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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Champion Club, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, have re-engaged Black Stars defender, Rashid Sumaila, on a free loan deal from South African champions Mamelodi, Sundowns.
The second edition of Ghana’s Fastest Human Under-18 will climax at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra on November 29 with five fastest teenagers from the 10 regions of the country competing for honours.
In their quest to participate in the 2018 World Cup Hockey tournament for the first time , the Ghana Hockey Association (GHA) has started grooming a number of young ladies for them to appreciate the rudiments of the game.
Police missed out on the Dwadifo Adanfo Hockey League title despite registering a 3-1 victory over Exchequers, after arch-rivals Trustees beat Reformers 6-2 last Wednesday to make their goal difference unassailable.
The national deaf football team has appealed to corporate entities and the government to help facilitate their second participation in the upcoming West Africa Deaf Football tournament slated for the Keque Stadium in Lome, Togo, from November 3 to 9.
Thirty Black Meteors players, drawn from the Premier and other lower divisions, are to commence camping on Monday at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram in preparation for the qualifiers of the All Africa and Olympic Games.
The Achimota Golf Club is ready to position itself among the continent’s favourite golfing destinations for some of the world’s leading golfers, after it underwent massive refurbishment to enable the course host international competitions.
