The only recognised venue for Division One, MTN FA Cup and possibly Premier League matches in the Upper East Region - Bolga Stadium - is no longer recognised by the GFA Licensing Committee because "it's a grassless pitch which is no longer accepted for modern football at the highest level of football."

For those who don't know, clubs like Tanga FC and Japan Stars collapsed because of the demand by the powers that be that they use either Tamale or Wa as home grounds due to the lack of a grass park in the whole of the Upper East Region! How can you continue to travel 32 times playing matches at the Tamale stadium or Utrecht park at a cost of, at least, GH¢800.00 beside other expenses (transport, food and drinks, health etc) without supporters and survive?

Records are tumbling during the transfer window as clubs across the world spend big in order to bolster their squads for the challenges to come.

Neymar's shocking move to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona for an eye-watering €222 million deal made headlines around the world, smashing the world transfer record, and there's still much more business to be done before the window closes at the beginning of September.

Accra Hearts of Oak have replied Kumasi Asante Kotoko with equal force, promising to throw Oseikrom into a ‘state of mourning’ in Sunday’s Premier League super clash at the Baba Yara Stadium.

Kotoko skipper, Amos Frimpong, fired the first salvo last Wednesday by warning the Phobians to prepare for a battle of their lives since they were fully prepared for a win, having recovered from the trauma of their recent misfortune.

Handlers of Ghana’s senior football team B, say they are in good shape for their 2018 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) qualifier against Burkina Faso, but are worried that they could soon lose most of their targeted key players to the exodus train.

The Stars B, since reassembling under the reconstituted technical team headed by Kwasi Appiah, are yet to lose a game as they gear up for the August 12 date with the Burkinabes in Ouagadougou, but the concern is that there may never be a permanent regular team, given the rate of movement of the players in search of greener pastures outside the shores of Ghana.

The Deputy Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA) in charge of technical, Saka Acquaye, says preparations have reached a fever pitch towards the upcoming National Sports Festival slated for August 31 to September 7, in Kumasi.

He was confident that the games would be staged successfully at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Ex-Accra Hearts of Oak skipper, Mahatma Otoo, has disclosed that he is close to signing a new deal with an European club before the August transfer window closes.

The 25-year-old who completed his loan spell with Turkish side. Umraniyespor last season told Graphic Sports over the weekend that his manager was finalising negotiation and would soon sign a new contract.

With the table tennis league expected to take a break after this weekend, the question on most people’s minds is whether leaders, Tesano Spinners could be dethroned at the ongoing Stanbic-Graphic Sports table tennis league.

Spinners over the weekend stretched their lead further at the top to 63 points, after downing defending champions, Immigration, in a pulsating encounter at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall in Accra.

The two dominant sides of German football over the last decade – Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund – will contest this year’s DFL-Supercup in Dortmund.

The match in the Signal Iduna Park on Saturday, August 5 is the fifth time the two giants of German football have met in the traditional season-opener that sees the Bundesliga champions take on the DFB Cup winners.

Topscorer of the 1982 AFCON, George Alhassan says he was unable to make an impact in South Korea during his playing days because of his strong dislike for pork meat.

According to Alhassan, who joined Ulsan Hyundai FC in 1984 from FC 105 in Gabon, at the time pork was the main delicacy in the Asian country and he did not like it.

Former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko has retired from boxing - ruling out a rematch with Britain's Anthony Joshua.

The Ukrainian, 41, was knocked out in the 11th round by current champion Joshua at Wembley Stadium in April.

Boxing legend Azumah Nelson is promising fireworks on August 19 at the Bukom Boxing Arena when a selection of the finest boxers from Ghana and the United Kingdom clash under his Azumah Nelson's Fight Night Round IV bill.

According to Azumah, he handpicked all 10 boxers on the bill promoted by HeMann Promotions and he is confident that fans will be thrilled by their performances.

Neymar is set to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record fee of £198million.

It is a deal which will smash the transfer record set 12 months ago when Paul Pogba returned to Manchester United from Juventus for £89m.

This year’s home-coming of the old boys of Accra Academy will have many more exciting side attractions as the newly introduced armwrestling event makes a stop at the event on Saturday.

Introduced recently, armwrestling is fast gaining ground as a traditional sport and the Armwrestling Association of Ghana, is embarking on a promotion campaign of the sport in schools and among organised groups.

Nsromma Titans have been crowned champions of this season’s Greater Accra Cricket League (GACL) after beating the maiden champions, Everest, in a nerve-racking game at the Achimota Cricket Oval over the weekend.

Nsromma maintained a 100 per cent winning record in the six-club league to be crowned champions, with five wins from five matches.

Ghanaian ping pong sensation, Courage Nenevie, continued to carry the flag of Ghana high in the United States after emerging third in the Westchester Monthly Open for July.

Admittedly, Courage believed it wasn’t the kind of performance he anticipated after winning all the categories in the month of June.