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.

For a moment, it appeared the Ministry of Youth and Sports was not going to participate in the two-day congress of the Ghana Football Association which ended yesterday at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram.

As was reported on the first day, there was no sign of any representative of the ministry showing up. Not even the ebullient Deputy Minister, the VOA himself (Vincent Oppong Asamoah), whose favourite subject appears to be the FA and its workings, could be sighted by the congressmen and women, fuelling the suspicion about the uncozy relationship between the Sports Ministry and the FA.

However, all that must have changed yesterday when the sector Minister, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, graced the function with an address that sounded too good to be true and which could hardly hide the grin on the face of the FA boss and his colleagues.

The president of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, and 18 newly-elected members of the FA’s Executive Committee were sworn into office yesterday for a four-year term.

Former Arsenal and Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira has been appointed as head coach of Major League Soccer club New York City.

Vieira, 39, leaves his role as head coach of Manchester City's Under-21s after signing a three-year contract with New York.

Ashgold CEO, Kudjoe Fianoo has disclosed that sensational New Edubiase United twin brothers, Fuseini and Alhassan Nuhu, are set to complete a two-year switch to the Soccer Miners next season, with a deal expected to be finalised this week.

Ivorian forwards Wilfried Bony, Salomon Kalou and Thomas Toure have all been ruled out injured of the Elephants’ FIFA World Cup qualifying double header against Liberia on November 13 and 17 .

David Moyes has been sacked as head coach of Real Sociedad

The former Everton and Manchester United boss moved to San Sebastian looking to revive his coaching career in La Liga after being sacked by the Red Devils just seven months into his contract at Old Trafford.

Floyd Mayweather stands firm that there's been no discussions about a rematch with Manny Pacquiao, saying that Pacquiao is only mentioning his name to try to sell tickets for his next fight.

Much to the surprise of Floyd Mayweather and Bob Arum alike, Manny Pacquiao has gone on record several times talking about negotiating a rematch with Floyd. Apparently this is all news to Pacquiao's own promoter and Floyd himself, who tells FightHype that there is no sequel in the works.

An international anti-doping commission has recommended that Russia's Athletics Federation be banned from international competition over widespread doping offences - a move that could see the powerhouse Russian team excluded from next year's Rio Olympics.

Russian Sports Minister, Vitlay Mutko, said there was no evidence for the accusations against the Federation.

Memphis Depay appears to be falling out of the perking order as far as Louis van Gaal’s plans for Manchester United this season are concerned.

But after signing a £90,000 a week deal with the Old Trafford club from PSV, the 20-year-old is unwavering except for a change in his taste and love for cars.

Achimota Golf Club last Saturday recorded a 76-23 score over their Nigerian counterparts from Ikoyi in their annual match play at the refurbished Achimota Golf Club.

The win avenged the Nigerians’ victory over the Frank Adu Jnr-led side in Lagos last year.  

Achimota took the lead on day one of the two-day shotgun event with a 23-6 score in the doubles match play. The host again dominated play when the format switched to a single play with an impressive 153-117 score on the second day to lift the prestigious trophy.

Over 25 international schools will battle for honours in this year's Inter School’s Football Gala and Swimming Competition slated for Saturday at the Lizzy Sports Complex in Accra.

The one-day event, organised by the Lizzy Sports Complex in partnership with the Global Media Alliance (GMA), aims to unearth talents among students aged between 8-16  from private primary and junior high schools.

According to the Director of Sport at the Lizzy Sports Complex,  Mr Jamil Maraby, the objective of the event was to inspire students to actively get involved in sports through swimming and football.

Nigeria became only the second side to retain the FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 2-0 win against Mali in Vina Del Mar as the 2015 edition of the tournament came to an end last Sunday.

Victor Osimhen stole the show once again thanks to his record-breaking 10th goal of the tournament, with Funsho Bamgboye adding a second moments later. Goalkeeper Samuel Diarra had saved an early Osinachi Ebere penalty as the Malians played their part in an entertaining finale to Chile 2015.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho still retains the support of Blues owner Roman Abramovich and his position is not under immediate threat. The Blues lost at Stoke last Saturday with Mourinho absent as he served a one-game stadium ban.

The defeat was Chelsea's seventh in 12 Premier League games and leaves them three points above the relegation zone in 16th place. Mourinho's side face Norwich at Stamford Bridge on November 21.