Four Chelsea fans accused of refusing to allow a black man on to the Paris Metro have been banned from attending football matches for up to five years.

The mortal remains of the late Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio would be interred on Friday at the Awudome Cemetary.

A 51-year-old Police Inspector, Christian Aboagye, beat businessman Jason Onyameh 3-1 to win the second edition of the Veterans table tennis tournament which was staged at the Kings Royal Table Tennis Academy in Accra last Monday.

The relegation dog-fight in the First Capital Plus Premier League heats up today with fellow basement dwellers, Accra Hearts of Oak and Heart of Lions, clashing in a six-pointer at the Robert Mensah Stadium in Cape Coast.

A former board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Alhaji Suleimana Braimah, alias Alhaji Hearts, believes strongly that both Hearts and Kumasi Asante Kotoko are the country’s biggest football institutions and as such can never be relegated from the Premier League.

Sabon Zongo will kickstart the maiden “Sheikh Sharubutu Ramadan Cup” on Saturday when they engage Dankuman in a fierce battle at the Kotobabi Wembley Park in Accra.

Frenchman Michel Dussuyer has been named as the new coach of Africa Cup of Nations champions Cote d’Ivoire to replace his compatriot Herve Renard, the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) has announced.

Manchester United are reportedly making a bid for Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller, and one of his Bayern teammates says it could be possible.

The relegation worries of Accra Hearts of Oak are expected to continue this weekend when the Phobians play host to fellow strugglers Heart of Lions in a grudge 23rd week first capital Plus Premier League match at the Accra Stadium.

The Kumasi Commercial High Court last Friday adjourned to Thursday July 30, the case brought before it by the former CEO of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Dr. K K. Sarpong, praying the court to recover an amount being owed him by the club.

A board member of Accra Great Olympics, Fred Pappoe is confident the club will survive the drop with eight matches to end the First Capital Plus Premier League (FCPPL).

Former Black Stars skipper, Stephen “Tornado” Appiah, has called on juvenile footballers to place premium on formal education. “Football is not for school drop-outs”, Appiah stated in an interview with the GNA Sports in Kumasi.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi was in Gabon last Saturday to help lay the foundation for a new 20,000-seat stadium in Port-Gentil, one of the four venues for the 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON).

A first year student of the Koforidua Polytechnic, Prosper Amesiame, won the Eastern Regional version of the 10.5 kilometre Millennium Marathon, with a time of 28.18 minutes.

Asamoah Gyan and Andre Dede Ayew made their club debuts in a grand style and set the tone for what is expected to be successful campaigns for the Ghanaian stars.