Ethiopia has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in East Africa's premier football tournament this month because of political tensions between the neighbouring nations that fought a bloody war from 1998-2000.

Venus Williams' victory in the Zhuhai Masters in China over the weekend sees her climb from 11th to seventh in the latest WTA standings dominated by her sister Serena.

Black Stars Management Committee chairman, George Afriyie, came to the rescue of the Stars yesterday when he commandeered groundsmen from Liberty Professionals to the Accra stadium to avert a potential training boycott by the players.

Andy Murray gained some consolation for his straight sets defeat to Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters final last Sunday by regaining the world No 2 spot.

The Scot was edged for second place by Roger Federer last week, but his run into the Paris final, coupled with Federer's early loss to John Isner, reversed the positions.

The Ghana Triathlon Federation (GTF) is set to launch the second edition of the Kempinski Race Series at the University of Ghana, Legon on Sunday.

The event, sponsored by Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City and considered as one of the fastest growing sports in the world, brings together some of the biggest names in the hospitality business worldwide.

Pressure on Franz Beckenbauer to explain payments and provide answers over a 2006 World Cup scandal grew yesterday, a day after the president of Germany's FA (DFB) resigned despite insisting he had done nothing wrong.

Wolfgang Niersbach, who was a vice president of Germany's World Cup organisers, said he was taking political responsibility for a controversial 6.7 million euro ($7.22 million) payment to FIFA allegedly used to bribe officials of the world football's governing body to vote for Germany's World Cup hosting bid.

A board member of Special Olympics, Nana Wereko-Ampim Opoku, last Sunday inaugurated a  third division football club at Jachie in the Bosomtwe district of Ashanti  with an assurance of offering meaningful  support to players and technical men of the club  in diverse ways.

The chairman of the Premier League Board (PLB), Mr Welbeck Abra-Appiah, joined a host of former international footballers to mourn with Tony Yeboah during the funeral of his mother, Mrs Comfort Yeboah, in Kumasi last Saturday.

A contingent of TP Mazembe players and officials are expected to arrive in Ghana next Thursday, November 20, to engage a local select side, "Dream Team", in a special Governance Cup match at the Accra Sports Stadium on November 22.

The 2015 African champions will be among the key celebrants of the annual Governance Weekend, under the auspices of Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the government of Ghana.

The founder of Dreams FC, a newly promoted First Capital Plus Premier League team, Kurt Okraku, has outdoored three new players at a ceremony in Accra with the assurance of competing favourably in the 2015-2016 Premier League.

Lamine Diack has been provisionally suspended as an honorary member of the International Olympics Committee.

The 82-year-old was president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for 16 years, before he was replaced by Lord Coe in August.

Diack is being investigated by French police over allegations he took bribes to cover up positive drugs tests.  His suspension comes after a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report accused Russia of widespread doping.

Aduana Stars shot stopper, Stephen Adams, says he has been persuaded by management of the club to extend his contract with a promise to secure an European deal for him in the future.

Barely one week after confirming to Graphic Sports that he was on the verge of a move to Accra Hearts of Oak, the goalkeeper made a surprise u-turn to sign a new contract with the Dormaa-Ahenkro side, saying that he did not want to mar the cordial relationship that existed between him and his employers.

A cloud of uncertainty still hangs over the Black Stars winning bonus following George Afriyie’s insistence that the team’s winning bonus remains $10,000 despite a strong hint dropped by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, regarding a reduction in the bonus by 50 per cent due to the nation's economic challenges.

A "betrayal", a "destruction of public faith" and a "dark day" for athletics. Leading figures have responded to a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report, which has recommended Russia should be banned from competition.

British sports minister Tracey Crouch called the findings an "extraordinarily dark day for athletics". The report examines claims of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics, which also implicated the IAAF, the sport's world governing body.

The report also states the London 2012 Olympics were "sabotaged" by participation of Russian athletes under suspicion, while Dick Pound - head of the independent commission - described it as "state-sponsored doping".

May the Almighty God have mercy on us we visionless people who in our backsliding, take solace in other people's glory and pride. I look back with nostalgia the days when we spent our energy, wisdom and hard-earned money to secure independence for a people who were struggling under the enslavement of their Belgian colonial masters and were crying for a saviour from above.   You can't believe it, today the same people have had the effrontery to buy our talents and have used them to win the CAF champions league, while we languish far behind without the same ability to buy great footballers for the same football competition.