Chelsea winger Christian Atsu has signed for Malaga on loan until the end of the season – 24 hours after telling the BBC that he was joining Levante.
Before linking up with Javi Gracia's Malaga last Monday, the 24-year-old Ghana international said that he would imminently be joining their La Liga rivals, Levante.
Adidas, the IAAF's biggest sponsor, has told the athletics' world governing body it is to terminate their sponsorship deal four years early.
The sportswear giant informed the IAAF of its decision — understood to be a direct result of the doping scandal sweeping the sport - last week.
A solitary goal scored by Samuel Asare of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) hockey team was all his side needed to shoot down Seniors to jump to the second position in the five-club Ashanti Regional Hockey League at the Baba Yara Stadium last Saturday.
KNUST who are yet to rediscover the form that made them one of the dreaded sides in the league, put up a scintillating performance to freeze the surging runs of the Seniors throughout the game.
The result has now propelled them to the second position on 10 points, the same as Seniors, but with a better goal difference.
The case between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and the former CEO of the club, Dr K. K. Sarpong, was last Friday adjourned to February 15, 2016 by a Kumasi Commercial High Court.
This was because the parties were unable to finish the case management stage to set the tone for the trial.
But it was mainly due to the inability of the Kotoko Management to file all its statements to enable the trial judge, Justice Mrs Angelina Homiah, to set the date for the trial.
The two parties had earlier failed to reach an amicable settlement at a pre-trial conference held last year before another High Court and, therefore, decided to go through the normal trial to resolve the issues.
Ghana’s only qualifier for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, 800-metre runner Alex Amankwah, has been nominated for the inaugural Liquid Sports Ghana Athlete of the Year Award to be announced on Friday.
The award is aimed at promoting athletics in the country by throwing the spotlight on national athletes who excell both locally and internationally.
The list is dominated by athletes who helped Team Ghana win an impressive eight medals in athletics at the 2015 All African Games (AAG) in Congo-Brazzaville.
Four goals conceded in the first half by Rwanda saw Morocco cruise to victory in the teams' final Group A game of the first stage of CHAN 2016, but Rwanda still go through to the knockouts along with Cote d’Ivoire.
Ivory Coast joined defeated Gabon 4-1 in Butare in the other Group game yesterday and, therefore, go through with Rwanda to the quarterfinals.
As early as the 5th minute, Ernest Sugira made a good run on the right flank but no one picked up his pass, and Savio Nshuti's attempt was saved by Bourkadi. Then, five minutes later, Sugira had another scoring chance, but Bourkadi saved it easily as Morocco also forced a good save from Kwizera on the other end.
A report claiming Jose Mourinho wrote a six-page letter to Manchester United outlining his suitability to succeed Louis van Gaal as manager is "totally absurd", says his agent Jorge Mendes.
The Independent yesterday also claims Mourinho offered a "forensic analysis" of the Old Trafford squad in what it called a "love letter" to the club.
Diego Costa returned to haunt Arsenal once again as he scored the only goal in Chelsea's 1-0 victory at the Emirates having been involved in Per Mertesacker's sending-off.
Arsene Wenger's Premier League title hopefuls started brightly, but suffered a massive setback as Mertesacker was given his marching orders after 18 minutes.
Chelsea broke forward through Willian, and the Brazilian's weighted pass in behind Mertesacker led to the World Cup winner sliding in on Costa as last man to receive a red card from Mark Clattenburg.
Danny Garcia overcame a sluggish start to win a unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero at the Staples Center in Los Angeles last Saturday and claim the WBC welterweight title vacated by Floyd Mayweather Jr.
With Mayweather, who retired in September, sitting ringside, Garcia (32-0) took control from the middle rounds and was awarded the decision 116-112 by all three judges.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived a scare against Gilles Simon to reach the last eight of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Five-time champion Djokovic made 100 unforced errors but prevailed 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 4-6 6-3 after four hours and 32 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
Djokovic, 28, is through to his 27th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final.
John Stones will be at centre of a £50m transfer scramble in the summer, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and Chelsea all keen to sign him.
Everton turned down the opportunity to sell their highly-rated centre half last summer, rejecting a £38million bid from Chelsea.
But the interest in Stones has intensified since then, with Rafa Benitez having asked Real Madrid to sign him when he was manager at the club.
Lionel Messi returned from injury to send Barcelona back to the top of La Liga as they won at Malaga.
Messi missed the midweek Copa Del Rey win at Athletic Bilbao with a hamstring problem, but came back to volley in Adriano's cross for the decisive goal.
Munir El Haddadi gave Barca the lead with a tap-in after 70 seconds.
Daniel Amartey has begun training with his new club, Leicester City, after completing a £5m deal from the Danish club for four-and-a-half year.
The Ghana international becomes Claudio Ranieri's second capture of the transfer window after the acquisition of Demarai Gray from Birmingham City.
Amartey, who has won six caps for the senior side after making his debut against Senegal in 2015, plays as a central-midfielder and can also cover at right-back.
Speaking to the club's website Amartey said: 'It's a great pleasure to join Leicester City. I know the club have been interested in signing me for some time and that was a big part of my decision to come here.
Swansea recorded their first ever league win over Everton as they hung on to record a 2-1 success in Francesco Guidolin's first game as manager, thanks to Andre Dede Ayew, who was instrumental in both goals by the Swans.
The visitors went in front through Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty after Tim Howard brought down Andre Ayew following John Stones' weak backpass.
Gareth Barry's deflected flick made it 1-1 just eight minutes later but Ayew restored the advantage with an effort which looped in over Howard off Stones.
Roger Federer, the Swiss third seed, produced a masterclass to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals, easing past David Goffin in straight sets yesterday.
Federer barely broke sweat in his 6-2 6-1 6-4 dismantling of the talented Belgian, 15th seed on Rod Laver Arena.
The 17-time grand slam champion was in control throughout, only dropping serve once as he beat Goffin for the fourth time in as many meetings to earn a last-eight showdown with sixth seed Tomas Berdych.
It was a late start in Melbourne, with the marathon five-setter between Novak Djokovic and Gilles Simon earlier in the day forcing back the scheduled times on court.
