Will Power Homowo Boxing Promotions, will hit the boxing circles with a boxing promotion fixed for August 12, at Mantse Agbona Park, James Town, Accra.
The championship forms part of activities marking the annual Homowo Festival to be…
Officials of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are scheduled to arrive in Accra on Saturday, September 15, 2007 on a three-day inspection tour of the venues and facilities being put in place towards the hosting of the 26th MTN Gh…
Following is the medal
table after Monday's competitions at the 15th Pan Am Games
(tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
1 United States 14 10 5 29
2 Cuba 5 3 …
Argentine dentist Juan
Carlos Dasque shot down the gold medal of men's trap event and
qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Pan American
Games on Monday.
Dasque's winning mark of 138 hits also broke the previous mee…
Ghana's All Africa Games long jump recorder holder, Ignatius Gaisah has asked the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) to
improve its annual awards to make it more attractive to national athletes.
Gaisah who has won the award …
Following are the
weightlifting results at the 15th Pan American Games here on
Monday:
Men's 77kg class:
1. Ivan Cambar, Cuba, 350kg (snatch 156; clean and jerk 194)
2. Jose Ocando, Venezuela, 337 (145; 192)
3. Octavio …
Following are the standings of
III World Cup of softball held in Oklahoma City of United States
on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won, lost, points for,
against):
1. United States 4 4 0 30 2
2. Canada …
Following are the results Saturday
from the Fed Cup World Group semi-final between Italy and France on
clay at the Nova Yardinia outdoor sports complex in Castellaneta Marina of Italy:
Singles
Tatiana Golovin, France, bt Tathian…
The
29-year-old Li Fuyu is competing here at his fifth Tour of Qinghai
Lake. This time, the dazzling Discovery Channel team jersey not
only gave him a new look but also did a boost in standings.
In the first two stages at this yea…
Nigeria on Sunday smashed South
Africa 3-0 and came onto the top in badminton team event of the
ninth All-Africa Games, making revenge for a home defeat four
years ago in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
In the women's singles, Kubi G…
Following are Sunday's group
standings of women's soccer after three-round qualifications at
the ninth All-Africa Games (tabulated under matches played, won,
drawn, lost, goals for, against and points):
Group A
Nigeria …
Following is the medal table
after Sunday's competitions at the 15th Pan American Games
(tabulated under gold, silver, bronze and total medals):
1 United States 11 6 3 19
2 Mexico 3 1 4 8
…
Host Brazil won its first
gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games on Sunday while the
United States continued impressive show to quickly increase its
medal total.
To the delight of a vibrant crowd at the Riocentro complex,
D…
As the rest of Africa wakes up to
the medal potentialities in special sports, Nigeria, which first
realized this area, is beginning to face the reality that its
rivals are increasing advantage by the day.
According to the News A…
Coach of Ghana's Black Starlets, Sellas Tetteh said the midfield of his team remains his biggest headache as he prepares the team for the next World Cup scheduled for Korea next month.
He told the GNA Sports that "my biggest headache…
The Twifo-Heman-Lower Denkyira District Assembly on Wednesday honoured Jukwa Secondary School for emerging champions in the Central Region Schools and Colleges soccer competition.
In appreciation of its achievement, the Assembly pres…
The Wa Sports stadium which is to serve as a league centre has been provided with 1.2 billion cedis facilities ahead of the commencement of the 2007 Onetouch Premier football league season.
The facilities include spectators and media…
Forty boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 15 drawn from AngloGold Ashanti and the Obuasi Sports Club Tennis Clubs are participating in a special youth tennis tournament at Obuasi.
The three-day tournament organized by the Obua…
The Church of Pentecost in Bole District of the Northern Region has organised a three hour health walk to sensitise its members and the general public on the need for regular exercises to promoting their personal health.
The walk whi…
The Professional League Board, (PLB) organizers of the Onetouch Premier League presented the ultimate trophy to Accra Hearts of Oak for emerging champions of the competition.
Hearts won the league with 58 points with five clear point…
The Osu Stand of the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium, Accra has reached its completition point as predicted by the contractors - Micheleti and Company Ghana Limited.
Micheleti, the main contractors working on the project predicted three w…
Pollution is a real concern now for the Beijing Olympic organizers but the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) believed it would turn for the better when the Games comes, said IOC member Hein Verbruggen here.
Verbruggen, who is ch…
The Black Stars of Ghana lost by a lone goal to the Samba Boys of Brazil in an international friendly game played in Sweden.
The only goal of the game was scored by Vagna Love in the 17th minute when he capitalized on poor making …
About 160 athletes drawn from the ten regions and the security agencies participated in this year's National Cross country Competition in Tamale with the Ghana Armed Forces and the Central Region emerging as winners of the men and women ra…
Kenyan authorities have beefed up security ahead of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Cross Country Championships starting in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Mombasa police boss, Wilfred Mbithi, said on Wednesday…
Oguaa United played a good game to beat their local rivals, Great Astronomers 2-1 in their Division Two league match played at Robert Mensah stadium in Cape Coast.
