Great Britain suffered a heartbreaking extra-time defeat in the Olympic women's football quarter-finals as Chelsea's Sam Kerr dealt the final blow to give Australia a dramatic victory.
In a frantic encounter, GB's Ellen White scored a h…
Swansea City winger Nathan Dyer has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 33.
The former Southampton trainee spent 11 of his 15 years in the game with Swansea, joining them first on loan in January 2009 befor…
After the distant memory of Scotland's Euro 2020 exploits, full focus turns to domestic action as the weird and wonderful Scottish Premiership returns this weekend.
Those weaned on the madness will be giddy at the thought, while whisper…
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard expects striker Alfredo Morelos to return to training next week and has hinted that his summer transfer business has ended.
Gerrard, whose side begin their Scottish Premiership defence against Livingston o…
South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker lit up the pool on day seven of the Tokyo Olympics as she claimed a gold and a world record.
The athletics events also began on Friday with Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou equalling the African…
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford will have surgery on a shoulder injury next week and faces about three months out.
The 23-year-old has been troubled by the problem for a number of months and felt an operation was the best way …
Team Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry moved into medal contention with two of the best rounds on day two of the men's individual strokeplay golf.
McIlroy was within three shots of the lead after a five-under 66 on Friday, but saw …
After more than a decade of dominance the era of Usain Bolt is over and someone other than the Jamaican great will be crowned men's 100m champion at the Tokyo Olympics.
Bolt will go down as one of the greatest athletes of all time havin…
Dina Asher-Smith started her bid to become the first British woman to win an Olympic individual sprint gold with routine progress from the 100m heats.
Asher-Smith finished behind American Teahna Daniels but reached the semi-finals with …
Britain's Bethany Shriever won gold in the women's BMX racing final, moments after team-mate Kye Whyte claimed the nation's first Olympic medal in the event with silver in the men's.
Shriever, 22, was lifted into the air by Whyte as the…
US gymnast Simone Biles says she is still struggling with the 'twisties', raising doubts over her participation in her remaining Olympic finals.
The 24-year-old withdrew from the team and all-around finals in Tokyo, saying she was prior…
When Russian athletes stand on the podium after winning an Olympic gold in Tokyo, they hear a Tchaikovsky piano concerto rather than their national anthem.
And some of them also hear questions.
More than 300 athletes across 30 sports…
Red Bull's Max Verstappen headed Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in first practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen was 0.061 seconds quicker than Bottas, with Hamilton 0.167secs off the pace of his title riva…
Novak Djokovic's hopes of winning a 'Golden Slam' are over after he lost to Alexander Zverev in the Olympic tennis semi-finals.
Serb Djokovic, the world number one, was bidding to become the first man to win all four Grand Slam titles a…
Former athletes and some challenged runners are expected to converge on the premises of the Silver Star Towers in Accra on September 21 for the 11th edition of the ETV Ghana-Japan Motors Corporate Run and Walk.
The annual 5km walk, whic…
Coach Samuel Boadu became the first coach to win the Premier League Coach of the Month award consecutively after emerging as the best coach for the month of June.
The ex-Medeama gaffer won the gong in May following a stellar performance…
National featherweight champion, John Laryea, has vowed to make mince meat of Namibian opponent, Sebastianus Natanael, in their World Boxing Organisation (WBO) title fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena on tomorrow.
He promised to stop Natan…
Ghana’s objective to qualify wrestlers to the 2024 Olympics in Paris will begin today at the Accra Sports Stadium when 25 wrestling coaches attend a workshop on Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling.
The three-day course, which climaxes o…
Akwasi Ofori Asare, Head Coach of Ghana's national boxing team, the Black Bombers, says getting a medal at this year's Olympics still remains their ultimate goal despite Shakul Samed's loss.
The Black Bombers suffered their first loss a…
The players of Bofoakwa Tano and Brong-Ahafo (B/A) United Football Clubs have been urged to be professionally and morally disciplined to shun lifestyles that could cause the premature end of their career.
Mr. Ransford Antwi, a former Ch…
Ghana’s Abeiku Jackson, finished first in the Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Two, but could not progress to the semi-final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
His time of 53.39 seconds also broke his own national record of 53.53 seconds.
He…
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says he has not "done a good enough job of convincing" the club's hierarchy of the need for squad reinforcements after their Champions League exit.
The Scottish Premiership side were beaten 3-2 on aggrega…
Nottingham Forest have been forced to cancel Saturday's pre-season game against Burnley at the City Ground because of Covid-19 cases at the club.
It is the second friendly called off by Forest following Wednesday's away match against As…
Sheffield United coach Alan Knill has left the club by mutual consent.
Knill, 53, joined as Chris Wilder's assistant in 2016 and helped the club win promotion from League One to the Premier League.
