The Minister of Inner-City and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has assured residents of Madina Zongo that a football pitch being constructed in their community meets the dimensions specified by FIFA and it would be fit to host…
Mr. Jerry Tetteh scored 42 points to win the Global Enterprise Company (GEC) Open Golf Championship played at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra.
Tetteh, a Handicap ‘five’ player, joined Professor Bernard Baden, who won the Kumasi event …
Tunisia’s Etoile Sportive du Sahel has sounded a note of caution to Asante Kotoko S/C as the two sides clash in a crucial second leg tie of the Total CAF Champions’ League in a forth night time.
The first leg, honoured at the Baba Yara …
Ghanaians are not known heavyweights in long-distance running like Kenyans who have dominated the sport for a very long time and are known globally for that.
But, William Amponsah, a 20-year-old student of the University of Education an…
Kenya will play Tunisia in 2020 in tennis's Davis Cup Euro/Africa Group II playoff.
This comes after the conclusion of the Africa Group III tournament in Nairobi in which Kenya and Tunisia won promotion to the Group II Euro/Africa cadre…
The Six Nations has "entered into an exclusive period of negotiation" with private equity firm CVC to sell a stake in rugby's oldest championship.
The deal will provide a financial boost to each union but would mean partly surrendering …
Swansea City have added club legend Alan Tate to their first-team coaching staff.
Tate, 37, has been promoted from his academy coaching role to work under boss Steve Cooper.
Tate played for Swansea in all four divisions, making 340 a…
Bundee Aki has vowed to keep doing Ireland proud despite admitting "some people won't be happy with me pulling on an Irish jersey".
The New Zealand-born centre is expected to start for Ireland in Sunday's World Cup opener against Scotla…
Exeter Chiefs have signed South African flanker Jacques Vermeulen on a three-year contract.
The 24-year-old, who can also play at lock, was previously with the Sharks Super Rugby franchise in his homeland.
He is the second South Afri…
England start their bid for World Cup glory on Sunday when they face Tonga in their Pool C opener in Sapporo.
What team do you think head coach Eddie Jones should pick?
Is Owen Farrell a fly-half or a centre?
Which two of Maro Ito…
Floating pitches, volcano views and cities named after car companies.
These are just a few of the things awaiting fans at the 12 venues for Asia's first ever Rugby World Cup.
The final will take place in Yokohama, close to Tokyo, but…
Scotland forward David Denton has decided to end his playing career on the advice of doctors.
The 29-year-old back row has been advised to stop playing following a concussion he sustained playing for Leicester Tigers in October.
"The…
South African officials have stopped the early release of convicted rapist and former tennis star Bob Hewitt following a public outcry.
The 79-year-old was jailed for six years in 2015 for raping two girls and sexually assaulting a thir…
Title-chasing Essex did their best to make up for lost time by picking up four Surrey wickets on a reduced opening day at Chelmsford.
Bad light prevented any play until 14:15 BST, with the visitors opting to bat after winning the toss.
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South Africa sprinter Carina Horn has been provisionally suspended after violating anti-doping rules.
Horn tested positive for Ibutamoren and the anabolic agent LGD-4033, according to the International Athletics Federation's Athletics I…
Ansu Fati... if you've never heard of Barcelona's new superstar, you can be forgiven: until a couple of weeks ago, neither had the vast majority of the Spanish club's fans.
But the 16-year-old has been thrust into the limelight after ma…
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has signed a new contract to stay with the club until 2023.
De Gea, 28, has made 367 United appearances since Sir Alex Ferguson brought him to the club from Atletico Madrid in an £18.9m deal in …
Somerset's push for a first County Championship title was held up by Liam Dawson's century as Hampshire recovered from 24-5 on day one at the Ageas Bowl.
Lewis Gregory took three early wickets to leave Hampshire deep in trouble after el…
A crowd of more than 15,000 people watched Wales' first training session in Japan for the Rugby World Cup.
Queues stretching more than a kilometre began building up three hours before the open run-out at Kitakyushu Stadium.
The local…
Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca say they will return to the Court of Arbitration (Cas) for Sport over May's African Champions League final result.
It comes after Sunday's meeting of the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Appeal Bo…
I was screaming at the TV screen quite a few times while I was watching the second half of Arsenal's draw with Watford on Sunday
With the Hornets managing 31 shots at goal in 90 minutes, and 23 of them coming after the break, statistica…
Champions League winners in June, five points clear at the top of the Premier League table in mid-September and on an incredible winning streak that stretches back to March.
So just how long can Liverpool keep winning? Is Sergio Aguero …
The Oval. Monday, 15 July. The day after England won the World Cup.
The celebrations were winding down. The players had taken the trophy back to the dressing room and the children that came to meet their heroes were drifting from the st…
There was so much to celebrate in a dramatic European Solheim Cup victory that generated iconic golfing memories that will last a lifetime.
As the Scottish sun shone and Suzann Pettersen cast a lengthy shadow on Gleneagles' 18th green…
The Normalisation Committee (NC) of the Ghana Football Association has fixed the association’s Elective Congress for October 25, 2019.
