Africa Online Ghana last Saturday needed a penalty shootout to defeat Surfline 2-1 to clinch the second edition of the C Squared Fibre Cup after the final ended 0-0 in normal time.
Africa Online breezed past eight teams on their journey to the finals where they triumphed after winning a nerve-wracking shoot-out at the Burma Camp Sports Complex.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side's title hopes are "probably" over because referee Michael Oliver failed to award them a penalty in their 2-1 loss to "lucky" Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola's team stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points and became the first team to win 14 successive English top-flight games in a single season.
After yesterday’s weigh-in which saw the two top boxers on the Azumah Nelson Fight Night bill, Bright Ayala and Wahab Oluwaseun weighing a little above 127 pounds, the stage is set for a tough fight tonight at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
The two super-featherweight contenders appeared lively and ready to brawl as they weighed in one after the other backed by their teeming supporters and supervised by Ghana Boxing Authority member, Alhaji Tofik Muritela.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player of all time, according to his Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane.
Newly-appointed coach of International Allies, Kenichi Yatsuhashi says his side will be a force to reckon with in the 2017/2018 Ghana Premier League season.
Kenichi targets an ambitious top-4 finish with the Tema club.
The basketball team of Accra-based Radford University College last Saturday played a more determined game to defeat highly-fancied Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology 89-78 to prove their worth as a team to watch in the elite division.
Simba FC striker, Nicholas Gyan, says he is ready to move to Kuwait at the right offer after several clubs from the Gulf state had enquired of his availability.
Gyan, a former player of Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs, believes it is the right decision to move to Tanzania as he enjoys his career with Simba FC.
Aduana Stars skipper, Godfred Saka, has ruled out an extension of his contract with the club after his supposed move to Nigerian giants Enyimba collapsed at the last hour.
Saka, who had been on trials with Enyimba for over a week, saw his deal with Enyimba fail with the Nigerian outfit willing to keep him for further two weeks in order to check his fitness before signing him.
Former Black Stars skipper, John Mensah, says he will be open to a move to a local club should he recover fully from his injury woes which have kept him out of action for a long time.
Mensah, who is yet to play active football after his contract with Swedish side, AFC Eskilstuna, ended last year, did not rule out the possibility of playing in the Ghana Premier League but was focused on fighting for full recovery first.
Sensational Kumasi Asante Kotoko striker, Sadick Adams, is expected to lead a host of selected stars to battle in a game in honour of the late Vice- President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama at the Tamale Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Adams will be joined by an array of other stars, including teammates Awal Mohammed, Felix Annan and Joseph Addo, as well as Noah Martey and Hans Kwofie, to constitute a select team of the Northern sector.
AIBA instructor and coach of the Black Bombers, Kwasi Ofori Asare, has entreated former world champion, Ike “Bazooka’ Quartey, to get special training if he yearns to coach at the amateur level.
He noted that Ike Quartey could only coach at the amateur level after acquiring the necessary training certified by the International Boxing Association or Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) at any AIBA workshop.
Former Real Madrid defender, Michel Salgado, has praised the technical team of Lizzy Sports Academy, for the high level of professionalism they attach to their training rudiments.
The academy emerged winners of the Ghana edition of the Under-13 Dubai Intercontinental Football Cup last Sunday, following an enthralling performance throughout the competition, to the admiration of spectators, including Salgado. They would represent Ghana in the intercontinental showpiece in Dubai next Febuary.
All is set for this year’s UMB Bank Accra Open golf stroke play competition, officials of the Bank and host Club, Achimota Golf Club have said.
The four-day golf event (72 Hole), the biggest on the capital’s calendar forms part of UMB 45th anniversary year-long celebration.
Accra Hearts of Oak skipper Thomas Abbey has ruled out any move to arch-rival Kumasi Asante Kotoko despite reports strongly linking him with the Porcupine Warriors.
In fact, he has also denied inching towards newly-crowned Premier League champions, Aduana Stars.
Accra Hearts of Oak coach, Frank Nuttall, appears to be holding the club’s pre-season preparations to ransom after demanding his return ticket from Scotland where he is currently on vacation with his family.
Nuttall’s posture has put the team’s Ghana @ 60 return leg match against Kotoko on December 24 in doubt as preparation for that game has stalled due to his absence.
