Mr E. C. O. Addy, who represented Ghana at the first All Africa Games held in Congo in 1965, as well as the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, will today chair the second edition of the North Legon Little Campus “Annual Sports Day” at the school’s premises at North Legon on the Atomic Junction-Agbogba road.

Mr Addy, who combined sports and academic work while he was has a student at the University of Ghana, will use the occasion to mentor the pupils and encourage them to also engage in sporting activities in school.

The Ghana Fencing Association has inaugurated a National Fencing Academy which aims to train over 300 coaches and athletes for the nation.

The facility, located in Tuba-Kasoa, was officially inaugurated last Tuesday by the former Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, who also donated 50 bags of cement towards the completion of the school.

Berekum Chelsea skipper, Sadick Adams, has set his sights on a top-four finish after what he describes as a "good start to the season".

According to the 26-year-old forward, followers of the league did not give Chelsea a dog's chance at the start of the season but they had so far exceeded expectations, occupying sixth-place after playing only four games.

Outspoken former chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has called for the sack of Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, for his penchant for staying outside the country.

Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said the coach’s conduct was at variance with the terms of the contract he signed with the GFA.

The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) last Monday launched the ‘Life After Football Trust Fund’ which will pay-out over GHC1million to each beneficiary when they reach the age of 60.

The fund, which also has a section that will provide insurance cover to all 480 players in the Ghana Premier League, will pay GHC10, 000 to each player or their beneficiaries in the event of accidental death or critical illness during their playing careers.

Embattled GHALCA chairman, Alhaji Raji Ali, has finally thrown in the towel on his quest for re-election in order to seek fresh challenges elsewhere.

His exit from the contests sets up a very interesting race for the heart and soul of the league clubs’ umbrella body, with its former Administrative Manager, Kudjoe Fianoo, making a strong bid for the top job, alongside the incumbent GHALCA vice-chairman, Isaac Koomson, Kofi Poku, an executive member, and Nana Sarfo Oduro.

Ghana’s Black Stars are confident of making it three wins out of three when they host the Mambas of Mozambique in an AFCON 2017 Group H qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The Stars are in a buoyant mood, especially after they were paid a morale-boosting visit by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, when they opened camp last Monday at the Accra Stadium.

The Management of Inter Allies FC has cleared all players who featured in their game against Accra Hearts of Oak of any wrongdoing after a meeting with the playing body and the technical team last Monday.

There was suspicion over the team’s 2-3 loss to the Phobians after the club's technical director,  Willie Klutse, had insisted that the club's goalie, Kwame Baah’s conduct raised suspicison, particularly when he stayed in the dressing room while the two teams had reported on the field after the  recess.  

Coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi and his flying Hearts of Oak squad face another tough test from Wassaman United this Sunday at the Accra Stadium following a vow by the former premiership campaigners to upset Hearts in their MTN FA Cup Round of 64 clash.

Interestingly, both teams are enjoying a good season so far, with Hearts topping the Ghana Premier League with 13 points from five games, while Wassaman lead Zone Two of the Division One League with maximum points from three games.

Division One club, Elmina Sharks, are calling on football authorities to annul their week three league match against Gold Stars last Sunday at the Bibiani park.

Barely a year after Avram Grant’s appointment as technical head of the Black Stars, the Ghana Football Association(GFA) is yet to find him a permanent accomodation. 

But George Afriyie, vice-president of the Ghana Football Association, told the Graphic Sports last Wednesday that it was cheaper housing him in a hotel than to rent an accommodation for the coach.

Accra Hearts of Oak yesterday continued their unbeaten run this season with a 3-2 win against Inter Allies in their  Premier League match played at the Tema Stadium.

A brace from substitute Musah Ibrahim and one by Isaac Mensah were all the visitors needed to overcome the tactically disciplined Inter Allies side, which confronted Hearts with a well- thought-out game plan which kept their goalkeeper, Kwame Baah, virtually on holiday for  most part of the game.

Abass Mohammed turned hero of the day when he powered Medeama SC to qualify for the next stage of the CAF Confederation Cup on a 2-1 aggregate over Libyan side Al-ittihad Tripoli.

Ghana's Black Princesses have described as very tough the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup (WWC) draw from which they will contest the group stages at the Papua New Guinea tournament, but insist qualifying from that group is not an imposibility.

For the first time in two decades there will be no Ghanaian representative in boxing at the Rio Olympics in August, following the failure by Ghanaian boxers to qualify for the Games.

At the Olympic qualifiers in the Camerounian city of Yaounde, all eight boxers who made up the Black Bombers, including one female, failed to clinch qualification tickets for the summer Olympics.