The chairman of the Greater Accra Regional Football Association (GARFA), Nii Komiete Doku, says he expects to be retained for the next four years after achieving a lot for the sport in the region.

Nii Doku, who took office after the demise of the late Jordan Angblah in 2012, is being challenged by Eugene Jacquaye in their upcoming RFA elections on Monday.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the incumbent said "I expect my people to retain me in office after acheiving a lot for the region".

The newly elected president of the Ghana Golf Association (GGA), Mike Aggrey, has promised to focus on the development of youth golf during his three-year tenure.

Mr Aggrey who was elected at the association’s  Annual General Meeting held last month at the Ghana Open held at the Achimota Golf Club said he has set an ambitious target of adding 150 new golfers to the existing number of golfers in the country.

Mr Aggrey served as the vice president to immediate past GGA president, Dr Felix Frempong, and   says he believes that the introduction of youthful members, as well as differential pricing of membership fees for young golfers will make the sport more affordable for young golfers.

The annual Adisadel-Mfantsipim Fun Day Games will take place on Saturday, October 24, at the El-Wak Sports Stadium.

This year’s edition, which is the 15th year since the introduction of the game, has been dedicated to the Methodist and Anglican churches in Ghana and founders of Mfantsipim School and Adisadel College.

It is on the theme ‘Celebrating the Methodist and Anglican Churches’ educational vision’.

Old boys and girls from Mfantsipim, Adisadel, Wesley Girls High School, Holy Child, Mfantsiman and St. Monica’s, together with family and friends, will converge at the El-Wak Stadium to rekindle friendships, reminisce their school days, exercise and have fun, while raising funds to support their alma mater.

The heads of sports disciplines, with the notable exception of football, have demanded equal treatment from the state for athletes participating in the other sports.

The group of federation heads stated that athletes who participated in sporting disciplines such as hockey, weightlifting, taekwondo, boxing, among other disciplines were not second-class citizens and, therefore, the preferential treatment football enjoyed had the potential to kill the other sports.

Addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday, the spokesperson for the federation presidents, Mr Nestor Galley, called for an equal and level playing field for all athletes irrespective of their discipline.

Kuwait is an unlikely place for young Ghanaians when choosing a destination to start their football careers but after his botched stint with Mamelodi Sundowns, Rashid Sumaila has no options than to turn to the Gulf region for fresh opportunities.

The Gulf region has become a hub for established players who are at the twilight of their career seeking to call off time on their profession, and for  a young player like Rashid to relish a career start from an obscured place, as far as football is concerned, baffles many enthusiasts.

Delegates will today cast their votes to choose Regional Football Association (RFA) chairmen in the Ashanti, Eastern and Brong Ahafo Regions as the elections to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Committee continue today.

Ghana’s Under-20 female football team, the Black Princesses, will host Equatorial Guinea in the second leg of the second round qualifier of the 2016 FIFA Women's World Cup (WWC).

The match will be played at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday as the Accra Sports Stadium, which was originally named as the match venue, has been temporarily closed down for work on the pitch.

The Christian Council of Ghana's call to use sports as a medium to achieve a peaceful co-existence between religious faiths in Ghana appeared to have fallen on deaf ears as only one out of the 50 invited keep fit clubs showed up for last Saturday's abortive Interfaith Games at the El-Wak Stadium. 

The multi-sport event was part of a week-long celebration dubbed ‘National Interfaith Harmony Week’, but as at 9a.m. only the host club, El-Wak Keep Fit Club, had turned up alongside a few dejected officials of the council who were perched morosely on seats at the venue. 

Concerned about the poor turnout, the Director of Finance and Administration of the council, Oheneba-Kofi Ntiamoah, had hinted the Daily Graphic that the event would be called off if, at least, 10 keep fit clubs did not turn up.

His expectation was not met and the organisers were left with no oher choice than to call off the event at 10a.m.

The game was expected to be very competitive with

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will officially thank the outgoing management and board of Kumasi Asante Kotoko at convocation at the Manhyia Palace on Friday.

Otumfuo is also expected to officially communicate to the outgoing team about the takeover of the club by former Black Stars international, Samuel Osei Kuffour.

Both the Kotoko management and Manhyia sources have confirmed Friday’s farewell meeting in Kumasi to the Daily Graphic.

Andre Dede Ayew got back to his scoring ways for Swansea as he scored the opener for the Swans but were held to a 2-2 draw at home by visiting Tottenham Hotspurs.

A Harry Keane own goal put the Swans in a comfortable 2-0 lead but a brace from Christian Eriksen helped Spurs to grab a point.

Exchequers Saturday recorded a surprise 3-3 draw against Police in a feisty BEIGE Capital knock-out men's Group B hockey tie at the Theodosia Okoh Stadium in Accra.

The result ensured that Exchequers, representatives of Bank of Ghana in the Greater Accra Hockey League, will face defending champions Trustees in the final of the competition next Saturday after they topped the group with four points.

Prior to their encounter with Police, Exchequers thrashed Reformers 4-1 during the opening day of the competition.

Former Black Stars international, Samuel Osei Kuffour has been appointed by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, as Executive Board Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko.

By his new designation, the Asantehene has literally handed over the club to the former Bayern Munich defender with the sole aim of restructuring the entire club and forming his own team at both management and board levels.

In a sport where racism is widespread, it was least surprising to see young Ghanaian international, Godfred Donsah take the lead role in the fight against racism in football.

Widespread racism has given European football a black eye recent times, with Ghanaians players also falling victims to racial attacks from fans.

The Omanhene of Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, has advocated a national plan for sports development in the country.

According to the articulate chief, Ghana can avoid several casualties in sports administration if there is a plan to guide the nation from repeating errors of the past.

“We can’t do things haphazardly and all efforts will be meaningless without a proper plan,” he stressed.

Ghanaian international Harrison Afful emerged winner of the enviable 2014 MTN SWAG Footballer of the Year award last Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the State House.

Afful surprisingly beat Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, and his deputy Andre Ayew who many had tipped to win the coveted prize.

Many tipped Gyan for the award based on his sterling performance at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, scoring two great goals to become Africa’s all-time top scorer.