South Africa's most capped female player Portia Modise has retired from active football with immediate effect in order to pursue a coaching career.

Contrary to earlier reports, Jonathan Mensah will be able to feature for the Black Stars despite his worldwide ban.

The Technical Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) yesterday paid an emotional visit to the family of their late colleague, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, at his Kaneshie residence.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for an immediate halt to investing the country’s resources into one sport to the neglect of the rest as a way of creating an equal platform for athletes to develop their talents.

Boxing fans across the US and their lawyers are calling the hyped-up fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. a fraud and want their money back, and then some.

Marseille midfielder Andre Ayew has been named best African player in France's Ligue 1.

The local Black Stars  have intensified their preparations ahead of this year’s COSAFA Cup to be hosted by South Africa.

Jonathan Mensah has been hit harder than expected after being banned from football for four months by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), a situation which has also affected his availability for Ghana’s Black Stars.

World number one Novak Djokovic continued his domination of men's tennis with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Roger Federer to win the Italian Open final.

Long-serving Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard bade an emotional farewell to Anfield last Saturday as his side lost 1-3 to Crystal Palace in his final home game for the club.

Arsenal took a big step towards securing third place thanks to a late equaliser in the 1-1 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Ghana’s Under-23 male football team, Black Meteors, have stepped up their preparations for their Olympic qualifier against Congo this weekend by moving their training from Prampram to Accra.

Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah has been handed a worldwide ban from football for four months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over his transfer from Udinese to Evian four years ago, BBC Sport understands.

Former Executive Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Dr K.K. Sarpong, has fired back at his former employers with a more revealing defence, introducing another dimension to their raging legal battle.

Playing at the 60,000 capacity Stade Olympique de Rades inTunis is hell but the current generation of Hearts of Oak players have their destiny in their hands to make a name for themselves against the Tunisian giants Esperance Sportive de Tunis (EST) at 18.00hrs on Sunday.