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Aaron Amoah — Dreams FC

Scouts storm ‘7th Best in Ghana : In search of talents

European scouts last week stormed the Legon Ayax Park for this year’s "7th Best in Ghana soccer fiesta" in search of talents.

An annual event organised by sports and event management consortium, Protons Sports Limited, it provided the opportunity to showcase Ghanaian soccer talents. 

Kofi Yeboah — Wa All Stars

All Stars host Techiman City on Sunday as MTN FA Cup bounces back

Club of the moment, Wa All Stars, and stubborn Techiman City will sell out a thriller to Upper West soccer fans this Sunday in an MTN FA Cup encounter.

Before that interesting encounter, however, troubled Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will play as guests of Division Two Real 24 Hours FC at Tumu on Saturday, while Accra Hearts of Oak visit Samartex, a Division One side.

Jordan Ayew — Has scored six goals for Aston Villa

West Ham want Jordan Ayew for £6m

West Ham are considering a £6million summer move for Aston Villa forward Jordan Ayew.

Manager Slaven Bilic wants two new strikers for next season with Diafra Sakho to be made available for sale.

Kwesi Nyantakyi

GFA ready to appear before Parliament

Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, says the association has no case to answer to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over a $1,242 debt the ministry of the Foreign Affairs claims the football regulatory body owes it.

Queens receive part of delayed bonus

Ghana's Black Queens yesterday received the cedi equivalent of $6,000 each being payment of their outstanding winning bonuses for previous qualifiers.

The amount covered the Queens’ double win over Zimbabwe in the second round of the Olympic qualifiers.

Black Queens seal Nations Cup ticket

Ghana’s senior female football team, Black Queens, yesterday beat their Tunisian counterparts 4-0 in the final round of the African Women’s Championship (AWC) played at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The Queens have qualified with an aggregate of 6-1, having secured a 2-1 away win in the first leg played in Tunis, a week ago. 

Madam Paula Baldwin, General Manager, HFC Retail Banking (right) presenting the trophy to the Marshalls

Basketball: Marshalls wallop Elite Academy

Marshalls University College last Sunday proved a hard nut to crack as they walloped the Royalty Elite Academy team 34-20  to emerge champions of the Royal Collegiate Basketball Tournament held at the Aviation Social Centre in Accra.

High Jump : Regina Yeboah for African Championships

High jumper, Regina Yeboah, last Saturday, became the second locally-based athlete to qualify for the 2016 African Athletics Championships after clearing a height of 1.76 metres at the third edition of the Ghana Athletics Association Championship held at the El-Wak Stadium.

Security forces take over Nigeria FA

Security forces have sealed off the main office of the crisis-hit Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) in the capital Abjua, BBC Sport has learnt.

Soldiers and riot police are manning the entrance of the building.

Accra Hearts of Oak

Hearts hold Techiman City

Accra Hearts of Oak after losing to Wa All Stars last week gave their supporters something to cheer about as they ended the winning spree of Techiman City at home, holding them to a goalless draw.

 Kotoko players celebrate with goal scorer Ahmed Adams (3rd left)

Kotoko overpower Liberty

Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday put the smiles back on the faces of their supporters when they handed 10-man Liberty Professionals a 3-1 defeat in their Premier League encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

Dodoo (right) being led from the Ameyaw Ekumfi Park

Hearts supporter attacked by Techiman supporters

A supporter of Accra Hearts of Oak  was  last Saturday severely beaten by angry Techiman City supporters hours before the kick-off to the big game between the two sides at Techiman.

The victim, identified as Nat Dodoo, is the General Secretary of Chapter 158 of  the National Chapters Committee of Hearts supporters at Techiman.

• The students in a group photograph with the organisers.

40 Students selected for sports scholarships

Fourty Senior High School students were last Saturday selected in the African Youth Basketball Organisation (AYBO) scouting camp, which was held at the Aviation Social Centre (ASC) in Accra.

The student athletes were selected from over 100 contenders after they displayed vigorous basketball skills to the admiration of the organisers of the event. 

Minister, Appiah join hundreds for ‘Walk with Lexis’

The Minister of Youth and sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye and former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah joined Joy FM’s Lexis Bill and hundreds of people from all walks of life to undertake a walk up the Aburi mountain last Saturday morning in the maiden ‘Walk with Lexis’ fitness campaign.

GALDA swimming course ends at Legon

More than 20 participants last Saturday completed a one-week llife-guard training course at the University of Ghana Swimming Pool Centre, Legon, in Accra.

The workshop, organised by the Ghana Life-Saving and Diving Association (GALDA), is aimed at drowning prevention and safety in the pool.

Participants included managers of hotels, swimming pools and athletes trained on how to save a life in the pool and how to keep it safe in deeper waters.

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