Danny Jacobs is one big step closer to a possible rematch with Gennady Golovkin.
Jacobs (34-2, 29 KOs) won a WBA world middleweight title eliminator on Saturday night, defeating Maciej Sulecki (26-1, 10 KOs) via unanimous decision at Ba…
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani was out of the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Angels' 11-1 loss against the New York Yankees on Saturday night. It's possible that he could return to the lineup on Sunday.
Ohtani, who said he was feeling…
Celtics second-year swingman Jaylen Brown suffered a Grade 1 right hamstring strain that forced him to miss the second half of Saturday night's Game 7 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Brown said he will undergo an MRI on Sunday but is …
On April 29 2017, Anthony Joshua made a huge statement to the boxing world as he knocked out Wladimir Klitschko at a packed Wembley Stadium to become a unified world champion, and exactly one year on, the pair came face-to-face once again …
A heavyweight bout that took more than a decade to come together played out in less than one minute Saturday, when Fedor Emelianenko knocked out Frank Mir in just 48 seconds.
Emelianenko (37-5) dropped Mir with a short left uppercut, th…
LeBron James made history Sunday when he recorded his 396th postseason steal, passing Scottie Pippen for the most steals in playoff history.
James swiped the ball from the Indiana Pacers' Darren Collison with 6:28 remaining in the secon…
WAFA returned to their ruthless best and thrashed Dreams FC 5:0 at their Sogakope fortress, while ten man Ashantigold battled defiantly but eventually succumbed to Medeama in week 10 of the Ghana Premier League on Saturday.
WAFA have …
23-year-old Isaac Dogboe become the youngest world champion in Ghana’s rich boxing history in Philadelphia, stopping Jessie Magdaleno in the 11th round to win the WBO super bantamweight championship.
Dogboe (19-0, 13 KO) started rough i…
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A feature of post-surgery Chris Lynn's batting is that he is a lot more measured in his approach at the start. To avoid excessive load on his shoulders, Lynn has put away his high-risk-high-reward slugs over the le…
Accra Hearts of Oak re-enacted their 'never say die' spirit to prove bookmakers wrong when they surprised Kumasi Asante Kotoko by a lone goal at the Baba Yara Stadium Sunday at a time their own fans had ruled them off.
The icebreaker wa…
This year’s edition of Ghana Meets Naija, one of the country’s biggest events on the entertainment calendar, will come off at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday, June 9.
The annual concert, which is the brainch…
Abdul Karim Zito, coach of premier league side Dreams FC, has described their 5-0 away loss to West Africa Football Academy (WAFA), as a fair results saying “the better side won”.
Zito, who spoke to the GNA Sports in an interview after …
Ghanaian midfielder Kingsley Sarfo has been charged with two counts of statutory rape of a minor.
Prosecutor Rikard Darell announced in the Swedish city of Malmo that there is enough reason to charge the player who has been in custody s…
Match day 10 of the Ghana Premier League comes off this weekend with Asante Kotoko hosting Hearts of Oak in the biggest match of the weekend.
Below are match officials for the weekend's games:
MATCH; MEDAMA VS ASHANTIGOLD (Saturday…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko are aiming to repeat the 3-1 thrashing of their arch-rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak, in the MTN FA Cup final last October when the two giants battle in a Week 10 Premier League super clash at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sund…
Young Ghanaian boxer, Isaac Dogboe, stands on the cusp of greatness as he challenges Mexican Jessie Magdaleno for his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) junior featherweight title at the at the Liacouras Centre in Philadelphia, USA, tomorrow …
Arsene Wenger says the 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid left "a bitter taste" but admitted the Gunners can only blame themselves for not coming away with more.
Arsenal dominated the first leg of their Europa League semifinal after Sime …
Officially, he wasn't pushed. He jumped. But it's the sort of leap you take into thin air when a group of board members with machetes have chased you to the top of the building and there's no way out. At some point the haze will clear, the…
Atletico Madrid withstood an Arsenal bombardment and a referee named Clement Turpin to put one foot in the Europa League final after they somehow smuggled a 1-1 draw at the Emirates on Thursday night.
It all started so badly, with Sime …
Atletico Madrid assistant coach Mono Burgos, whose menacing demeanour came to wider attention during his team's Europa League semifinal first leg at Arsenal on Thursday night, has long had a parallel career as a heavy metal band frontman.
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So close, and yet so far away. If any game could sum up the latter years of Arsene Wenger's reign as Arsenal's manager, the night they dominated Atletico Madrid but ended up with a draw is surely the perfect example of precisely what has b…
Eddie Hearn insists the $50 million which Deontay Wilder has offered Anthony Joshua is of interest but wants to see proof of funds and the prospective venue and date when he meets Shelly Finkel and Al Haymon on Friday.
Wilder e-mailed H…
Wales expect their end-of-season Test against South Africa in Washington D.C. to go ahead despite reports that it is under threat.
The two sides are due to meet at the RFK Stadium on June 2 ahead of Wales' tour of Argentina and the Spri…
Daniel Ricciardo has denied reports which circulated this week that he is in negotiations with Ferrari about a race seat in 2019.
