dogboe has been ruled out for the remainder of the year after suffering an injury.
Dogboe who suffered back-to-back losses to Emanuel Navarrete (the last of which was on May 11, 2019) was e…
The Election Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is expected to announce its ruling on the appeal filed by Mr Wilfred Kwaku Osei in respect of his disqualification from the presidential race today.
This is in line with the…
As the debut single for a then up-and-coming star in 2011, Ed Sheeran's 'The A Team' seems an appropriate initiation song choice for a young talent who has rapidly become a key member of Cheltenham Town's senior squad.
Jacob Greaves say…
A statue of former Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been built in his hometown in Sweden.
The bronze structure, commissioned by the Swedish FA, was unveiled in front of hundreds of fans outside Malmo's stadium on Tuesday…
Brazil's assistant coach Cleber Xavier is expecting a stern test when the five-times world champions play their first ever match against Senegal.
Brazil will also face Nigeria for just the second time as part of a friendly double-header…
Three months and six games on from victory in a World Cup quarter-final, England finally have another win.
Tuesday's laboured 1-0 friendly success over Portugal in Lisbon ended a five-game winless run - including World Cup semi-final an…
The five-time world champion edged even closer to his sixth title with a gifted victory at the Russian Grand Prix after a virtual safety car cost Ferrari's Charles Leclerc the lead.
Mercedes technical director James Allison called…
On Sunday Chris Wyatt will watch his final game in Japan. His 43rd World Cup match since 2011.
Forty three games in three men's tournaments. His favourite one to date?
"The one that I really enjoyed the absolute most was between Geor…
England are preparing for their World Cup match with France to be moved or cancelled as Typhoon Hagabis continues its destructive path towards Japan.
The category five super typhoon, the most powerful in the region this year, is on cour…
Argentina finished their World Cup with a bonus-point win over the USA as they came third in Pool C and confirmed a spot at the 2023 tournament.
The Pumas, who have failed to reach the knockout stages for the first time since 2003 after…
Mr Mohammed Ahmed also known as "Polo", former player of the national football team, the Black Stars, has called on Ghanaians to take their personal hygiene seriously, and maintain a clean environment in order to stay healthy at all times.…
Emirates, a global connector of people and passion have announced Abu Samuel of Vision Football Club as the winner of the third edition of the Emirates Football Challenge held in September.
The challenge which took place from September …
Are you a die-hard aficionado who never misses a Pro14 match or casual TV punter who only switches on for the Six Nations and the World Cup?
Put yourself to the test as we look ahead to the Pool D match between unbeaten Wales and Fiji i…
Ryan Christie's Scotland performances will not be affected by having received online abuse, says national assistant coach Steven Reid.
The midfielder closed his Twitter account after his first-half red card for Celtic in Sunday's 2-0 de…
The battle for places in the World Cup knockout stages is hotting up.
England booked their place in the last eight by beating Argentina, Wales can secure their spot on Wednesday and there are big games coming up for Scotland and Ireland…
Doubts continue to grow about the fitness of England's talismanic Billy Vunipola after the number eight sat out training in a surgical boot on Tuesday.
Vunipola was taken off at half-time in the 39-10 win over Argentina on Saturday with…
Flanker Ryan Wilson says there is a "massive burden" on the side selected to take on Russia to keep Scotland's World Cup hopes alive.
Gregor Townsend has made 14 changes to his team from the victory against Samoa, resting key personnel.…
Australia coach Michael Cheika will rest captain Michael Hooper as part of 10 changes for his side's final World Cup pool match against Georgia.
A win for the Wallabies in Shizuoka on Friday will guarantee a quarter-final place against …
A new £20m investment in women's cricket will help England close the gap on Australia, says its national director Clare Connor.
England struggled in the summer's multi-format Women's Ashes series, which Australia won 12-4 on points to r…
Andy Murray is expected to make his Grand Slam singles return at the Australian Open, organisers say.
Britain's Murray, 32, a five-time runner-up in Melbourne, can enter with a protected ranking of number two.
At this year's Australi…
Andy Murray showed more positive signs in his injury comeback as he pushed Italy's Fabio Fognini close before going down in a tetchy three-set battle in the Shanghai Masters second round.
Britain's Murray, 32, matched Fognini in a long …
Neil Black is to leave his position as performance director of UK Athletics.
Black has faced criticism since coach Alberto Salazar was given a four-year ban after being found guilty of doping violations.
UK Athletics appointed Salaza…
Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha says his head "was all over the place" because of transfer speculation at the beginning of the season.
