Nothing like self-motivation on social media to get Dexter Fowler going at the plate.
The St. Louis Cardinals outfielder snapped an 0-for-13 slump to start the season with a third-inning single to center in Monday's 8-4 victory over the…
76ers forward Dario Saric will not play Tuesday against Brooklyn due to cellulitis in his right elbow.
Saric got the cellulitis after he got cut diving for a loose ball last Wednesday against the Knicks, sources said. It got infected ov…
For the first time since 2015, Tiger Woods participated in tournament activities at Augusta National on Monday, playing a nine-hole practice round with Fred Couples and Justin Thomas and drawing rave reviews in the process.
With an enth…
A little more than a year since his last fight, Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring to challenge secondary welterweight world titleholder Lucas Matthysse on July 14 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, both sides said Monday night.
"Signed, se…
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has stated his case to be named the Premier League's Player of the Year, but acknowledged Liverpool's Mohamed Salah would be a worthy winner as well.
De Bruyne has been the driving force behind…
Ghana's historic lone-ranger at the 2018 Winter Olympics Akwasi Frimpong will return to the country for the first time since participating at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Akwasi Frimpong is expected to spend five days in …
Asante Kotoko shrugged off stiff opposition from premiership newcomers, Techiman Eleven Wonders, to beat them by a lone goal on Easter Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadim in Kumasi.
Veteran midfielder, Jordan Opoku tipped-toed the only goal …
A 22-year-old student from Kumasi in the Ashanti Region won the main Kwahu Easter marathon race held last Saturday.
The 40-km race which attracted 97 contestants started from Nkawkaw to Abene, the traditional capital of the Kwahus.
T…
Another year. Another record. The NBA's 3-point craze is not slowing down.
For the sixth consecutive season, NBA teams have combined to set a leaguewide 3-point record. Last season's number was 23,748, and No. 23,749 of this season came…
A horse named after New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is set to race at the Kentucky Derby.
The thoroughbred, aptly named Gronkowski, won the Burradon Stakes in England on Friday, qualifying the Kentucky-bred colt for the ve…
Former Australia vice-captain David Warner has conceded he may never play for his country again after being banned for 12 months, and from captaincy for life, by Cricket Australia for his part in the ball-tampering scandal during the Newla…
Heavyweight titleholder Deontay Wilder looms as the obvious opponent for Anthony Joshua should Joshua unify three belts against Joseph Parker on Saturday (Showtime, 5 p.m. ET) at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
However, Wilder, …
After John Isner clinched his berth in the Miami Open final, he came over the top one last time, throwing a celebratory punch at a speed to match his thunderous serve.
The towering American moved one step closer to the most prestigious …
Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the best basketball players in the world. Yet he did not touch the ball in the final 35 seconds of regulation and several possessions in overtime during the Milwaukee Bucks' 124-122 victory over the Los Ange…
South Africa’s Gold Fields and Canada’s Asanko Gold are pleased to announce a 50:50 joint venture partnership with regards to Ghana’s newest gold mine, the Asanko Gold Mine (AGM), which is located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Gold Fi…
A ceremony has been performed to mark the start of construction works on a multi-purpose sports complex and youth resource centre in Koforidua.
On completion, it would have a standard football pitch, tartan tracks, courts for table tennis…
Mohamed Salah's 37th goal of the season handed Jurgen Klopp victory in his 100th Premier League match in charge of Liverpool.
Palace, who inflicted the first league defeat of Klopp's tenure, were left frustrated in their battle to stay …
With his first Masters in three years approaching next week and a good deal of optimism surrounding his game, Tiger Woods acknowledged surprise at how far he has come since spinal fusion surgery less than a year ago.
"I got a second cha…
Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown said Friday that he doesn't have any sense of how long Joel Embiid will be out with an orbital fracture around his left eye.
Embiid will have surgery after the swelling goes down, Brown said. The All…
All-Star Damian Lillard rejoined the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night after what he called a day of "highs and lows." On Thursday, his first son was born and then his half-brother was shot in an incident in Portland.
Lillard said …
Carmelo Anthony said he was surprised to be on the bench for the entire fourth quarter -- including the final play of regulation with a chance to win -- in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 126-125 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday.
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LeBron James passed Michael Jordan on Friday night for consecutive games with at least 10 points, doing so for the 867th straight time in the Cavaliers' 107-102 win against the New Orleans Pelicans.
James reached the mark early, throwin…
Ghana-born Joshua Buatsi will fight for the fifth time since turning professional on Saturday night against Poland's Bartlomiej Grafka on the undercard of the Anthony Joshua v Joseph Parker WBO Heavyweight title fight at the Principality S…
Officials for Match day Two (2) of the Ghana Bank Division One League have been announced.
Below are the Match officials for Match day two (2):
Match: BEREKUM ARSENALS VS NEA SALAMINA (Sat)
Venue: Berekum
Referee: Daniel Okutu
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This might not be the last time Mauricio Pochettino and Antonio Conte meet this season. Their Premier League showdown at Stamford Bridge has serious ramifications. A Tottenham victory would almost ensure that Chelsea will fail in their que…
Arsenal may be Tottenham's bitterest London rivals, but in the last six years, few clubs have done as much damage to Spurs' ambitions as Chelsea.
