The Ministry of Sports is reported to have carried a sum of $200,000 in cash on a plane to Rwanda to pay the Black Stars for beating the Amavubi in the Afcon 2017 qualifier at the weekend.

The problem with this action is that it flies in the face of well-publicised recommendations from the Justice Senyo Dzamefe Commission set up to look into the 2014 World Cup debacle - the same fiasco predicated on the flight of over $3 million from Accra to Brasilia in cash.

William Tawiah and Constance Awuni won the KAL Tire 2015 Open Golf tournament held at the Damang Golf Club last weekend.

Tawiah won the men's group 'A' trophy with a handicap of  2 as he got 77 net to win the day, while Paul Abu, also from Damang, had 79 net to finish second and Rowland Yankey from Ankobra Golf and Country Club, Bogoso, came third with 80 net.

Frank Akufu of the Velo Stars Cycling Club last Saturday saw off competition from 65 riders to clinch this year's Homowo Cycling tournament in Accra.

Akufu, 18, won the race with a blistering finish, completing the 79-kilometre course in a time of 2 hours, 13 minutes to beat Peter Osei of Sunyani-based River Park Cycling Club and Issack Sackey of Club Sky Team to second and third places respectively.

The female Black Spikers woes continue to deepen in the ongoing All Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, as they lost 1-3 to Seychelles in their third volley match at the Henry Ellende Gymanasium.

Ghana took the first set 26-24 but the South-Eastern African nation came back strongly to win 25-14, 25-14, 25-17.

Telecommunications giants, MTN, says it will continue to invest heavily in sports as a means to deepen its relationship with customers and also promote competitiveness in order to unleash the can-do spirit of Ghanaians which are some of the core values of the brand.

In doing so, MTN is looking forward to deepen its relationship with the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) through the sponsorship of the annual MTN-SWAG awards and other important activities of the association.

Going by performance of this season, as well as records of the previous meetings, Serena Williams looks the favourite to overcomer big sister, Venus as they go head-to-head in the quarter-finals of the US Open tonight.

 Barely an hour after Venus had dispatched Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1 in the fourth round match, Serena Williams ensured she booked that rare date with her sister with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Madison Keys last Sunday.

Sierra Leone held African champions, Cote d’Ivoire to a goalless draw in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group I qualifier in Port Harcourt last Sunday.

The Leone Stars hosted the Ivoirians in Nigeria, as the Ebola-affected country is yet to be allowed to welcome its opponents in Freetown.

A three-day Junior Tennis competition has ended at the National Sports College at Winneba with a call for more competitions to unearth fresh talents for the nation.

The competition, organised by Zion Management Africa Limited (ZMAL), targeted children between the ages of nine and 16 years in a bid to revive the sport and also select young talents to represent the nation at the Champion Bowl World Championship from October 18 to 25.

Danny Blind insists he will not resign as Netherlands coach after a 3-0 loss to Turkey dealt another blow to his side’s hopes of reaching Euro 2016.

At the end of every competitive match, the officials who handle it are required to submit their reports.

Why? There must be very good reasons for this requirement. Adequate and every accurate reports are needed by the organisers for several purposes and reasons.

Ideal Finance climaxed their fifth anniversary with fun games at the Lizzy Sports Complex in Accra.

The games included soccer, lime and spoon, sack race, tug-of-peace, volley and 100 metres, attracted other financial institutions such as Liberty Capital, Midland Savings and Loans and FirstTrust Savings and Loans, among others.

A Former Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF) president, Ambassador Ray Quarcoo, has petitioned the Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Mustapha Ahmed, to call his successor, Gideon Quartey, and his vice, George Lartey, to order for consistently engaging in a campaign to destroy his hard won reputation.

Ghana's Sowah Christa Kaimansa and Mark Ofosu Turum failed to make an impression in swimming as they both finished last in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke heats respectively at the Complex de Nautique Swimming Centre in Kintele.

Defending champions, Black Meteors, were held to a goalless draw by Senegal yesterday in their opening Group B match of the ongoing All Africa Games at the Alphonse Massamba Debat Stadium in Brazzaville.

Relegation battle in the First Capital Plus Premier League will be going down to the wire after the relegation-threatened clubs including Bechem United, Accra Great Olympics and Medeama SC failed to pick up the maximum points Sunday.

On a day that AshantiGold clinched their fourth Premier League title after a 1-0 home win over WAFA at Obuasi, Olympics left the Kpando Park badly buised after losing 0-2 to Heart of Lions to slip down the league log just as Medeama SC were beaten by Wa All Stars 2-0, but Bechem managed to split points with Inter Allies at the Tema Park.