Arsenal and Everton had bids rejected by Palace, who valued the 26-year-old at around £80m, alth…
A hop, a burst of pace, a hint of a dummy, a step inside, another jag, a 40-metre canter under the posts - the ball clutched in one hand and four would-be tacklers choking on fumes having got nowhere near it.
Joe Cokanasiga has scored t…
South Africa produced a dazzling first-half display as they confirmed their place in the World Cup quarter-finals with a big win over 14-man Canada.
The Springboks ran in seven tries in the first half, with scrum-half Cobus Reinach notc…
In case you haven't heard, the Rugby World Cup is in Asia for the first time.
Taking place in Japan, the tournament feels completely different to its predecessors and both foreign and Japanese fans have been revelling in it.
There ar…
Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo, Head Coach of the female national team, the Black Queens has said the team has a strategy in place to beat the Harambee Starlets of Kenya in tomorrow's return leg at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.
Madam Tag…
The Bureau of the FIFA Council has extended the mandate of the GFA Normalisation Committee (NC) to enable the NC supervise the upcoming GFA Elections.
The second mandate of the Normalisation Committee expired on September 30, 2019.
H…
Jimmie Thorne returned a net score of 67 to win this year’s Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited (TCCL) Classic Golf Championship played at the Tema Country Golf Course on Saturday.
Augustine Manasseh took the second position with 68 ne…
Ghana and Colombia are considering a partnership that will see the two countries share expertise in sports development and promotion.
This was made known in Accra, when the Colombian Ambassador to Ghana, Claudia Turbay Quinterom led her…
Hearts winger Jamie Walker hopes to return from a broken leg when Rangers visit Tynecastle on 20 October.
The 26-year-old has been out since sustaining the fracture in a League Cup win at Motherwell on 16 August but has now resumed trai…
Aston Villa say they are "disgusted and appalled" by footage of supporters singing a racist song which references two first-team players.
The club has asked for other fans to assist in identifying those responsible for the "toxic" behav…
Manchester City "have definitely dropped too many points" this season, says midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.
The defending champions are second in the Premier League and on 16 points, eight behind Liverpool, who have won all of their eight ga…
Japan's Naoki Yamamoto will make his Formula 1 debut when he drives a Toro Rosso in first practice at his home grand prix on Friday.
The 31-year-old reigning champion in Japan's Super Formula and Super GT series will drive Pierre Gasly'…
England have named Chris Silverwood as the successor to Trevor Bayliss as head coach.
Silverwood, 44, joined the England set-up as bowling coach in January 2018 and steps up following Bayliss' decision to leave after four years in charg…
Argentina lock Tomas Lavanini has been given a four-match ban for a high tackle on England captain Owen Farrell at the Rugby World Cup.
Lavanini was shown a red card in the 18th minute of the Pumas' 39-10 defeat, which ended their chanc…
ACE broadcaster and sports journalist, Charles Osei Asibey, has been elected as the General Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG).
Widely known as ‘Barrister,’ he polled a total of 98 votes out of 114 to defeat h…
Japan benefited from "an incredible call" to earn a bonus point in their World Cup victory over Samoa, says Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend.
The host nation crashed over for a stoppage-time try in a 38-19 win after Samoa were punish…
Kyle Edmund will lose his status as British number one after being beaten in the first round at the Shanghai Masters - a sixth straight defeat.
Edmund is also set to drop out of the world's top 50 when the new rankings are announced nex…
GHANA Football Association (GFA) presidential hopeful, George Afriyie, launched his campaign manifesto in Sunyani on Saturday at a ceremony held at the Eusbett Hotel.
The campaign manifesto, dubbed “Restoration” was described by Afriyie…
Britain's Andy Murray continued his singles comeback with a first-round win over Argentina's Juan Ignacio Londero at the Shanghai Open.
Murray, competing after accepting a wildcard, lost the opening set before recovering to win 2-6 6-2 …
Gennadiy Golovkin returns to his favourite stomping ground of New York this weekend to fight his way back into the reckoning as one of boxing’s best. He challenges Sergiy Derevyanchenko for the IBF middleweight belt, with the action live o…
The organisers of the Rugby World Cup and Formula 1 bosses are monitoring a powerful typhoon forming to the south of Japan which could bring fierce winds and torrential rain over the weekend.
Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) says Typ…
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea says the team's performances this season have been "unacceptable" and this is the "most difficult" period he has experienced since joining the club.
The Red Devils lost 1-0 at Newcastle United o…