The new-look CAF club competitions will include quarterfinals for the first time and have one less qualifying round, the African football body said yesterday.
Starting next year, the group stages of the annual Champions League and Confederation Cup competitions will expand from eight clubs to 16.
There is uncertainty hanging over the GN Bank Division One League (DOL) with fears that its title sponsor the GN Bank is considering suspending its sponsorship in the wake of recent acts of hooliganism at a number of league centres.
The Black Stars began residential camping at the Alisa Hotel yesterday after a full-scale training at the Accra Sports Stadium in preparation for their 2017 Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Mauritius away on Sunday.
The maiden national U-13 gala tournament ended last Saturday with New De Clem FC emerging as winners of the competition after beating City Power FC 4-3 on penalties.
A Serbian Olympic shooting instructor, Nemanja Mirosavjev, has predicted a great future for shooting as a sport in Ghana, after opening an eight-day training session for the national team, the Black Snipers, at the Armed Forces Rifle Range in Accra.
The captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan, has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of work on the artificial football pitch at Accra Academy Senior High School which he is currently undertaking at a cost of $200,000.
Controversial boxer Braimah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, says he is taking a brief hiatus from the sport to concentrate on politics, but has promised to return to the ring stronger next year for a potential cracker against Bastie Samir.
The undefeated boxer, whose strange decision to bleach his skin sparked off public criticism and fears about its health implications, and says he would stop bleaching next year to return to the ring.
Isaac Dogboe will come up against Ugandan opponent Edward Kakembo in an Africa featherweight championship thriller at the Accra Stadium on June 18.
The head coach of Division One League (DOL) side, Elmina Sharks, was last Saturday beaten unconscious by rampaging fans during their league clash with Sekondi-based Proud United at the Sekondi Gyandu Park.
Coach Kobina Amissah was later revived at a hospital where he was treated of head injuries and bruises on.
During the Champions League final last Saturday, English football legend, Gary Lineker posted a simple five-word tweet: “Pepe is such a dick!” It did not so much strike a chord as create global symphonic harmony on social media. More than 50,000 retweets and likes later, and following yet more devious behaviour by the Real Madrid defender, Lineker clarified his position. “Pepe is an enormous dick!” That tweet proved to be even more popular. How could it not be, given Pepe’s outrageously hammy behaviour?
Striker Duada Mohammed yesterday scored a hat-trick to give Kumasi Asante Kotoko a comfortable 4-2 victory over Techiman City at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
The victory lifted Kotoko to the third position on the league log behind Wa All Stars and Aduana Stars but ahead of fourth-placed Accra Hearts on head-to-head count.
The Corporate Relations Director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited, Mr Gabriel Opoku-Asare, has presented 40 cases of assorted products from Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited to the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) towards the organisation of the 41st SWAG Awards Night scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 4, 2016 at the State Banquet Hall, Accra.
Striker Dauda Mohmmed yesterday scored a hat -trick to lift former defending league champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko to the second position by beating debutants Techiman City 4-2 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Sani Alhassan of Cosmos Buffaloes RFC, who has been appointed as captain of the Ghana Rugby national team by the federation’s president, Mr Herbert Mensah, will lead the Ghana delegation to the Africa Rugby international men’s sevens tournament to be played in Lome, Togo, this afternoon.
Accra Hearts of Oak hosted Sekondi Hasaacas at their favourite home ground and it was like two unknown clubs playing? There was no colour, sound or any euphoria to suggest that two huge traditional clubs were playing!
