The first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of 2019 and the first on DStv is UFC Fight Night 143, which will be staged at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday 20 January 2019. DStv Premium and Compact Plus customers…
Derby County have signed former England left-back Ashley Cole on a deal until the end of the season.
The 38-year-old, who has played 107 games for his country, is reunited with former Chelsea and international team-mate Frank Lampard, n…
Frenchman Nicolas Depuis will combine his job as coach of Madagascar with being part of the technical staff at French fourth-tier side Fleury 91.
His appointment came as the club moved coach Christophe Taine to a different role after a …
Kenya's Gor Mahia held on for a 0-0 draw at New Star in Cameroon on Sunday to reach the Confederation Cup group phase for the second successive season.
The Kenyan team won the play-off 2-1 on aggregate after their win in east Africa las…
All three Moroccan challengers for the Confederation Cup were drawn in the same group.
Holders Raja Casablanca, Renaissance Berkane and Hassania Agadir will compete for two quarter-finals places from Group A.
AS Otoho Oyo from Congo …
A sporting family siphoned off cash from their own charity set up to help African children, it can be reported.
Ex-footballers Efe Sodje, 46, and Stephen Sodje, 43, and ex-rugby player Bright Sodje, 52, were found guilty and jailed for …
Huddersfield have appointed Jan Siewert to succeed David Wagner as manager.
Siewert, 36, has left his position as coach of Borussia Dortmund's second team to join the Terriers on a deal until summer 2021.
Wagner, who held the same po…
Coach Charles Kwabena Akonnor of Kumasi Asante Kotoko has said, he and the entire team planned on qualifying for the group stages of the ongoing Confedration of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup, by securing a good result in first l…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko has been housed in Group C, alongside two Zambian sides, in the group stages of the Confederations Cup competition.
Kotoko, has been paired alongside Nkana FC and Zesco United, all from the Zambian league, with Al H…
Obuasi based Ashgold S.C, put up a splendid performance to beat Medeama S.C 4-0, to win the maiden edition of the Betway Cup held at the Len Clay Stadium, Obuasi on Sunday.
Liberty Professionals F.C clinched the third position after bea…
England internationals Jack Nowell, Henry Slade and Luke Cowan-Dickie have all signed new two-year contracts with Premiership leaders Exeter Chiefs.
The deals will keep the trio, all 25, at Sandy Park until the end of the 2020-21 season…
Racing 92 fly-half Pat Lambie has retired from rugby because of "persistent post-concussion symptoms".
The South Africa international, 28, said he had contemplated retiring even before arriving at the French side.
In May 2017, he spe…
Holders Leinster secured a home Champions Cup quarter-final against Ulster with a comfortable win at Wasps in their final pool game.
Garry Ringrose side-stepped over for the visitors' first try on 16 minutes.
Sean Cronin scored eithe…
England's preparations for their Test series in the West Indies are "not ideal" but they must "make do", says veteran seam bowler James Anderson.
The tourists played two two-day 12-a-side warm-up games before the first Test starts on We…
Scotland have called up four players to their Six Nations squad after injuries to several players including first-choice open-side flanker Hamish Watson.
Edinburgh's Watson has dropped out of the squad while he recovers from a suspected…
Britain's Jamie Murray and Brazilian partner Bruno Soares booked their place in the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
The third seeds beat German Kevin Krawietz and Croat Nikola Mektic 6-7 6-2 7-5 after saving three m…
US Open champion Naomi Osaka came from behind to beat Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova and reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
The Japanese fourth seed won 4-6 6-3 6-4 to set up a meeting with sixth seed Elina Svitolina.
Ukraine's…
World number four Alexander Zverev was comprehensively beaten by Canada's Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
The German, widely seen as a top contender for the title after his stunning ATP Finals win in November, l…
World number 417 Adam Long birdied the final hole to capture his maiden PGA Tour title with a one-shot win at the Desert Classic in California.
Three shots off the lead overnight, the 31-year-old American, in only his sixth tour event, …
Britain's Katy Marchant claimed a silver medal in the Women's keirin at the World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand.
The 25-year-old finished 0.004 seconds behind Hong Kong's Wai Sze Lee.
It was the fifth of six events in the calendar an…
Twenty-four hours after scoring a late winner in a five-goal thriller against Torino, Roma winger Stephan El Shaarawy chose to celebrate at the most unlikely of places - the Masters snooker final at Alexandra Palace.
The Italy internati…
Lazio defender Francesco Acerbi's hopes of breaking Javier Zanetti's record of 162 consecutive Serie A appearances were thwarted at Napoli when he was sent off in Sunday's 2-1 defeat.
The 30-year-old's moment of despair came in the 70th…
Egyptian giants Zamalek booked their place in the group phase of the African Confederation Cup after a 3-1 victory over Morocco's Ittihad Tanger in Alexandria in their play-off match.
Amongst the other teams to advance on Saturday were …
Reading's Natasha Harding says she was among a number of Wales' senior players who contemplated retiring from international football.