"The board would like to thank Alan…
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has taken responsibility after 10 athletes from the country were declared ineligible for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) ruled that the competitors will be unable to take …
The draw for next year's rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be held on 17 August.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has sent out letters to football associations inviting them for the draw that had been due to …
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he "couldn't have asked for more backing" from the club after being given the funds to spend more than £100m on Raphael Varane and Jadon Sancho.
Solskjaer said United are working to ge…
The coronavirus pandemic should trigger more discussion about mental health, Tottenham midfielder Lucas Moura says.
Brazilian Moura has been stuck in England, more than 5,000 miles away from his home and family, during the worst of the …
Raphael Varane has been described as being a "Rolls-Royce" and "an absolute bargain" after his £34m move from Real Madrid to Manchester United was agreed.
He will join fellow new arrivals Jadon Sancho, signed from Borussia Dortmund for …
Britain's Paul Casey says he feels an "immense sense of responsibility" to win a medal after starting his Olympic debut with a four-under-par 67.
Casey, 44, is four shots behind first-round leader Sepp Straka, who is a shot clear of Tha…
The sports director of the German Cycling Union has been sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after making racist comments during Wednesday's men's road time trial.
Patrick Moster was caught making the remarks on German TV.
Moster react…
Three members of the Australian athletics team remain in isolation at the Tokyo Olympics after close contact with American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, who has tested positive for Covid-19.
Kendricks, the reigning world champion, has bee…
Matthew Coward-Holley claimed Great Britain's 17th medal of the Tokyo Olympics with bronze in the men's trap shooting final.
The world and European champion, 26, was among Team GB's gold medal hopes but paid the price for a slow start, …
Britain's two-time gold medallist Helen Glover has ruled out another Olympics rowing bid after the mother-of-three's hopes of a fairytale finish at Tokyo 2020 were dashed.
Glover, 35, and Polly Swann, 33, finished fourth in the women's …
Britain's Mallory Franklin has won the silver medal in the women's canoe slalom event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Franklin, 27, was leading with one competitor to go, but was denied gold by Australia's Jessica Fox.
World number one Fox wo…
American Caeleb Dressel set an Olympic record on his way to winning the men's 100m freestyle gold medal as he seeks to become one of the most successful swimmers at an individual Games.
Dressel won in a time of 47.02 seconds to claim hi…
The Ghana Wrestling Association (GWA) will be organizing a three-day coaching clinic in Freestyle and Greco Roman on Friday July 30- August 1, at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The three-day event would draw 21 participants from six Regions.…
The maiden FBN Bank Golf Championship tee-off at the Bok Nam Kim Golf Course in Accra on Saturday, July 31.
Mr. Solomon Allotey, the Competition Secretary who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Tuesday, said about 100 a…
A former Black Stars and Asante Kotoko defender, Stephen Frimpong Manso, has bemoaned the deplorable nature of some Premier League playing fields which affected the quality of play during the just-ended season.
“When playing fields are …
The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Prof. Peter Twumasi, has described the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as a victory for the world and athletes to conquer the coronavirus.
Motivating Team Ghana ahead …
Amateur fighter, Samuel Takyi qualified for the quarter-finals of the ongoing Olympic Games after earning an impressive 5-0 unanimous decision win over Ecuador’s Caicedo Pachito in their featherweight contest.
Takyi, who was making his …
New Football Season on SuperSport kicks off in August; Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, UEFA Champion’s Leagues, EUROPA etal.
SuperSport is gearing up to deliver some of the most action-packed football from the best players in the …
Professional footballers in England are to be limited to 10 "higher force headers" a week in training under new guidelines for the upcoming season.
It comes after recent "multiple studies" were conducted into concerns about the long-ter…
Leicester City have announced plans to increase the capacity of their King Power Stadium by 8,000 seats to 40,000.
The Foxes will share plans, which include other "significant developments to the surrounding area", in August before a pu…
Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic has agreed to return as Uganda coach on a three-year deal from 1 August four years after leaving the post.
The Serbian coach left his post in charge of Zambia on 17 July by mutual consent.
He replaces North…
Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and "strategic partner".
“In Africa basketball has the power to promote opportunity, wellness, equality and empowerment across the continent,” he said.
NBA Af…
Ivory Coast qualified for the quarter-finals of the men's football tournament with a 1-1 draw with Germany on day five of the Tokyo Olympics.
Earlier on Wednesday there was disappointment for South Africa's Chad le Clos as he finished f…
The last time we saw Rangers in a competitive match - if you can call a 4-0 victory competitive - they were monstering Aberdeen on the final day of a league season that brought them the title they desperately wanted and needed.
In the m…
Chelsea goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger has signed a new contract with the Women's Super League champions.
The 30-year-old will now remain with the Blues until the summer of 2024, with the club having an option to extend the deal by a furt…
Cardiff City are facing several injury and Covid concerns before their opening game of the Championship season.
Striker Kieffer Moore, his Wales team-mate Rubin Colwill and Leandro Bacuna have yet to return to full training as they reco…
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