Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, is brooding over the absence of his new-found striker, Raphael Dwamena, but has assured Ghanaians of victory in the double-header against Congo at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday and in Brazzaville next Wednesday.
Dwamena was named in Coach Appiah’s 23-man squad but had to be excused because of a conflicting medical report threatening his prospects of playing in the English Premiership.
The GFA Executive has approved the Match Review Panel’s recommendation in respect of the MTN FA Cup quarterfinal match between Asante Kotoko and W. NEA Salamina.
Staff of Obonu TV, a subsidiary of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), joined keep fit clubs within the Ga-Adangbe communities for the annual Homowo Health Walk last Saturday in Accra.
The walk began from Mantse Agbonaa in Accra through to the James Town Police Station and some principal streets and ended at the forecourt of GBC.
Accra Hearts of Oak will have an opportunity to close in on leaders, Aduana Stars, tomorrow when the two teams clash in a Ghana Premier League Week 26 thriller at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Hearts are currently four points behind Aduana Stars after defeating city rivals, Great Olympics, 2-1 in Accra last Sunday and face a must-win home assignment to put them in a strong position to challenge for the title.Aduana face a tough away task as Hearts will seek to avenge a painful 2-0 defeat they suffered in their first meeting at Dormaa-Ahenkro.
Chelsea have agreed a fee with Arsenal for England international winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sky Sports News understands.
The 24-year old is with the England squad at St George's Park and Sky Sports News understands large parts of a medical could be carried out at England's training centre.
The national skate soccer team, the Rolling Rockets, are scheduled to lock horns with their Togolese counterparts in a Binatone International Unity Skate Soccer Cup match at the Accra Sports Stadium on September 2.
The competition which is organised by Binatone under the auspices of the International Federation of Skate Soccer (IFSS) is targeted at improving the Rolling Rockets ahead of an African championship to be hosted by Ghana in March next year.
Goalless Brighton will continue their search for a new striker until the transfer window shuts, says manager Chris Hughton. The Seagulls looked to have secured the signature of 21-year-old Ghana international Raphael Dwamena before his move from Zurich collapsed on Friday evening after a failed medical.
Having failed to hit the back of the net in the opening two league games against Southampton and Manchester United, Swansea followed up their midweek four-goal cup victory at MK Dons with a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace.
Jordan Ayew scored his first Premier League goal and made it 2-0 for the Swans after Tammy Abrahams had opened the scoring.
The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for this years “I love Taekwondo video contest” from August 31 to September 15.
The extension of the deadline is to give taekwondo clubs in educational institutions who are currently on vacation, the opportunity to also participate in the competition when schools reopen.
League leaders Tesano Spinners continued their winning streak and consolidated their position after they thrashed Fire Service 3-0 in the male division of the Stanbic Bank-Graphic Sports Table Tennis League last Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.
In the fourth week fixture of the second round, Spinners beat one of the highly rated teams in the league in the second match of the day, having earlier defeated Eastern Loopers 3-0 in the first match.
Leaders Tesano Spinners continued their winning streak by thrashing Fire Service 3-0, and Eastern Loopers 3-0 in the male division of the Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Stadium.
Defending champions, Immigration maintained their chase with a 3-0 win over Team Baboo followed by another 3-0 win against Otumfuo Stars.
The President of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF), Isaac Aboagye Duah, has tipped youngsters Sakina Adams from Tema and Tracy Ampah of Tarkwa, some of the new talents unearthed at the just-ended McDan Junior Open Championship, for greatness as a result of their outstanding performances. in the competition.
According to him, the timely return of a junior tennis championship, which had been absent from the GTF calendar for over 10 years, would serve as the breeding ground for the next generation of tennis world-class stars to emerge from Ghana.
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) enjoyed double victory, while Sapholda and Real Ambassadors revelled as winners of their respective divisions of the Sapholda Hockey League which climaxed at the Theodosia Okoh National Hockey Stadium in Accra last Saturday.
While GRA defeated arch-rivals Trustees 2-1 to win the Men’s League title with 30 points, four more than second-placed Trustees, the GRA ladies overpowered Reformers 4-0 to win the Women’s League title with 27 points to confirm a dominant performance this season.
A board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has challenged supporters of the club not to sit on the fence but patronise Hearts’ matches to help raise revenue for the club.
Patronage of Hearts games, according to Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe, would help bring the supporters closer to the club and give them a stronger voice for their opinions and suggestions to be strongly considered by the club’s management.
