Newly signed Kumasi Asante Kotoko goalie, Ernest Sowah, insists  the stiff competition he faces at the stables of the Porcupine Warriors will motivate him to be a better shot-stopper and ensure his quick return to the senior national team, the Black Stars.

Sowah, who completed a three-year deal in October to join the Porcupine Warriors after cancelling his contract with Congolese side CS Don Bosco, conceded in an interview with the Graphic Sports that he faces a scramble for the first-choice  with competition from Eric Ofori Antwi, Felix Annan and Isaac Amoako (injured) at his new club.

 Dismissed Hearts of Oak midfielder, Emmanuel Hayford and the club have traded counter accusations over allegation of commitment and indiscipline leading to the dismissal from the club.

While Hearts News report suggested the club had to dispense with the services of Emmanuel Hayford on grounds of indiscipline and truancy, the player told Happy FM in an interview that those allegations were unfounded based on how he sacrificed for the club.

Miswa Chemicals based in Northampton in the United Kingdom, producers of Polygard products, including Kilit Insecticide, has through its local distributors, the Evergreen Chemicals Limited, fenced the tennis courts of the 4 Garrison Tennis Club in Kumasi, a project that cost the company GH¢23,000.

The Managing Director of the Evergreen Chemicals Limited, Mr John Dele and his wife, Abigail Dele, handed over the facility to the General Officer Commanding the Central Command, Brig. Gen Joseph Adu Boampong, a patron of the club.

They also promised to support the club with series of tournament and other pressing needs to develop tennis in the Ashanti Region.

Mr Dele told the Graphic Sports it was time the National Sports Authority gave other disciplines the right boost to develop and grow.

He said his desire to sponsor tennis was his contribution towards helping budding talents in the sport and help it to grow.

The club, in showing appreciation to

Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, is set for a legal showdown with tough-talking legal practitioner, Dr Maurice Ampaw, over his media pronouncements regarding the alleged rape and unnatural carnal knowledge of Ampaw's client, Sarah Kwablah.

According to Mr Agyebeng, Gyan has been cleared of all of Sarah's allegations by the Attorney General's (AG) department and has directed his legal team to take action against anyone who defames him in respect of the issue.

Gyan's lawyers, Cromwell Grey LLP, represented by the managing partner, Agyebeng, who spoke at a press conference in Accra yesterday at which Gyan was absent, said the Attorney General's department had "concluded that the rape and unnatural carnal knowledge allegations made by Sarah Kwablah against Asamoah Gyan are totally baseless and that the docket should be closed".

A former player of the Black Stars, James Kuuku Dadzie, has passionately appealed to the various committees of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to be swift and strict in applying the statutes of the association in matters of dispute without prejudice.

He said if the rules governing the game were swept under the carpet or the rules bent in the interest of certain parties, the country’s football would continue to suffer.

Emos Korblah has won this year’s Goldfield's Professional Golfers Association (PGA) of Ghana golf championship played at the Damang Golf Course in the Western Region.

He prevented Nigeria’s Sunday Odegha from winning the competition after dominated the for the first three days.

Korblah overtook Odegha on the final day with a total score of 286 and took home a cash prize of GH¢25,000, while Odegha followed with a score of 288.

Plans are far advanced to introduce swimming lessons into the Ghanaian School curricular aimed at attracting schoolchildren to the swimming sport.

Mr John Mensah Anang, a staff at the Curriculum Research and Development Unit of the Ghana Education Service (GES)   said the GES was working with Felix Fitness Foundation (FFF), a swimming and aqua survival training organisation, to develop the swimming lessons.

At a swimming championship organised by the FFF for children between the ages of one and 17 years, at the A& C Mall in Accra, Mr Anang explained that the world was experiencing natural disasters such as earthquake and flooding as well as climate change which had affected the lives of the vulnerable, including children.

Accra Hearts of Oak have moved their training to the Legon Park after using the grassless Police Depot Park at Tesano in Accra as their base for nearly six weeks.

Hearts’ management had been under intense pressure since their coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi moved the team to the Police Depot Park which has rough surface.

Ashanti Gold has set a Money Zone target for their head coach, Bashir Hayford, aka Coach Bash, in their Africa Champions League campaign next year.

Kudjoe Fianoo, CEO of the club, noted that for sometime now no Ghanaian club had made it to the Group stage and was, therefore, imperative for them to make that the target of the coach.

The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has expressed its deep appreciation to the management of SIC Insurance Company and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and all who played various roles in ensuring a successful SIC-Nyemitei SWAG Cup match between

AshantiGold and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi last week.

Kotoko defeated Ashgold 1-0 to win the prestigious trophy for a record 14th time.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko yesterday defeated a team of former Black Stars players 4-2 to win the 1965 AFCON squad fundraising trophy at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The non-competitive tie was witnessed by a sizeable crowd, including former President Jerry John Rawlings, GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi and Kennedy Agyepong of Kenpong Group of Companies, one of the sponsors of the match. It brought together the cream of the Black Stars team which reached the final of the 1992 Nations Cup in Senegal as they teamed up to pit their strength against the newly crowned SWAG Cup champions.

Comical boxer, Braimah Kamoko, known in boxing circles as Bukom Banku, has demanded a new date for his much-publicised rematch with Michael Ayittey Powers, saying he prefers to fight his old foe on Friday, February 26, next year.

With just three weeks to the big fight, Kamoko has asked Landmark Promotions, promoters of the fight, to postpone it for two more months due to perceived bias against him.

Last Saturday, Bukom Banku released a video of himself on YouTube citing a number of reasons why he wanted a postponement of the December 26 fight scheduled for the Baba Yara stadium in Kumasi.

Coach Bashir Hayford has been rewarded with a two-year extension of his deal by his employers, AshantiGold, after spearheading the club’s Premier League success nearly 19 years since they first won it.

Coach Hayford, who was also adjudged the Best Coach of the Premier League at the recent Premier League Board (PLB) awards, signed the deal some two weeks ago.

The contract of the coach, who joined the ‘Soccer Miners’ from Tarkwa-based Medeama FC, expired at the end of last season.

Retired national stars who came close to winning the AFCON trophy in 1992 will lace up their boots once again to take on Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a friendly game at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The game, organised by the Despite Group of Companies, will bring to a climax the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Ghana's 1965 AFCON victory in Tunisia and is aimed at raising funds for the 10 surviving members of that team.

The president of the Ghana Golf Association (GGA), Mr  Mike Aggrey, has described the 27th Ghana Seniors Open golf tournament as a huge success.

He said the heavy representation of golfers numbering about 45 who entered from the usual 30 players made the two-day event one of the best in recent years.

In a post-tournament interview, Mr. Aggrey said “We haven’t had high representation in the over 70-years category like we did for a long time; as many as six nine-hole players participated.

Obuasi’s Seidu Konate  finished first in the scratch Group A event after a 160 gross score. Hans De Beer of Tarkwa followed with 162 gross with S.Ofori of Takoradi (166 gross)  and Achimota’s David Arkutu (172) following in that order.