With the first match of World Cup barely three weeks away, Brazilian soccer legend Pele is disgusted with his home nation’s lack of preparedness ahead of the world’s biggest sporting event.

The Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF) has suspended Majetie Fetrie, the national weightlifting coach, with immediate effect.

Cindilog Textiles Garments Company Limited won an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, along with $10,000 spending money, at the climax of uniBank’s Let’s Go Brazil Promo held in Accra yesterday.

Coach Kwasi Appiah has decided to use Friday’s game between the Black Stars and a local select side to showcase his players to the nation ahead of their departure for further preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The first minor training session of the Black Stars at the Accra Sports Stadium nearly turned sour when striker Majeed Waris collided with goalkeeper Fatau Dauda and limped off the pitch.

Mobile telecoms operator, Tigo Ghana Limited as part of its support towards this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament, has launched a campaign dubbed the ‘Crazy Fan’ campaign to excite and whip up the interests of fans and patrons during the games.

A cricket enthusiast, Amit Agrawal, has donated a bowling machine to the national  cricket team  in support of  their  preparations towards international assignments.

The three lucky winners who will travel to Brazil to support Ghana’s Black Stars during their World Cup campaign next month will be known today with the final draw of the promotion organised by uniBank.

Former Black Stars captain, Stephen ‘Tornado’ Appiah, believes the United States will be out seeking revenge when they face Ghana at the World Cup in Brazil and, therefore, cautioned Kwasi Appiah’s charges to avoid complacency because of Ghana’s previous dominance over the Americans.