In April 2012, the Blues beat Harry Redknapp's side 5-1 in the FA Cup semifinals. Then, th…
At times this season, Chelsea's fixture schedule has appeared chaotic. Across December and January, for example, the Blues played 18 matches. For the London club's supporters, there was barely time to contemplate one game before it was pla…
Ryan Burnett says he is thriving being part of a trainer Adam Booth's busy gym in south London ahead of Saturday's bantamweight title defence.
The Northern Irishman makes a second defence of his WBA world title against Venezuela's Yonfr…
A "tibial bone stress fracture in his right leg" has ruled Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc out of the fourth Test against South Africa, and the IPL, which starts on April 7 in Mumbai. Starc's injury has added to a series of horrible n…
The AFL's Good Friday showpiece was crying out for a saviour after a messy first half and it was Ben Brown who rose to the occasion, his six goals propelling North Melbourne to a 52-point win over St Kilda.
After an error-riddled openin…
Indian driver Arjun Maini has been retained by Haas in a developmental role for 2018.
Haas has confirmed an unchanged young driver line-up for the new season, with American Santino Ferrucci also retained this week. Maini was signed to H…
Force India is confident it can find big performance steps at upcoming races despite its slow start to the season at the Australian Grand Prix.
Melbourne was Force India's first race without a point since Monaco last season and seemed t…
Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has become embroiled in a sexism row after responding controversially to a question from a female journalist at a press conference.
During the press conference at his club side Deportivo La Coruña on M…
The 2017/18 National Women’s League will be launched on Wednesday April 4 at GFA Conference room in Accra at 3pm, the Women’s League Board has announced.
This will be preceded by a stakeholders meeting which will be held on the same day…
Herewith results of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) matches after week three.
Obuasi Ashgold
1-0
Karela
Techiman Eleven Wonders 3-1
Bechem United
Tarkwa Medeama …
Dreams FC has won their third Premier League fixture, after piping former champions Wa All Stars at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Wednesday.
Zuberu Sharani’s 6th minute goal was enough to gather all three points for Dreams FC, who pl…
With a 10-day contract to make an impression, MarShon Brooks got off to a very nice start.
Brooks scored 14 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter in his first game with Memphis, helping the last-place Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail …
The Los Angeles Clippers are watching the scoreboard while taking care of their own business as the NBA regular season heads into its final two weeks.
Tobias Harris scored 27 points and the Clippers gained a little ground in the Western…
Karl-Anthony Towns stood up and stared at a printout of the box score of Minnesota's game against the Atlanta Hawks.
There was a lot for Towns to admire.
Towns scored a franchise-record 56 points and added 15 rebounds for his league-…
The season may be dragging for some teams at the bottom of the NBA standings, though the Brooklyn Nets are making the most of it.
The Nets put seven players in double figures, including all five starters and ran away from the Orlando Ma…
SALT LAKE CITY -- Jaylen Brown's 3-pointer gave the short-handed Boston Celtics more than just a perfect road trip.
It gave him some much-needed rest.
Brown's basket with 0.3 seconds left gave the Celtics a 97-94 victory Wednesday ni…
Philadelphia's win streak became a secondary concern after Joel Embiid went down in the second quarter.
Dario Saric had 26 points and 14 rebounds and the 76ers earned their eighth straight victory despite losing Embiid to a facial injur…
LeBron James doesn't go into every game thinking he needs to score 10 points.
The 14-time All-Star said it just "organically happens."
It helps, of course, to be a multi-talented 6-foot-8, 250-pound forward viewed by many as the most…
Steven Smith and David Warner, formerly captain and vice-captain of Australia, have been banned from playing international and domestic cricket for 12 months by Cricket Australia for their roles in the pre-meditated plan to tamper with the…
The IAAF has ratified the world record set by American sprinter Christian Coleman in the 60-meter dash.
The 22-year-old Coleman broke Maurice Greene's 20-year-old indoor world record by running 6.34 seconds in Albuquerque on Feb. 18. Gr…
The New York Giants have asked for at least two first-round picks in return for Odell Beckham Jr., a league source tells ESPN's Adam Schefter, even though the team insists it is not shopping the three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver.
Genera…
Welterweight Josesito Lopez has had major fights and would like to get in position for another one. Up-and-comer Miguel Cruz has yet to be in a big fight but could get himself much closer to one by beating Lopez.
That is what is at stak…
As a busy NFL meetings neared its conclusion Wednesday, team owners passed two more rule changes and approved several procedural bylaw alterations.
Most noteworthy, the league eliminated the requirement that a team that scores a winning…
LeBron James has someone in mind for the MVP award this season.
Himself.
This is a season in which prohibitive MVP favorite James Harden has done phenomenal things with NBA-leading Houston, reigning MVP Russell Westbrook has been fan…
Nothing was coming easily to John Isner over the first three months of this year. He was essentially a nonfactor in every tournament he entered.
Until now.
The big-serving American is in the semifinals of the Miami Open for the secon…
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