Prisons Ladies and Ampem Darkoa Ladies showed their opponents no mercy as they cruised to emphatic wins in their respective quarter-finals matches of the Sanford Women’s FA Cup played over the weekend.

Prisons Ladies hammered Nana Afia Kobi Ampem Ladies 5-0 in their game at the Sunyani Coronation Park last Saturday with two goals each from Nida Nana Mensah and Rita Okyere and the fifth goal from Grace Asare.

Ghana’s Black Stars B last Saturday held the Local Stallions of Burkina Faso to a 2-2 drawn game at the Stadé du 4 Aoùt in Ouagadougou in the first leg of their 2018 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier.

Sadick Adams put Ghana ahead in the first half, converting a penalty kick awarded them after Abdoulaye Zongo was judged to have stopped a Winful Cobbinah free kick with the hand.

Defending Sanford Women’s FA Cup champions, Police Ladies were given a stern test last Saturday when they played Army Ladies in the quarter-finals of this year’s competition.

A goal from Mary Berko helped Police to overcome a stubborn Army side, who gave the champions no breathing space in their game played at the Carl Reindorf Park.

Trustees, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Ladies and Reformers Ladies were merciless last Saturday when they went on rampage, devouring their respective opponents with wide margins to improve their lots on the Sapholda Hockey League played at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium in Accra.

While Trustees whitewashed Reformers 8-1 in the men’s division to maintain their second position on the league table with 25 points, women’s league leaders, GRA  maintained their position with an emphatic  8-0 victory over  Ark Ladies. Reformers Ladies also proved too strong for  Real Ambassadors Ladies as they defeated them 6-0  to improve their standing on the league table.

Romelu Lukaku announced his arrival at Old Trafford by scoring twice on his Premier League debut for Manchester United as they embarrassed West Ham.

Jose Mourinho's team were a constant threat against a poor Hammers side, offering excitement and encouragement to their supporters on the opening weekend of the new Premier League season.

The 16th edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships held in London, will no doubt go down in the history books as one of shocks and surprises.

Usain Bolt’s quest to bow out on high ended in disappointment as he failed to lead Jamaica’s relay team to gold. Bolt was unable to finish the race he anchored, and thus Jamaica was deprived the gold in a race they have dominated for almost a decade.

The Women’s League Board (WLB) has announced schedules for the quarter-final stage of the 2017 Sanford Women’s FA Cup.

As part of its effort to promote the competition and enhance fans attendance at the matches, the board has fixed some back-to-back games at the same venue on Saturday and Sunday.

The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, and the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Arthur, have pledged their readiness to support the development and promotion of boxing in the Cape Coast Metropolis and the region in general.

The promise was made during an interaction between the two officials and the Central Regional President of the Ghana Boxing Authority, Mr Twintoh Walker, on the way forward for boxing in the region.

Ghana’s Black Stars B will descend on the Stade du 4 Août (August 4 Stadium) in Ouagadougou this afternoon with a mission to fight for a favourable result against neighbouring Burkina Faso and ease the pressure on them in the return leg at the Baba Yara Stadium next Sunday.

The 32-man contingent, led by the Management Committee chairman of the Black Stars B, Nii Komiete Doku, checked in at the Palace Hotel in Ouagadougou on Wednesday night with the sole aim of brightening their qualification chances towards the Kenya 2018 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) after missing the boat to the last event in Rwanda last year.

The fourth edition of the Greater Accra Taekwondo Championships will be staged today at the All Saints Anglican Church in Adabraka at 8a.m.

Over 200 taekwondo practitioners from the Greater Accra Region are expected to participate in the competition which serves as the criteria for the selection of athletes to represent Greater Accra in the upcoming National Sports Festival.

The 2016 Masters Golf Championship tees off at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi next Saturday, August 19.

The two-day 36-hole tournament reserved for 2016 winners of competitions at the Club and those sanctioned by GGA, has Latex Foam as the title sponsor.

Substitute Olivier Giroud headed in a dramatic late winner as Arsenal fought back to beat Leicester City in a thrilling start to the 2017-18 Premier League season.

StarTimes, official Broadcaster of the Ghana Premier League, met the leadership of the National Sports Authority on Friday.

The StarTimes delegation held a fruitful discussion with the NSA boss Hon. Robert Sarfo Mensah concerning the development of sports in the country.

A few weeks ago, I came across Abukari Gariba drenched in sweat, trekking to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium from his Akwatialine-based residence.

Gariba, who is now 77 years old, was on his way to watch a football match involving his former club Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kum

An amount of $2 million provided by mining giant, AngloGold Ashanti, for the construction of multi-purpose courts in selected areas in the country to aid sports development seems to have found itself somewhere else.

The money was made available in late 2007 and the donors expected that with the cash provided before the start of the project, the facilities would be constructed in record time. If for nothing at all, the provision of the courts would have encouraged the sponsor to provide more support, and perhaps, also attract others to come on board to sponsor the NSA.