Former Chelsea, Real Madrid and AC Milan midfielder Michael Essien has revealed that his home in Athens was burgled while he was out having dinner.
"I experienced my first bad week in Athens. My home burgled on Wednesday and the defeat on Saturday," wrote the 32-year-old Ghana international on his Instagram account.
With less than two weeks to the commencement of the nation’s flagship football tournament, the management of Dreams FC have put in place a number of activities to mark the grand reopening of the refurbished Dawu Stadium on Sunday.
The Country Director of Herbalife Ghana Limited, Mr Frederick Amissah, has urged sports teams in Africa to take the nutritional needs of their athletes more seriously.
He said adhering to the nutritional needs of their athletes would enhance their performance during international tournaments.
Ghana's taekwondo contingent made up of, David Koney Adjetey, Terrence Asare, Danielle Pelham and Eunice Adadepo all failed to make it to the Rio Olympic Games which is slated for August this year after crashing out at the African Olympic Qualification Taekwondo Tournament in Agadir, Morocco.
Delegates of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF) on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a new constitution which now places ownership and control of the federation in the hands of the various clubs, regional associations and other stakeholders.
Newly-promoted Division One League (DOL) side, Vision FC, have set a target of sealing a qualification into the elite division of Ghana football next three seasons.
Black Bombers coach, Daniel Lartekwei Lartey insists despite the total neglect of the team ahead of the Olympic qualifiers in Cameroun, six of his boxers still stand the greatest chance of qualifying to the Olympics.
The president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Professor Francis Dodoo, has allayed the fears of Ghanaians over the uncertainty of Ghana’s participation at the upcoming Olympics set for Rio in August.
The board chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak, Torgbe Afede XIV, has injected a whopping amount of GH¢500,000 into the coffers of the club ahead of the start of the forthcoming Premier League season.
According to Vincent Odotei Sowah, Chairman of the Strategic Management Committee of the club, the money will be used for the settlement of all outstanding salaries of players, technical handlers and administrators of the club, as well as other financial obligations.
He disclosed to the Graphic Sports that the payment of the salary arrears was one of the initiatives taken by the management to restructure the club to ensure smooth operations in the upcoming Premier League season.
Premier League champions AshantiGold, have put last Sunday's controversial Super Cup defeat to Medeama behind them as Coach Bashir Hayford and his charges count on a good performance, against M.O. Bejaia of Algeria in the first leg preliminary round of the CAF Champions League at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday.
Coach Hayford said he was hopeful of a win on Sunday to get their continental campaign off well.
“I don't believe in predictions but I am hoping to have a good performance, a good day, and a good win,” he told the Graphic Sports after training yesterday at Obuasi.
The minister designate for Youth and Sports, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has vowed to crush the so-called ‘Mafia’ in the ministry which is believed to have sabotaged the work of previous ministers, as he plans a “revolutionary approach to sports development” if approved by parliament to take charge of the hot seat.
A firebrand politician who has openly voiced his disapproval of some developments at the Kwesi Nyantakyii-led Ghana Football Association (GFA), particularly during the reign of former President J.E.A. Mills, when he was a special aide to the late President, Nii Lante told the Parliament’s Appointment Committee during his vetting last Monday that he would ensure that no unseen hand or perceived ‘Mafia’ would be given room to undermine his work.
A veteran taekwondoga, Charles Alex Cromwell, has criticised the leadership of the Ghana Taekwondo Association(GTA) for what he describes as bias in its selection of athletes to compete at the ongoing Olympics qualifiers in Agadir, Morocco.
The boys under-18 winner of last year’s Ghana’s Fastest Human, Sarfo Ansah, is nurturing an ambitious target of becoming the world’s top sprinter in future and hopefully becoming the first Ghanaian to hold the world sprints record in five years’ time.
Premier League champions AshantiGold have explained that their refusal to receive their runners-up medals at the end of last Sunday’s Super Cup match was as a result of a failure by the organisers to provide the appropriate number of medals for the playing body and technical handlers.
The management, technical team and players of Kumasi Asante Kotoko last Friday paid a courtesy call on one of the clubs sponsors, Herbalife Ghana Limited, at their office in Accra.
While taking the team on a tour of their offices, Country Director of Herbalife, Frederick Amissah described their association with the Porcupine Warriors as great for both parties.
He however, expressed concern about the team’s performance last year and urged them to improve upon it .
