The national skate soccer team, the Rolling Rockets, are scheduled to lock horns with their Togolese counterparts in a Binatone International Unity Skate Soccer Cup match at the Accra Sports Stadium on September 2.

The competition which is organised by Binatone under the auspices of the International Federation of Skate Soccer (IFSS) is targeted at improving the Rolling Rockets ahead of an African championship to be hosted by Ghana in March next year.

Goalless Brighton will continue their search for a new striker until the transfer window shuts, says manager Chris Hughton. The Seagulls looked to have secured the signature of 21-year-old Ghana international Raphael Dwamena before his move from Zurich collapsed on Friday evening after a failed medical.

Having failed to hit the back of the net in the opening two league games against Southampton and Manchester United, Swansea followed up their midweek four-goal cup victory at MK Dons with a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Jordan Ayew scored his first Premier League goal and made it 2-0 for the Swans after Tammy Abrahams had opened the scoring.

The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) has extended the deadline for the submission of entries for this years “I love Taekwondo video contest” from August 31 to September 15.

The extension of the deadline is to give taekwondo clubs in educational institutions who are currently on vacation, the opportunity to also participate in the competition when schools reopen.

League leaders Tesano Spinners continued their winning streak and consolidated their position after they thrashed Fire Service 3-0 in the male division of the Stanbic Bank-Graphic Sports Table Tennis League last Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.

In the fourth week fixture of the second round, Spinners beat one of the highly rated teams in the league in the second match of the day, having earlier defeated Eastern Loopers 3-0 in the first match.

Leaders Tesano Spinners continued their winning streak by thrashing Fire Service 3-0, and Eastern Loopers 3-0 in the male division of the Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Stadium.

Defending champions, Immigration maintained their chase with a 3-0 win over Team Baboo followed by another 3-0 win against Otumfuo Stars.

The President of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF), Isaac Aboagye Duah, has tipped youngsters Sakina Adams from Tema and Tracy Ampah of Tarkwa, some of the new talents unearthed at the just-ended McDan Junior Open Championship, for greatness as a result of their outstanding performances. in the competition.

According to him, the timely return of a junior tennis championship, which had been absent from the GTF calendar for over 10 years, would serve as the breeding ground for the next generation of tennis world-class stars to emerge from Ghana.

Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) enjoyed double victory, while Sapholda and Real Ambassadors revelled as winners of their respective divisions of the Sapholda Hockey League which climaxed at the Theodosia Okoh National Hockey Stadium in Accra last Saturday.

While GRA defeated arch-rivals Trustees 2-1 to win the Men’s League title with 30 points, four more than second-placed Trustees, the GRA ladies overpowered Reformers 4-0 to win the Women’s League title with 27 points to confirm a dominant performance this season.

A board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has challenged supporters of the club not to sit on the fence but patronise Hearts’ matches to help raise revenue for the club.

Patronage of Hearts games, according to Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe, would help bring the supporters closer to the club and give them a stronger voice for their opinions and suggestions to be strongly considered by the club’s management.

Floyd Mayweather extended his perfect career record to 50 fights unbeaten by stopping Conor McGregor in the 10th round of one of the richest bouts in boxing history.

The former five-weight world champion faced flurries of early punches from UFC's most iconic figure, who was making his debut in professional boxing at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena.

Brighton and Hove Albion's £10 million deal to sign Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena from FC Zurich is off.

The 21-year-old has failed a medical, according to reports in Switzerland due to a heart condition.

Twellium Industries Limited, producers of Verna Mineral Water and Planet Soft Drinks has yet again extended a hand to tennis in the country.

This time, the beverage manufacturing giants supported the McDan Junior open tournament which ends tomorrow at the Accra Stadium tennis Court with
cartons of water and soft drinks worth thousands of Cedis.

The Managing Director (MD) of Right to Dream (RtD), Robin Bourne-Taylor says his outfit is committed to offering the best opportunities to Ghanaian children and will continue to protect them from unscrupulous agents who steal players and deny the football academy of returns on their investments.

Mr Bourne-Taylor in a statement, reacting to "a sustained attack on the academy with lies about their football operations", said such lies have been designed to discredit Right to Dream (RtD) and the work it has done in Ghana to unearth talents for the country.

The National Sports Authority (NSA) has rationalised the closure of the D.G Hathiramani Sports Hall to athletes until full renovation works are completed.

This follows the refusal of the authorities to allow athletes who are competing in the upcoming national sports festival to train in the facility.

Black Stars head coach, James Kwasi Appiah, has promised to contribute $5,000 seed money for the Kwasi Appiah Foundation set up to support retired footballers and athletes.

Apart from that he has hinted of a monthly deduction of between $3,000 and $5,000 from his salary into the fund to ensure lives of many athletes and ex-footballers were changed.