Takoradi Polytechnic on Tuesday recorded a stunning 59-57 win over highly rated Group B opponents, Marshalls University College, in the opening game of the Rexona Universities, Polytechnics and College (UPAC) Basketball Championship at the Accra Polytechnic basketball court.

The Takoradi Polytechnic basketball team led in all the first three quarters of the game (14-12, 25-24 and 42-36) but suffered a fright in the closing stages as Marshalls staged a late comeback.

Tumu will be the centre of attraction this weekend as Kumasi Asante Kotoko storm the Tumu Park in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region to play Tumu Real 24 Hours FC in an MTN FA Cup duel tomorrow.

The national table tennis league spinned off last Saturday with some thrilling encounters which saw the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Immigration service, Prisons Service, Ghana Army and Police Service getting off to good starts in the men’s division.

Defending men’s champions, Immigration started on a good note as they beat Synergy Club 3-0 with GRA defeating Madina Club 3-0, while Fire Service defeated Tesano Spinners 3-2.

A Tema-based Division Two side, True Demo Football, are poised to defeat Accra Youth at the Tema Stadium on Saturday

 True Demo showed a lot of promise during the round of 64 of the MTN FA Cup last month when they beat Unicorn FC of Takoradi by a lone goal at the Sekondi Stadium at Essipon.

The 2015/2016 National Women’s League was launched last Wednesday at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Secretariat in Accra with the introduction of a new competition called the knock- out competition, which is intended to give more playing time to the players and clubs. 

Eight teams will begin their quest to be crowned the best tertiary institution basketball team in the country when the quarter-final stage of the Rexona Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges Basketball Championship tips-off today at the Accra Polytechnic basketball court.

The contest started last month with 28 tertiary institutions battling it out for a spot in the finals in the qualifiers held in seven zones across nine regions of the country.

The management of Accra Great Olympics will today introduce veteran striker, Godwin Attram, as the club’s new coach after the club refused to extend the contract of Yaw Acheampong.

At a ceremony on the premises of Metro TV at 10:00 a.m. the Wonder Club expressed the belief that a new path would be charted for the club.

The Asantehene and Life Patron of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has directed the club’s Board Chairman, Paul Adu-Gyamfi, to meet with embattled David Duncan to decide his fate, following the controversial decision by the club’s management to order the coach to step aside and hand over the technical affairs to his assistant, Michael Osei.

The Accra Turf Club begins its Whitsun Race Meeting this Saturday, April 16 with four races open to horses in divisions 4C, 4A, 3B and novices to be run under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency, John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana.

The first race of the day, which begins at 1.30 pm, will feature five horses in Division 4C competing over a distance of six furlongs.

The horses are Let Them Say, owned by Mr Issaka Yartey, Rule of Law by Mr Philip Amuzu, Young Man also owned by Philip Amuzu, Korle Gonno Boy by Jara Stable and Omo Ni Ole by Nii Yemo Odoi.

The leadership of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF), led by President Ben Nunoo Mensah, has called on the Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, to support his outfit's bid to unearth young talents in the sport.

Mr Nunoo Mensah paid a courtesy call on the minister last Monday to brief him on the upcoming National Weightlifting Youth Championship at the Accra Sports Stadium and also took the opportunity to invite him to the competition.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.