Fresh details have emerged in the ongoing police investigation into the tragic death of Asante Kotoko fan Francis Yaw Frimpong, popularly known as Nana Pooley, who was fatally stabbed outside the Nana Koronamansah II Park during a heated Ghana Premier League clash between Nsoatreman FC and Kotoko in Twumasikrom, near Nsoatre.

The match, a Week 19 encounter, ended in a 1-0 victory for Nsoatreman FC but descended into chaos, culminating in Pooley’s death.

Initial reports suggested the fatal attack occurred within the stadium, but the Chairperson of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Safety and Security Committee, DCOP Lydia Donkor, has clarified that police investigations indicate the stabbing took place outside the venue.

Ghana’s rising sprint star Anita Afrifa has stormed into the record books, setting a new Ghana national indoor 200m record with a blistering 23.26 seconds at the 2025 Steve Miller Invitational in Kansas, USA.

The Colby Community College sprinter erased the previous mark of 23.34 seconds, set by compatriot Flings Owusu-Agyapong in 2016, in a performance that underlined her rapid rise in US collegiate athletics.

Fresh off leading GRA Royal Ladies to yet another Africa Cup for Club Championship (ACCC) title, Elizabeth Opoku has made an impassioned plea to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the government to provide jobs for unemployed players within the team.

Royal Ladies of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) once again asserted their dominance in African hockey after clinching their second consecutive Africa Cup for Club Championship (ACCC) title with a commanding 3-0 win over Egypt’s Smouha Hockey Club in the final in Ismailia, Egypt.

The championship decider was a masterclass in precision and teamwork as the Royal Ladies stormed to victory, all the goals coming in a commanding first-half performance against the host team.

Chelsea are reportedly ‘preparing a bid’ for Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo, who has been linked with multiple clubs recently amid his excellent form.

The Blues had a relatively quiet January transfer window and despite their manager Enzo Maresca requesting attacking reinforcements they ultimately didn’t bring in a new forward.

Newly appointed Black Princesses Head Coach Charles Sampson has wasted no time in setting an audacious target—moulding a team capable of competing at the highest level and making history at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. His mission? 

Not only to secure qualification but to finally break Ghana’s group-stage barrier and cement the team’s status as a rising force in global women’s football.

GHANA’S Thomas Partey could be part of a mass clear out of players at Arsenal this summer as Mikel Arteta aims to make four top signings in a bid to finally win the English Premier League.

The Gunners are facing the prospect of another trophyless season after they were knocked out of both domestic cups, while their Premier League hopes are fading.

Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast on Saturday, February 8.

The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the Ulster Hall.

Former Ghana midfielder, Sulley Muntari, has criticised the decision to hand Mohammed Kudus the captain’s armband during Ghana’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, describing it as unnecessary pressure on the talented midfielder.

President John Dramani Mahama has assigned the newly appointed Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Iddie Adams, the task of restoring the country's sporting pride.

President Mahama urged Minister Adams to begin efforts to revitalize Ghana's sports sector, focusing initially on the Ghana Football Association (GFA). He stressed the urgent need to bring the Black Stars back to their former glory.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has launched a major security overhaul to curb rising violence in football stadiums after the tragic death of Asante Kotoko supporter, Francis Yaw Frimpong (Nana Pooley), following violent disturbances during the Premier League clash between Kotoko and Nsoatreman FC at the Nana Koronamansah Park in Twumasikrom last Sunday.

In a high-level meeting at the Police Headquarters in Accra last Wednesday with the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), and Premier League clubs, Dr Dampare assured the football community that the Ghana Police Service is fully committed to ensuring safety and stamping out violence in stadiums. 

In the wake of the shocking death of a football fan during last Sunday’s Ghana Premier League clash between Asante Kotoko and Nsoatreman FC, a football administrator, Ransford Antwi, has issued a rallying cry for urgent investment in security infrastructure to combat the rising tide of hooliganism in Ghanaian football.

Mr Antwi, President of Sunyani-based division two side Suncity Royals FC, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that there was an urgent need for modern security measures, including CCTV cameras, metal detectors, and other surveillance tools at stadiums nationwide to restore order in the Ghana Premier League and other domestic competitions.

Brazil striker Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior said the feeling of playing for Santos again after 12 years away from the club was indescribable.

The 33-year-old returned to the Brazilian club on January 31, 2025, from Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal, 12 years after he left to join Barcelona in 2013.

Captain of Spanish club Las Palmas, Kirian Rodríguez, says he will be unavailable for the remainder of the season after cancer relapse. 

The 28-year-old missed 11 months of action after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2022.

Brazil defender Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior, known as Marcelo, has announced his retirement from football at the age of 36.

The left-back, one of the most decorated players in history, played 58 times for Brazil.