Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says it is a matter of "respect" to allow Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to go to an awards night in Ghana 24 hours before the FA Cup game against Everton.
The attacking duo are on a three-man shortlist for the Confederation of African Football Player of the Year award which will be named on Thursday.
Manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes for his recent criticism of Paul Pogba.
Scholes, working as a pundit for BT Sport, questioned the £89m midfielder's fitness, attitude and position, after the 0-0 draw against Southampton.
"I think the only thing Paul Scholes does is criticise," said Mourinho.
Mexican pugilist, Cesar Juarez, has vowed to end undefeated Ghanaian boxer, Isaac Dogboe's dominance in the ring by inflicting a knockout on him when they clash in January 6 WBO Interim Super Bantamweight Title at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Manager Arsene Wenger says he cannot guarantee that striker Alexis Sanchez will remain at Arsenal long term, after the forward scored twice in the victory at Crystal Palace on Thursday.
Former world number one Novak Djokovic has postponed his long-awaited comeback because of an elbow injury.
The Ghana Rugby community congratulated the president and board chairman, Mr Herbert Mensah, on his birthday through its social media in a year that can only be described as a remarkable year for Ghana Rugby.
Visiting Accra Hearts of Oak S/C displayed tactical discipline to hold archrivals, Asante Kotoko S/C, to a pulsating 0-0 draw game in a second leg tie to win the Ghana @ 60 Independence Cup at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday.
Harry Kane grabbed another hat-trick and broke the record for the most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year as Tottenham thrashed Southampton at Wembley.
Super Eagles and Chelsea wing back, Victor Moses has said that his only regret this year was his “being squeezed out of the three-man shortlist to become African Player of the Year”, behind Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Egypt’s Mo Salah and Senegal’s Sadio Mane – a decision that angered the Nigerian Football Federation.
Serena Williams will return to tennis in Abu Dhabi next week, almost four months after giving birth.
The Dunamis Sports Academy will on Saturday and Sunday, December 23 to 24, this year, organise trial games to select talented footballers for both local and internal football teams.
The trial games, dubbed: “X’Mass Soccer hunt”, which will be organised at the Ngleshie Amanfro SHS premises from 8am each day is targeting footballers aged between 8 to 23 years.
An initiative to help encourage peaceful coexistence among schoolchildren has been launched at St Peters Mission School in Ashaley Botwe near Madina.
Dubbed: “GFP sports for peace club,” is a programme which seeks to use sports as an entry point to engage with the younger generation through carefully facilitated sport-based games that provide a vehicle for integrated education and behaviour change.
Kotoko coach Steven Polack says his team is well prepared and ready to avenge the 1-3 defeat they suffered at the hands of Accra Hearts of Oak in the first leg of the Ghana@60 anniversary match when the two sides clash in the reverse fixture in Kumasi on Sunday.
He told the Graphic Sports yesterday via a telephone conversation just before the team’s training that they were prepared and ready for the encounter with their arch-rivals and had revenge on their minds.
Super featherweight contender, Rafael Mensah, has sealed a deal with Don King Promotions towards an upcoming world title fight.
A contractual agreement reached between Landmark Promotions, managers of Mensah and Don King Promotions stipulates that the Bukom boxer faces off with Puerto Rican, Jose Luis Martinez Machado, between January 27 and March 2018.
Isaac Dogboe, one of Ghana's brightest boxers, has intensified his training ahead of his mega WBO Interim Super Bantamweight title fight against Cesar Juarez at the Bukom Boxing Arena on January 6.
Dogboe, who will be seeking to establish his invincibility in the ring to 18 wins, needs to beat Mexico’s Juarez to realise his dream of becoming a world champion.
