The India High Commissioner to Ghana and some prominent Indians representing Indian businesses in Ghana, including the Melcom Group of Companies, last Sunday hosted the Black Starlets and their technical handlers to a farwell dinner in Accra ahead of the team’s departure tomorrow for Abu Dhabi en route to India to participate in the 2017 FIFA Under-!7 which comes off from October 6 to 28.

The Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Birender Singh Yadav, on behalf of the Indian community in Ghana, said he was glad to be with the Starlets and officials and wished the team success at the tournament.

Black Stars deputy skipper Andre Ayew came off the bench to assist a goal and score another for West Ham United in their 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Monday night.

Ayew said the valuable Premier League victory over Huddersfield proved West Ham remain true to their name.

Frank de Boer has been sacked as Crystal Palace manager after five games and 77 days in charge.

Former England boss Roy Hodgson will replace him, BBC Sport understands.

Black Stars team B player, Amos Frimpong, says despite the absence of any started financial enticement, the exposure and benefits that may accrue from winning the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup was enough motivation to win the competition.

He said for now the players had shut their minds to the issue about bonuses and have rather focusing on making the nation proud by winning the tournament.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has charged the national U-17 team to fulfil the expectations of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by winning the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy.

According to Mr Asiamah, the President expects the Black Starlets to return home from India with "gold" because the Ministry of Youth and Sports has put everything in place to ensure they succeed.

Ghana laboured for 95 minutes before defeating the Gambia 1-0 last Saturday to qualify for the group phase of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations.

Vincent Atinga’s expertly taken spot kick gave the Black Stars B a slim victory and a possible embarrassment as they faced a gritty Gambian side who were unyielding until Maxwell Konadu’s side were rewarded with a controversial spot kick by Boukari Ouedraogo in added-on time.

The national under 17 football team have settled on the capital city of the United Arab Emirates as the venue for a training camp ahead of their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign which gets underway on October 6 in India.

The Black Starlets were initially bent on travelling to Denmark for preparations ahead of the tourney but strict visa requirements from the Danish Embassy in Accra put paid to that trip and the 24-man squad  will now travel to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for the training tour.

Jamie Debbah, head coach of the Liberian local team, has appealed to his government to invest in football.

The Liberians exhibited a spirited performance against Senegal but eventually lost through a penalty shootout at the Cape Coast Stadium last Saturday to exit  the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations tournament.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has revealed that the government has not set aside any money as winning bonuses for the Black Stars B who are currently participating in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations.

According to the minister, per an agreement reached with the GFA ahead of the start of the competition, the players will only receive bonuses if they are able to clinch the $100,000 prize money at stake for the winners.

The national under 17 football team, the Black Starlets will leave Accra on Wednesday for the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi for a training camp ahead of their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign in India next month.

The Black Starlets were initially scheduled to travel to Denmark to round up their preparations for the tourney but strict visa requirements from the Danish Embassy in Accra changed their plans to settle for Abu Dhabi instead.

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has endorsed the HFC-Infanta Ride Out Malaria Tour which is aimed at creating awareness of a cleaner Ghana and raising funds towards the building of a Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Nyanshegu, a suburb of Tamale, Northern Region.

At a short briefing last Thursday, the First Lady was pleased with the plans and preparations made towards the cycling event which will see cyclists ride a 668-kilometre tour from Tamale to Accra on September 15- 23.

Ghana’s Under-20 female football team, the Black Princesses, will begin their 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifiers against Algeria on Friday.

The Princesses will play the first leg away to the Algerians and host the second leg next week in Accra.

The 2017 National Women’s League (NWL) ends this Saturday with the final round of matches set to be played simultaneously at all match venues.

The matches, which were to have been played over the weekend, were postponed as the referees indicated their unavailability due to their fitness test in Kumasi at the same time.

Rafael Nadal won his third US Open and 16th Grand Slam title with a one-sided victory over South Africa's Kevin Anderson in New York.

The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, last Thursday launched the Accra Marathon and expressed the hope that it would set high standards of sporting excellence in West Africa.

He said the AMA was a partner of the October 7 event which was expected to attract an estimated 10,000 runners and will be used to promote a healthy, vibrant city - Accra.