The 'reign' of Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Mustapha Ussif has faced an early test this week, following intense media discourse over revelations of a budget estimate of $25 million United States Dollars for the Black Stars' Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, next year's African Cup of Nations in Cameroon and other national team activities.

Africa’s leading pay television service provider, StarTimes has announced that it will broadcast all 51 games of the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament across its five sports channels live and in High-Definition.

"The development of women's football should not be driven by short-term gain but a long-term vision" - Aleksandar Ceferin

Anyone who has closely followed women’s football in Ghana will no doubt agree that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has goofed in reassigning Yusif Basigi from any of the women’s national team, to be an assistant at the male Under-23 side, the Black Meteors.

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has explained that the $25 million the Ministry is soliciting from the government and corporate Ghana will be used to cater for all national football teams for the next two years, and not just the Black Stars.

Ghana will send two teams to participate in next month’s World Athletics Relays in Poland to provide an opportunity for Ghana to qualify for the male and female sprints relays at the upcoming summer Olympics in Tokyo, the CEO of Ghana Athletics Association, Mr Bawah Fuseini, has disclosed.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday set the nation on the path to claim its rightful place in continental and global football when he launched a $15-million fundraiser from Corporate Ghana to support the Black Stars’ bid to win the AFCON 2022 in Cameroun and reach at least the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Celebrated Ghanaian Coach Sellas (Borbor) Tetteh has said he will do all he can to help Liberty Professionals to retain their place in the Ghana Premier League after being brought on by the club’s management on a rescue mission until the end of the 2020/21 season.

Ghanaian athlete Deborah Acquah set a new national record in the long jump on Saturday with a new mark of 6.81m to establish herself as the leading African jumper, but narrowly missed on an automatic qualification for the Tokyo Olympics.

Bookmaking giants, Betway, has extended support to local sports teams in the Ashanti Region, as part of its “BetwayUp” initiative, which is aimed at uplifting sports teams in Ghana.

Black Stars skipper Andre Ayew came off the bench to score his 16th goal of the season as Swansea City secured a play-off place courtesy of a 2-2 draw at Reading on Sunday in the English Championship.

Medeama SC moved to the top of the Ghana Premier League table after coming from behind to defeat Kumasi Asante Kotoko 2-1 at the Obuasi Len Clay on Saturday.

Kamaru Usman scored a stunning second-round knockout to finish Jorge Masvidal and retain the undisputed UFC welterweight title at UFC 261 in Florida.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley has been appointed the Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the newly established U-17 Inter-Club Champions League and Inter-Regional Challenge Cup.

Plans for the European Super League are in tatters tonight, with Chelsea and Manchester City preparing to split from the breakaway competition.

Kenya’s Geoffrey Yego beat Ghana’s Eric Ofosuhene 3-2 to win the 2020 Matchplay Champion of Champions Finale at the Bok-Nam Kim Golf Course last Sunday in Accra.