Ghana midfielder Sulley Ali Muntari has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad Jeddah on a two-year deal as a free agent after mutually parting ways with AC Milan last month.
The 2015 West Africa Polytechnic Games opened last Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium with a call on participating institutions to use the competition as an avenue to strengthen the bond that exists between West Africa countries.
Richoff Disability Sports and Educational Foundation has held its first ever fund raising event at the Banquet Hall of the State House towards the development of an academy project.
Sixteen beach soccer teams across the country last Saturday began a journey of supremacy in the national beach soccer league.
Beach soccer is generally considered as the fastest growing sport in the West African sub region.
A brace by substitute Kwame Boateng in the 14th and 64th minutes gave Accra Great Olympics a 2-1 victory over visiting Medeama SC at the Accra Stadium yesterday but did not ease Olympics’ relegation worries.
Mr Kennedy Agyepong, a former director of Asante Kotoko, has called for an immediate end to the blame game syndrome to save the club from relegation from the premiership and disintegration.
Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, former President Jerry John Rawlings, ministers of state and the Ghanaian football community and hundreds of other mourners paid their last respects to football icon Cecil Jones Attuquayefio who was laid to rest at the Awudome Cemetery after a state funeral held at the forecourt of the State House in Accra yesterday.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has terminated its contract with Hulk Hogan, amid widespread allegations he was recorded using racist slurs.
Hogan debuted in 1977 and is one of the best-known names in the industry.
A statement from the WWE gave no reason for the dismissal and there has been no comment yet from the wrestling star.
RadarOnline.com and The National Enquirer earlier reported on a sex tape in which Hogan allegedly used racist insults.
"WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan)," the company said in a statement.
"WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide."
While there has been no comment yet from Hogan's representatives, he left a cryptic tweet early on Friday.
Forty-two amateur boxing clubs are set to battle for honours in this year's Vodafone Homowo Boxing Championships which comes off on August 16 at Bukom Square in Accra.
FIFA has asked the Russian Football Union to explain the latest high-profile incident of racism that saw Ghanaian star Emmanuel Frimpong banned for two matches for his reaction to fan abuse and the alleged abusers' team escaping action.
Accra Hearts Oak, still haunted by a lingering coaching problem, have intensified their search for a new tactician with the searchlight said to be gradually narrowing down to Professor Joseph Kwame Mintah.
The Head Coach of WAFA, John Killa, will appear before the GFA Disciplinary Committee at 4p.m. today after being charged with a breach of Articles 56 and 58 of the Disciplinary Code and Articles 35(1)(a), 35(3)(c) and 35(7)(d) of the GFA General Regulations in respect of their match against New Edubiase United at Obuasi last Sunday.
Some of Ghana’s eminent football stars (retired and active), coaches, administrators, government officials and supporters of the two traditional clubs of Accra, Hearts of Oak and Great Olympics, are expected to pay their last respects to the late Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, whose mortal remains will lie in state at the forecourt of the State House this morning before interment later in the day at the Awudome Cemetery.
The relegation worries of fallen giants, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko, are far from over as they find themselves in more trouble as the First Capital Plus Premiership heat intensifies this weekend.
- Emmanuel Frimpong: Fifa seek answers from Russia on racism
- ‘Balotelli’s Liverpool future up to him’
- Russia FA a big joke
- Archery Association gets busy
- Rawlings to grace Ghana’s Fastest Human Sat.
- Chelsea fans banned over Paris Metro racism
- Attuquayefio for eternal rest Friday
- Ping Pong: Police Inspector wins Veterans tourney
- Battle for survival takes shape
- ‘Hearts, Kotoko too big for relegation’; As Nii Ayibonte II leads rescue mission