Former WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight champion Napoleon Tagoe has passed away.

Tagoe who went on to become a renowned builder of boxing rings in retirement died on Wednesday morning aged 44 (according to boxrec) after a short battle with illness.

Popularly called Napo, the chief trainer of the Will Power Gym in Accra was taken ill a few days ago before passing on at the Mamprobi Polyclinic.

The jinx surrounding the dominance of defending champions South Africa and host nation Egypt is likely to be broken today when both the national male and female hockey teams tackle their must-win matches at the ongoing 2017 Africa Hockey Cup tournament in Ismailia.

While the male team clash with South Africa who whitewashed Nigeria 8-1 last Monday, the female team engage Egypt, who overpowered Nigeria 5-0 in their opening match also on Monday.

The MTN FA Cup Committee (FACC) has announced the rates for the ‘unmissable’ MTN FA Cup final between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Tamale Sports Stadium on Sunday.

The committee has also scheduled the kick-off time for the big game at 17:00 hours GMT (5 p.m.).

The national female hockey team yesterday came from behind to beat Kenya 2-1 in their opening match of the 2017 Africa Hockey Cup tournament underway at the Suez Canal Hockey Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt.

It was deputy skipper Nafisatu Umaru who turned heroine for Ghana when she brilliantly converted a short corner in the 54th minute for the match winner.

The Promoter of last Saturday's "Make or Break" fight between Braimah Kamoko and Bastie Samir, Alex Ntiamoah Boakye, says he is yet to agree on a rematch with the two boxers.

Mr Ntiamoah, the Chief Executive Officer of the Box Office Sports Promotion, noted that he was ready to engage both boxers over a possible rematch for the bout.

The senior national female football team, the Black Queens continued their recent abysmal run against European teams by shipping eight goals against their French counterpart in Reims on Monday night.

The embarrassing defeat means the Black Queens have now conceded 19 goals in their last two games against European teams in friendlies.

Real Madrid and Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted the best player in the world at the Best Fifa Football Awards 2017, beating rival Lionel Messi and new challenger, Neymar.

Everton have sacked manager Ronald Koeman after Sunday's 5-2 home defeat by Arsenal left them in the Premier League relegation zone.

A statement said the club "would like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the club over the past 16 months".

Ghanaian supporters are demanding answers from officials of the Black Starlets team after a report emerged that they accepted to play the game on the soggy pitch when they had an option to ask for its postponement because of the poor condition of the pitch due to a heavy downpour before and during the match.

The city of Guwahati experienced heavy rainfall that lasted all day and which informed FIFA to call a crisis meeting between officials of Ghana and Mali ahead of their quarter-final clash at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium last Saturday.

The Black Starlets missed out on an opportunity to accumulate $5,000 winning bonus each after losing 1-2 to their Malian counterparts last Saturday.

Prior to the tournament, there was an agreement between management and the players to pocket a cool $1,000 as bonus for each victory in the tournament.

Popular Ghanaian boxer, Michael Ayittey Okine alias Ayittey Powers has revealed that his spiritual father and founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) Prophet Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua told him that his close pal Braimah "Bukom Banku" Kamoko will be disgraced if he does not give his life to Christ

According to Powers, TB Joshua in a private conversation urged him to convince his friend (Banku) to give his life to Jesus Christ but the latter declined.

Braimah "Bukom Banku" Kamoko may have suffered an embarrassing loss to Bastie "The Beast" Samir on Saturday night but that did not prevent his fans from massing up to welcome him back to Bukom on Sunday.

Banku was stopped in the seventh-round by Samir after receiving punishing punches and visiting the canvas twice on Sunday. Incidentally, that was the first loss of his career and the first blemish on his 30-fight professional career.

The Ghana national Hockey male team yesterday opened the Africa Hockey Cup tournament with a 3-0 victory over Kenya to put themselves in a pole position to fight for the trophy at stake.

As if they were re-enacting the famous multi-system tactics, the Ghanaians attacked in droves and defended together, making it impossible for the Kenyans to penetrate their defence to make use of their opportunities.

Braimah "Bukom Banku" Kamoko was defeated for the first time in his professional career by Bastie "The Beast" Samir in a non-title cruiserweight bout on Saturday night.

Samir, 31, pulled-off the stunning upset over his tough-talking foe by knocking down Banku twice in seven breathless rounds of thrilling boxing in front of an electrified audience at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.

Black Starlets coach Paa Kwesi Fabin has shifted the blame of his side's defeat to the doorstep of Algerian referee, Abid Charef Meldi, for certain regretable decisions he took during their 1-2 lost to Mali in the quarter final game played at Indira Ghandi Stadium last Saturday.

Besides the referee, the Ghanaian coach believes the wet pitch may have contributed significantly to the loss because it didn’t help his boys during the game.