Chelsea legend, Geremi Njitap, says Ghanaian international, Baba Rahman, must prove his worth to break into Antonio Conte's set-up in the upcoming Premier League season.

Njitap, who played for Cameroun and Chelsea from 2003 to 2007, urged Rahman to work harder to break into the strong Chelsea team since that is the responsibility of every player.

Rahman joined Chelsea from German side, Augsburg, for £14 million in 2015 but failed to break into the first team after making just 15 appearances for the club.

Former Black Stars midfielder, Yusif Chibsah, has announced his retirement from football to focus on his duties with the Professional Football Association of Ghana (PFAG).

The former Kumasi Asante Kotoko player told the Graphic Sports in an exclusive interview in Accra last Wednesday that he brought his career to an end after truncating his contract with Swedish football club, Ljungskile SK.

Former Camerounian and Chlesea football great, Geremi Njitap, has blamed Africa's abysmal showing at global competitions on poor preparations by the various countries.

Njitap, who played as a defender for club and country during his playing days, noted that Africa's woes would continue if the right preparations towards competitions are not made.

The coach of the national amateur boxing team, Kwasi Ofori Asare, has charged stakeholders of boxing to take advantage of the AIBA Year of Africa project to upgrade their skills and knowledge in the sport.

The AIBA Year of Africa is an initiative of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA) designed to rediscover, grow, develop and make boxing a permanent feature on the continent.

The renumeration of footballers in Africa is nothing compared to the efforts they put in to make the game on the continent thrive, FIFPro, the International Players Union, the professional body that oversees the interest of international footballers, have observed.

According to FIFPro, 41 per cent of African footballers receive their salaries late or are not paid at all, a conclusion reached after a study on the issue.

Forty-one percent of African footballers receive their salaries late or are not paid at all, a study conducted by the international players union, FIFPro has revealed.

According to the Secretary General of the international players union, FIFPro, Mr Theo van Seggelen, a labour market research of 14,000 players in 54 African countries found that 41% of football professionals do not get a salary and 45% earn less than $1,000 a month.

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has signed a two-year deal with Turkish club Kayserispor.

He joins from the Chinese side Shanghai SIGP, who had loaned him to Al Ahli in the United Arab Emirates last season.

Coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor is upbeat about AshantiGold’s chances against visiting league leaders, WAFA, at the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium on Sunday.

He, however, admitted that the match would not be easy for his side, considering the level of opposition.

Teenage cycling sensation, Frank Akuffo, made a sprint finish to clinch the 84-kilometre Cowbell Cycling Challenge held last Monday in Accra.

Akuffo, 19, along with his Velo Stars teammate Isaac Sackey, led a pack of 98 riders, but the younger cyclist crossed the finish line first at Teshie Mobil in a time of one hour, 57 minutes and 23 seconds.

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has agreed a contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2021.

The 30-year-old, who joined Barca aged 13, will sign the deal when he returns to training from pre-season.

Board chairman of Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank, Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim, will join other golfers such as Mona Myles-Lamptey and Air Commodore K.K Pumpuni in a Ramadan golf tournament at the Bok Nam Kim Golf Club on Saturday.

The competition is expected to witness club members pitted against one another, and against other golfing greats from sister golf clubs around the country.

Members of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Tennis Club have donated a GH¢10,000 to Mrs Barbara Mahama, wife of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, to support the education of her two sons, Jayden and Jerry Mahama.

A dummy cheque for the amount, which is invested at the CDH Savings and Loans Limited, was presented to Mrs Mahama last Saturday at the VRA Tennis Club at Akosombo during a special tennis tournament organised in honour of the late soldier.

Coach of the Black Starlets, Paa Kwesi Fabin, has reserved automatic World Cup places for six “special” players whose names were omitted from his 25-man squad to commence camping on Tuesday in preparation for this year’s FIFa Under-17 Championship.

For Coach Fabin, the “special six”, who were amaong Ghana’s stand-out players at this year’s African Under-17 championship in Gabon, have cemented their place in his provisional 26-man team for the October 6-28 tournament in India.

The use of video technology at the Confederations Cup has been criticised following Germany's 1-0 victory over Chile in Sunday's final.

Chile defender Gonzalo Jara appeared to elbow Germany's Timo Werner in the face during the game, but got only a yellow card, even after the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used.

Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has embarked on a two-week overseas scouting after his side’s disturbing losses to Mexico and USA in the US last week.

Instead of joining Ghana’s contingent back home yesterday, Coach Appiah decided to stay on in the US and monitor some fresh Ghanaian talents he discovered during the trip.