The triple jump was always going to suit Naomi Ogbeta.
After all, why do only one thing when you can do three?
As a pre-schooler, she signed up to a ballet class.
"But then they made it compulsory that you also had to do tap danci…
Reading's Nelson Oliveira feels Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings could have avoided contact that broke his nose and says he is "lucky he is not blind".
Mings will face no retrospective action despite landing on Oliveira's face during Saturday…
Diego Simeone is obsessed with winning at all costs.
But Atletico Madrid's 48-year-old manager is also driven by something more profound than results at the highest level.
"En la vida, hay que creer" is his motto. In life, you have t…
Hibernian will choose between Paul Heckingbottom and Michael Appleton to replace Neil Lennon as head coach. (Daily Record)
Former Dundee forward Albert Kidd, whose goals famously denied Hearts the Scottish Premier Division title in 1986…
Chris Ashton will make his first Six Nations start since 2013 when England play France at Twickenham on Sunday.
The Sale wing, 31, replaces Exeter's Jack Nowell, who drops to the bench.
Lock Courtney Lawes is promoted from the bench …
Steve Clarke has questioned why Rangers boss Steven Gerrard was "more personal" over the Kilmarnock manager's recent comments about referee decisions.
Gerrard said Clarke was "trying to get one of my players banned" after Jermain Defoe …
Vivianne Miedema scored twice as holders Arsenal reached the Women's League Cup final with victory over Championship side Manchester United.
United started well but Miedema poked in the opener from Dominique Bloodworth's precise through…
Sheffield United Women forward Sophie Jones has been charged by the Football Association with racially abusing Tottenham's Renee Hector.
Hector claimed that she "received some monkey noises from an opposition player" in an FA Women's Ch…
Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik's proposed move to an unnamed Chinese club has been "suspended".
Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti had said the 31-year-old was "in talks" over a move but the club's Twitter account now says previously agreed fi…
Some 60 local football clubs have received a four-year kit sponsorship offer from Europe-based kit manufacturer, Fitcom.
The deal is expected to provide each club with a set of home kit, a set of away kit, two sets of training kit, a se…
Seven months into the Tiger Eye PI expose on football corruption that led to Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi tumbling as a football administrator of international repute, the former Ghana Football Association (GFA) chairman still believes that he did n…
Some of the biggest stars in football, including Alex Scott, Marcel Desailly, Nadine Kessler, Michael Essien, Laura Georges and Gilberto Silva, have assembled as part of a 23-strong Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) L…
West Ham say they have handed over all of their evidence to the police after completing a "thorough and immediate" investigation into abuse shouted at Liverpool's Mohamed Salah.
The incident happened during Monday's 1-1 draw at London S…
Ghana's senior national team slipped down one spot on the latest Coca Cola FIFA World Ranking to 52nd place after a month of inactivity in January.
The Black Stars over the period of evaluation (January) were not involved in any interna…
Nii Adote Dzata I, President of the Ghana Kick Boxing Association (GKA), has hailed Richard Commey for winning the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Lightweight title, over the weekend.
Nii Dzata I, urged him to remain focused, trai…
African Women's Player of the Year Thembi Kgatlana and her South African compatriot Linda Motlhalo have both been released by US club Houston Dash.
The Duo joined United States' National Women's Soccer League side in February 2018, but …
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has been given an additional one-match ban and a fine of £10,000 following his dismissal against Southampton.
The 26-year-old was shown a red card for sarcastically clapping referee Andre Marriner, mo…
England have recalled Bath wing Joe Cokanasiga to a 25-man squad for Sunday's Six Nations match with France at Twickenham.
The 21-year-old has recovered from a knee injury and replaces Mike Brown.
Experienced prop Dan Cole comes in f…
Johanna Konta held her nerve to secure victory for Great Britain over Slovenia in their first home Fed Cup tie for 26 years.
Britain's world number 39 saved three set points in a tense first-set tie-break, before eventually beating Dali…
Laura Muir broke her own Scottish indoor record over 800m as she finished second by the narrowest of margins at the Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland.
Ethiopia's Habitam Alemu finished just 100th of a second ahead of the Scot.
Muir's m…
Racing Point will continue as the successors to the now defunct Force India for the 2019 F1 Championship, which starts in Australia on 17 March.
Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll acquired Force India when it fell into administration …
Geraint Thomas will miss May's Giro d'Italia to be "in the best shape possible" for July's Tour de France.
Last year Thomas became the third Briton to win the Tour, following four victories by Team Sky team-mate Chris Froome and Bradley…
A medical tribunal for the former chief doctor at British Cycling and Team Sky has been adjourned until Friday.
Dr Richard Freeman's hearing was due to begin in Manchester on Wednesday but he did not attend and a delay until Friday at 0…
Holders Paris St-Germain needed extra time to beat minnows Villefranche in the Coupe de France last 16.
PSG dominated in normal time but were unable to find a way through Villefranche's stubborn defence.
But the French third-tier sid…
Motherwell won their fifth successive league game to leave bottom side St Mirren three points adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premiership.
Jake Hastie rocketed home the opening goal - his third in two matches - with a stunning 20-yar…
Kingsley Coman scored an extra-time winner as Bayern Munich progressed to the German Cup quarter-finals with victory over Hertha Berlin.
