Croatia's first match since their World Cup final defeat by France ended in a draw as Pepe headed an equaliser for Portugal in a friendly in Lisbon.
The visitors took the lead, with Ivan Perisic volleying in from close range in the 18th…
From the outside, England's international future appears bright.
In the past 15 months, the country's youth teams - ranging from under-17 to under-21 - have claimed two World Cups, a European Championship and a third successive Toulon T…
Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final after beating American Madison Keys to set up a meeting with Serena Williams at the US Open.
Osaka, 20, had never beaten Keys in their previous three meetings, …
Alastair Cook will retire from international cricket following England's fifth and final Test against India at The Oval.
The 33-year-old will end his career as England's most capped player, their leading runscorer, and with his nation's…
Super Bowl-winning linebacker Mychal Kendricks is facing up to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of insider trading.
Prosecutors said Kendricks made around $1.2m (£0.92m) over two years working with a former Goldman Sa…
World champions France were held to a goalless draw by Germany in League A of Uefa's Nations League.
Playing their first game since beating Croatia to win the World Cup, France forward Antoine Griezmann forced Manuel Neuer into a smart …
Spain play their first match since the World Cup when they meet England at Wembley in the Nations League on Saturday.
It will be the first game in charge for former Barcelona boss Luis Enrique, who took over as coach of the national tea…
Argentine legend Diego Maradona has been appointed manager of Mexican second-tier club Dorados de Sinaloa.
The 57-year-old World Cup winner played 91 times for his country between 1977 and 1994 and also managed them from 2008 to 2010.
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Tiger Woods shot his lowest opening round in two decades - but still had to share the lead with Rory McIlroy at the BMW Championship in Philadelphia.
The 14-time major winner's eight-under-par 62 was his best opening round score since h…
Serena Williams has another shot at winning her first Grand Slam title since giving birth after defeating Anastasija Sevastova in 66 minutes in their US Open semi-final.
Williams, beaten by Angelique Kerber in the Wimbledon final in Jul…
Briton Simon Yates lost the Vuelta a Espana leader's jersey to Jesus Herrada as Alexandre Geniez emerged from a breakaway group to win stage 12.
Yates and his Mitchelton-Scott team did not react as Spanish Cofidis rider Herrada opened u…
Paul Pogba says he "still has a contract" at Manchester United but did not commit his long-term future to the Premier League club.
The 25-year-old midfielder fell out of favour last season and was linked with a move to La Liga champions…
The Lady Captain of the Celebrity Golf Club, Helen Appah will represent Ghana at the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup (TAWGC) grand finale to be held in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, Turkey later in October this year after winning the …
Did they really think no one would notice?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has released a series of pictures imagining what the upcoming Shirley Chisholm State Park will look like.
The images have been mocked online for their jarring …
Serena Williams says she still has a "really long way to go" to win a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title at the US Open.
Williams plays Anastasija Sevastova in the semi-finals on Thursday and is the only major winner left in…
Mr. Dan Kweku Yeboah, spokesperson for Ghana Liaison team, has dispelled rumours that Ghana and Inter Milan midfielder, Kwadwo Asamoah, is injured, ahead of Ghana clash with Kenya, in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, in Nairobi,…
The Black Stars of Ghana, have intensified their preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Kenya, on Saturday, with 19 players in their camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In all, 16 players started camping on Tues…
Kwesi Appiah, head coach of the senior national team, the Black Stars, is confident of securing second victory over the Harambee Stars of Kenya in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group F, qualifier at the Moi International Sports S…
Victor Wanyama, captain of the national football team of Kenya, the Harambee Stars, would not be available for the crucial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), qualifier against the Black Stars of Ghana, due to injury.
The Tottenham Hotspur m…
As first days of term after the summer holidays go, this one takes some beating.
Whereas some 15-year-olds spent their first day back at school catching up with friends, sharing tales from their holidays or checking out their new timeta…
Thomas Gronnemark was perhaps the most surprising arrival at Liverpool this season after a summer of big spending on the likes of Alisson, Fabinho and Naby Keita.
Even manager Jurgen Klopp admitted he had never heard of a throw-in coach…
Lancashire bowled out Somerset for just 77 to tie a remarkable County Championship contest at Taunton.
The hosts were 37-6 chasing 78 to win, and were eight wickets down with the scores level before Dom Bess was stumped off Keshav Mahar…
David Beckham's Major League Soccer team will be called Club Internacional de Futbol Miami - or Inter Miami CF - and the club's crest has been unveiled.
Inter Miami will make their MLS debut in 2020, after being awarded an expansion con…
Thomas Bjorn's selection of Sergio Garcia is a calculated gamble, with the skipper banking on the Spaniard's experience and fight to conquer his current indifferent form to inspire Europe's challenge to regain the Ryder Cup.
The notion …
Italian Alessandro de Marchi rode to a solo win on stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana as Britain's Simon Yates retained his overall lead.
BMC rider De Marchi, 32, pushed clear of Jhonatan Restrepo as heavy rain fell in the final stretches …
Rachel Atherton keeps her four world champion rainbow jerseys in a birdcage.
