The Africa Basketball Festival (ABF) is set to celebrate its fifth anniversary this December with a spectacular five-day event combining basketball, fashion, and music in a grand showcase of African talent and creativity.
Ghana’s national football team, the Black Stars, have advanced two places in the latest FIFA World Ranking, continuing their positive trajectory under coach Otto Addo. The team now sits 73rd in the global standings.
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has urged injured striker Inaki Williams to better adapt to the team’s dynamics as Ghana prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Athletic Bilbao forward missed Ghana’s final two qualifiers against the Central African Republic and Comoros due to injury.
Since completing his nationality switch to Ghana in 2022, Williams has managed just two goals in 25 appearances for the national team—far below expectations for a player of his caliber.
More than 1 million tickets have already been sold for next year’s World Cup, FIFA said Thursday in its first update on numbers since the official start of sales began earlier this month.
The highest demand, as would be expected, were from buyers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico — the three nations that will play host to the tournament.
FIFA said people from 212 different countries and territories have already purchased, even though only 28 of the 48 spots in the field have been filled.
The Mansour Group has revealed plans to construct a new modern Right to Dream Academy near Accra, marking a significant new chapter for the renowned football and education institution.
Aduana Stars forward Emmanuel Marfo continued his fine form in the 2025/26 Ghana Premier League season by earning his second NASCO Man of the Match award during Week 5 of the campaign. He was among nine standout players recognised across the weekend’s fixtures for their exceptional performances.
BARCELONA are “ecstatic” with Marcus Rashford — and want to take up the option of turning his loan from Manchester United into a permanent move.
The Catalan giants have been impressed with the England forward’s work ethic and talent since he moved to Spain from Old Trafford.
Coco Gauff said her "stubborn" decision to defy her coach and play in China after a tough US Open had paid off after she beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 yesterday to clinch the third WTA 1000 title of her career in Wuhan.
The 21-year-old Gauff secured the Wuhan Open without dropping a set after a one hour and 42min battle in the central Chinese city and became the first player in the Open Era to win her first nine hard-court finals.
"It was a great Asian swing," said Gauff, who reached the semifinals in Beijing last week, before winning the Wuhan Open.
The queens of African hockey are ready to defend their throne as Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Royal Ladies march into Harare in three months, determined to extend their dominance and complete a historic treble when they defend their Hockey Africa Cup for Club Champions (ACCC) crown.
The African Hockey Federation (AfHF) has confirmed St John’s College in the Zimbabwean capital as the host venue of the 36th men’s and 27th women’s editions of the continent’s flagship club hockey competition from January 24–31, 2026.
Accra Hearts of Oak’s deputy goalkeeper, Solomon Agbesi, has assured the club’s supporters of a spirited performance when they face league leaders Heart of Lions at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday, October 13.
With first-choice goalkeeper Benjamin Asare away on international duty with the Black Stars, Agbesi could be handed his first start of the season — a challenge he said he was fully prepared to embrace.
Rising Ghanaian boxing sensation Theophilus Allotey has capped a remarkable year with a historic nomination for the prestigious EMY Africa Man of the Year Award in the Sports category, a fitting recognition of his blistering ascent through the professional ranks.
The 23-year-old, who has taken the African boxing scene by storm, now finds himself in elite company, vying for the continental honour against some of Africa’s biggest sports icons such as Nigeria and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman, Eritrean cycling sensation Biniam Girmay Hailu, Uganda’s world record-breaking distance runner Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei, and Botswana’s Paris 2024 Olympic sprint champion Leslie Tebogo.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA), in partnership with MTN Ghana, has launched the maiden edition of the MTN Elite U19 Championship in Accra, marking a significant milestone in Ghana’s youth football development agenda.
In a thrilling showdown at the African Table Tennis Championship in Radès, Tunisia, Ghana’s Cynthia Kwabi overcame a 3–0 deficit to defeat Nigeria’s Ayoola Kabirat in a pulsating 4–3 victory, booking her place in the round of 16.
Kabirat stormed to an early lead, taking the first three games 11–8, 11–9, 11–6, putting Kwabi on the back foot.
South Africa have booked their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the first time since hosting the tournament in 2010, after defeating Rwanda 3-0 — capping off a dramatic final day of African qualifiers.
Bafana Bafana’s 16-year wait for a return to the world’s biggest stage is finally over after thrashing Rwanda in Mbombela on Tuesday, October 14, to win Group C and qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
They topped the table with 18 points, one more than Nigeria, who hammered third-placed Benin 4-0 in Uyo with Victor Osimhen scoring a hat-trick.
Nigeria missed out on automatic qualification for the 2026 World Cup but has secured a spot in play-offs via a second-place finish in Group C.
