The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) will on Monday launch a welfare fund designed to cater for professional footballers based in Ghana and abroad in the event of accidental death or critical illness.
According to a press release issued by the PFAG last Wednesday, the launch of the fund, christened PFAG Insurance and Life After Football Fund, will take place at 6.30p.m. on March 21 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra.
Ghana Athletics is banking its hope of winning medals at this weekend's World Indoor Championship on her trio, Flings Owusu-Agyapong (60m), Emmanuel Dasor (400m) and Sean Safo-Antwi (60m), earlier this month, successfully had a nationality switch from Britain.
The trio will be among the 500 athletes who have converged in Portland, Oregon, USA to compete for medals in track and field's first major event ahead of this year's Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
The Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) is convinced the performances of these three athletes so far in the indoor event, gives great hope for Ghana to get her name on the medals table.
Two members of the national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers, appear set to secure their qualification for the Rio Olympics Games at the ongoing African Olympic Boxing qualifiers in Yaounde, Cameroun.
Aduana Stars’ leading striker, Yahaya Mohammed, is pleading the supporters of the club to exercise restraint as he takes steps to rediscover his scoring form.
Former Black Stars and Kumasi Asante Kotoko legend, Joseph Carr, has hailed the recall of Adam Kwarasey to the senior national team, saying the Stars are currently without a substantive goalkeeper and, therefore, the inclusion of the Portland Timbers goalkeeper will encourage a healthy competition among the goalkeepers in the team.
The Accra Central Police have granted bail to controversial boxer Braimah Kamoko (Bukom Banku) after he allegedly assaulted four of his cousins in a brawl a fortnight ago.
The President of Medeama Sporting Club, Moses Armah, has predicted a 3-0 victory over Al-Ittihad of Libya at Essipon on Sunday to book their place in 1/16th stage of the CAF Confederation Cup.
League leaders of Zone One of the Division One League (DOL), Berlin FC, are poised to maintain their impressive start to the season when they host third- placed Berekum Arsenal at the Techiman Park tomorrow.
Vincent Odotei Sowah, chairman of the Strategic Management Committee of Accra Hearts of Oak, has disclosed that the club bagged GH¢102,215.00 (gross) as gate proceeds from the last Premier League game against Bechem United at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The second edition of the highly acclaimed international millennium marathon will commence its preparatory regional marathons on March 19 in the Northern regional capital of Tamale.
George Afriyie, the vice president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), says the association will not resist any attempt by government to slash the winning bonuses of the Black Stars players.
This afternoon, the Baba Yara Stadium will witness one of a dicey duels as Kumasi Asante Kotoko play host stubborn Sekondi Hasaacas.
Both Kotoko and Hasaacas need a win badly to appease their fans who are already fuming with rage after both teams suffered some humiliating defeats in the one-month-old Ghana Premier League.
However, at Tema, high-flying Accra Hearts of Oak will seek to maintain their impressive run when they play as guests of Inter Allies in a potential thriller on Sunday.
One-time Ghana Football Association (GFA) chairman, Lepowura M.N.D. Jawula, has advised the FA to ensure the libraries of CAF and FIFA are stocked with the new book on professional football in Ghana authored by Major Yaw Larson (retd).
He said the book contained so much information that would be relevant for research and other academic purposes, and that the nation would be proud to see a book by a Ghanaian author on the shelves of these two international bodies.
Strugglers Kumasi Asante Kotoko will attempt to reverse the poor start to the season when they welcome fellow basement dwellers, Sekondi Hasaacas, to the Baba Yara Stadium today.
The Porcupine Warriors, placed 14th, are yet to taste victory in the four-week old season – drawing twice and losing twice in four games while Hasaacas in 12th position have been woeful travellers, conceding eight goals in two matches against Wa All Stars (3-0) and West Africa Football Academy (5-0).
The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church ( ICGC), Pastor Mensa Otabil, will lead an estimated 6,000 people, comprising members of the church and other fitness enthusiasts to undertake this year’s Life Walk on Saturday.
