World football governing body, FIFA, upon the recommendation of the Government of Ghana, has blocked Elmina Sharks CEO, Papa Kwesi Ndoum, and four others from attending their scheduled meeting in Zurich, Switzerland alone without governmen…
A former Chairman of the Ghana Football Aasociation (GFA), Nana Sam Brew Butler, has denied media reports that he and other members of the GHALCA have been snubbed by FIFA after they were invited as part of a Ghanaian delegation for a sche…
Where the Sputnik stadium used to stand there is a housing block, Orbita's pitch is now wasteland and the old Voskhod ground, named after a space rocket, is crumbling into ruin.
These are just some of the old football arenas in Samara, …
Juan Martin del Potro is one of only three men to have beaten Roger Federer this year.
By saving three championship points to win a testy Indian Wells final in a third set tie-break, Del Potro claimed his first ever Masters 1000 title. …
Japan reached the last 16 of the World Cup by having a better disciplinary record than Senegal - after losing to Poland in their final Group H game.
The match finished in farcical fashion, with both sides happy to play the ball around a…
Yerry Mina's second-half header sent Colombia into a potential last-16 tie with England at the World Cup at the expense of Senegal, who lost out to Japan having received more yellow cards.
Senegal spent the final 20 minutes pushing for …
Sporting Lisbon have sacked coach Sinisa Mihajlovic - just nine days after he was appointed by the club.
The Serb had said his first objective for the troubled club was to "do better than last year" but on Wednesday night the club said …
Well, we didn't expect that did we?
Germany - currently top of the Fifa rankings and reigning world champions, were knocked out of the World Cup in the group stage for the first time since 1938.
Even they couldn't believe it...
Jo…
Divine Naah has ended his four-year stay at Manchester City by joining Belgian second-tier club AFC Tubize on a permanent deal after his contract at the Etihad expired.
Midfielder Naah, 22, was one of numerous young Ghanaians to join Ci…
Athletics' governing body has promised to respect the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (Cas) decision on rules over testosterone levels in female athletes.
The IAAF has ruled some female runners with naturally high testosterone levels w…
Italian giants AC Milan have been banned from European football for one year for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations.
Milan had qualified for the group stages of this season's Europa League after finishing sixth in Serie A.
Uef…
The first black professional footballer in the world was born in Ghana in 1865
The story of football trailblazer Arthur Wharton is a very fascinating one. Though his legacy and impact was for a very long time buried and relegated…
Switzerland set up a World Cup last-16 tie with Sweden after a draw with Costa Rica that featured a bizarre late penalty drama.
Vladimir Petkovic's side kicked off needing just a point from their final Group E game to reach the knockout…
Anthony Joshua is "afraid" to fight Deontay Wilder, says fellow heavyweight Tyson Fury, but he thinks the bout will happen at some stage.
Britain's Joshua has been ordered by the WBA to face Russia's Alexander Povetkin, delaying a poten…
Senegal will "have the whole continent behind them" when they look to become the only team from Africa to reach the World Cup knockout stage in Russia, says defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia have all fallen…
Britain's two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray says there is "no risk" to his fitness if he decides to play at the tournament next week.
Murray, 31, has played three matches since making his comeback last week after 11 months out inj…
Jos Buttler hit the fastest Twenty20 international half-century by an England batsman to propel the home side to a 28-run win over Australia.
Buttler, promoted to open, reached 50 from 22 balls at Edgbaston.
He ended with 61 and, alo…
Express any worry in Germany about how the national team is going to perform at a major tournament and a single-word response usually follows.
"Turniermannschaft," you'll be told.
It means "tournament team" and the implication is tha…
Germany manager Joachim Low says his side deserved to go out of the World Cup after they crashed out in the group stage in "historic" fashion.
The defending champions finished bottom of Group F after losing 2-0 to South Korea, the first…
A superb opening stand of 160 between Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma helped India to a 76-run win in the first of two Dublin T20s against Ireland.
Dhawan (74) and Rohit (97) plundered the Irish bowling attack although Peter Chase took …
Brazil avoided a shock result that had earlier seen Germany knocked out of the World Cup by defeating Serbia to finish top of Group E and book a last-16 tie against Mexico.
They did so with the sort of occasionally dazzling performance …
On this day in 1993, most players of the Zambian national football team were en route Dakar, Senegal for the FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
They would not make it for the match.
The Zambian Air Force de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buff…
British number one Johanna Konta's final tournament before Wimbledon ended in a three-set defeat by top seed Caroline Wozniacki at Eastbourne.
Konta, 27, lost 4-6 6-1 6-4 in front of her home crowd at the Nature Valley International.
…
Boxing legend Azumah Nelson turns 60 years on July 19 and as part of events leading up to the celebrations he has been telling Graphic Online about the highlights of his career including the reason why he decided to purchase a limousine.
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Defending champions Germany have been eliminated from the 2018 World Cup after losing to South Korea in Kazan.