Ricciardo is the key player in this year's driver market as he is out of contract at the end of 2018. Red …
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Barcelona Open quarterfinals by defeating fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday.
The top-ranked Nadal converted on his second match point to clinch his 16th straight victory on clay an…
LeBron James' big block of a shot by Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo at the end of Game 5 should have resulted in a goaltending call, the NBA acknowledged Thursday.
The NBA noted in its Last Two Minute Report that referees missed the…
Stephen Curry is almost back.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Curry is listed as questionable for Saturday against the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series.
Curry on Thursday participated in…
Canelo Alvarez submitted to hair follicle testing at the request of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and the test came back negative for the banned performance-enhancing drug clenbuterol, lending some credence to Alvarez's insistence t…
MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo asserted himself in the biggest game of his budding career with his team on the brink of playoff elimination.
Now it's on to Game 7 for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Antetokounmpo had 31 points and 14 reboun…
Giannis Antetokounmpo made Game 7 a reality for the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
After taking only 10 shots in a Game 5 loss on Tuesday night, Antetokounmpo knew he had to be more aggressive and assertive in finding ways to lift h…
The Cleveland Browns dutifully sat at the draft night podium and listed all the reasons why they liked Baker Mayfield, the quarterback they made the draft’s first overall pick Thursday.
“This is a guy who has earned everything he has,” …
Ryan Shazier was a show-stopper yet again.
The Pittsburgh linebacker produced the moment of the NFL draft Thursday night when he walked onto the AT&T Stadium stage in Dallas to announce the Pittsburgh Steelers' first-round pick, which t…
The Cleveland Browns surprised the NFL world by making quarterback Baker Mayfield the first overall pick in the draft Thursday.
The Browns had been expected to take a quarterback and had insisted Mayfield was under consideration through…
NFL Nation reporters assess every first-round pick:
1. Cleveland Browns
Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma
Why they did it: The Browns needed to use this pick on a quarterback, and the one they decided fits best is Mayfield. He’s sm…
Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has told ESPN Brazil he deserves credit for bringing Mohamed Salah to Stamford Bridge, not the blame for selling the Liverpool star to Roma in 2016.
Mourinho and Chelsea acquired a 21-year-old Salah …
Special Media Ticket for Ghana Premier League Week 10 match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak
The Premier League Board (PLB) will issue a special media ticket for the Ghana Premier League Week 10 match between Kumasi …
The Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association has ordered a temporary ban on Proud United FC’s from using the Swedru Stadium as its home venue with immediate effect.
This decision has become necessary due to the unfortunat…
The President of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), Mr Ahmad Ahmad, has stated his commitment to introduce reforms that will shape the game on the continent.
The 58-year-old Malagasy said he would not relent but continue to ens…
Red Bull Salzburg head coach Marco Rose believes his team will require "a special performance" in Thursday's Europa League semi-final, first leg clash against Marseille.
The runaway Austrian league leaders have enjoyed a tournament to sav…
Liverpool have one foot in the Champions League final after thrashing Roma 5-2 on Tuesday night. Roma managed to get a couple of goals back after being dominated for pretty much the entirety of the match, losing their heads and failing to …
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall is backing Owen Farrell to prove an outstanding captain if he is asked to lead England's summer tour to South Africa.
Eddie Jones indicated after the NatWest 6 Nations that he might rest some of th…
The International e-Sports Federation is in discussions with Paris 2024 for eSports to be included in the Olympic Games as a cultural or demonstration event.
IeSF acting secretary general Leopold Chung says discussions are at an early s…
On the eve of the draft, the NFL concluded there was no evidence that any team asked LSU running back Derrius Guice if he liked men or if his mother was a prostitute, as Guice asserted last month.
Speaking on Sirius XM Radio on March 7,…
Heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder on Wednesday gave unified titleholder Anthony Joshua 50 million reasons to fight him next.
Wilder emailed Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing an offer of a minimum of $50 million …
The Atlanta Hawks and coach Mike Budenholzer have mutually agreed to part ways.
Budenholzer, the 2014-15 NBA Coach of the Year, and the organization finalized terms of a split Wednesday night.
"I am grateful for the five years that I…
The T10 League, which made its debut late last year, is already set for an expansion, with two new teams to be added to the tournament's second season. Karachians, from Pakistan, and Northern Warriors, based out of India, will join the six…
The IAAF has confirmed new regulations over hyperandroginism, which will see females like South Africa's Caster Semenya, whose testosterone levels are above a certain level, take medication if they wish to continue participating in certain…
The semifinal first-legs had plenty of goals, and Liverpool and Real Madrid dominate Nick Ames' best XI. With no Roma players making the cut.
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Cristiano Ronaldo set a record with his 96th win in the Champions League on Wednesday, though he saw his goal streak come to an end.
Ronaldo has now appeared in more games in which his team won than any other player, moving past Iker Ca…
A crucial goal was scored almost unnoticed in the Swedish second-tier on Tuesday night when South African Kermit Erasmus netted for new club Eskilstuna.
It was a first goal for almost a year for the 27-year-old as he ended a horror spel…