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Ashanti hockey league bounces back Saturday

The Ashanti Regional Hockey League returns to action on Saturday after a long break, after it was truncated in its third session following strike action by university lecturers early this year.

Left to right: Kankam, Prempeh, Bambi and Gadzekpo

Ghanaian duo impresses in South Africa

Ghana's William Osei Kankam placed fifth at the maiden Olympia Amateur Africa 2014 Bodybuilding Championships in Carnival City, Johannesburg, last Sunday.

Mario Balotelli is suffering a barren spell at Liverpool.

Will the real Balotelli stand up?

One goal in 10 matches for new club Liverpool, and dumped by the Italian national team.

Madam Elizabeth Safoah King-Member of the Ghana Hockey Association.

Sponsor hockey league to attract youth — Elizabeth King

An executive member of the Ghana Hockey Association, Madam Elizabeth Safoah King,  has made a passionate appeal to corporate bodies to provide adequate sponsorship for  female hockey teams  to  make the league more competitive and attractive .

Luis Suarez --Left out because of his infamous bite at the World Cup?

Suarez missing as world stars, World Cup coaches vie for FIFA honours

One of the game's most controversial characters, Luis Suarez, has been left out of the 23-man long list for the prestigious Ballon d'Or for "disgracing himself on the pitch." The award, which is voted for by coaches and captains of national teams and journalists across the world selected by France Football Magazine, will be awarded in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 12, 2015.

Chairman of the Commission, Justice Dzamefe

Commission dribbles journalists

Anxious journalists and observers who turned up to witness the second coming of the former Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, and others at the Justice Dzamefe Commission’s sitting yesterday were dribbled after the highly-anticipated public sitting eventually turned into an in-camera session.

We lost trust in officials - Essien

Ghana’s midfield powerhouse, Michael Essien, says players of the Black Stars lost trust in the team’s leadership because the lies they were told about the Brazil 2014 World Cup appearance fee were too many and unbearable.

Ghana Black Starlets

Age cheating: A reality check long overdue

Ghanaian football fans were hit with the shocking news this week that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had banned Ghana’s Black Starlets from participating in next year’s African Under-17 Championship in Niger after two Starlets players reportedly failed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests to ascertain their true ages.

Brazil 2014 Enquiry: Essien faces Commission

Ghana’s ace midfielder, Michael Essien, will be presented with a fine opportunity to tell his side of the story when the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Ghana’s World Cup campaign engages him from his Italian base via Skype at 4.30p.m. tomorrow.

Injury hampers Okrah’s Swedish move

The agent of former Bechem United striker,  Augustine Okrah, has explained that injuries, rather than non-performance, has hampered the player’s growth at Swedish side BK Hacken.

Alhaji Karim Gruzah — Defiant

No out-of-court settlement — Gruzah

An imminent showdown between the Ghana Football Association and King Faisal owner, Alhaji Karim Gruzah, could further delay the start of the First Capital Plus Premier League following the latter’s refusal to accept any out-of-court settlement being suggested by some football officials to end the stalemate.

Oscar Pistorious

Pistorius nervous in jail

Oscar Pistorius spent his first night of a five-year jail term in a single cell in the hospital wing of a prison in the capital, Pretoria, said a prison official.

Justice Senyo Dzamefe

World Cup Enquiry: ‘Commission has power to recommend sanctions’

The chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Brazil 2014 World Cup, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, has explained that the commission has the power to recommend sanctions against people whom adverse findings will be established after its work.

Alhaji Ali Raji — GHALCA Chairman

GFA to meet Faisal, Aduana over court case

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is to convene a meeting today with parties involved in a litigation over the relegation of clubs in last season’s First Capital Plus Premier League, which has held back the conveneing of Congress to draw the curtain on the season and usher in a new one.

Ghana’s bid team comprising former GFA chairman Alhaji M.N.D. Jawula (left), Magnus Rex Danquah and Randy Abbey (right) at  CAF headquarters recently to present Ghana’s bid documents for AFCON 2017.

It’s AFCON 2017, not 2015

President John Dramani Mahama may just have drilled the final nail in the coffin of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2015) tournament, saying the government had not taken a decision to bail out the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over its flagship tournament, following strong signals by Morocco to withdraw as the host nation due to concerns over the deadly Ebola disease.

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