Despite the continuous decline in the fortunes of Ghanaian athletes on the international stage, Ghana will go into this year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, hoping to maintain a tradition of winning laurels.

It was a fight to win for Isaac Dogboe and he delivered just that against Joet Gonzalez in Minnesota last Saturday.

The runners-up of the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League, Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies came from behind to draw 2-2 with visiting Danish fmelae side, FC Nordsjealland in an international friendly played at the Nduom Park on Saturday.

Ghana’s Black Galaxies made a winning start to their 2023 African Nations Championship qualifying campaign with a decisive 3-0 victories over the Junior Squirrels of Benin through a spot kick converted by forward Daniel Afriyie Barnie in the 25th minute and two second half strikes by Mohammed Alhassan (48th minute) and Skipper Gladson Awako (80th minute) at the Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday.

Isaac Dogboe fended off a relentless Joet Gonzalez on Saturday night to earn a WBC featherweight title shot.

A flubbed final handover cost the United States gold in the men's 4x100 metres relay on Sunday dawn as Canada surged down the final straight to take the world title.

A huge crowd that watched the eighth fight night of the De-Luxy Boxing League as 11 juvenile and professional bouts produced thrillers which kept many of them on their feet at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.

Mr Francis Frimpong, a lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), and an umpire for table tennis and para table tennis, has been appointed as a technical official at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.