Masa-Ud Didi Dramani, the coach of Ghana's Under-20 female football team, say they are determined to claim victory over Ethiopia as they host them in the return and final leg of their Women's World Cup (WWC) qualifier in Kumasi on Sunday.

Two weeks ago, the Princesses gave up a 1-0 lead and fought to draw 2-2 in the first leg in Addis Ababa, but Coach Dramani says they will not commit the same mistakes that nearly cost them as they are bent on qualifying for the 2016 U-20 WWC in Papua New Guinea.

"We went to Addis Ababa hoping to keep a clean sheet, but that did not happen and we were forced to fight for a drawn result. The mistakes we committed have been well noted and corrected. In Kumasi, our game plan is not just to win, but also to maintain a clean sheet at home," Coach Dramani told the Graphic Sports.

Various keep fit clubs, students and other identifiable groups from the Sekondi-Takoradi municipality, last Saturday participated in a health walk designed to create awareness and educate the public about the prevention and cure of breast cancer.

 The exercise, organised by   Breast Care International (BCI) and Peace and Love Hospital, started with a few keep fit clubs at 6 am from   the Jubilee Park in Takoradi, though, Effia-nkwanta, Adiembra,Essikado and Essipon.

 The number, however, swelled up as many others joined in the walk, which was on the theme,‘‘Fighting for Breast Cancer: Free Future,’’

Former Black Stars striker, Augustine Ahinful, has appealed to supporters of Accra Hearts of Oak to rally  behind newly appointed Hearts of Oak manager, Kenichi Yatsuhashi to enable him realise his ambition of restoring the club to its winning ways.

In an interview with the Graphic Sports, Ahinful, whose striking prowess endeared him to soccer fans in Ghana during his days with Ashgold, said considering the ambitions and determination of Kenichi Yatsuhashi, he would achieve much success for Hearts if the fans offered him the needed support.

“I believe he can accomplish every task he promised the club. You can see he showed character during the press conference, and I think from the positive way he sounded, he is going to win many silver wares for Hearts as he promised.

Popular cruiserweight fighters, Michael “Ayittey Powers” Okine and Braimah Kamoko, aka Bukom Banku, have declared their battle readiness ahead of their respective fights at the Aborigines Beach Resort at Keta this Friday.

The old foes are due to meet again at the end of the year, but ahead of that duel the two will fight different opponents on the ‘Rumble in Hogbetsotso’ bill on Friday.

Ashantigold have signed an initial one-year sponsorship deal with Permafix Industries, a leading tile adhesives manufacturer in West Africa.The deal, which will earn Ashgold GH¢200,000 a year, was signed yesterday in Accra to boost the finances of the, Miners’ as they prepare for the CAF Champions League early next year.

A net score of 68 (4 under par) handed the men’s Group B trophy to Geoffrey Cofie, while Ian Cole, 71 net, beat Dr Till on countback in the October Medal Play at the Achimota Golf Club last Saturday.

Eddie Addo finished first in the men’s Group A category after recording a 69 net score, beating Abodi Klenn by a stroke, who also defeated Kojo Choi by same margin.

Swansea winger Andre Ayew has refused to rule out a move away from the Welsh outfit in the future.

The 25-year-old, who joined the Jacks in the summer from French side Marseille, has been linked to a possible move to Liverpool in the upcoming transfer window following an impressive start to life in the English Premier League.

“Things are said, but I am not thinking about that [moving away from Swansea], it does not interest me,” Ayew told L’Equipe.

IT’S been long in coming but striker Jordan Ayew is gradually getting into his groove for Aston Villa as he scored his second successive goal though it was not enough to earn his side a win.

The 23-year-old came off the bench to score the consolation goal in their 1-3 loss to Totten ham Hotspur, as the newly-appointed Villa manager, Remi Garde, watched from the stands

After struggling to impress with his scoring form, the young of the Ayew brothers now playing in the English Premier League, scored his first goal against his elder brother, Andre Dede’s Swansea last week.

Asamoah Gyan lucrative move to Chinese Super League to join Shanghai SIPG has shot the Ghanaian striker among the world’s best paid placing sixth behind Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale.

His position also makes him Africa’s highest paid footballer, with his whopping £226,923.07 ($350,000) a week salary in China, placing him above Cote’d’Ivoire and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure who earns £220,000 weekly.

 A member of the Black Stars Management Committee and chairman of the GFA Legal Committee, Mr Ernest Thompson, has tasked the local soccer governing body to put Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, in charge of the CHAN team to compel him to stay in the country and scout for local talents.

He recalled how a similar arrangement by the GFA enabled the then Stars’ Serbian coach, Milovan Rajevac, to steer the home-based national team to the final of the maiden African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cote d’Ivoire in 2009 and urged the FA to repeat same now to help improve the lot of Maxwell Konadu’s team which failed to qualify for the biennial tournament for the first time last Friday.

Andre Dede Ayew has made the cut in the 10 players shortlisted for this year’s African Best Player Award by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who released the list last Monday.

Ayew, voted the top scorer at this year’s African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and also enjoying a good run with Swansea in his debut season in the English Premier League (EPL), is set to battle reigning African Best Player, Yaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire, for the coveted award.

This is the keynote address delivered by Osagyefo Oseadeayo Agyeman-Badu II, Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area, who was the Guest of Honour at the 2014/15 GFA/PLB Awards at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on Friday, October 30, 2015.

Honourable Chairman, Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports, the GFA President, Members of the Executive Council of the FA, the PLB, First Capital Plus Bank, Media, distinguished ladies and gentlemen.               

Let me thank the organisers of tonight’s programme which is the 10th GFA/PLB Awards Night for inviting me to this all important programme. The GFA/PLB Awards Night as I gather seeks to honour some distinguished personalities and corporate institutions who have contributed immensely to the success of the football season.

The GFA Awards Night began in 2005 but before then there had been awards such as Toyota Most Exciting Player of the Season, which started in the mid-1980s; ABC/FA Awards organised

The Premier League Board (PLB) of the Ghana Football Association has expressed its profound gratitude to all who graced the 2014/15 PLB Awards Night ceremony at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra last Friday.

Ghana’s Under-20 female soccer team, the Black Princesses, will host their Ethiopian counterparts in the return leg of their 2016 FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC) at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday.

Jose Mourinho is to be the subject of individual legal action from former Chelsea team doctor, Eva Carneiro, the Press Association reports.

It means the Chelsea boss will have to appear at an employment tribunal unless there is an out of court settlement.

Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after Mourinho said she was "naive" for treating Eden Hazard during a draw with Swansea.

Her lawyers are already suing the club for constructive dismissal.