Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane has told footballers to "play chess" if they are worried about getting hurt.

In 2010 the Netherlands lost the World Cup final against Spain, four years later they finished third, but it is looking more and more likely that they will fail to qualify for next years’ finals in Russia.

Ahead of the final round of match-days in the European qualifiers the Oranje are three points and six goals behind the second-placed Swedes in Group A.

Dreamfort Chess Club was last Saturday adjudged winners of the "Crossfire" competition after outplaying Knightmare chess club to lift the trophy in an all Tema-based championship at the ECG Training School.

The competition which was played over two leagues saw Knightmare going into the second round having won the first encounter 3-2 but maintain their focus as Dreamfort came back stronger and determined to outclass them 4-1 to walk away with an undisclosed sum.

Nana Yaw Amponsah, President of Division One side Phar Rangers FC, has won the sports category of the prestigious FortyUnder 40 Awards held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra.

Mr Amponsah claimed the award in recognition of his exploits as a sports lawyer, FIFA intermediary and president of the model club, Phar Rangers.

The Awudu Issaka Football Club emerged the winners of the maiden edition of the Yumvita Kiddie Games held last Saturday at the Lizzy Sports Complex in Accra.

The event organized by Promasidor Ghana Limited was reserved for participants between the ages of 6months to 10years and their parents, who began arriving at 8:30am.

Porcupine Warriors Kumasi Asante Kotoko had to struggle to beat Medeama Sporting Club by a lone goal to set a date with Accra Hearts of Oak for the grande finale of this year's MTN FA Cup in Tamale.

Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, and three other key players have been ruled out of Coach Kwasi Appiah’s squad for Saturday’s crucial FIFA World Cup Group E qualifier against The Cranes of Uganda at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala.

The assistant coach of the Stars, Ibrahim Tanko, yesterday confirmed the unavailability of Gyan, Thomas Agyepong, and the US-based duo of Harrison Afful and Jonathan Mensah for the Uganda game due to injury.

Legendary Ghanaian boxer, Azumah Nelson has been presented with the World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Award at the 55th WBC Convention currently ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Nelson, widely considered the greatest African boxer of all time, was for the second time since his retirement honoured by the WBC sanctioning body. He held the WBC featherweight title once and the WBC super featherweight title twice during his heydey.

The Ghana and United States football teams have arrived in India to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning on October 6.

The US team landed at the Indira Gandhi International airport at around 10pm last night while the Ghana side arrived here at 3pm today. Both teams straightaway proceeded to their team hotels.

Black Stars coach James Kwasi Appiah says they will give their World Cup qualifying game against Uganda “their all” and has promised that his side would “fight to the end” of the qualifying series as they seek to redeem their campaign.

The Stars face a tricky game against Uganda in Kampala on Saturday, badly needing a win to bridge the gap between them and the Group E leaders, Egypt, as well as brighten their chances of sneaking through to Russia.

Uganda, one of Ghana's opponents in the race for a ticket to the 2018 FIFA World Cup have lined up a friendly against the Madagascar on Wednesday, October 4 ahead of a crucial tie against the Black Stars three days later (October 7).

Injury has forced Abdallah El Said and Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim 'Kahraba' out of the latest Egypt squad.

The Pharaoh's host Congo Brazzaville in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Sunday.

Patrick Razak and Kwame Kizito extended their recent fine form exhibited in the just-ended WAFU Cup to the domestic competition as they powered Accra Hearts of Oak into the final of the MTN FA Cup after defeating Wa All Stars 2-1 in the semi-final clash played at the Len Clay Stadium at Obuasi yesterday.

Razak, who earned Ghana two penalties in the WAFU Cup final against Nigeria was on the score sheet just as Kizito — who scored two goals for the Black Stars B — to ensure the Phobians reached the MTN FA Cup final for the first time since the competition returned in 2011.

The city of Ismailia in Egypt will be the battle grounds for six Africa countries to determine which of them is crowned 2017 African hockey champions.

Between October 22 and 29, Ghana go into battle with hosts Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia for the sole ticket to represent the continent in the 2018 Hockey World Cup being hosted in Bhubaneswar, India.

FIFA has ordered the Federation of Congolese Football Association (FECOFA) to deduct six points from the accumulated points of league leaders, TP Mazembe, for refusing, neglecting and failing to comply with the body’s Players Status decision concerning Ghanaian player, Richard Kissi Boateng.