Another heavyweight fight for the ages, and what a night at the national football stadium as Anthony Joshua finished Alexander Povetkin in a dramatic seventh round to retain his three world heavyweight titles. Twenty-two fights, 22 vict…
Ghana's senior national team, the Black Stars have plummeted from 45th place to 51st place on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released for September.
The Stars fell six places (the biggest drop of the month) after losing 1-0 to…
The Vice-President of the FIFA Normalisation Committee currently running the Ghana Football Association, Mrs Lucy Quist, has charged the female national women's football team to win the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations to be hosted by …
Outgoing president of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF), Ben Nunoo Mensah, has confirmed that he will not seek re-election but wants the next leader of the federation to exhibit great leadership to improve upon the prospect of the s…
Barack Obama was president of the United States when the Cleveland Browns last won a game. No wonder the end of their run was celebrated in style.
After 635 days and 19 matches without a victory, the Browns finally triumphed - coming fr…
Amaju Pinnick, has been re-elected as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Mr. Pinnick, who broke the jinx of one term in the history of NFF, had 34 votes ahead of his competitor Aminu Mageri who had eight votes, whil…
Swigging shots of his own whiskey, Conor McGregor rolled from showman to salesman to angry opponent in a full-throttle news conference in New York.
The Irishman will return to the octagon for the first time in almost two years at UFC 22…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says the club "do not expect" Mohamed Salah to replicate his goalscoring form of last season - and joked his forward is facing "a crisis".
Egypt international Salah, 26, netted 44 times for the Reds last seas…
England have called up uncapped Surrey opener Rory Burns to the Test squad to face Sri Lanka this winter - the first tour since Alastair Cook's retirement.
Burns, 28, captained Surrey to the County Championship title this year and is th…
Kumasi Asante Kotoko will he heading into the return leg of their friendly game against Ashgold at the Len Clay Stadium on Sunday without their head coach, Paa Kwasi Fabin, but looking to continue where he left off.
Just days after guid…
The Chief Executive Officer of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Mr George Amoako, has promised followers of the club that his management team is working hard to appoint a new head coach before October 1 to fill the managerial vacuum created by the su…
Foam manufacturing company, Ashfoam Ghana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) to become the headline sponsors of the body charged with developing and protecting the Olympic Movement in Ghan…
Former Airtel CEO, Lucy Quist, has performed her first public duties as the Vice President of the FIFA Normalisation Committee currently running the Ghana Football Association by inaugurating the 11-member Accra Venue Organisation Commit…
Japan's Naomi Osaka has beaten Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-1 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo - her first match since winning the US Open.
The 20-year-old beat Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam earlier this month - a victory over…
Babolat Doubles Tennis Open, one of the top competitions on Ghana's calender, is set to commence on Friday, September 21 and end on Sunday, September 23.
The three-day tourney, would take take center stage at three venues; the Ghana Cem…
Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla has been deprived of 668 days of his career during an agonising two years in which he had 11 operations.
The former Spain international has been ravaged by an Achilles injury since October 2016 - one …
Mr. Idris Elba, British actor, would return as host for The Best FIFA Football Awards, fixed for September 24, at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
The Golden Globe and SAG-winning actor, would be assisted by French journalist and spor…
Diogo Dalot could be a mainstay at Manchester United for the next 10 years after impressing on debut in the Red Devils' Champions League victory over Young Boys, says boss Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese said the 19-year-old was the "best…
Jon Jones has been handed a 15-month backdated ban for violating the UFC's anti-doping policy, meaning he can return to competition from 28 October.
The American was stripped of his light-heavyweight title after testing positive for a b…
In the first half of their shock Champions League defeat by Lyon, I described Manchester City as being a "rabble" - and they really were that bad.
When I said that, just after they had gone 2-0 down, I meant they were a team that appear…
Ashong (11-1, 6Ko's), would have a shot at Professional Boxing Council (PBC) Super Batamweight title, against Nathan Decastro (7-0, 5Ko's) at the Pride Park in Derby, in the United Kingdom (UK), on September 29, 2018.
The impressive Gh…
Manchester City's Champions League campaign got off to a poor start as the Premier League champions suffered a surprise defeat against Lyon at the Etihad Stadium.
Maxwel Cornet drilled the French visitors ahead after Fabian Delph failed…
Real Madrid got their Champions League defence off to a winning start thanks to a comfortable victory over Roma.
The Spanish side, looking to win the tournament for the fourth year in a row, dominated but were frustrated until Isco curl…
India thumped Pakistan by eight wickets - and with 21 overs to spare - to top Group A at the Asia Cup in Dubai.
Pakistan, who will join their opponents in the Super Four stage, were out for 162, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kedar Jadhav t…
Paul Pogba scored twice as Manchester United opened their Champions League Group H campaign with a comfortable win over Young Boys in Bern.