Maximilian Mittelstaedt fired in for Hertha after three minutes before former Arsenal winger Serge …
Alfredo Morelos must "channel his aggression" if he is to "go to the next level", says Rangers manager Steven Gerrard, after the striker picked up a fourth red card this season.
Morelos scored twice in Rangers' 4-2 Scottish Premiership …
Kenny Miller had a stoppage-time penalty saved as Dundee drew with Kilmarnock to fall three points behind 10th-placed Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premiership.
Miller was brought down by goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann in the 95th-min…
George Oakley's first goals for the club gave Brian Rice a first win as Hamilton Academical head coach and moved his side three points clear of the Scottish Premiership's bottom two.
Oakley twice converted at the near post from Mickel M…
Livingston ended a run of four straight Scottish Premiership defeats by holding Hearts to a goalless draw.
The hosts' Steven Naismith had a header disallowed for offside during the opening period and Olly Lee's shot was dealt with by Li…
Malcom's spectacular equaliser earned Barcelona a draw against rivals Real Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at the Nou Camp.
Real went ahead through Lucas Vazquez in the sixth minute following a brilliant assist …
Celtic have still not conceded a goal in 2019 after easing aside Hibernian to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
Ryan Christie's composed first-half touch-and-finish gave them the lead.
Christie the…
West Brom's players will pay for coaches for fans to attend their game at Championship promotion rivals Leeds.
The fourth-placed Baggies visit Elland Road on Friday, 1 March (19:45 GMT).
Tickets for the match, which will also be show…
Alfredo Morelos was sent off for the third time against Aberdeen this season as Rangers emerged victorious in a tempestuous contest to edge ahead of their Scottish Premiership rivals.
Steven Gerrard's side stay six points behind leaders…
England striker Nikita Parris scored both goals as Manchester City beat Chelsea at Kingsmeadow to reach their fourth Women's League Cup final in five years.
After dominating the first half, Chelsea paid the price for not taking their ch…
England's success in recent senior and age-group tournaments has given all clubs in the English Football League a boost, according to Coventry City's academy manager Richard Stevens.
Twenty of the 23 players in England's 2018 World Cup …
West Ham are investigating after a video emerged of a fan racially abusing Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah during Monday's 1-1 draw at London Stadium.
Egypt striker Salah, 26, was filmed on a mobile phone from a section of home supporte…
There seem to be injury concerns for Richard Commey, the newly crowned International Boxing Federation (IBF), champion, as he gears up for a unification bout against Vasyl Lomachenko.
Commey, who defeated Isa Chaniev to win the IBF Ligh…
Two goals from the Young Teranga Lions of Senegal, forward Youssouph Badji, gave them a resounding victory over the Black Satellites of Ghana in the second Group B match in the ongoing Confederation of African Football (CAF) Youth Champion…
Jimmy Cobblah, head coach of the national U-20 male football team coach, has expressed worry over their Group B second fixture against Senegal on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in the ongoing Confederation of African Football Youth Championsh…
Jimmy Cobblah, head coach of the national under-21 team, the Black Satellites, has said, though they won their last game against Burkina Faso, few errors were detected and will be corrected in their game against Senegal on Wednesday.
“T…
Ambassador George Haldne-Lutherodt, has donated 10 bags of rice to the National Sports Authority (NSA), towards the National Cross-Country at Mpohor, in the Western Region, fixed from February 7-9, 2019.
The donation was in support of t…
The ten-team Club Championship is annually played in two Pools in Accra and Cape Coast
The annual Ghana Rugby Club Championship (GRCC) completed its third week over the weekend with news that popular restaurant ‘Smoke ‘n’ Barrel’ will s…
A medical tribunal for the former chief doctor at British Cycling and Team Sky will begin in Manchester on Wednesday.
Dr Richard Freeman has been charged with ordering testosterone in May 2011 to give to an unnamed rider to boost perfor…
Former world indoor champion Dwain Chambers is to make his latest return to athletics at the age of 40 when he lines up in the 60m at the British Indoor Championships on Saturday.
He was banned for doping in 2004 but returned to the spo…
At Paris Fashion Week in September, one womenswear brand hit on a gimmick.
Its usual models were unemployed for the evening. Instead famous names from the world of athletics were primped and prepped.
Dina Asher-Smith and Katarina Joh…
Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron has hit out at the "crippling decision" to ban captain Jason Holder from the third Test against England.
Holder has been given a one-match suspension for his side's slow over-rate during their …
What do you buy the man who has everything? In Neymar's case, the present he wants, he can't have. The Paris St-Germain star gave a tearful speech at his 27th birthday party where he wished for a "new metatarsal".
The Brazilian celebrat…
Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes is pleased his team are "in and around" Rangers in the Scottish Premiership, despite the Ibrox side's financial "advantages".
Aberdeen have beaten Steven Gerrard's men twice and drawn once in their three meet…
Former QPR, Fulham, Cardiff and Leyton Orient midfielder Matthew Brazier has died at the age of 42.
Brazier, who retired in 2004 after two years at Orient, had suffered from non-Hodgkin's follicular Lymphoma.
Brazier came through QPR…