Obuasi-based Ashgold are yet to confirm their participation in next year’s CAF Confederation Cup competition after media reports suggested that financial constraints had ruled them out.

The majority shareholder of Accra Hearts of Oak, Togbe Afede XIV, has explained that he bought shares in Hearts to prevent the club from incurring more debts as a result of under-subscription of shares by Hearts fans.

A former management member of Ashantigold Sporting Club, Mr Yiadom Boakye Amponsah, has urged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to initiate a 10-year sustainable development programme designed to tap and groom soccer talents at the grassroot level.

Former chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Lepowura M.N.D Jawula, has denied recommending Coach Maxwell Konadu to lead the Black Stars to AFCON 2015 in Equatorial Guinea.

The Board of Directors of Accra Hearts of Oak has, in line with best management practices of the club, signed up to a code of ethics which bars members from owning players of the club.

Ghana football’s top executive will hold an important meeting tomorrow which is expected to see major changes to the management structure of the national teams, with FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi stepping down as head of the Black Stars Management Committee.

Four tertiary institutions will battle it out on Saturday for the 2014 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Championship at the main basketball court of the University of Ghana, Legon.

The founder of Oweriman football club, Nana Batafo Acheampong Nti, says the time has come for the First Capital Premier League to be organised more professionally to make it interesting enough to induce local players to give of their best.

The captain of the Accra Polo Club, Kwakye Dopoah-Dei, has attributed recent victories over Nigeria and South Africa to weeks of intensive training and hard work by his teammates.

The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, has dismissed rumours that Ghana has been banned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for fielding an over-age player in Isaac Twum.

Veteran Israeli coach, Avram Grant, has been endorsed as the man to lead the Black Stars to the 2015 Africa Nations Cup (AFCON) in Equatorial Guinea next January.

Samuel Anim last Saturday reaffirmed his status as the reigning Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Cyclist of the Year when he won the 2014 Cowbell Cycling League by cruising to first place in the final stage of the competition in Accra.

Lewis Hamilton clinched his second drivers' world championship with a comfortable victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is paralysed and in a wheelchair, according to former racing driver Philippe Streiff.

There will be a mammoth gathering of amateur and professional cyclists this morning at the Accra Sports Stadium when the Cowbell Cycling League reaches its third and final stage.