Tennis: Na-Adjrago wins Ranking Tour Four

Ghana’s number one seed Wisdom Na-Adjrago proved his mettle last Friday as he thumped Kwabena Ofosu Bamfo 7-6, 7-6(2) to win the final of the 2017 National Ranking Tour Four before a sizable crowd at the tennis arena of the Accra Stadium.

The victory makes Na-Adjrago the third player to have won the ranking title back-to-back after George Darko (2015 National Ranking Tour One and Two) and Bernard Armaah Ashitey (2016 National Ranking Tour Five and Six).

Steve Polack

Kotoko coach Polack takes first steps after deadly accident

Less than a week after the tragic accident at Nkawkaw involving the team bus, Coach Steven Polack has thankfully taken his first few steps at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), where he’s been on admission since Thursday.

The coach, with the help of crutches, moved around the award with under the careful watch of five medical personnel at the hospital. His movement or walking albeit with crutches, comes as good news especially after his successful surgery on Friday.

Players of GRA celebrating their victory
Players of GRA celebrating their victory

Sapholda Hockey League: GRA overtake Trustees at the top

Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) moved to the summit of the Sapholda Hockey League men's standings with a 7-0 demolition of Legon Knights, overtaking Trustees at the top.

The GRA lads capitalised on two-point leaders Trustees not being in action to displace them with an effortless thrashing of the Legon Knights youngsters on Saturday at the Theodosia Okoh Stadium.

Mr Yaw Frimpong Manso explaining how  Frndo soccer is played during an interview with the Daily Graphic
Mr Yaw Frimpong Manso explaining how Frndo soccer is played during an interview with the Daily Graphic

Former teacher invents indoor football game

A former teacher, John Yaw Frimpong Manso, a citizen of Agogo in Asante Akim,has invented an indoor soccer game designed to generate the interest of the youth  in the game of football, educate and entertain them to appreciate the rules of the game and its technicalities.

Sports Minister who promises dialogue and open door policy(2)

 

 

 

This is the concluding part of the one-on-one interview the Youth and Sports Minister, Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, had with Graphic Sports’ Beatrice Laryea. The first part of which appeared last Friday.

Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe
Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe

Players’ safety must be a priority - Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe

A board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has challenged the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to begin rethinking of a strategy that would ensure safety of players on the road.

Ghana's Commonwealth Youth Games teams travels to the Bahamas
Ghana's Commonwealth Youth Games teams travels to the Bahamas

Ghana's Commonwealth Youth Games team travels to Bahamas in batches

Team Ghana's bid to win medals at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games has already begun facing challenges after its 23-member contingent started travelling in batches for the competition which begins tomorrow in Nassau, Bahamas.

Raphael Dwamena

Raphael Dwamena bags hat-trick for FC Zurich (VIDEO)

Ghanaian striker Raphael Dwamena appears poised to continue his rich vein of goal scoring when the Swiss Super League begins after bagging an impressive hat trick for FC Zurich in a 6-1 demolition of Turkish Club Gotzepe in a pre-season friendly on Sunday.

Dwamena, 21, started his three-goal spree in the 17th minute, scoring the second goal after his teammate Michael Frey had given FC Zurich the lead.

Eight dead in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Diop

Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal.

It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam.

A scene from last weekend’s clash between Reformers and GRA
A scene from last weekend’s clash between Reformers and GRA

GRA target top spot in Sapholda Hockey League

Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will move to the top of the Sapholda Hockey League men's standings with victory against Legon Knights today at the Theodosia Okoh Stadium.

The GRA lads, who have 17 points from seven matches, will move above leaders Trustees (who have a point more and game in hand) if they defeat the whipping boys who do not have a point to their name yet.

In the same division, Ghana Police will engage Exchequers in a mid-table encounter, while Reformers lock horns with Ark Men.

Francis Debrah, Chelsea
Francis Debrah, Chelsea

Can WAFA break Chelsea jinx?

Premier League leaders, WAFA, will attempt to break a long-standing jinx when they visit the Golden City Park tomorrow to challenge Berekum Chelsea in a Ghana Premier League Week 23 top liner.

WAFA face a tough assignment in a match which could define their season against a wounded Chelsea side who are keen on returning to winning ways after losing 0-2 to Hearts of Oak in midweek.

The statistics favour Chelsea, who have won all their encounters at home against WAFA, with their last two outings ending 1-0 and 2-0 victories for the homesters.

Kotoko official Godwin Ablordey in clutches after the accident

MTN Ghana commiserates with Kumasi Asante Kotoko

Officials of MTN Ghana have expressed sadness over the accident involving players and officials of Asante Kotoko who were returning to Kumasi after a football match at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra. 

WAFA

WAFA to break Chelsea jinx

The assistant coach of WAFA, Akakpo Patron, says the Premier League leaders are ready to fight to keep their title hopes alive when they travel to the Golden City Park on Sunday to engage Berekum Chelsea.

Patron envisaged a tough encounter but said WAFA were keen on ending a poor record at Berekum with a resounding victory over their opponents.

We paid Kwasi Appiah $150,000 as signing-on fee — Asiamah

The Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, has revealed that Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has been paid $150,000 as signing-on fee in the interim, out of the total $250,000.

He pointed out that Coach Appiah had a contractual agreement with Al Khartoum SC, the Sudanese club he left midstream and that part of his signing-on fee would be used to offset the debt he owed the club.

Christopher Opoku

Christopher Opoku’s burial tomorrow

Sports broadcast journalist Christopher Opoku will be buried at his hometown, Domiabra in the Ashanti Region at tomorrow, after the burial service in the Poolside of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

The final funeral rites and family gathering will continue at the Poolside, immediately after the burial.

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