No bird has ever lived in the cage; Atherton says she "just really likes birdcages".
"I didn't want to frame my jerseys or hang them on the wall," she says.…
Kei Nishikori overcame seventh seed Marin Cilic in a gruelling five-set match to reach the US Open semi-finals.
Both players struggled in an error-strewn encounter with high temperatures in New York again a factor.
Cilic made a domin…
Six-time world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore hopes the World Surf League's decision to give equal prize money to male and female athletes will lead to other sports following suit.
The changes will start from next year onwards.
T…
La Liga is planning to subsidise travel and accommodation for fans affected by its plans to stage an annual fixture in the United States.
According to Spanish media, Girona's home game with Barcelona on 27 January will be played in Miam…
Japan's Naomi Osaka reached her first Grand Slam semi-final with a dominant victory over Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko at the US Open in New York.
The 20-year-old will play American 14th seed Madison Keys, last year's beaten finalist, after …
Denmark were forced to field a starting 11 which included a salesman, a student and an internet star for Wednesday's 3-0 friendly defeat in Slovakia.
The national team is involved in a commercial rights dispute with the Danish Football …
Europe captain Thomas Bjorn says he "felt sick" when telling Rafa Cabrera-Bello he would be left out of the Ryder Cup squad.
Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson were the four players given Ryder Cup wildcards by Bj…
Leroy Sane is not fulfilling his potential and must improve his attitude to do so, says the Manchester City winger's Germany team-mate Toni Kroos.
Sane, 22, was left out of Germany's World Cup squad, but has returned for Thursday's Uefa…
US President Donald Trump has criticised sportswear company Nike following its decision to use Colin Kaepernick as the face of a new campaign.
Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to highlight racial i…
Novak Djokovic reached the US Open semi-finals after continuing his flawless record in the last eight with victory over Roger Federer's conqueror John Millman.
The 31-year-old earned a 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory over the Australian world numbe…
The provisional suspension of Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi by FIFA has been extended for 45 more days by the independent Ethics Committee.
On 8 June 2018, the chairperson of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee provisionally banned Mr…
Black Starlets skipper, Alhassan Uzair, will carry the nation on his tiny shoulders as he leads his teammates to begin their West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B qualifying campaign against Niger this afternoon.
The odds will be aga…
The African Physical Activity Network (AFPAN), in collaboration with the Department of Physical Education and Sports Studies (PESS) of the University of Ghana, last Monday launched the third edition of the International Conference on Physi…
Premiership Rugby owners will hold a board meeting next week to discuss a potential £275m takeover of the league.
The deal, first revealed by The Times, would be the biggest of its kind in club rugby history.
Former F1 owners CVC Cap…
Inter Milan will face no action over Real Madrid's allegation they made an illegal approach for midfielder Luka Modric this summer, Fifa has decided.
Modric, who joined Real from Tottenham in 2012, was linked with a move to Italy after …
Blessing Abdul of Nigeria, returned a gross score of 147, to win the Eighth Ghana Ladies Open Golf Championship, which ended at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra, on Monday.
She was followed by Ndei Wacukab also of Nigeria with 152 gros…
The Hope Performance Tennis Foundation, would be host young and talented tennis players between the ages of 8-16 years, in special tennis cling and tournament at the tennis court of the Accra Sports Stadium.
The four-day event, would st…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko has formed a 12-member team communications team, to enhance effective communications nationwide.
A statement signed by Mr. Samuel Sarfo Duku, Director of communications for Kotoko and copied to GNA Sports, said, Nan…
The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), in collaboration with the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF), has released the road map for the upcoming Bukom Fist of Fury Fight Nights League and Championships, at the Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra.
According …
Fankobaa United Football Club, has reached an agreement with Spanish youth giants, Atletico Zabal FC, for the transfer of Moses Asaga Jnr and Malakai Agyeman.
Asaga, 17, a right footed striker, from the Upper East region of Ghana, has d…
This year's Babolat Tema Doubles Open Tennis Championship, would begin at the GHACEM Club House and the Tema Oil Refinery Club House on Friday, September 21 and ends on Sunday, September 23.
About eight tennis clubs, are expected to pa…
The senior national team, the Black Stars commenced preparations for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), qualifier against Kenya, with 16 out of 20 players in camp, at Addis Ababa, Kenya.
Mr. Dan Kwaku Yeboah, spokesperson for the Ghana …
Critics have burned Nike trainers and clothing in protest at Colin Kaepernick's appointment as the face of the brand's new advertising campaign.
The American football quarterback, 30, protested against racial injustice and police brutal…
Italy's Elia Viviani edged out fellow sprinter Peter Sagan in a close finish to win stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana.
The pair battled it out over the final 500m of Tuesday's 177km flat stage from Salamanca to Fermoselle.
But it was t…
Isaac 'Royal Storm' Dogboe, has within a short time written his name in letters of gold, so far as the history of Ghana boxing and sports is concerned.
Dogboe, who won the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Super Bantamweight title, after …