The vice president of the World Children Taekwondo Union and chairman of the Greater Accra Taekwondo Association, Norbert Amefu has initiated a GHȻ500,000 defamation law suit against Multimedia Company Limited, operators of Adom FM and sports presenter Kwadwo Mensah, a staff at Adom FM

In a writ of summons, the former national Taekwondo star is asking the court to restrain the defendants from further publishing defamatory and malicious words about him.

Ace broadcaster and top seed of the Sakumono Tennis Club, Kwame Sefa Kayi, leads a crack team to storm Kumasi today to battle for honours in what is expected to become an annual ritual against host club, the 4 Garrison Tennis Club.

The four-day Independence Day competition, sponsored jointly by the Royal Bank and Access Bank, brings together both budding and veteran tennis players between the two clubs.

They have labelled it the Top 8 of draught, and it may well prove an apt description.

On Monday, Edward ‘Kick Away' Afrifa and Nii Ayi will lead a field of top draught stars in a one-day tournament expected to showcase the one of the finest moments of the game at Community 9 in Tema.

Under the sponsorship of Ofosu Appiah Brothers, the tournament will also feature Evans ‘Ortega' Koranteng, Nii Arday, Nii Adjetey and Ekow Simple in a rich assembly of the game's finest on the local scene.

The President of New Edubiase United, Yakubu Abdul Salam, has described government’s decision to build a  stadium  at New Edubiase as a positive sign to boost sports and  accelerate socio-economic development at the community and its environment.

He said beside motivating players and technical handlers of the club to excel in the Premier League due to the massive home support in their league matches, “the entire community at New Edubiase and its environs stand to gain from the stadium. This is because it will induce the youth interested in football to nurture and develop their potentials very well and also promote the businesses of small scale industrialists in and around New Edubiase”.

Accra Academy and Accra Wesley Girls showed class in the Greater Accra Schools Sports Association (GASSA) Zone One annual Inter-School Athletics Competition.

They each won the boys and the girls events during the two-day competition which was held at the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra.

Veteran  Michael Ayitey Okine, aka, Ayitey Powers, will take on London-based cruiserweight boxer, Daniel Mendes, on March 11, as part of his preparations for his much-awaited  bout against Mark Allen.

The bout, to be staged at York Hall, Bethnal Green, in London, will be Powers’ first international bout after losing to Bukom Banku last year in Kumasi.

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) as part of its 40-year National Development Plan has proposed that Ghana puts in a bid for to the 2058 FIFA World Cup as a deliberate plan to improve on its infrastructure.

Following a directive by the Ghana Handball Association that regional associations should hold elections to elect new executives, the Greater Accra Handball Association has opened nominations for the elections.

The Ghana Football Association has finally taken the bull by the horns and summoned Black Stars’ errant coach, Avram Grant, to return to post immediately ahead of Ghana’s AFCON 2017 qualifier against Mozambique later this month or face the appropriate sanctions.

Striker Eric Bekoe says his return to the Ghana Premier League (GPL) will be characterised by scoring more goals- scoring intended to propel his new team, Sekondi Hasaacas, for a top-four finish.

Medeama coach, Tom Christian Strand, says his players are psyched up to end their recent losing trend and revive their Premier League campaign when they clash with Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday in the weekend’s top fixture.

Hearts of Oak board member, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has praised the club's support base for the massive attendance at the club’s league opener against New Edubiase United in Accra, saying the crowd played a part in the important win.

The President of New Edubiase United, Yakubu Abdul Saleem, has described the government’s decision to build a stadium at New Edubiase as a positive sign to boost sports and accelerate socio-economic development at the community and its environment.

He said beside motivating players and technical handlers of the club to excell in the Premier League due to the massive home support in their league matches, “the entire community at New Edubiase and its environs stand to gain from the stadium. This is because it will induce the youth interested in football to nurture and develop their potentials very well and also promote the businesses of small scale industrialists in and around New Edubiase”.

Ernest Amankwah scored a hat-trick as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hockey team romped to a 6-1 thrashing of Royals in the Ashanti Hockey League last Saturday.

The heavy scoreline notwithstanding, the KNUST team have to win their next three matches to dethrone Silver as the league title chase intensifies.

The Chairman of the Referees Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Nii Komiete Doku, has warned clubs to desist from interfering in the affairs of referees whenever they are on the pitch.

This, he said, would allow referees to act independently and professionally to ensure fair officiating in the Premier and the GN Bank Division One Leagues.