Former world record holder Asafa Powell surged to the 100 metres title at the Jamaican national trials last Friday in a time of 9.84 seconds, while 2011 world champion Yohan Blake failed to make it out of his semi-final.
Serena Williams has set her sights on moving a step closer to an historic calendar Grand Slam as the world number one launches her bid for a sixth Wimbledon crown.
Arsenal have beaten interest from Manchester United to sign Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal, according to reports in Italy and Chile.
According to Italian newspaper La Stampa, the Gunners have agreed a £21 million deal for the Chilean, who is currently on international dutyat the Copa America.
Former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah, was in great company last Saturday when he called time on his distinguished career after his testimonial match which was witnessed by President John Dramani Mahama and former presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor, the two surviving heads of state during whose regimes the midfielder represented Ghana at different levels.
Former Black Stars skipper Stephen Appiah last Saturday capped his testimonial match with a goal in a 2-2 drawn game between Appiah XI and the Black Stars.
Superb goalkeeping by veteran Richard Kingson, particularly in the first half, and an early volley by Godwin Attram put the brakes on the forward match of Liberty Professionals as the Wonder Club secured a 1-0 win in their First Capital Plus Premier League match at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.
Usain Bolt yesterday withdrew from the 100m at the Jamaican national trials which is on till the weekend.
Twenty-two Black Queens players have been invited to begin camping at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at prampram on Monday.
Some of africa’s finest football stars and some European players are expected to join former Black Stars captain, Stephen Appiah as he makes his final bow from the game tomorrow at the Accra Stadium.
After trashing Kumasi Asante Kotoko last Sunday to jump to the fourth position of the First Capital Plus League, Liberty Professionals seem to have sent a strong warning to rival clubs and look been fired up to add Accra Great Olympics to their victims when they clash at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.
The president of the Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF), Frederick Otu Lartey, has charged participants of the just-ended Olympic Solidarity and Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) level one technical course for coaches to be missionaries of the sport everywhere they find themselves.
Renowned British Grandmaster and a former world title contender, Nigel Short, is scheduled to visit the country next Tuesday to open the President’s Cup Championship slated for July 1 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Agitation by fans of Kumasi Asante Kotoko over the team’s flagging fortunes lately appears to have forced Coach David Duncan to sit up as the defending First Capital Plus Premier League champions search for an elusive victory at the Baba Yara Stadium in the second round of the season as they host Bechem United on Sunday.
Four Ghanaian Wheelchair Tennis players will today leave the borders of the country for Pretoria, South Africa, to participate in the impending International Tennis Federation (ITF) Futures Tournament.
Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo Regional capital, has promised to upstage previous hosts of the Regional Millenium Marathon by recording a massive turnout when it takes its turn for the event on Saturday.