Kim Young-gwon's 92nd-minute goal, awarded after a video assistant referee decision, left four-time winners Germany on the br…
Marcos Rojo outshone Lionel Messi as Argentina’s hero as the Manchester United defender sent his country through to the last 16 of the World Cup.
All eyes were on Messi as Argentina faced a first-round elimination after their 3-0 humi…
Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has announced the fixtures of the 2018 Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) Sevens Tournament scheduled, fixed between June to the end of August 2018 at the Accra and the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.
This…
Alhaji Ali Raji, former chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), has said, the government is not giving a listening ear to certain vital stakeholders in football, as they seek to lead reforms in football administration in t…
am a little bit surprised at how well I've played so early in my comeback because I don't feel like I've practised loads - not like I would have done in the past in the build-up to events.
The positive to that is I don't necessarily hav…
The emotional reactions of top tennis players at Wimbledon will determine which highlights fans get to watch, and how quickly they are available.
Wimbledon and its digital partner IBM have fine-tuned their artificial intelligence (AI) s…
WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has branded Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn "cowards".
On Tuesday, it emerged Joshua had been ordered by the WBA to agree a deal to face Russia's Alexander Povetkin.
The move …
England confirmed their place in the World Cup last 16 with the emphatic 6-1 win over Panama in Nizhny Novgorod - and will be joined by Belgium from Group G.
The two sides meet in the final group game in Kaliningrad on Thursday to decid…
Brazil coach Tite says the nation should not "place the whole responsibility" on Neymar's shoulders.
The world's most expensive player, 26, has recently returned from three months out with a foot injury.
And the Paris St-Germain forw…
Double Olympic champion Kristina Vogel has suffered a "serious spinal injury" in a training accident.
The German Cycling Federation (BDR) said Vogel, 27, crashed while training on a track in Cottbus and is now being treated in a Berlin …
It "would not be fair" for seven-time champion Serena Williams to be seeded for this year's Wimbledon, says world number 32 Dominika Cibulkova.
Should Williams - who is 183rd in the rankings as she returns after the birth of her first c…
Andy Murray is keen to play at Wimbledon as he steps up his comeback against Kyle Edmund at Eastbourne, according to coach Jamie Delgado.
The 31-year-old Scot will play his third match after nearly a year out of competitive tennis with …
Iceland failed in their attempt to reach the World Cup knockout stage for the first time as Croatia secured a late win to top Group D on maximum points.
The Nordic nation knew they had to win to stand any chance of reaching the last 16,…
Multi-talented may be an understatement when Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan is described.
Gyan is known worldwide for his talents as a footballer, a musician and his business acumen which has birthed several businesses but he may ha…
Argentina legend Diego Maradona said he was "fine" after being seen by a doctor during the team's World Cup victory over Nigeria on Tuesday.
The 57-year-old, who captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 1986, said his "neck hurt a lo…
Marcos Rojo scored a fine late volley to send Argentina through to the last 16 of the 2018 World Cup with a dramatic victory over Nigeria in St Petersburg.
A lacklustre Argentina were on the verge of an embarrassing exit, before Manches…
Iceland failed in their attempt to reach the World Cup knockout stage for the first time as Croatia secured a late win to top Group D on maximum points.
Denmark joined France in the last 16 after playing out the first goalless draw of t…
Sevens Rugby has become a popular format of the Game of Rugby due to its fast pace and shorter game time
The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU - Ghana Rugby) (http://GhanaRugby.org) has announced the fixtures of the 2018 Ghana Rugby Club…
Staff of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) are in a dilemma over whether their jobs and salaries are still secured following the impasse between the government and the association.
Investigations conducted by the Daily Graphic since …
The Association of Health Service Administrators, Ghana(AHSAG) has joined the calls for a thorough investigation into the “no bed”syndrome at the hospitals which recently led to the death of a 70-year old man which sparked a national out…
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) chairman Nana Sam Brew Butler and owner of Elmina Sharks FC, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, have been included in Ghana’s delegation to meet with world football governing body, FIFA, as part of efforts to put …
Denmark joined France in the last 16 of the World Cup after playing out the first goalless draw of the tournament, which was greeted by boos at the final whistle.
A draw was good enough to see a much-changed French side top Group C, whi…
Few players will head into the current swing of lucrative European Tour events with more confidence than Britain's Matt Wallace.
The 28-year-old Englishman is turning into a prolific winner, with victory in last week's BMW International…
Switzerland's Granit Xhaka, Xherdan Shaqiri and Stephan Lichtsteiner have avoided bans for their 'double-headed eagle gesture' celebrations in their side's World Cup win over Serbia.
Fifa fined Xhaka and Shaqiri 10,000 Swiss francs (£7,…
Pre-season, there were a lot of question marks about Bottas.
The world - and Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff - were waiting to see how Bottas would perform in his second season with the world champion team.
Bottas started 2017, his first…
VAR had its most controversial night at the World Cup on Monday. And as Portugal boss Fernando Santos said - "it all got a little weird".
On four occasions across two games of football the referee stared at a pitchside camera to decide …