The immediate past coach of the Black Bombers, Ofori Asare, will conduct an AIBA 2-Star certification coaching course in Cameroun ahead of the Olympic qualifiers in March.

The Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Brigadier General Martin Ahiaglo (retd) has pledged the support of the NLA for the 2016 Peace Match aimed at maintaining peace during and after the presidential and parliamentary elections in November.

Brigadier General Ahiaglo (retd) said without a peaceful atmosphere in the country, the operations of all corporate bodies would be halted, hence the need for corporate Ghana to support the Peace Match.

The national badminton team won four medals, comprising one silver and three bronze, at the just ended Rose Hill Series Championship held at Mauritius over the weekend.

Emmanuel Donkor and Gifty Mensah won silver medal for Ghana after battling with Mauritius pair, Edoo and Lousison, in the mixed doubles final event.

A former board member of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Kennedy Agyapong Kenpong has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the wife and family of the murdered Abuakwa North MP, J.B. Danquah-Adu.

With all the uncertainties surrounding the annual national Premier League, it is no wonder that the whole national attention is geared towards the continental club championships — the CAF Champions League which has Ashgold competing and the CAF Confederation Cup which beckons the relatively young Medeama SC of Tarkwa.

Left back Steven Oppong, is unhappy with life at Unity FC, a Division One League club and wants to terminate his contract and move on.

The poor state of the tartan tracks at the El-Wak Stadium will prove a major obstacle for athletes when the first Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) Championship takes place on Saturday.

Premier League side, Wa All Stars is back in the country after a 10-day training tour of Saudi Arabia to prepare towards the forthcoming Ghana Premier League on February 20.

Accra Hearts of Oak are set to confound many including their critics this season as the Premier League is set to kick off on Sunday.

A referee was murdered on the football pitch just moments after he showed a player a red card in Argentina.

Cesar Flores, 48, was shot three times, in the head, chest and neck, by the attacker who is still at large and being hunted by authorities.

Another player was also shot in the chest but survived - 25-year-old Walter Zarate was rushed to hospital but is said to be recovering.

The incident, which took place in Campo de la Bribera, the provincial capital of Cordoba, Argentina, on Sunday, saw the man run onto the pitch and pull a gun from his backpack as the game was being played.

"It all happened during the match," police spokesman told the Efe news agency. "We don't know what happened with the referee but the player was angry and went to get his gun and killed him."

The Dormaa Ahenkro-based Aduana Stars last Sunday unveiled its 13 newly signed players ahead of the commencement of the 2016 Premier League with a resolve to be “the best or among the best” by the end of the season.

The occasion was also used to unveil the 48-seater KIA bus presented to the club by its owner and bankroller and Omanhene of the Dormaa Traditional Area, Osagyefo Oseadeeyor Agyeman Badu II.

Newly promoted division two side, Hope For Future FC, are looking forward to making it to  the Division One League in the upcoming Greater Accra Division Two League season.

Being the only Division Two Club at Osu in the Klottey Korley Constituency in Accra, the team is looking out for sponsorship from corporate entities operating in the constituency.

After winning the girls’ 3,000 metres in a time of 10:44.22 minutes at last year’s National Schools and Colleges athletics competition in Wa, Charlotte Fordjour has set her sights on bigger goals and is working her way to becoming the dominant athlete in her field in future.

At 17 and a junior athlete, Charlotte has been motivated by her feat at the Wa championship and is looking forward to improving steadily as well as enlisting in the Ghana Police Service in the coming years as she works hard both on her academics and sporting commitments.

IT’S been a long 10 weeks but this evening and tomorrow night finally see the return of the Champions League as the knockout stages begin with just 16 teams left.
Tonight, Chelsea will travel to Paris to face Prais Saint German (PSG) in what is fast becoming becoming a regular clash in the Champions League knockout round. They have met in the past two season and only away goals have seperated them then.
Ahead of the clash, security has been beefed up and hundreds of armed cops will be on duty around the Parc des Princes after suicide bombers tried to storm a match at the Stade de France last November
Hundreds of armed police will be on duty around the Parc des Princes ahead of the match.
The increased measures come in the wake of the horror attacks by Islamic extremists in November that left 130 people dead.
Three suicide bombers also attempted to storm the Stade de France where France were playing Germany that evening.
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The Ghana Handball Association (GHA) has directed all its regional associations to elect officers ahead of its national congress next month.

A statement issued by the GHA last Friday explained that the election of regional officers would pave way for the asociation to organise its national congress, where an executive would be elected to steer the affairs of handball in Ghana for the next four years.

The statement, signed by the Secretary-General of the association, Charles Amofah, disclosed that all regional associations had already been directed to furnish the national secretariat in Accra with the dates and venues for their elections.