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…
Roberto Firmino's injury-time winner gave Liverpool a dramatic victory over Paris St-Germain in their opening Champions League Group C game at Anfield.
Firmino was only fit enough to be on the bench after suffering an eye injury in Live…
Lionel Messi scored his 48th career hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in their opening Champions League group game.
Barca's captain curled home a stunning free-kick to open the scoring before Luis Suarez's cl…
Lucas Perez says "false information" implied he refused to play in West Ham's 3-1 win at Everton on Sunday.
The Spanish striker, who started the Premier League game on the bench, had looked set to replace the injured Marko Arnautovic, b…
The anthem, the global superstars, the evening football to base your working week around.
The Champions League main tournament returns on Tuesday, 115 days after Gareth Bale's double for Real Madrid helped them beat Liverpool in the 201…
Promotion for the fight between WBC world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury will begin in London on Monday, says Frank Warren.
The fight still has no confirmed date or venue, but promoter Warren also said the west coast…
Reigning Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles suffered a shock 27-21 defeat at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick continued his remarkable start to the season.
Fitzpatrick, who has played for seven d…
England international Sam Burgess says he is "happy for the truth to be found" following newspaper reports alleging his social media account was used to send lewd pictures to a woman in May.
The 29-year-old's team, South Sydney Rabbitoh…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is hopeful striker Roberto Firmino will be fit for Tuesday's Champions League match with Paris St-Germain at Anfield.
The Brazilian suffered an eye injury in the win over Tottenham on Saturday but a hospit…
Chicken curry. A few games of Fifa. Match of the Day. It sounds like an evening with your mates - not what you would do with a World Cup winner.
And that is exactly what a group of friends did this weekend after spotting N'Golo Kante at…
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says striker Harry Kane is "an easy target" after questions about the World Cup Golden Boot winner's form.
Kane, 25, has scored twice for Spurs this season but has now gone four games without a goal…
The Referees' Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed life-time bans to six more referees in the wake of an investigation into bribery.
It also banned 47 match officials for 10 years each, while another 14 were exonerated.
RAG also con…
Unified world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua says he will not be "drained" by criticism and has called on the public to support him as a "person" rather than a boxer.
Joshua, 28, defends his IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight title…
The 2019 Champions League final will be held in Madrid, a city which has dominated the competition in recent years.
Real Madrid have lifted the trophy in four of the past five seasons - and the past three in succession - while city riva…
Enzo Calzaghe, the father of former world boxing champion Joe, has died aged 69.
The trainer helped Joe become a two-weight world champion in an undefeated 46-fight career as a professional.
Despite having no experience as a trainer …
Britain's Simon Yates says that despite winning the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday he will never be a superstar - and that it is fine by him.
The 26-year-old Michelton-Scott rider crossed the line safely in Madrid to complete a clean sweep o…
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has set a new marathon world record with a time of two hours, one minute 39 seconds in the race over the distance in Berlin.
The 33-year-old took more than a minute off the previous best which was set by compatrio…
Kenyan runner Joseph Kiprono Kiptum was hit by a car as he was leading a half marathon in Colombia.
Kiprono, 30, was nearing the finish line in Medellin when he was struck by a vehicle which had apparently ignored a street closure.
T…
They may not be familiar names within the sporting industry, better known within the corporate and legal worlds, but last week Naa Odofoley Nortey and Lucy Quist took very bold steps into the male dominated world of football management, as…
Lewis Hamilton, through sheer force of his talent, has grabbed hold of this championship with a vice-like grip. But there is no escaping the fact that Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel have helped him along the way.
Each race, Hamilton seems…
The Crystal Palace winger was one of the five most-fouled players in the Premier League last season, and it is a trend that has continued into the new campaign.
Mathias Jorgensen's yellow card-worthy challenge during the Eagles' 1-0 win…
Summer signing Gonzalo Higuain scored his first goal for AC Milan to rescue a draw at Cagliari.
Higuain, who had not scored in his first two games since joining on loan from Juventus, equalised after rounding goalkeeper Alessio Cragno.
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West Ham halted their disastrous start to the season with a first Premier League win under Manuel Pellegrini as they outplayed Everton in a lively contest at Goodison Park.
Andriy Yarmolenko's first Hammers goal opened the scoring, the …
Buffalo Bills cornerback Vontae Davis retired from the NFL at half-time in his side's 31-20 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
Davis, 30, started the game but said he "had an honest moment with myself" during it and told the si…
The Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has acquitted 14 match officials, after concluding investigations on the "Number 12", by ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, which exposed series of match fixing scandals in Ghana and on…
Dr Kyle Pierce, a renowned weightlifting coach and fitness expert, has arrived in Ghana, ahead of the International Conference on Physical Activity and Sport for Health Development in Africa (IC-PASHDA), aimed at promoting physical activit…
It took the 12th and final round to split Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin in Las Vegas on Saturday.
They have shared 72 minutes across two bouts and the only thing more fierce than the punches which have failed to floor eithe…
Mr. Jonathan Abbey Pobee, President of Neoplan Stars Football Club, says, he has written to the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), to include Mr. Kwabena Yeboah, President of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (S…
Croatia reached the Davis Cup final after Borna Coric beat Frances Tiafoe in over four hours to secure a 3-2 victory over the United States.
Croatia began the day with a 2-1 lead, but Sam Querrey beat Marin Cilic 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3…
12-time NBA All Star Wade announced the news in a 10-minute video released on Sunday
Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade is set to return to Miami Heat for a 16th and final season.
The shooting guard, who is the Heat's career leader in…