The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has announced government's preparedness to transport fans to the 2017 FIFA U-17 if they are able to present a united front for the Championship.
According to the Minister, government has advised the various national supporters unions to unite in order to receive support from government.
The Volta Regional Directorate of the National Sports Authority (NSA) will organise Departmental Games in Ho on September 21 to celebrate this year’s Founder’s Day.
The event is to promote social inclusion, peace, unity, physical fitness and reduce non-communicable diseases among the “working class”.
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has called on stakeholders in the area to invest in the development of talents in sports.
He said most of the young people in the area were talented in the various sporting disciplines and only needed to be supported to develop their skills.
Kwesi Nyantakyi, the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), believes the national U-17 team, the Black Starlets, have the quality to win next month's FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.
Nyantakyi believed that the additional players in the Starlets team would help improve the squad, coupled with the right preparation towards the competition.
Black Stars B defender, Amos Frimpong, is confident the team is on the path of hosting and winning this year’s WAFU competition as they play the Gambia in the opening game at the Cape Coast Stadium tomorrow.
The Kumasi Asante Kokoto skipper hinted that the team had put finishing touches to their preparation and were ready to enforce their superiority over Gambia’s Scorpions and win back the hearts of the Ghanaian fans.
The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, has called on the public to desist from pressuring Black Stars coach, Kwesi Appiah, to dispense with the services of skipper Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers.
Mr Nyantakyi said calling on Coach Appiah to overlook the trio would be a form of dictating to him on who to invite to play for the senior national team.
Ghanaian striker Jordan Ayew has made a full recovery from food poisoning which caused him to miss the Black Stars 1-5 victory over Congo Brazzaville last Tuesday.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) in the aftermath of Ghana's 1-1 draw with Congo in Group E of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers confirmed that the striker suffered food poisoning and would not be able to make the trip to Congo during the course of the international break.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the decision of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee to hand Ghanaian match referee Joseph Lamptey a lifetime ban for match manipulation.
Lamptey was banned by FIFA for manipulating the result of the 2018 World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal played in November last year.
The captain of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has launched a verbal tirade at radio presenter Patrick Osei Agyemang alias Countryman Songo for describing the players of the senior national male team as fools.
Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu has been nominated for Newcastle United's Player of the Month for August after a making a good start to the English Premier League season.
Atsu who provided an assist for the Magpies in a 3-0 win over West Ham United was nominated alongside defender Ciaran Clark and midfielder Mikel Merino.
Greater Accra Region emerged as the overall winner at the National Sports Festival which ended in Kumasi yesterday.
The region won most of the indoor games, claiming gold in the men’s and women’s volleyball, taekwondo (men and women) and handball (men and women).
A World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed after the match referee was banned for life by Fifa.
Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey was banned for "match manipulation".
The World Cup is edging ever closer with just over nine months until the tournament kicks off in Russia.
The month-long tournament will take place between June 14 and July 15 with 32 national teams showcasing their talents on the biggest stage in football.
Ghanaian boxer, Emmanuel Quartey, has been gifted with an opportunity to get a shot at the IBF super-bantamweight title when he faces Welsh Robbie Turley for the Commonwealth super-bantamweight final eliminator at the Ashton Gate Stadium at Bristol in the United Kingdom on October 6.
Quartey, alias Akufo-Addo, is fighting under the promotion of Chris Sanigar of Sanigar Events and is expected to depart from Accra on October 2, together with his trainer Nana Yaw Brifo Addae, cutman Darlington Kojo Yeboah, and manager Danjuma Maama.
Former Black Stars player, Augustine Ahinful, believes Coach Kwasi Appiah deserves more time to rebuild a formidable team for the future.
Ahinful, who was capped 19 times for the Stars, advised against crucifying coach just because his team drew 1-1 with Congo in their FIFA World Cup qualifier in Kumasi.
