Bashir Hayford, head coach for the national female football team, the Black Queens, has said, his team was frustrated by referee Leticia Antonella Viana from Swaziland, who handled the second Group A game between Ghana and Mali at the ongo…
A brace from the Black Maidens captain Mukarama Abdulai was all Ghana needed to top Group A with nine points to set up a meeting with Mexico in the quarterfinal stage of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup ongoing in Uruguay.
The Black Maide…
Houssein Saloum, head coach of the Malian national female football team, has said, his team played above themselves to beat Ghana by 2-1 in second Group A game in the ongoing African Women Cup (AWCON) 2018 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
A…
England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow says he has not accepted that his only way back into the Test team is as a specialist batsman.
He missed the first Test in Sri Lanka with an ankle injury, and replacement Ben Foakes kept his place for…
Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny has been ruled out of Saturday's autumn Test against South Africa after failing to recover from concussion.
The 29-year-old was injured in a challenge by Australia's Samu Kerevi on 10 November, an inciden…
Wales manager Ryan Giggs was scathing in his criticism of his "complacent" players after their humiliating 1-0 friendly defeat in Albania.
Tuesday's loss in Elbasan was Giggs' fifth in nine matches in charge.
Wales wasted several cha…
LeBron James returns to Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday - and how they must wish he was lining up in their jersey.
Sadly for them, the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player award winner will be facing them instead with his new club - the …
At the end of a grueling competition, ten top performers have been selected from Kumasi, to join 20 others, from Accra and Takoradi for the Maltavator Challenge Season 2.
Residents of Kumasi poured out onto the Opoku Ware Senior High Sc…
Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister for Youth and Sports, has said, the Government is committed to eradicating cheating in sports, by setting up the National Anti-Doping Committee (NADC), aimed at promoting drug free sports in Africa and bey…
Scotland clinched a Euro 2020 play-off place and Nations League promotion after a dramatic and angst-ridden night against Israel at Hampden.
Celtic winger James Forrest scored a hat trick - taking his tally to five in two games - to put…
Poland came from behind to draw against Portugal and ensure they will be in pot one for the Euro 2020 qualifying draw.
The Poles went into the tie knowing a point would secure their status as a top-10 European side, despite having been …
An 18-man squad of Ghana's home based national team, Black Stars B, on Wednesday evening, departed to Namibia, to engage in an international friendly with Namibia, on November 24, 2018.
Maxwell Konadu, head coach of the side, had to re…
The Professional Golfers Association (PGA), has paid a courtesy call on Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, Minister for Youth and Sports.
The visit was to officially invite him for the Fifth Goldfields championship, to Tee off from 28th November t…
Kylian Mbappe injured a shoulder as world champions France beat Uruguay in a friendly in Paris.
Paris St-Germain forward Mbappe was unable to continue after landing awkwardly after a challenge from Uruguay goalkeeper Martin Campana.
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Formula 3 driver Sophia Florsch says she is "going to come back" after having an 11-hour operation on the fractured spine she sustained in a high-speed crash in Macau on Sunday.
Doctors used bone from the 17-year-old German driver's hip…
The bans on Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft will not be reduced, says Cricket Australia (CA).
Smith and Warner were suspended for 12 months and Bancroft for nine for ball-tampering in South Africa in March.
The Austral…
Venus Williams has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a man who died as a result of a car crash in Florida involving the US tennis star.
Ms Williams and the family of Jerome Barson reached a settlement last week, court …
Luca Di Montezemolo was Ferrari president throughout Fernando Alonso's time with the team, and he remembers him, Michael Schumacher and Niki Lauda as "the three best drivers I have seen in the Ferrari team".
"What I appreciated about Fe…
Paris St-Germain forward Neymar played for only six minutes as Brazil edged out Cameroon in Milton Keynes.
Neymar suffered an adductor muscle injury while taking a shot and was replaced by Everton's Richarlison.
And the Toffees forwa…
Captain Mukarama Abdulai scored a brace to send the Black Maidens into the quarterfinals of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup with a 100 percent record.
The national U17 female side beat New Zealand 2-0 in their last to earn the 9 maximu…
Black Queens coach Bashir Hayford has made two changes to his team for their second Group A clash against Mali in the ongoing African Women Cup of Nations.
Hayford has replaced both strikers, Samira 'King Mira' Suleman and skipper Eli…
The Black Queens of Ghana will now have to win their final group match of the ongoing Women African Cup of Nations against Cameroon after losing 1-2 to their Malian counterparts yesterday at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Queens we…
Five of the countries who have already booked their places at the Africa Cup of Nations finals will continue preparations for next year's tournament with friendly internationals on Tuesday.
The weekend's penultimate round of qualifiers …
From "glorified friendlies" to "it's coming home!" in the space of 12 minutes.
Derided initially by some as confusing and complex, the Uefa Nations League proved a massive hit at Wembley on Sunday.
Despite the competition's complexit…
Recent success has got England fans excited - so are Gareth Southgate's side realistically capable of winning a major tournament?
