DEFENDING champions, Ampem Darkoa Ladies have qualified for their third successive final despite losing 1-2 to Lepo Ladies in their final game of this season’s National Women’s League (NWL).

Ampem Darkoa, champions in the northern zone, will play LadyStrikers in the champions play-off on October 7 after the Cape Coast-based team also shrugged off competition to win the southern zone league.

Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe has moved up the rankings in World Boxing Council’s (WBC) latest ranking, moving up a place from 11th to 10th position.

Dogboe beat Argentine Javier Chacon in the Bukom Boxing Arena and that rendered the Ghanaian youngster undefeated in 17 fights in July this year.
Isaac Dogboe currently holds the WBO International Super Bantamweight title. This jump in the ranking inches him closer to the WBC super-bantamweight title.

Coach J.E.Sarpong has revealed that Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, has given him a firm assurance that he will hang up his boots after the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In recent times there has been a clamour among fans for the ageing striker to retire and give way to younger players because of declining form and recurrent injuries which have prevented him from giving his best for Ghana lately.

GHANA’s Under-20 female football team, Black Princesses, have put their best foot forward in the 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifying campaign after thrashing Algeria 5-0 in their opening game last Friday.

Goals from Grace Asantewaa, Sandra Owusu-Ansah, Helena Obeng and a brace from Olivia Anokye in their first round, first leg game in Algiers comfortable cushion for the Princesses when they host the return leg on September 30.

Ghana midfielder Winful Cobbinah scored a spectacular goal to hand Black Stars B a deserved 1-0 win against Mali last Saturday to send the Black Stars B to the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU Cup of Nations at the Cape Coast Stadium.

Windful put up a man-of-the-match performance as Maxwell Konadu’s charges coasted to their third successive victory in the competition to raise the hopes of Ghanaians that the team was well be on their way to win the competition.

Aston Villa were happy to let Jordan Ayew go in January and he is making a positive impression at Swansea City. Back in the January transfer window, Aston Villa’s decision to swap Swansea City left-back Neil Taylor for misfiring attacker Jordan Ayew appeared to make sense.

Ghana Black Stars B played a determined game to beat the Flying Eagles of Mali 1-0, in the WAFU 2017 tournament on Saturday at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.

A thunderbolt 18-yard strike from the left foot of Windful Cobbina in the 73rd minute of the game gave the Stars the maximum three points and qualified them as the first team from group "A" to advance to the semifinals of the competition.

Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City moved top of the table and handed Watford their heaviest ever top-flight defeat.

Previously unbeaten Watford could have also topped the Premier League with a win against Pep Guardiola's side, but they were undone by City's prolific attack who have now scored 15 goals in three matches.

Astros Football Academy will on Saturday, September 15 hold a fundraising dinner event to raise funds in aid of grassroots football in the country.

The Academy has been in existence for five years and has championed the development of football in the country with the establishment of Astros Football Academy.

The Management of Box Office Sports Promotions has rescheduled to next month the much-anticipated bout between Braimah ‘Bukom Banku’ Kamoko and Bastie Samir, dubbed “Make or Break".

The bout has now been moved from September 30 to October 21 at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.

Dreams FC’s young player of the season, Montari Kamahini, says he is ready to make his mark in the elite division next season.

The 17-year-old left back was instrumental in the Dawu-based club’s qualification back to the Ghana Premier League as Division One League Zone Three winners.

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has made a formal request  to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to enable it hire over 100 coaches for the various national teams across different sporting disciplines in the country.

The NSA Director General, Robert Sarfo Mensah, told the Graphic Sports in Accra that the move was aimed at employing coaches who would be tasked to unearth talents and develop sports in the country.

Many people, if not everyone has a talent but not everyone knows what they are good at. Many will therefore, live their lives not knowing their talents partly due to lack of opportunities to develop them. This is one of the greatest challenges confronting sports development in the country.

Whilst it is a fact that schools remain Ghana’s best bet to unearthing young talent, the missing link has been how to go about it. Some of the greatest talents that Ghana has produced in sports like Michael Essien and Asamoah Gyan were unearthed at the school level and any project that seeks to encourage students to stay at school whilst playing sports in a safe environment must be encouraged.

A Technical Director at the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Oti Akenten, has lauded the organisers of the WAFU Cup of Nations, saying the participating countries need such tournaments to enhance their football development programmes.

He said the competition had so far lived up to expectation and expressed the hope that the group stage would witness more competitive and exciting games.

HFC Bank (Ghana) Limited, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings limited, will begin its “Ride Out Malaria” cycling tour with the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation today from Tamale to Accra on September 23.

The 668-kilometre cycling tour, which is scheduled to commence today, will end at the bank’s head office at Cantonment in Accra as cyclists ride through the various regional branches across the country.