Liverpool set up a mouth-watering Champions League semi-final against English Premiership rivals Chelsea after grinding out a 0-0 draw in the second leg of their quarter-final against Juventus here Wednesday.
A stalemate at the Delle …
Newly promoted Ebusua Dwarfs beat Atlantic Hall of University of Cape Coast (UCC) 2-1 in a friendly soccer match played at the Robert Mensah Sports stadium at Cape Coast, on Wednesday.
The match formed part of the activities to comm…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has thrown an open invitation to individuals and groups to submit memoranda to the Committee appointed by the Congress to embark on constitutional reforms for the FA.
The move is to afford all Ghan…
Scott Harrison, the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) featherweight champion, has said he will revert to his usual spartan training regime ahead of the next defence of his title against Michael Brodie on June 3.
For his last fight in hi…
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has launched the Queens Baton Relay, to herald the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
The Queens Baton Relay is a traditional event that symbolises the traditional curtain raiser to the C…
The Status Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has invited 30 players to appear before it on Thursday, April 14, for hearing.
The players are praying the Committee to grant them floating status to enable them continue wi…
Officer Cadet Mahamady Belem of Abyssinia Platoon of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) emerged winner of this year's annual Inter Platoon Junior Cadet Steeplechase competition held at the Ghana Military Academy, Teshie, Accra.
Cadet Officer…
The national handball competition enters its second week at all the centres this week after a thrilling first round last weekend.
The week would provide the Prisons Service with an opportunity to consolidate their position in the l…
Bayern Munich captain Oliver Kahn claims English opposition always struggle against the 18-time German champions and is confident the club can overturn a 4-2 first leg deficit when they face Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final at…
Below is a GNA Sports compilation of the winners of the gala competition since it's inception in 1974.
1974 - Hearts beat Fankobaa 5-4 (pen)
1975 - No competition
1976 - Hearts beat Kotoko 1-0
1977 - Olympics beat Hearts…
Southampton manager Harry Redknapp said Monday he planned to hold talks with Sir Clive Woodward following the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand which finishes in July.
Woodward, who guided England to the Rugby World Cup in 2…
World number one Roger Federer and women's number two Amelie Mauresmo of France were named top seeds here Monday for the WTA and ATP Masters Series tournament that begins here Wednesday.
But the main rivals on both the men's and women…
Roger Federer successfully defended his Indian Wells ATP Masters Series title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday's final to claim his 26th career singles crown.
The world number one Federer is undefeated in his past 17 …
Italian league table after Sunday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
AC Milan 29 20 6 3 49 17 66
Juventus 29 20 6 3 47 16 66
Inter Milan …
Nana Asamoah Boamah, a sports analyst has called on the management and supporters of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football club to do away with the rancour and perceived enmity between them and rather promote …
Following are the standings after
English premier league played on Saturday (tabulated under games
played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points):
1. Chelsea 30 24 5 1 58 10 77
2. Manchester United …
Belgium coach Aime Anthuenis announced the following 20-player squad Friday for the World Cup qualifier against Bosnia here on March 26:
Belgium squad
Goalkeepers: Silvio Proto (La Louviere), Frederic Herpoel (Ghent)
De…
A Milan derby and an emotional clash between old European rivals Liverpool and Juventus marked the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Friday.
In the two other quarters, runaway English Premiership leaders Chelsea t…
Struggling Hearts of Oak would play two practice matches on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively ahead of their image-saving Champions League game with Dolphins of Nigeria on Sunday.
The matches are against Bravo-Bravo and Africa Unite…
Monaco will have reason to be feeling aggrieved after their 2-2 draw with Auxerre on Sunday, a result which left Didier Deschamps' side short of moving up to third position in the French league.
After Lyon affirmed their ambitions to…
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson basked in his team's passage into the FA Cup semi-finals and insisted last week's heartbreaking Champions League exit will make his side stronger.
United brushed aside Southampton 4-0 at St Mar…
Kerron Clement of Trinidad broke American great Michael Johnson's 10-year-old 400m indoor world record here Saturday, clocking 44.57sec at the NCAA US collegiate indoor athletics championships.
Clement, 19 and representing the Univers…
Struggling Hearts of Oak would play two practice matches on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively ahead of their image-saving Champions League game with Dolphins of Nigeria on Sunday.
The matches are against Bravo-Bravo and Africa Unite…
Zebi Football Club, Greater Accra Second Division campaigners on Monday invited its old players as well as new players interested in joining the club to report for justifiers at the Club's training grounds at the La Town Park in Accra.
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Dutch international defender Jaap Stam has extended his contract with former European champions AC Milan till the end of the 2007 season, the club said here Wednesday.
"I'll finish my career at Milan," said the 32-year-old Stam, who j…
Nothing appears to be going right for six-time German champions Borussia Dortmund at the moment with acute financial problems off the pitch mirrored on the playing field.
