Ghana Hockey Association (GHA) President, Mr Richard Akpokavie, has made a passionate appeal to the corporate bodies and individuals to assist the association to raise about GH¢300,000 needed to organise the Hockey Africa Cup for Club Championship which takes place in Accra later this month.

He said funding had become very critical if Ghana were to host the 12-club continental competition which includes four Ghanaian teams.

The Black Queens of Ghana are expected to open their West Africa Football Union B, women’s championship campaign against host, Cote d’Ivoire at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium on Valentine’s Day.

The game scheduled at 3.00p.m. will see the Black Queens test their arsenals against their Ivorian counterparts who will be counting on their home support to oust the Ghanaians considered as favourites.

Neymar scored a penalty as Paris St-Germain beat Amiens 2-0 to reach the French League Cup semi-finals.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte backed the video assistant referee (VAR) system after his side's goalless draw with Arsenal in their Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

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The GHALCA G8 is expected to hot up today after a rather slow start, especially in Group B in Kumasi, with plenty to play for and determinant to those who could possibly inch closer to the semifinal.

Apart from the crazy scoreline between Dwarfs and Medeama in Group A at the Cape Coast Stadium last weekend (Dwarfs 5 Medeama 6) all the other matches, including Hearts and Karela FC, recorded solitary goals; opening up the race for the two teams in each group to make it to the semifinal.

The strained relationship between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and goalkeeper Ernest Sowah has taken a turn for the worse after the player wrote to the club requesting for a mutual termination of the contract between them which had one year to run.

The surprise request from Sowah last week came on the heels of a scathing attack on the goalie by Kotoko’s Chief Executive, Dr Kwame Kyei, who allegedly accused the player of bribery during last season’s Premier League clash between Kotoko and Liberty Professionals at Dansoman last season. Kotoko lost the match 1-2 with Sowah attracting a yellow card.

The Ghana Football Association has approved a three-year programme for all competitions.

Philippe Coutinho has said he hopes Liverpool fans "understand" his decision to move to Barcelona in an emotional post on social media.

The Brazilian forward, 25, completed his £142m move to the La Liga club on Monday after five years on Merseyside.

I am really not sure if it is an official policy of the organisers of our leagues that almost all participating clubs host our appointed match officials when they travel to honour their appointments. Whether it is official or not, the truth is that it has been happening.

Ghana Premier League champions, Aduana Stars managed a 1-0 victory over Dreams FC when the two sides clashed in the opening of their GHALCA-organised G8 pre- season football tournament at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi last Saturday.

A former chairman of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), George Lutterodt, says promising athlete Martha Bissah, is focused on her career and unfazed by talks of whether or not she would return into the national team.

He noted that it was important for the indefinite ban placed on Martha be lifted by the GAA before any meaningful talks of her returning to run under the Ghana flag.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed government's plan to reward Isaac Dogboe handsomely after knocking out Cesar Juarez to win the WBO Interim Super Bantamweight title last Saturday at the Bukom Boxing Arena with a fifth round TKO victory.

Former Ghana right-back, John Paintsil, says his focus is to build on his career as a coach and nothing would entice him to exchange the dug out for the pitch again.

According to him, he has successfully completed his coaching course in South Africa and he is now the head coach of Vision Explorer Academy, a division two side which he is aiming to guide to the premiership soon.

Isaac Dogboe made a strong statement last Saturday about his intent to capture the WBO Super Bantamweight title, taking out Mexican Cesar Juarez in five rounds after which he threw down the gauntlet to the Mexican champion, Jessie Magdaleno. 

He warned his next opponent that he was coming after him when they clash in a mandatory title defence in the United States in the next few months.