The newly-commissioned Cape Coast Stadium will host the final of this year's MTN FA Cup slated for August.

The decision, which was announced by the MTN FA Cup Committee Chairman, Kurt Okraku, at last Tuesday’s  Round of 16 draw at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, is a departure from the  practice where the venue for the final is usually announced after the two finalists have emerged.

According to Mr Okraku his outfit had already tabled a proposal to the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) and the National Sports Authority (NSA) towards staging this year's final at the 15,000 capacity stadium.

The ongoing handball league enters the fourth week with some interesting midweek fixtures.

Today at the Kansehie Sports Complex at 2p.m, Police play Fire Service in a cagey battle for a place at the top.

Police are currently leading the men’s league, while Fire are third with a four-point difference between them. In the female division, however, Police are second, with Fire being fifth.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko left back, Edwin Tuffuor Frimpong, has apologised to the entire Kotoko family for the red card he received during their crunch match against Accra Hearts of Oak at the Accra Stadium last Monday.

He said sheer determination to win the encounter might have led to his sending off.

“I was too determined and wanted to do anything to ensure we won the match. I also wanted to overshadow Isaac Mensah, who to me, was not a threat at all,” the young Kotoko defender told the Graphic Sports in an interview.

Tuffour Frimpong, son of former Kotoko and Black Stars international defender, Frimpong Manso, was playing for the first time against Hearts since joining the Porcupine Warriors this season but was sent off with about 10 minutes to end the first half, following a second yellow card for a foul on Hearts midfielder, Isaac Mensah.

He, however, described his sending off as a blessing in disguise since it more or less served as

Accra Hearts of Oak striker, Samuel Yeboah, claims his side did not deserve to lose their Premier League clash with rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko but gave an assurance that the Phobians would bounce back strongly in subsequent games.

Hearts conceded the only goal of the game when their goalie Soulama Abdoulaye inadvertently directed a back pass into his own goal.

The General Manager of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti, has urged the players to draw inspiration from last Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Accra Hearts of Oak to re-energise themselves for an assault on the Premier League title.

Speaking to the Graphic Sports on telephone on Tuesday, Opoku Nti, aka Lord Zico, consigned the sweet victory to history but commended the players for their splendid performance which earned them the much-needed three points in front of a packed crowd at the Accra Stadium. For him, the sweet victory last Sunday was a significant feat which proved the team had the temperament to bounce back from their poor start to the season and fight for the ultimate trophy. 

Asante Kotoko winger, Eric Donkor, has described last Monday’s epic clash against arch rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak, as a match Kotoko were destined to win.

This, he said, was because of the difficulties and obstacles they had to overcome to get the work done.

He said even in the face of all the machinations, heckling and intimidation by their opponents before the match at the Accra Stadium, he and his teammates did not give up but went ahead to win.

Record FA Cup champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will make a tricky trip to Mpraeso to play minnows Storm Academy in an interesting MTN FA Cup Round of 16 fixture next week.

The Porcupine Warriors' northern zone clash with Division Two Storm Academy was the highlight of the Round of 16 draw held yesterday at the Alisa Hotel in Accra which kept all six Premier League clubs. 

The nine-time winners will be hoping to take another step towards the MTN FA Cup title as they look to atone for last year's loss to Medeama SC in the final.

Ghana’s continental hopeful Medeama SC will travel to South Africa to play Mamelodi Sundowns in the first-leg of their CAF Confederation Cup play-off at the Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday.

The Tarkwa-based side qualified to this stage after beating Al Ahly Shendy of The Sudan by two goals to nil on aggregate in the previous round.

Accra Hearts of Oak goalkeeper, Abdoulaye Soulama, has described his gaffe in last Monday’s league game against Kumasi Asante Kotoko as the worst nightmare in his career which he wished to quickly overcome.

In a rather sober and remorseful tone, the Burkinabe import said it was the saddest day of his life and that he could not sleep all night because he was haunted by the mistake as it kept revisiting him throughout the night.

“Right now I don’t have tears to cry; I couldn’t sleep last night because I kept thinking about it,” a disappointed Soulama said during an interview with Happy FM on Tuesday and hoped to bounce back strongly.

A board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has urged Phobian fans to desist from excessive criticism of goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama as he was already being haunted by the poor manner in which he conceded the goal against Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Accra Stadium last Monday.

He maintained that any further criticism of the Burkinabe international would aggravate his already demoralised state, and rather appealed to Hearts fans not to unnecessarily put pressure on the club’s first choice goalkeeper.

Ghana’s national swimming team has intensified its preparations towards the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Zenith Bank last Saturday championed the need for Ghanaian workers to exercise regularly with a health walk as part of activities to mark this year’s May Day celebrations.

The walk started at the Accra Stadium through some major streets of Osu and La, including the Starlets ‘91 Road, Osu Shell, Osu Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu Post Office, Christianborg Crossroads and back to the Accra Stadium.

The Immigration hit squad overcame a tough challenge from Police thrashing them 3-1 in the second match of the ongoing Table Tennis League at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday.

The match was among the highlights of the highly competitive week four fixtures.

The day began with the first round matches which saw GRA beating Fire 3-1; Synergy lost 0-3 to Prisons, Madina Club were also defeated 3-0 by Army, while Tesano Spinners beat Navy3-0.

A gift goal by goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama, which will remain one of the cheapest in the living memory of many followers of Accra Hearts of Oak, gave the Porcupine Warriors a rare 1-0 victory over their arch-rivals at the Accra Sports Stadium.

For Soulama and fans of Hearts, it was an afternoon they will quickly like to forget given the manner in which Kotoko earned the victory and bragging rights at the Accra Stadium, which witnessed one of the biggest crowds in recent years for the Premier League’s most anticipated fixture.

Dr Daniel K. Markin,  Executive Chairman of Uniex Ghana Limited, the agency that brokered the abortive Ghana Premier League sponsorship deal between the GFA and First Capital Plus Bank (now Capital Bank) has disclosed that the contract did not have a "suspension clause".