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.

The national local-based senior side, Black Stars B, will be aiming to redeem their image when they play host to Gambia this afternoon in the opening game of the WAFU Nations Cup tournament at the Cape Coast Stadium.

After failing to qualify for next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN), losing 3-4 on aggregate to Burkina Faso, Black Stars B will have an opportunity to appease Ghanaians by getting off their WAFU Cup campaign on a winning note and claiming the ultimate title on September 24.

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.