Linking with Brazilian Fred, Pogba was inventive and precise for his first goal, checking on to …
The Singapore Grand Prix wasn't a classic by any means. Lewis Hamilton took a good step closer to the title with a dominant victory, but while the 2018 title fight is starting to fizzle out, there is already plenty to get excited about for…
French club Lyon have vowed to ban for life a fan who appeared to give a Nazi salute during the team's Champions League win at Manchester City.
The gesture was caught on video and shared on social media, where it attracted widespread co…
A tearful Cristiano Ronaldo was controversially sent off as Juventus claimed a hard-fought win at Valencia.
The Portuguese forward, making his Champions League debut for Juve, appeared to grab Valencia defender Jeison Murillo's hair as …
Africa’s leading pay-TV operator StarTimes has acquired exclusive broadcasting rights for UEFA Europa League in Sub-Saharan Africa until 2021.
The broadcast, which will begin on September 20th, will see football fans enjoy all 2…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has inaugurated a nine-member National Anti-Doping Committee (NADC) tasked with producing a legal framework that will lead to the establishment of an independent national anti-doping commission.
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The government of Ghana will today hand over the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Secretariat to the FIFA Normalisation Committee tasked to run Ghana football.
It will be recalled that the GFA Secretariat located in Accra was declared a…
Juventus winger Douglas Costa has been banned for four Serie A games for spitting at Sassuolo's Federico Di Francesco, during Sunday's 2-1 win.
Costa was booked in injury time for elbowing and then aiming a headbutt at Di Francesco afte…
Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has raided the offices of the country's football association (SLFA).
The move comes exactly seven days after the ACC sent a letter for SLFA President Isha Johansen to step down.
The com…
If Liverpool are going to challenge on multiple fronts this season then Daniel Sturridge is going to play a big part for them - and he showed why in their Champions League win against Paris St-Germain.
You could argue that Sturridge mig…
Toronto forward Jack Bussey has been banned for eight games after pleading guilty to a Grade F biting charge.
The 26-year-old was reported by the referee after appearing to bite prop Bastien Ader's ear in Toronto's 13-12 Qualifiers win …
Restoration at the Accra Sports Stadium, has seen progress lately as work is still ongoing in other to meet the deadline for the completion ahead of the African Women's Cup of Nations (AWCON), which is slated for November 17 to December 1,…
Antonio Valencia will not play in Manchester United's Champions League opener against Young Boys because of concerns over how he will react to the Swiss side's artificial pitch.
The defender missed United's first two games of the season…
Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat Monaco in their Champions League Group A opener.
Samuel Grandsir poked in an opener for the hosts after defensive mistakes from both Saul and Angel Correa.
Diego Costa converted Antoine Griezm…
Former Japanese UFC fighter Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto has died aged 41.
Yamamoto, who finished with a 18-6 mixed martial arts record, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
He made his name in Japan's Shooto and K-…
Umpire Mohamed Lahyani has been suspended from his next two scheduled tournaments for encouraging Nick Kyrgios on court during the US Open.
Lahyani was heard telling Kyrgios "I want to help you" during a changeover as the Australian tra…
Remember the scene this summer when a drained and despondent Lionel Messi dropped to his knees after Argentina were dumped out of the World Cup by eventual winners France?
Well, on Tuesday he served up a reminder of just why he regarded…
Lifting the suspension of Russia's anti-doping agency (Rusada) would be "catastrophic", says doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov.
The World Anti-Doping Agency's (Wada) executive committee is expected to end a three-year suspension o…
Memphis Depay does not believe the Manchester United fans saw the best of him during his 19 months at the club.
The Dutch forward, 24, scored seven goals in 53 appearances for United after joining them from PSV Eindhoven for £31m in Jun…
Mauricio Pochettino accused journalists of "disrespect" after Tottenham began their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Inter Milan.
Christian Eriksen put Spurs on course to win in Italy but a late collapse saw Mauro Icardi a…
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has cleared Liberian referee Jerry Yekeh from all allegations of corruption.
Yekeh was one of many African match officials secretly filmed by investigative Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw An…
Legendary US swimmer Michael Phelps says more must be done to support Olympians after they move out of the spotlight.
Phelps, 33, said in January that he contemplated suicide during the worst periods of his own depression.
"I don't t…
Late goals from Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino stunned Tottenham as Inter Milan celebrated their return to the Champions League with a dramatic Group B win.
Christian Eriksen's deflected strike earlier in the second half looked to have …
Liverpool felt they were driven by destiny when they reached last season's Champions League final - so it was a bitter night in Kiev in May as they ended up well beaten by Real Madrid.
In the aftermath, however, once the immediate pain …
A homeless man has been charged in the murder of prominent Spanish golfer Celia Barquín Arozamena, 22, who was found dead on an Iowa golf course.
Ms Barquín won the European Ladies' Amateur championship in July and was a top athlete at …
India rallied to avoid a shock defeat by Hong Kong in the Asia Cup, eventually winning by 26 runs in Dubai.
Hong Kong, who lost their one-day international status this year, were 174-0 off 34 overs, chasing 286 to win.
But captain An…