It has certainly been a week to forget for the 1997 Champions L…
Tainted referee Robert Hoyzer has fuelled the escalating German match-fixing scandal by claiming that for two years now German football clubs have been inviting referees into brothels prior to matches.
According to Spiegel magazine Ho…
Wayne Rooney's return to Everton produced the predicted hostile reception but for once the Manchester United star was overshadowed by team-mate Ronaldo who made the first and scored the second to book his side's place in the FA Cup quarter…
Real Madrid's build-up to their mouth-watering Champions League clash next week against Juventus suffered a morale-shattering setback on Saturday when they went down to a 2-0 Spanish League home defeat to Athletic Bilbao.
Madrid start…
The Greater Accra Women Soccer Committee (GAWSOC), will commence the 2005 season with their annual gala competition on March 12, at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
The gala is to prepare the clubs for the league, which will kic…
Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo said Wednesday he believes his side can still overcome runaway leaders Chelsea in the English Premiership title race.
"We know things are very complicated, Chelsea have carried …
Accra Great Olympics have petitioned the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) against the intended relegation of the club to the Division One League.
A three-paged petition signed by Mr Ato Ampiah, chairman of th…
A one-day Judo championship which was organised with the support of the Japanese Ambassador, Mrs. Kazuko Asai, has ended at the Sports Hall of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.
The championship, popularly known as the "Ambassad…
The Central Regional Division Two Middle League kicked off on Monday at the Robert Mensah Sports stadium at Cape Coast.
Eight clubs made up of Agona Fankobaa, Swedru Young Rangers, Odupon Heroes and Elmina Coconut Grove Sharks are par…
Police have called on feuding managers Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson to end their war of words ahead of next month's Arsenal-Manchester United match at Highbury, amidst worries the ongoing row could provoke crowd trouble.
Office…
Gary Neville admitted Manchester United had flirted with disaster after the world's richest club finally squeezed past non-league minnows Exeter City in an FA Cup third round replay.
Not until the 87th minute, when Wayne Rooney scored…
Liverpool are likely to go unpunished by the Football Association (FA) for fielding an under-strength side in Tuesday's 1-0 FA Cup defeat by Championship side Burnley.
FA rule 18a states that, "each team participating in a match shall…
Ethiopia spiked the winning run of the Black Starlets when they beat them by two goals to one at the Addis Ababa International Stadium in the first leg final qualifier of the African Under-17 championship.
The home side came from beh…
Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club won the maiden CAF Confederation Cup 9-8 after a marathon penalty shoot out in the final match against archrivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday at the Kumasi sports stadium.
Like the result of the …
Supporters of the Accra Hearts of Oak sporting club on Sunday evening took to the streets of the Tamale Metropolis when the team beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko to win the CAF Confederations Cup at the Kumasi Sports Stadium.
Some of the suppo…
Hans Dieter Schmidt, head coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting club says his team will approach Sunday's match against Accra Hearts of Oak in the finals of the Confederations Cup with caution in spite of the technical advantage they have…
Louis Agyeman scored in the final minute to snatch a 1-1 draw for Hearts of Oak against Asante Kotoko here on Sunday in the first leg of an all-Ghana African Confederation Cup final.
The result tilted the odds slightly in favour of K…
Solomon Akunor, a member of the National Table Tennis Team, the Golden Loopers says he is at a loss as to the criteria used by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) in selecting the 2004 Table Tennis player of the year.
The d…
Alhaji Karim Grunza's King Faisal, would have a rather challenging task in defending their Coca Cola Top Four crown when this year's competition kick-starts in January next year.
The club, which combined brilliance and zeal to topple…
Sekondi Wise Fighters FC would need at least 250 Million Cedis to prepare adequately for the National Middle League early next year.
Mr. Samuel Ackah, Chief Executive Officer of the club disclosed this in a speech read for him at a day's…
Twenty-Five level one volleyball coachers drawn across the country have ended a nine-day capacity building course at the Winneba National Sports College.
The participants made up of six women and 19 men were taken through topics inc…
Real Moree United will host Oguaa United in the 10th week of the Central Region Division Two league which kicks off at all centres on Wednesday, December 1.
According to the fixtures released by Regional Football Association in Cape …
Cape Coast Technical Institute played a good game to beat Mfantsipim secondary school 1-0 in their zone A Inter-Schools and Colleges soccer league match played at the Central Region Schools sports park on Friday.
After a goalless firs…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has directed three Division One club Chairmen to appear before its Appeals Committee on Wednesday for hearing.
The Chairmen are from Samartex, Schalke 04 and Vipers.
A statement issued in Acc…
The Japanese Government has shipped a set of modern gym equipment worth 400,000 dollars to Ghana towards the setting up of a modern gym for the development of sports.
The equipment, which is expected to arrive at the Tema Habour by De…
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