The date is contained in an election roadmap released by the NC on Saturday as their tenure draws to …
Popular Ghanaian boxer Brimah Kamoko, better known as Bukom Banku received a hero’s welcome on his return to the country after winning his first international fight.
Banku was welcomed by hundreds of fans and members of the media upon …
Geoffrey Kamworor set a new world record for the half marathon with a stunning run in Copenhagen.
Kamworor took 17 seconds off the previous record, set by fellow Kenyan Abraham Kiptum in Valencia last year, to complete the 13.1 miles in…
England captain Owen Farrell has changed his tackling technique to get on the right side of World Rugby's clampdown on dangerous play at the World Cup, which starts on Friday.
On two occasions in autumn 2018 Farrell escaped punishment f…
AshantiGold posted a narrow 3-2 victory over their Moroccan counterparts, RS Berkane, in the first leg encounter of the CAF Confederations Cup competition at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium, on Saturday.
The Ghanaians appeared to have an …
An Introductory Coaching Course organized by the National Sports College (NSC), Winneba ended on Saturday with over 100 participants graduating.
The one-week course was part of efforts to develop football from the grassroots level acr…
Feyenoord and Rennes had mixed fortunes as they prepared to face Scotland's Europa League representatives as the group stage kicks off on Thursday.
Rangers' Dutch opponents recorded their first home win of the Eredivisie season on Sunda…
Tyson Fury went to hell and back again. This time physically through a curtain of blood in Sin City, not from the depths of mental illness back home.
Two gaping cuts at Fury’s right eye threatened to rob him of his lineal world heavyw…
Jamie Munguia (34-0, 27 Kos) scored a fourth round knockout win against Ghana's Patrick Allotey (40-4, 30Ko's) to retain World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Junior Middleweight title.
Allotey's quest to become a World Champion was shattere…
Two-time African champions, Asante Kotoko S/C, coasted home to a 2-0 victory over visiting Etoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia in a first leg preliminary fixture of the CAF Champions' League, at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday.
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Bronze-winning medalist at the recent African Games, Grace Obour, has been offered a scholarship to pursue further studies at the University of Ghana.
The 18-year-old would be the first female sprinter from the GNPC Ghana's Fastest Hu…
Ghanaian striker, Jordan Ayew has been voted as Crystal Place’s Player of the month for August.
Ayew won the gong with an 84% majority of more than 1,000 fans who voted on the club’s official app.
Ayew,28, has made three appearances …
Samuel Eto'o's son Etienne Eto'o Pineda has been called-up to Cameroon's initial squad for the Under-17 World Cup in Brazil.
The 17-year-old is eligible to play for Spain, where he was born, but is now expected to commit to playing for …
There is a full programme across the English Football League this weekend after the international break.
But while some players in the Championship enjoyed some time off, others were busy plying their trade for their respective countrie…
Middlesbrough are set to sue the English Football League for allegedly failing to uphold their financial rules with regards to the Derby County owner's purchase of Pride Park.
Boro - who missed out on a Championship play-off place by fi…
The executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation will decide whether Salisu Yusuf will return as assistant coach of Nigeria and manager of the country's under-23 team after serving a one-year ban.
The 57-year-old was handed th…
Liverpool v Newcastle - a fixture that has seen bags of goals and plenty of iconic moments.
The two sides meet again at Anfield on Saturday (kick-off 12:30 BST) with Liverpool top of the table having won their opening four games, while …
How was the international break for you? Serene?
Well, you can forget those sleep-filled, blissful nights because the Premier League is back to reawaken all your fantasy football anxieties.
Where are the clean sheets coming this week…
New Zealand back-row forward Luke Jacobson has been ruled out of the World Cup because of concussion.
Jacobson played against Tonga last week and travelled with the squad for the tournament in Japan, but the All Blacks said the 22-year-…
Sensational weightlifter, Christian Amoah, has continued his exploits from the African Games with a triple gold medal feat in the 89kg at the African Youth Weightlifting Championship in Kampala, Uganda, last Tuesday.
The young Ghanaian…
Co-manager Stuart Kettlewell is backing Ross County to bounce back from two bad results and make their mark in the Premiership.
After a positive start to the campaign, last season's Championship winners have found the going tough in rec…
Arsenal's star Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema returned from injury to inspire her side to a 4-0 win over Fiorentina in their Women's Champions League last-32 first-leg tie in Florence.
The 23-year-old, who missed Sunday's WSL win over W…
Manchester City look certain to progress from the last 32 of the Women's Champions League as they scored five goals in the final 25 minutes to thrash Lugano 7-1 in the first leg.
Georgia Stanway gave the English side a 25th-minute lead,…
Manchester City look certain to progress from the last 32 of the Women's Champions League as they scored five goals in the final 25 minutes to thrash Lugano 7-1 in the first leg.
Georgia Stanway gave the English side a 25th-minute lead,…
Former Cameroon captain Benjamin Moukandjo has returned to France to join Ligue 2 side Lens.
The 30-year-old who was released by Chinese Super League (CSL) club Jiangsu Suning in February, was keen to get his career back on track before…
Long jumper Jazmin Sawyers has been added to Britain's squad for the the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
Sawyers, 25, originally missed out on selection, after finishing third at the British Championships behind Abigail Irozuru and Sh…