The Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Vincent Oppong Asamoah, has chided officials of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) for placing their personal interest above athletes.

The winner of the 2015/2016 Ghana Premier League will receive US$ 30,000 as prize money in case the competition ends without a headline sponsor. 

Ghana’s U-17 football team, the Black Starlets, beat German regional side, Westphalia 2-1 for the second consecutive time to win a four-nation tournament in Nambia last weekend.

About 40 young weightlifters, representing various clubs across the country, will on April 16  assemble at the national weightlifting training centre of the Accra Sports Stadium to compete in the maiden Indomie Youth and Junior Inter-club Weightlifting competition.

After an impressive start to their Division One League (DOL) campaign, head coach of Vision FC, Ivan Bujagic, believes his players are now mentally strong, warning their opponents, particularly the established sides, to stand firm.

Five senior members of the World Cup-winning US football team have filed a lawsuit against the national federation for wage discrimination.

Like a hooligan dealing in shenanigans, Avram Grant has been in the news, lately, for all the wrong reasons.

The Black Stars coach has invited dangerous tackles, going rogue a la his indiscreet agent, Saif Rubie, drawing fire from many quarters.

The not-so-illustrious coach, hitherto soft-spoken, has issued a faux-pas, blanketing the sports reporting community with misguided aggression. I think he forgot that, when you stink, you don't fart. That is exactly what Grant has committed, poisoning the oxygen.

Ghana national U- 17 team, the Black Starlets, have stormed back to championship reckoning, winning a four-nation Invitational Tournament in Namibia last weekend.

Undefeated premier league leaders, Accra Hearts of Oak, and high flying Wa All Stars will clash in the top-of-the table encounter at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.

The nation’s oldest existing club top the league table with 13 points while the Wa-based side follow with 11 points, which makes this clash intriguing.  

Hearts’ latest performance has come as a shock to most football faithful, as the club that narrowly escaped relegation last season have made a giant step that has helped transformed their fortunes for this season.

Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, has succumbed to mounting presssure from Ghanaians to retract his unsavoury comment made after Ghana’s 3-1 victory over Mozambique in the AFCON 2017 qualifiers last week.

The former Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has organised the Nhyiaeso community football tournament as part of measures to revive football in the area, groom talents and eventually have a team to qualify to play premiership football.

As a first step, he has sponsored the community football matches, given each of the seven teams a set of football jerseys and presented footballs for the tournament, cash prizes and trophy and a set of jersey for the winning team.

Ghana's senior women’s team will play their Tunisian counterparts in the second round of qualifiers for a ticket to the 10th edition of the African Women's Championship in Cameroon later this year.

New Morocco coach Herve Renard hailed his team yesterday after they became the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

The 47-year-old, who guided Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire to the most prized African football trophy, was speaking after a 2-0 home win over Cape Verde sealed first place in Group F.

The Teshie Local Council of Churches Easter Monday games, hosted by the EP Church, Teshie, was held at the Bethlehem Presby Church grounds, Tsui Bleoo, Teshie, with the Methodist Church, led by Ernest Barnor, bagging 18 points to emerge the overall winners.

Presby Church failed to defend the title when they came second, a point behind the winners.

After their shocking elimination from the MTN FA Cup, Medeama SC have again been handed another defeat when they lost 0-1 to Berekum Chelsea yesterday in their outstanding  Premier League encounter at the Golden City Park.