After the two sides had settled for one-all in the firs half it was …
The German Football Association or the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB) has submitted the official letter of intent to document the interest in hosting the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the association said.
DFB President Theo Zwanziger an…
Captain Dwight Yorke was named Trinidad and Tobago's player of the year for the second successive
year.
Yorke led the Soca Warriors to their first World Cup, where he was chosen by FIFA as the best defensive player in the group stage.…
Tomas Berdych derailed the promoter's dream final at the Madrid Masters Friday when he defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) in the quarter-finals.
The 11th seeded Czech, who buried Roger Federer's gold medal dream …
Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, has called on Ghanaians to use the celebrations of Farmers Day to plant trees, to support the country's afforestation programme.
He said the population…
An 83rd minute goal by Nana Arhin Duah of Kumasi Asante Kotoko broke the anxiety and yearnings of the thousands of teeming supporters of the Fabulous lads in their outstanding One Touch Premier League match at the Sekondi Gyandu Park on S…
Goals from Miguel Angel Angulo and David Villa kept Valencia riding high with a comprehensive 2-1 win in their Champions League tie at home against Group D rivals AS Roma.
The eastern Spanish outfit maintain their clean sheet with a m…
Stuttering Arsenal and Liverpool both came back from a goal down to salvage 1-1 draws as the English Premiership returned with a bang on Saturday.
The two title hopefuls had the chance to send a message to champions Chelsea, who star…
Former US Open finalist Juan Carlos Ferrero re-established his hard court game after three years in limbo when he defeated Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final of the ATP Cincinnati Masters Saturday.
The former world number one…
Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann believes that the Gunners will survive without England full-back Ashley Cole should the defender quit the club before the transfer window shuts.
Cole has been linked with a move to champions, and Londo…
Arsene Wenger is accustomed to starting seasons burdened by great expectations, but the Arsenal boss is preparing for Saturday's English Premiership curtain-raiser with Aston Villa weighed down by a different type of pressure.
The Gu…
David Nalbandian, fighting off a virus, took a step toward full, ousting South African qualifier Rik De Voest 6-0, 6-4 to reach the second round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters.
A week after losing badly in Montreal due to an illness w…
Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs will hold its Congress at the Mfanstipim Secondary School at Cape Coast, on Saturday, August 19, 2006.
According to Mr George Techie-Menson, Secretary of the Restructuring Committee of the Club, a draft cons…
World Cup flops England are out to put their disappointment and David Beckham behind them when Steve McClaren ushers in a new era against European champions Greece on Wednesday in his first match in charge.
England never played to th…
Dutch manager Marco van Basten will look to rebound from a disappointing World Cup as he bloods some new faces in place of the older brigade who failed to deliver when he faces Ireland in a friendly here on Wednesday.
With Phillip Co…
Italian football federation (FIGC) prosecutors are demanding that AC Milan be fined 10,000 euros (13,000 dollars) and Serie A side Reggina and second division outfit Arezzo be relegated as part of the second part of the match-fixing scand…
Steven Gerrard has labelled Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo a disgrace for his behaviour towards United team mate Wayne Rooney at the World Cup.
Gerrard is furious with the way the Portugal winger intervened after Rooney a…
Mr. Kofi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA)has said that the nation stood the chance of getting competent players to compete in international competitions if it invested heavily in juvenile soccer in the northern…
David Arkutu partnered by Nii Farl returned a net score of 63, to win this year's Barclays Bank Ghana Limited Invitational Golf Championship played at the Achimota Golf Course in Accra.
The two who played with a combined Handicap of…
Sweden became the first team to win world and Olympic titles in the same year after a 4-0 dismantling of defending champions the Czech Republic in the world championships ice hockey final here Sunday.
Jesper Mattson and Niklas Kronwal…
Mylik Sports, organisers of Mylik Classic juvenile soccer tournament has fixed the next edition of the competition for November 18 to 26.
This year’s tournament is meant for Under-19 juvenile teams and 12 teams are expected to partici…
Owning to lack of total support of Ghanaians behind the senior national team, the Black Stars towards the up-coming World Cup, Goldfields Ghana Limited, the headline sponsors of the team has launched a drive to galvanize total support for…
Veteran German coach Peter Schnittger has been appointed as boss of Algeria's national football team, the sports ministry said Friday.
Schnittger has coached widely throughout Africa, with spells in charge of Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, …
Australia star Mark Viduka has pleaded with Middlesbrough to agree new deals with Dutch duo George Boateng and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink or risk the collapse of a team that could yet win two cups this season.
Boro are in the last four o…
Runaway Spanish league leaders Barcelona are already dreaming of a future that will feature France striker Thierry Henry as they enter the home straight in La Liga with a nine-point cushion.
The Catalan club switch from the Mediterran…