From obscurity to prominence, unsung Alex Kuffour is gradually carving a niche for himself in the Belgian top flight league.

Ghana's National Under-23 team, the Black Meteors, are expected to be bolstered by the inclusion of several players with Black Stars experience as they attempt to defend a slim 1-0 advantage in the CAF U-23 Championship qualifiers away from home at the Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire against Congo.

Mali have taken an early lead in Group D at the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 2-0 win over Mexico at Dunedin's Otago Stadium. The match was won and lost in a crazy second-half in which three players, one Malian, two Mexican, were sent off before two goals in three minutes decided the outcome.

Serena Williams battled past Victoria Azarenka in a heated third-round contest at the French Open.

Lionel Messi scored another wonder goal as Barcelona moved a step closer to completing the treble last Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final.

Alessandro Matri was the unlikely hero yesterday when he arrived off the bench to score an extra-time winner which gave Juventus a 2-1 win over Lazio in the Coppa Italia final and kept them on course for the treble.

 The hopes of Division One side, Tamale Utrecht qualifying for the next stage of the MTN FA Cup were dashed when they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Accra Hearts of Oak at the Tema Stadium yesterday.

A stoppage-time penalty from Yaw Yeboah last Saturday denied Austria the first big upset of New Zealand 2015, as Ghana snatched  a 1-1 draw from the jaws of defeat.

A former Coach of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), Dr Andrew Owusu, has filed his defence in a GH¢5 million defamation suit brought against him by a former Chairman of the GAA, Mr George Haldane Lutterodt.

Accra Hearts of Oak will use tomorrow’s MTN FA Cup quarter-final home duel against Tamale Utrecht as a dress rehearsal for next week Sunday’s crucial continental clash with Esperance of Tunisia.

The quest for domestic double honours by Premier League  leaders AshantiGold face a strong challenge on June 3 when they come face to face with Tema-based Inter Allies in the last eight of the MTN FA Cup at the Len Clay Stadium.

With Champions League and English Premier League titles still seemingly way beyond the team, Arsenal are again relying on an FA Cup triumph to salvage some silverware from their season.

Ghana's Christian Atsu could be joining Premier League new entrants, Bournemouth in a loan deal next season.

Three times world champion, Joseph Agbeko, 29-5 (22 KOs)  will return to the ring for the first time in over 13 months to square off against Philippines’ Juanito Rubillar, ex-WBC Continental Americas Light Flyweight Champion, 49-22-7 (24 KO) in the main event of the card called “The Return”, at El Paso Memorial Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.

The 209 members of Fifa are to vote for their new president at a congress in Zurich, as football's world governing body faces a huge corruption scandal.