The Black Starlets left Mumbai yesterday morning ahead of tomorrow’s crucial quarter-final clash with Mali in Guwaharti, with a strong message from Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin that the Ghanaians are ready for their West African opponents.

Domestic flights are said to be fully booked, following the celebration of the Diwali festival, an important festive season on the calendar of the Indians, but the team’s internal travels were not affected, based on the special arrangements put in place by FIFA.

Veteran boxer Michael "Powers" Ayitey has proposed to fight the winner of the upcoming "Make-or-Break" bout between Braimah Kamoko and Bastie Samir tomorrow.

Powers, who lost twice to Banku, said he was assured by the promoter of the bout, Alex Ntiamoah Boakye of the Box Office Sports Promotion, that he would be up for another payday with either Bastie or Banku, depending on who wins on the night.

The Chief Executive Officer of Aduana Stars, Albert Aryeetey Commey, has urged club officials to stop castigating referees, since all the clubs benefited from the supposed bad officiating.

According to him, referees are mortal men and can make mistakes like any other person, thus charging club officials to bear with the rule keepers of the game.

Accra Great Olympics trainer, Godwin Attram, has described Sunday’s final Premier League clash with Bechem United as a ‘match of destiny’ for both sides as they battle to avoid relegation.

Coach Attram said the game promised to be the toughest of the season for his side as they seek to upset Bechem United at their favourite Nana Fosu Gyeabour park in Bechem.

The Board of Directors of Accra Hearts of Oak has pledged to deal with any individual who is found guilty in a match-fixing probe which is currently underway at the club following allegations that the former Operations Manager of the club, Joshua Acquah, is a member of a betting syndicate.

An official of Ghanaian giants Accra Hearts of Oak has been interrogated by the Police following allegations of match-fixing at the club.

The official of the club, Joshua Acquah has reportedly resigned his post as the operations manager of the club after the allegations came to light.

India police on Wednesday confiscated musical instruments of the Ghanaian supporters preventing them from using it during the Black Starlets game against Niger at the D.Y Patil stadium in Mumbai.

The drums and trumpets were seized by the police on explaination that it was a threat to security at the stadium. And for well over 45 minutes the Ghanaian supporters were held up at the gate in an exchange with the police but they would not listen.

The Black Starlets of Ghana defeated Niger 2-0 in an all-African Round of 16 clash at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The win earns the Black Starlets a quarter-final clash versus another African opponent in Mali on Saturday in Guwahati.

Rabiatu Naa Ayorkor Ofoli was born on July 23, 2002 at La, Accra, in the Greater Accra Region.

She is a Ghanaian professional table tennis and badminton player. She was trained to play table tennis by Coach Yarboi, the former Greater Accra coach, and later by Coach Anang Whyte, the Eastern Regional coach.

This week, the President of Elmina Sharks has openly complained about the lack of fair play in the Ghana Premier League, especially in situations where referees have decided the results of matches instead of players of opposing sides, or where club administrators connive to cheat.

Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom’s club lost 1-2 to Aduana Stars at Dormaa-Ahenkro last Sunday and as a result handed Aduana the league title. But beyond protests by Sharks over perceived injustice during the match, Dr Nduom followed it up by venting his disappointment about the lack of fair play in the competition and the need for the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Premier League Board (PLB) to sit up to the clear danger presently facing the sport.

Coach Paa Kwasi Fabin will be without his sensational midfielder, Sadiq Mohammed, when Ghana’s Black Starlets clash with their Nigerien counterparts at the round of 16 stage of the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mumbai today.

The 17-year-old playmaker, whose goal secured Ghana's first victory against Colombia in the opening match, is suspended after picking two yellow cards in the competition.

Undefeated boxer, Bastie "The Beast" Samir, has warned Braimah Kamoko to be careful in his bid to knock him out in round six and rather prevent going down instead.

Bastie told the Graphic Sports yesterday during an opening training session at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra that he was ready to challenge Bukom Banku on Saturday, having prepared to engage his opponent on September 30 before the fight was rescheduled.

Yusif Abubakar, the head coach of uncrowned Ghana Premier League champions, Aduana Stars, has stated that contrary to the assertion that the league is dying, it is still very competitive from the technical perspective.

He said despite steering Aduana Stars to clinch their second league title this season, the journey had been tough for the club this far.

Seven foreign-based players — six known and one yet to feature for Ghana at any level — have been invited to join the Black Queens as they play two international friendlies against France and Morocco next week.

The six are Elizabeth Addo (Damallsvenskan club Kvarnsvedens IK) and Portia Boakye, (who plays for Turkish side Trabzon Idmanocagi), who both featured for the Queens at the 2016 Africa Women’s Championship. The list includes former under-17 and under-20 team players, Ernestina Abambila, and Faustina Ampah, (both of Belarusian side ZFK Minsk), Sandra Owusu-Ansah and Alice Kusi (both of Lebanon’s Zouk Mosbeh Girls), as well as Grace Adams from University of South Florida.

Cruiserweight pugilist, Braimah Kamoko, alias Bukom Banku, has vowed to make the weight to fight Bastie "The Beast" Samir on Saturday despite doubts by his opponent's camp that he will weigh above the required limit.

Banku, who has been preparing feverishly to fight Bastie in their "Make of Break" non-title fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena on Saturday, said he had been training hard to win the bout and was still confident of finishing off his opponent in round six.