The Access Bank Monthly Medal Tournament took off in grand style on Saturday with over one hundred golfers in the Greater Accra region converging at the Tema Country Golf Club to compete in the one-day 18-hole medal play tournament. 

Prince Agyiri was crowned winner after pulling off a remarkable victory as he returned a net score of 66 playing off handicap 13 to beat nearest challenger, Amoah Ebo-Dacosta who returned net 70 playing off handicap 5.

Expressing his excitement for excelling over his competitors in the tournament, Prince Agyiri said, “It's a fantastic day and I'm so happy to claim this win after working hard for it.”

Does our Premier League, as it stands now, have a meaningful future? Let's educate ourselves a bit to beat the illiteracy. After considering the remarkable vision of the brains that designed football and its competitive nature, plus the formation of clubs to compete for honours, do we have any reason to suggest its bright future the way we are handling it in our terrain?

Mrs Adelaide Owusu-Agyepong, wife of former Majority Leader in Parliament, Mr Felix Owusu-Agyepong, has won the Access Bank Medal Play at the Tema Country Golf Club (TCGC).

The over 60-year-old double handicapper (20) finished the 18-hole event recording a 68net score to pick the ultimate in the ladies Group A event.

Nii Ayi Bonte II, Gbese Mantse, has commended the spirited efforts by all lovers of Accra Hearts of Oak towards the revival of the Oak Tree which at a point in the season appeared destined for the soccer wilderness.

Chelsea’s suspended club doctor, Eva Carneiro, is preparing legal action against the club. The 41-year-old has not worked for the Premier League champions since coming on the pitch – against the wishes of manager, Jose Mourinho – to treat Eden Hazard on the opening day of the season.

William Tawiah and Constance Awuni won the Kal Tire 2015 Open Golf tournament held at the Damang Golf Club last weekend.

Tawiah won the men's group 'A' trophy with a handicap of  2 as he got 77 net to win the day, while Paul Abu, also from Damang, had 79 net to finish second and Rowland Yankey from Ankobra Golf and Country Club, Bogoso, came third with 80 net.

 Team Ghana continued to record mixed results at the ongoing All Africa Games as three of their competitors in swimming failed to make an impact in the competition.

Ghana’s trio of Jackson Kwesi Abbiw, Richard Asante Yeboah and Natasha Emefa Addah crashed out in the 100m freestyle men and 50m breast stroke women heats respectively.

Nigeria’s Under-23 team will start their quest for the gold medal in the football event of the All Africa Games taking place in Congo today when they take on Ghana.

Nigeria hasn’t had much success in the competition of late and one will remember Cairo ‘91 when Emmanuel Amuneke led an exciting band of footballers to clinch the bronze.

Samson Siasia and his wards will have their hands full when they take on reigning champions Ghana in their first match at the games.

The Ministry of Sports is reported to have carried a sum of $200,000 in cash on a plane to Rwanda to pay the Black Stars for beating the Amavubi in the Afcon 2017 qualifier at the weekend.

The problem with this action is that it flies in the face of well-publicised recommendations from the Justice Senyo Dzamefe Commission set up to look into the 2014 World Cup debacle - the same fiasco predicated on the flight of over $3 million from Accra to Brasilia in cash.

William Tawiah and Constance Awuni won the KAL Tire 2015 Open Golf tournament held at the Damang Golf Club last weekend.

Tawiah won the men's group 'A' trophy with a handicap of  2 as he got 77 net to win the day, while Paul Abu, also from Damang, had 79 net to finish second and Rowland Yankey from Ankobra Golf and Country Club, Bogoso, came third with 80 net.

Frank Akufu of the Velo Stars Cycling Club last Saturday saw off competition from 65 riders to clinch this year's Homowo Cycling tournament in Accra.

Akufu, 18, won the race with a blistering finish, completing the 79-kilometre course in a time of 2 hours, 13 minutes to beat Peter Osei of Sunyani-based River Park Cycling Club and Issack Sackey of Club Sky Team to second and third places respectively.

The female Black Spikers woes continue to deepen in the ongoing All Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, as they lost 1-3 to Seychelles in their third volley match at the Henry Ellende Gymanasium.

Ghana took the first set 26-24 but the South-Eastern African nation came back strongly to win 25-14, 25-14, 25-17.

Telecommunications giants, MTN, says it will continue to invest heavily in sports as a means to deepen its relationship with customers and also promote competitiveness in order to unleash the can-do spirit of Ghanaians which are some of the core values of the brand.

In doing so, MTN is looking forward to deepen its relationship with the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) through the sponsorship of the annual MTN-SWAG awards and other important activities of the association.

Going by performance of this season, as well as records of the previous meetings, Serena Williams looks the favourite to overcomer big sister, Venus as they go head-to-head in the quarter-finals of the US Open tonight.

 Barely an hour after Venus had dispatched Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1 in the fourth round match, Serena Williams ensured she booked that rare date with her sister with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Madison Keys last Sunday.

Sierra Leone held African champions, Cote d’Ivoire to a goalless draw in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Group I qualifier in Port Harcourt last Sunday.

The Leone Stars hosted the Ivoirians in Nigeria, as the Ebola-affected country is yet to be allowed to welcome its opponents in Freetown.