Southgate says England are "breaking new barriers" as they near the end of a year that brought a first Wor…
Like most football-obsessed kids, those playing on the streets of Hargeisa dream of one day representing their country. The problem is their country, officially at least, doesn't exist.
Somaliland has everything you expect from a countr…
Coach Maxwell Konadu has been compelled to revise his Black Stars B squad for Saturday’s international friendly against Namibia following Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s decision to withdraw their players for their upcoming CAF Confederation Cup as…
Fifteen years after making his Barcelona debut in a friendly, Lionel Messi is still going strong. So strong there is a theory he is an alien.
Almost half a lifetime ago, Messi played against Porto at the Nou Camp - and has gone on to br…
Boxer Samuel Turkson has thrown a challenge to former world champion Emmanuel 'Gameboy' Tagoe to face him in the ring to decide the true lightweight champion in the country.
The fighter known as 'Python' is also challenging fellow elit…
Remember the moans, groans and general ambivalence when watching England was not so much a labour of love, but more a thankless task?
Not any more. This year has been a little different.
With the World Cup evoking memories of Italia …
Mali’s coach, Saloum Mohamed Houssein, has warned Ghana to brace themselves up for a tough fight when the two sides clash this afternoon at the Accra Stadium in the second Group A game of the ongoing Total Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AF…
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill is positive about his side's chances in the Euro 2020 qualifiers despite a disappointing 2018.
O'Neill's side drew 0-0 with Denmark in their final Nations League Group B4 game in Aarhus to fini…
Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG), an umbrella institute for the insurance industry, has organised a health walk through some principal streets of Accra on Saturday, for the staff of its member companies.
The walk, which dre…
England clinched their place at next year's finals in dramatic style, while Germany have been relegated to the second tier. Northern Ireland are also down, but Scotland could be promoted.
The Nations League group stage comes to an end i…
Football legend Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a train from York to Durham.
The former England midfielder was arrested at Durham station on 20 August.
British Transport Police said the 51-year-old…
The English Football League has agreed a controversial new television rights deal with Sky Sports, worth £595m.
The deal, which runs from the start of next season until May 2024, is a 35% increase on the previous contract.
But a numb…
Controversy has broken out at the Golden Horse awards amid a row over the status of Taiwan.
The 55th annual awards - dubbed the "Chinese Oscars" - were held in the Taiwanese capital Taipei on Saturday.
Fu Yue, who won the best docume…
Nana Adu Ameyaw II, chief of Effiduase in the Sekyere East District, has called on the government to prioritize the socio-economic and infrastructure development of rural communities, to help improve the living conditions of the people.
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Gareth Southgate says his young England side are benefiting from their "youth club" environment after qualifying for the Nations League finals.
Victory over Croatia on Sunday capped a year that saw England produce their best finish to a…
The Republic of Ireland escaped with a 0-0 draw against Group B4 winners Denmark in their final Nations League match in Aarhus.
Martin O'Neill's side are now four games without a goal and this latest display will have done little to ave…
England capped a stellar 2018 by qualifying for the finals of the Nations League courtesy of their comeback win over Croatia on Sunday.
It is further proof of the strides they have made during Gareth Southgate's relatively brief tenure,…
Clarence Seedorf's illustrious career has taken him all over the world but, perhaps unsurprisingly, a visit to Milton Keynes is a new experience for him. It could be a memorable one too.
That does not rely on him seeing the town's famou…
Ashley Williams has apologised after a video showed the Wales captain mocking Cardiff City fans.
An online video appeared to show the former Swansea skipper calling Cardiff fans "mugs" for doing the 'Ayatollah' gesture popular among Blu…
Proposed plans for a breakaway European Super League are "fiction" - according to the two most powerful officials in European football.
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin and Andrea Agnelli, the chairman of the influential European Club …
Virgil van Dijk's 90th-minute equaliser against Germany sent the Netherlands through to the semi-finals of the Nations League following a dramatic late fightback at the Veltins-Arena.
The Liverpool centre-back volleyed in from close ran…
Alexander Zverev stunned world number one Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the season-ending ATP Finals and earn the biggest victory of his career.
Djokovic, 31, was the heavy favourite to win a sixth finals title but was outclass…
Sprinting great Michael Johnson said he had to apply an "Olympic mindset" during his recovery from a stroke.
The American, 50, says he is "pretty much back to normal" after suffering a transient ischemic attack in September.
Johnson,…
Celta Vigo's Brais Mendez scored on his debut as Spain ended their run of two defeats with victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina at a wet Las Palmas.
It seemed as if Spain were heading for another poor result until Mendez fired in after k…
Danny Willett has won the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai - his first title since the 2016 Masters.
He carded a four-under final round of 68 to finish on 18 under par, two shots ahead of fellow Englishman Matt Wallace …
England have waited more than a decade to provide the "new" Wembley with a game, a victory and an occasion that would live indelibly in the memory bank - but Gareth Southgate's side delivered it against Croatia.
This may have been the U…