Black stars coach, Avram Grant, insist he bears no grudge against US-based goalkeeper Adambathia Larsen Kwarasey, disclosing that his utmost consideration for call-up to the national team will always be the commitment of players to national duty.

Grant reaction came last Monday after he had been heavily criticized for sidelining the young goalie who once established himself as the nation’s safest pair of hands until the Star’s disastrous world cup campaign in Brazil last year.

Accra Hearts of Oaks ties with Japan is set to grow stronger following a sponsorship deal struck with Japanese sportswear and equipment firm, Polar Electric.

Hearts source confirmed to the Graphic Sports yesterday that the deal was brokered by the clubs Japanese coach, Kenichi.

The Porcupine Warriors yesterday put the smiles back on the faces of their supporters when they pipped their regional rivals,  Obuasi AshGold, 1-0 to lift this year’s SIC Nyemitei SWAG Cup.

The victory ended the Aboakese boys dominance over the Oseikrom boys in recent times, earning the Kumasi lads the bragging rights for the moment.

The Porcupine Warriors yesterday put a smile on the faces of their supporters when they pipped regional rivals Obuasi AshGold to lift this year’s SIC Nyemitei Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Cup.

This ended the Aboakese dominance over the Porcupine Warriors in recent times and earned them the bragging rights to the SWAG Cup.

Defending champions, Jessica Tei and Raymond Zigah, will defend their Coca-Cola Family Day golf titles when the competition tees-off on Saturday at the Celebrity Golf Club at Sakumono.

Last year, Zigah picked the winner’s trophy after recording a net score of 62, while Jessica finished first in the ladies event with a score of 70.

The defending champions will, however, not have it as easy on Saturday as they face a potentially stiff challenge from an estimated 120 other golfers who are expected to participate in the tournament.

The annual Norlympics Taekwondo academy competition will begin on Friday and climax on Saturday with over 3,000 participants competing in the nation’s largest mass taekwondo competition.

Accra Hearts of Oak have held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra with Board Chairman, Togbe Afede XIV, painting an unimpressive picture about the club’s finances and stating also that he was ready to trade off his stake in the club as majority shareholder.

The investment banker revealed that the club’s current assets stood at GH¢186,597 and indicated that the club had not earned money from the transfer of players since the Phobians sold striker Mahatma Otoo to Norwegian club, Sogndal, three seasons ago.

The annual National Para Sports Festival which is organised by National Paralympic Committee (NPC) in collaboration with the Dan-deVan Group of Companies, is slated for November 29 at the Accra Stadium.

The event which is dubbed the “Dan-deVan National Paralympic Festival” will see athletes participate in a top-6 wheelchair tennis competition, a wheelchair basketball game involving two teams from Accra and Sunyani, 15km wheelchair race, and a 15km hand cycling race.

Daniel Mensah, the chairman of the Dan-deVan Group of Companies, explained that the decision to partner with the NPC was to honour para sports athletes who excelled during the course of the year.

CAF Champions League winners, TP Mazembe, yesterday walloped Ghana’s Dream Team 3-1 to win the 2015 Mo Ibrahim Governance Cup in a game which was halted by poor lighting at the Accra Stadium.

The match, which climaxed the 2015 Mo Ibrahim Annual Governance Week, saw TP Mazembe dominating right from kick-off.

Ghanaian boxer, Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’  Tagoe, succeeded in clinching his third straight victory after his famous bout with George Ashie when he knocked out Tanzanian opponent Allan Kamote in the first round of the WBA International Lightweight Championship.

 For the past few years, there has been a general consensus of opinion among football supporters that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the best players in the world.

You might argue about the order in which they should be placed, but few fans, aside from some Barcelona or Real Madrid followers who are unwilling to praise their greatest enemy's biggest star, would question the suggestion that those two are head and shoulders above everybody else.

The new vice president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) George Kwasi Afriyie, says his position is not only reward for hardwork and loyalty to Ghana football, but also a big challenge to help take the sport to a higher level.

Afriyie replaces former vice president, Fred Crentsil, who was unable to retain his seat on the recently held Executive Committee (ExCo) elections.

And as he warms himself into the new position, having been elevated from being  a member of the Emergency Committee (EmCo) of the GFA, Afriyie aims at building a healthier relationship with the media to help tell the GFA story better and erase all doubts and negative perceptions about the association in the minds of Ghanaians and football lovers.

Newly-crowned African champions TP Mazembe will battle some of the finest players in the domestic league for the inaugural Mo Ibrahim Foundation Governance Cup at the Accra Stadium on Sunday.

The international friendly has been put together by Primeval Media, in collaboration with the Government of Ghana and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, and will offer a  select-side, known as the Dream Team.

This will comprise of top players in Ghana’s Premier League and Division One League, a platform to pit their strength with the reigning CAF Champions League winners, who will parade five Ghanaian players — Solomon Asante, Richard Kissi Boateng, Gladson Awako, Yaw Frimpong and Daniel Nii Adjei.

Black Stars players and technical handlers received an amount of $10,000 each from the Ministry of Youth and Sports as payment of their outstanding bonus for the Ghana-Rwanda World Cup qualifier.

However, the winning bonus for their 2-0 victory over Comoros in the return leg World Cup qualifier last Tuesday remains outstanding, the Graphic Sports has learnt.

The amount of money to be paid as winning bonus has remained a thorny issue in recent monts with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed dropping the hint last week that the bonus could be reduced to $5,000 as the country’s economic challenges would not permit the government to maintain the current bonus of $10,000.

The CEO of Joy Dadi Industries, Dr  Takyi Manfred, has presented a brand new Range Rover 2013 edition to Landmark Promotions as the reward for the winner of the December 26 rematch between Bramah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, and Michael Ayittey Powers Okine.

The vehicle, which has Joy Dadi  and traditional Joy Dadi paints  on it, was presented to Mr Anthony Kermah of Landmark Boxing Promotion in Accra last Wednesday.

Banku fights Powers once again in what has been dubbed ‘Repeat or Revenge’ at the Baba Yara Stadium on December 26.