Bastie "The Beast" Samir has ended Bukom Banku's unbeaten run, shockingly stopping him in round seven of their cruiserweight bout on Saturday night at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Banku entered the bout on the back of a 29-bout winning run could not stand the power of his younger opponent and twice visited the canvas during the bout.
Accra Great Olympics will have another opportunity to pull themselves out of relegation tomorrow when they travel to a tough ground at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park to engage Bechem United in a crucial final Premier League fixture of the season.
The fierce football rivalry between two West Africa countries, Ghana and Mali, will be renewed today when they clash in the quarter-final of the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Guwahati.
Usain Bolt is, quite simply, the best sprinter of all time. With two gold medals in 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, followed by a hat-trick of golds at each of London 2012 and Rio 2016 (adding the 4 x 100 metres relay sprint gold at both events) the Jamaican had unprecedented success in his discipline for around a decade.
The FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 has reached the quarter-final stage, with the first set of last-eight matches taking place on Saturday.
Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has turned down a luxurious reward of a house for his part in sending Egypt to the 2018 World Cup.
The Reds’ record signing reportedly turned down the offer of a villa as a reward for his country’s qualification.
The Black Starlets left Mumbai yesterday morning ahead of tomorrow’s crucial quarter-final clash with Mali in Guwaharti, with a strong message from Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin that the Ghanaians are ready for their West African opponents.
Domestic flights are said to be fully booked, following the celebration of the Diwali festival, an important festive season on the calendar of the Indians, but the team’s internal travels were not affected, based on the special arrangements put in place by FIFA.
Veteran boxer Michael "Powers" Ayitey has proposed to fight the winner of the upcoming "Make-or-Break" bout between Braimah Kamoko and Bastie Samir tomorrow.
Powers, who lost twice to Banku, said he was assured by the promoter of the bout, Alex Ntiamoah Boakye of the Box Office Sports Promotion, that he would be up for another payday with either Bastie or Banku, depending on who wins on the night.
The Chief Executive Officer of Aduana Stars, Albert Aryeetey Commey, has urged club officials to stop castigating referees, since all the clubs benefited from the supposed bad officiating.
According to him, referees are mortal men and can make mistakes like any other person, thus charging club officials to bear with the rule keepers of the game.
Accra Great Olympics trainer, Godwin Attram, has described Sunday’s final Premier League clash with Bechem United as a ‘match of destiny’ for both sides as they battle to avoid relegation.
Coach Attram said the game promised to be the toughest of the season for his side as they seek to upset Bechem United at their favourite Nana Fosu Gyeabour park in Bechem.
The Board of Directors of Accra Hearts of Oak has pledged to deal with any individual who is found guilty in a match-fixing probe which is currently underway at the club following allegations that the former Operations Manager of the club, Joshua Acquah, is a member of a betting syndicate.
An official of Ghanaian giants Accra Hearts of Oak has been interrogated by the Police following allegations of match-fixing at the club.
The official of the club, Joshua Acquah has reportedly resigned his post as the operations manager of the club after the allegations came to light.
India police on Wednesday confiscated musical instruments of the Ghanaian supporters preventing them from using it during the Black Starlets game against Niger at the D.Y Patil stadium in Mumbai.
The drums and trumpets were seized by the police on explaination that it was a threat to security at the stadium. And for well over 45 minutes the Ghanaian supporters were held up at the gate in an exchange with the police but they would not listen.
The Black Starlets of Ghana defeated Niger 2-0 in an all-African Round of 16 clash at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The win earns the Black Starlets a quarter-final clash versus another African opponent in Mali on Saturday in Guwahati.
Rabiatu Naa Ayorkor Ofoli was born on July 23, 2002 at La, Accra, in the Greater Accra Region.
She is a Ghanaian professional table tennis and badminton player. She was trained to play table tennis by Coach Yarboi, the former Greater Accra coach, and later by Coach Anang Whyte, the Eastern Regional coach.
