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No challenger: New Zealand still rugby world champs

New Zealand retain world rugby title

New Zealand held off a fierce Australian comeback to win a thrilling World Cup final and become the first team to retain their title.

Philippe Coutrinho (front) leads Liverpool’s celebration after his brace helped sink Chelsea 3-1

Klopp floors Mourinho

It was a call too close to call in the face off between Jose Mourinho the ‘Special One’ and Jurgen Klopp the ‘Normal One’. In the end, the verdict stunned everyone and has left Mourinho desperately fighting to keep his job at Chelsea.

Klopp got his first Premier League win as Liverpool boss with an excellent 3-1 victory at Chelsea.

Glo

Lucky fans for Glo-CAF Awards

Scores of lucky football fans subscribers of Glo Mobile will have the opportunity to witness the prestigious Glo-CAF Awards as Glo launches the “Find Your Place among the stars” promo ahead of the 2015 edition of the awards slated for the International Conference Centre in Abuja on January 7.

The acting Managing Director of SIC insurance, Mr Kwei Mensah Ashidam (in smock) and SWAG President, Kwabena Yeboah, in a warm handshake after signing the sponsorship agreement. Looking on are officials of SWAG and SIC Insurance

H.P. Nyemitei-SWAG Cup fixed for Nov. 29

This year’s H.P. Nyemitei-SWAG Cup will come off on Sunday, November 29 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, following an agreement by SIC Insurance to sponsor the prestigious competition which was last played in 2009.

African Nation Championship

South Africa, Senegal miss CHAN 2016 boat

Guinea and Angola caused the biggest shocks of the weekend so far as they qualified for the finals of the 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda.

Guinea qualified for the tournament for locally based players for the first time after three failed attempts by eliminating Senegal.

Louis van Gaal

Van Gaal demands end to goal drought

Louis van Gaal wants Manchester United to use tomorrow's home Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow as a turning point for their season.

United secured a 1-1 draw in Russia thanks to Anthony Martial's header in their most recent European outing on October 21 but have since recorded three 0-0 draws in a row, results which have seen them lose ground to Manchester City and Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table and exit the League Cup on penalties to Middlesbrough.

Death

Hearts mourn Paul Kunkey

The death is reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday, October 31, 2015 of Mr Paul Kunkey, a former chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club. He was 72.

• Kissi Boateng -- Featured for TP Mazembe against USM Algers

Ghana quintet close in Champs League glory

Five Ghanaian players are close to tasting CAF Champions League glory after helping their club, TP Mazembe to gain a 2-1 advantage in the first leg of the final away to USM Algier last Saturday

Match in memory of the late Eric Amankwah­

A special football match in memory of a former player of the Black Stars, the late Eric Amankwah, will be played at the Akosombo Presbyterian School Park on Sunday.

The match which involves two local clubs, Muzuu Football Academy based at Anchiase in the Asuogyaman District, and Akosombo Select Side will be preceded with the burial ceremony and final funeral rites of Eric Amankwah at Akosombo.

Jose Maurinho

Is this the end of the road for Jose Mourinho?

Chelsea's meeting with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge last Saturday was billed as the game manager Jose Mourinho must not lose if he wanted to keep his job.

Now, after a 3-1 defeat that sent Chelsea towards the bottom of the Premier League after their sixth loss in 11 games and left Liverpool fans singing "you're getting sacked in the morning", the grim statistics and questions are piling up around Mourinho.

Some team members

Silver maintain lead in Ash hockey

One time a strong force in Ashanti hockey, Silver,  lived up to the billing last Saturday when they thrashed Unique 5-2 in the second week fixture of the Ashanti regional hockey league to maintain their hold on the summit on six points.

The former collection of stars who only made their return to the league last season impressed from the push off till the final whistle in the 70 minutes of play with some individual field's goals and perfect drag-flicks.

National hockey team

Egypt whack Black Sticks at ongoing Africa Hockey Championship

Egypt last Saturday succeeded in applying the brakes on the forward march of Ghana’s men hockey team, trashing them 7-1 at the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa Hockey Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Maxwell Konadu — Local Black Stars coach

Ghana fail to qualify for 2016 CHAN

Ghana missed out on a ticket to next year’s Championship of Africa Nations (CHAN) tournament slated for Rwanda after the local Black Stars lost 0-1 to Cote d’Ivoire in the return leg of their last qualifying tie last Friday. They crashed out on the away goal’s rule.

The Stars went into the return leg in Abidjan with a 2-1 advantage but paid for allowing their Ivorian opponents to score in the first leg in Kumasi, as Maxwell Konadu’s charges exited the qualifying competition after a 2-2 aggregate which saw the Elephants advance to the final tonourmant on the away goal’s rule.

It is the first time Ghana would be missing out in the competition after losing out in the grand finale to DR Congo in the maiden edition in Cote d’Ivoire in 2009.

Eric Opoku receiving his award from  Oseadeayo Agyeman-Badu II and Mr Ernest Thompson (right)

Opoku wins top player prize

Midfielder Eric Opoku last Friday put the icing on Ashantigold’s dominance at the 10th PLB Awards by lifting the flagship

Footballer of the Season award, prompting a $1,000 offer from Mr Ernest Thompson who chaired the function.
Opoku, who led Ashantigold to their fourth league title this season, beat off strong opposition from Wa All Stars goalkeeper

Richard Ofori and Kofi Owusu who won the Best Goalkeeper and Goal King awards respectively.

• Acting Managing Director of SIC Insurance, Kwei Mensah Ashidam (2nd left), presenting the document to swag president Mr Kwabena Yeboah (2nd right). Looking on are other members of SWAG and SIC officials

SIC Insurance to sponsor Nyemitei-SWAG Cup

The Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) has confirmed the return of the annual SWAG/H.P. Nyemitei Cup this month after its headline sponsor, SIC Insurance Company, fulfilled its pledge to ensure the revival of the prestigious competition.

Last Friday, SIC Insurance and SWAG signed a sponsorship agreement at a ceremony at the company’s head office (Nyemitei House) in Accra at which the acting Managing Director of SIC Insurance, Kwei Mensah Ashidam, announced that his outfit was determined to ensure not only a revival of the Nyemitei-SWAG Cup match to honour the late Henry Plange Nyemitei, but also use it as an opportunity to deepen its partnership with SWAG to help revive local football.

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