Wales missed out on qualifying for the Women's World Cup finals after losing to England in their final…
Lionel Messi came off the bench to inspire La Liga leaders Barcelona to victory over Leganes - their seventh successive win in all competitions.
Ousmane Dembele fired in to give the champions a first-half lead before Martin Braithwaite,…
South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Wydad Casablanca 2-1 in their African Champions League Group A fixture on Saturday, in a clash of recent winners.
Also on Saturday, AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo put on an emp…
Lionel Messi came off the bench to inspire La Liga leaders Barcelona to victory over Leganes - their seventh successive win in all competitions.
Ousmane Dembele fired in to give the champions a first-half lead before Martin Braithwaite,…
Nigeria defender Ngozi Ebere says she welcomes the challenge of playing in a highly competitive league after signing for Norwegian club Arna Bjomar on a year-long deal.
The 27-year-old, who joins from Cypriot team Barcelona FA, had a tw…
The Nsawam Police football team, "Marian Stars" beat Gamgaba Stars of Adoagyiri Zongo 1-0 at the finals of a friendly football gala competition, at the Adoagyiri C.Y.O. Park, to lift the cup.
The competition saw participants like, Icili…
Solomon Baba Akumba, a level 300 student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has emerged the winner of the 2018/19 Malta Guinness Maltavator Challenge, Season 2 held on Saturday at the Lizzy Sports Complex in …
Maverick boxer Braimah Kamoko alias Bukom Banku has confirmed the birth of his 14th child, a son who he says will be christened later this month.
According to the controversial sportsman turned entertainer, he has now fulfilled his dr…
A candidate vying for the position of president in the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) yet to be held elections says he means well for the association and bears no malice towards any contestant or member of the association.
George H…
The seventh edition of the Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League, was held last Friday, at the Lord's Wembley Plus, Sukura, Accra.
The seventh edition, which was in honour in honour of Lord Commey, (Director of Operations at the Flagstaff Ho…
Bastie Samir, a Ghanaian boxing sensation, has set sights on becoming the first Ghanaian, to win a world Light Heavyweight title.
The World Map Promotions signee, believes he's got what it takes to rise up in the ranking of the Light He…
Asante Kotoko S/C coasted home to a 2-1 victory over visiting Coton Sport F/C of Garoua in their second leg CAF Confederations Cup clash at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday, to sail through to the Group Stage of the competition.
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A member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Normalisation Committee, Naa Odofoley Nortey, says the committee has accepted in good faith the rejection of roles by some appointees who were named last Tuesday to work on the ad-hoc commit…
The GFA Normalization Committee is fully behind Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah as he prepares to lead the nation to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Contrary to media reports, Coach Kwesi Appiah enjoys the total support of the …
Ghana’s sole representative in continental competition, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will seek double victory over Coton Sport of Cameroun tomorrow at the Baba Yara Stadium in the second leg of their CAF Confederation Cup playoff tie.
A confid…
Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani scored hat-tricks as Ligue 1 leaders Paris St-Germain put nine goals past Guingamp to earn a record-breaking victory.
It surpassed PSG's previous heaviest victory at the Parc des Princes - 8-0 against Di…
Mohamed Salah scored twice - including his 50th Premier League goal - as Liverpool survived a scare by coming from behind to defeat a resolute Crystal Palace in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.
The Reds led 3-2 as the final whistle of …
Real Madrid moved up to third in La Liga after late goals from Casemiro and Luka Modric defeated Sevilla.
The two sides had not played out a draw since 1993 but the game looked to be heading for that outcome as Real spurned several chan…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became the first Manchester United manager to win his first six league games in charge as his side held on to beat Brighton.
It was United's seventh straight win since the Norwegian took over at Old Trafford on an i…
Arsenal earned an important win in a pulsating London derby against Chelsea to keep themselves in the race for the Premier League top four.
The victory moves the Gunners to within three points of fourth-placed Chelsea and back above Man…
Coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor could be an instant hero for Kumasi Asante Kotoko if he successfully leads his charges to record a double victory against Coton Sport at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday and qualify for the group phase of the C…
British brothers Neal and Ken Skupski lost 6-3 6-4 to Finland's Henri Kontinen and Australia's John Peers in the second round of the men's doubles at the Australian Open.
The pair have never gone beyond round two in Melbourne.
In the…
Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson carded the lowest round of his career with a 12-under-par 60 at the Desert Classic in California.
In his first round of the year, the American, 48, shot 10 birdies and an eagle at La Quinta to lea…
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas are among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards.
The Britons have been nominated for Sportsman of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year respecti…
American 17-year-old Amanda Anisimova stunned 11th seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to reach the last 16 at the Australian Open.
The youngest competitor left in the draw won 6-3 6-2 to become the first player born in the 2000s to r…
Roger Federer delivered a serving masterclass to sweep aside American Taylor Fritz and reach the Australian Open fourth round.
The defending champion won 6-2 7-5 6-2 under the roof on Rod Laver Arena at a rainy Melbourne Park.
The Sw…
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki was knocked out of the Australian Open as five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova provided a reminder of her ability with a three-set win.
Russia's Sharapova, seeded 30th, hit 37 winners in a 6-…