Ghana’s Black Stars lived up to expectation last Thursday by thrashing Mozambique 3-1 in an AFCON 2017 first leg qualifier at the Accra Stadium.

Yaw ‘Rush’ Preko, assistant coach of Accra Hearts of Oak, says he and his boys  have missed their head coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi, who is currently on sick leave.

Ghana’s Black Maidens continued from where they left off in Rabat, securing their 2016 Under-17 Women's World Cup (WWC) qualification with a 6-0 win at the Accra Stadium last Saturday.

The Maidens had won the first leg 4-0 two weeks ago in Rabat.

Boxing history will be made on April 29 at the Accra Sports Stadium when two former world champions, Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko and Joshua "The Hitter" Clottey, mount the ring the same night to tangle with opponents from Brazil and Philippines respectively.

Two relatively unknown golfers, Abubakar Nafui and Edith Yeboah, emerged heroes last Saturday when they won the MTN CEO Invitational Golf Tournament at the Damang Golf Club.

Gabon unveiled the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations  (AFCON 2017) mascot, a black panther named Samba, before their match with Sierra Leone in Franceville last Friday.

The vice chairman of the Black Stars Management Committee, Wilfred Kweku Osei (Palmer), has justified the suspension by the Minister of Youth and Sports of bonuses and honorarium by FA officials, insisting that Minister Nii Lante Vanderpuye’s position on the matter is not out of place.

Emmanuel Adebayor ended his self-imposed international exile but failed to fire Togo past Tunisia in their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

The first National Taekwondo Kyorugi Referee Licensing course will take place on April 4 at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium.

Ghanaian striker, David Manuel Opoku, scored twice in the Lebanese Premier League but his team lost 2-3 at home to Al Ahed last Friday.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has denied hijacking the printing and distribution of tickets for last week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Black Stars and Mambas of Mozambique at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Embattled Medeama coach Tom Strand could be looking at a future away from the Tarkwa-based club as recent events suggest a frosty relationship with the club’s management, with the Swede making no secret his desire to handle traditional giants, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, in future.

At 38 years, most boxers will be contemplating retirement, but former IBF welterweight champion, Joshua Clottey has set for himself the target of reclaiming a world title before he calls it quits at age 41. 

Ghana are through to a fifth straight FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup after back-to-back wins over Morocco in the African qualifying campaign.

The Black Maidens thrashed Morocco 6-0 at the Accra Stadium last Saturday to complete a 10-0 aggregate win, after recording a 4-0 victory in the first leg a fortnight ago.

The senior national team, the Blacks Stars, last Sunday maintained their unbeaten run in the 2017 AFCON qualifiers as they held their Mozambique counterparts, the Black Mambas, to a goalless draw in Maputo.

Coach Avram Grant made four changes to the side that defeated Mozambique 3-1 in their first leg encounter at the Accra Stadium earlier last Thursday.