Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan did not make the top 20 highest earning footballers list in the world as published by US business magazine Forbes. The top 20 earners in the list amassed a whopping $563 million over the last year.
Nkawkaw and Samreboi will take centre stage this afternoon when the two towns host tricky Round of 16 matches in the MTN FA Cup competition.
Samartex FC, who pushed out current league leaders, Accra Hearts of Oak, from the competition, will play host to Dansoman-based Liberty Professionals in an uncompromising encounter at the Samreboi Park, their dreaded fortress.
The Minister of Youth and Sports (MOYS), Mr Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, will join the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) on Monday to launch the 41st MTN-SWAG Awards at the MTN head office at Ridge in Accra at 10a.m.
As part of his contribution towards a peaceful general elections, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is inviting all presidential candidates to join him in a weekend of ‘Golf for Peace and National Unity in 2016’ at a later date to calm nerves and lower the apparent tension in the country.
Each one of the candidates would be expected to pick a team of golfers from his camp, both men and women, but would not play for their parties.
Tarkwa may not be Leicester, the place to be in English football and currently the hotbed of jubilation, celebrating the coronation of what doubters thought was impossible.
The Western Regional town of Samreboi will take centre stage this weekend as Division One side, Samatex FC, host Liberty Professionals in a dicey MTN FA Cup Round of 16 encounter at the Samreboi Park.
Some days it is almost possible to feel sorry for Lord Coe. He watched, powerless, in Doha last Friday as an ethical minefield ran the fastest time in the 800 metres this year. Caster Semenya is back and, quite possibly, on course for Olympic gold.
The Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), Mr Kudjoe Fianoo, has promised to seek the interest of clubs first as he begins his four-year tenure after being sworn in at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.
Mr Fianoo, who convincingly won the GHALCA chairmanship race last month, also noted that he was focused on consulting the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to bring back the season-opening gala competition.
More than 1,000 athletes in the Ashanti Region are expected to compete for honours in this year’s “Millennium Marathon” at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.
The seeds of Platini's downfall had been sown years earlier. Having helped Blatter get elected in 1998, the Frenchman was intrinsically linked to FIFA’s old guard. He advised his mentor up until 2002, the reason, according to them both, for that fateful £1.3m payment he subsequently received in 2011, and which ultimately led to his demise.
Struggling Ebusua Dwarfs have made an audacious move to engage former Black Stars striker, Kim Grant, as part of efforts to turn around their fortunes in the Ghana Premier League.
The excitement in this season’s Ghana Premier League is expected to be extended to the MTN FA Cup as 16 clubs vie for a place in the August 28 final at the newly constructed Cape Coast Stadium this weekend.
This year’s Table Tennis League is set to go down the wire as Immigration and GRA battle closely for the title with the fifth week set for the weekend at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.
Barely one week after the disciplinary committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) slapped Accra Hearts of Oak with one of the most severest sanction ever, in Ghanaian their coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi says the sanctions will not in any way affect his side’s title dream this year.
The Minister of Youth and Sports (MOYS),Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hungarian government to collaborate in the development of sports among the youth and disadvantaged groups in Ghana.
