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.

Over 100 golfers from various clubs in the country have been invited to participate in the MTN final golf tournament for the year which comes off December 9 at the Celebrity Golf Course at Sakumono, near Tema.

A star-studded La side, featuring players of the just-ended Ghana Premier League season, pipped a youthful Tema side 1-0 to win the 2017 McDan Ga-Adangme Homowo Unity Gala last Sunday at the La Town Park.

With the game petering out for a stalemate, out-of-contract Hearts of Oak striker, Kwame Kizito, popped up with the winner midway through the second half to send the partisan home crowd into raptures.

Lizzy Sports Academy last Sunday brushed aside a late comeback to edge Dansoman Barcelona 4-3 and claim the ticket to represent Ghana at the second edition of the U-13 Dubai International Cup slated for February 2018.

Lizzy Sports Academy (LSA) capped a memorable "host and win" campaign at the Lizzy Sports Complex, courtesy first-half braces by captain Meshack Adjetey Sowah and striker Emmanuel Atta to lift the glittering trophy at stake in the seven-a-side tournament.

Two select-sides representing northern Ghana and Southern Ghana will face-off in a commemorative match in honour of the late Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama on Sunday, December 10 at the soon to be re-named Tamale Sports Stadium.

The game organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association will climax the fifth anniversary of the death of Alhaji Mahama and will involve the Northern Best 11 locking horns with the Southern Best 11 with the Aliu Mahama trophy as well as a GHC 50,000 cash prize at stake.

At 24, Richmond Boakye-Yiadom is finally demonstrating that he can be one of the Black Stars' footballing superstars, and not the latest in the long line of unfulfilled Ghanaian talents.

The powerful frontman is scoring for fun at Red Star Belgrade, and has firmly emerged as the leading contender to be Asamoah Gyan's long-term successor with the national side.

Ex-Black Stars player Malik Jabir has attributed the recent mass exodus of Ghanaian players to the meagre salaries they receive and charged club owners to improve the salaries of players. 

However, he notedimprovement in wages and general working conditions of the players would reduce the migration of players to foreign leagues and help in improve the league.

The Chief Executive of Ashgold, Kudjoe Fianoo, says the club has yet to finalise a deal with sportswear firm, Mayniak Sportswear, to become their official Kit Sponsors next season even though Mayniak has already gone ahead to announce the deal on their official Twitter handle. 

Explaining, Mr Fianoo said, the Ashgold management was still discussing the design and colours with Mayniak, after which he would present the contract proposal to the club’s board for their approval.

Two tennis budding talents, Eric Agyare Asante and Lawrecia, brought fans onto their feet with some unblemished display of tennis prowess winning their respective male and female final in the annual Donyma 4 Garrison Amateurs Singles Tennis competition at the 4 Garrison court in Kumasi on Farmers Day.

Both players took advantage of their one-sided dominance to lift the ultimate trophy and some souvenirs from the company which manufactures and deals with roofing sheets and other steel materials.

Members of the national weightlifting team, Black Cranes, paid a courtesy visit to De United Foods Industries Ltd (DUFIL), the brand owners of Indomie, to showcase medals that the team won from two separate tournaments.

Indomie has been a major supporter of weightlifting in Ghana, sponsoring both the activities of the Black Cranes as well as grooming of young weightlifters.

Officials of Inter Allies believe hysterical American-born Japanese coach, Kenichi Yatsuhashi, has the magic wand to turn their fortunes around when he arrives this week to take charge of the club.

The 47-year-old former Accra Hearts of Oak coach will take over from Karim Zito who managed to steer the club out of relegations last season with a mandate to turn the fortunes of the Tema-based club.

Aduana Stars are set to lose their influential captain Godfred Saka who has turned down a chance to lead the club to the CAF Champions League next year in preference for a lucrative deal with former African champions, Enyimba of Nigeria.

Saka was in Nigeria last week to conclude a deal with the club, having earlier hinted the Graphic Sports that he wanted a career move outside Ghana.