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•Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie has brought his 25-year career to an end.

Gebrselassie calls it a day

Haile Gebrselassie has announced his retirement from competitive running.

Relatives of May 9 disaster victims

Let’s learn May 9 lessons — Hearts

Accra Hearts of Oak have urged stakeholders in  Ghana football to continue to learn the appropriate lessons to ensure that the May 9 disaster did not reccur.

 • Former Kotoko boss, Herbert Mensah, leading hundreds of football fans in the walk through some principal streets of Kumasi.

Fans mark May 9 Disaster in Kumasi

Hundreds of football fans, dominated by family members of victims of the infamous Accra Stadium May 9, 2001 disaster flooded some principal streets of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region last Saturday as Herbert Mensah, CEO of Asante Kotoko at the time, led a remembrance walk to mark 14 years of the dark day.

Mahatma Otoo

Mahatma scores again

Barely 24 hours after receiving the belated Premier League awards  for the Goalking and Footballer of the Year awards, an inspired Mahatma Otoo sealed victory for Sogndal in their FA Cup  2-0 win last Wednesday against Ham Kam.

• Eric Gawu

Gawu Gatete back!

Former KIng Faisal and Accra Hearts of Oak forward, Eric Gawu, last Wednesday joined the legion of former foreign-based footballers who have returned to the local scene this season when he made an appearance for Dreams FC in their Division One League clash against Sporting Mirren.

Library photo

Le Roy names squad for Meteors clash

Congo have announced a 33-man squad to begin preparations towards their Caf U-23 Championship qualifier against Ghana.

• Floyd Mayweather  has described Manny Pacquiao as a coward and sore loser.

Mayweather rules out Pacquiao rematch

Floyd Mayweather may have been gracious in the lead-up and in the immediate aftermath of his unanimous decision welterweight title victory over Manny Pacquiao last Saturday night, but it apparently didn’t last.

• Dreams CEO, Kurt Okraku, (middle) and Mirren boss Fadi Fattal (left) and another official in a discussion after the game.

Dreams keep lead after Mirren loss

Dreams FC remained top of the GN Bank Zone 3 standings despite suffering a 1-2 loss to Sporting Mirren last Wednesday in an ill-tempered clash at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Park in Accra.

• Eugene Nyarko Appiah (left) with some Ghanaian amateur boxers in a gym.

Appiah assures delegates of better remuneration

A favourite contender in the race for the Ghana Amateur Boxing Federation (GABF) presidency, Eugene Nyarko Appiah, has assured delegates that he will remunerate boxers and officials when he gets the nod.

Real, Barca back in title hunt

Real Madrid and Barcelona can't afford a Champions League hangover as their La Liga title hopes will again be on the line today as they host Valencia and Real Sociedad respectively.

• Samiratu Sulemana — Hasaacas Ladies

It’s Police v Hasaacas as National Women’s League heats up

It is becoming a tall order, but Police Ladies are hoping they will get it right tomorrow to earn their first win in this season's National Women's League as they host champions, Hasaacas Ladies at the Police Depot on Match Day 4

First Capital Plus pays $500,000 to clubs

Headline sponsor of the Ghana Premier League, First Capital Plus Bank, has fulfilled its financial obligation to the 16 participating clubs, following a publication about its outstanding indebtedness in the weekend edition of the Graphic Sports.

Welbeck Abra Appiah — PLB chairman.

Clubs chase league’s sponsor for $67,000 each

The delay in the disbursement of the second tranche of the First Capital Plus Bank sponsorship appears to be worsening the financial problems of the 16 clubs participating in the Premier League.

Ex-President Kufuor shares a joke with Stephen Appiah (right) and Alhaji Gruzah

Hearts, Kotoko will bounce back — Ex-Prez Kufuor

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has backed the resolve by bitter rivals, Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak, to recover from their struggles in the First Capital Plus Premier League.

Nyantakyi bares teeth at hooligans

The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has clarified his decision not to go to the stadium in the interim and said it must not be misinterpreted to mean a boycott of matches involving  Accra Hearts of Oak.

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