A former president of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), Moses Foh-Amoaning, has waded into the Martha Bissah feud with the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA), urging the young promising athlete must explore all available avenues for sports adjudication to clear her name.

Mr Foh-Amoaning told the Graphic Sports that although it was unclear the offence for which Martha Bissah was suspended, she did apologise verbally in the presence of her guardian, Mikki Osei Berko, when she was invited by a disciplinary body set up by Prof Dodoo’s administration.

Accra Hearts of Oak’s Scottish coach, Frank Nuttal, says the Phobians can do without four key stars whose contract extension negotiations have stirred controversy in the club in the past weeks.

Despite reports that Hearts board chairman, Togbe Afede XIV, is making overtures towards the return of Vincent Atinga and Kwame Kizito especially, Coach Nuttal insists that his team was fine without the duo and that he would rather focus on strengthening the squad with new players.

US-based athlete Emmanuel Dasor has graduated from the Western Kentucky University with a degree in Business Administration.

Dasor, who has represented Ghana in the 200 metres and 400 metres at the African Championships, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games, is among a number of Ghanaian athletes on sporting scholarships in the USA secured by the Ghana Athletics Association.

Accra Hearts of Oak training for pre-season’s activities moved up a gear yesterday when the head coach, Frank Nuttall, took over after returning from holiday in Scotland last Tuesday night.

Earlier this week, reports indicated that Coach Nuttall would not return to complete the two-year contract he signed with the Phobians, citing issues with his return ticket to Ghana and non-payment of player salaries as reasons.

Three Ghanaian pro golfers are in Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 2017 Mongomo Golf Championship.

Vincent Torgah, the 2017 West Africa Champion of Tema Country Golf Club, Emos Korblah of Achimota Golf Club and Kojo Barnni, who won the just-ended Gold Fields Championship at Damang, near Tarkwa, are representing at the international competition which tees off today and ends on Sunday.

Newly-signed Aduana Stars defender Hafiz Adams has said he had no difficulty in settling on the Premier League champions as the best place to continue his career after taking the decision to leave Wa All Stars.

Adams officially signed a three-year deal with the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League Champions over the weekend after one-week of fruitful talks with the Dormaa Ahenkro-based side.

Africa Online Ghana last Saturday needed a penalty shootout to defeat Surfline 2-1 en route to clinching the second edition of the C Squared Fibre Cup after the final ended goalless in normal time.

Africa Online breezed past eight teams on their way to the final where they triumphed after a nerve-wracking shootout at the Burma Camp Sports Complex.

A Former skipper of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and the Black Stars, Opoku Afriyie, has appealed to big time corporate bodies and financial institutions to sponsor the Ghana Premier League (GPL) to make it more attractive.

He also urged companies to get involved in running football clubs as a way of making it more competitive and exciting to draw fans to the various stadiums.

The bankroller of Elmina Sharks, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has proposed a double header football match between his club and Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs to commemorate the Yuletide. 

The match, according to the General Manager of Elmina Sharks, George Wiredu, is expected to foster unity and promote healthy rivalry between the two Premier League clubs in the Central Region.

A retired footballer, Mr Y.B. Amponsah, has implored the hierarchy of the Ghana football Association (GFA) to freshen the association by bringing on board new faces who have fresh ideas and are very knowledgeable in football. 

His call comes barely two weeks after a veteran sports administrator, Fitzgerald Barkers-Woode, alias Nana Fitz, had urged the president of the GFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi, and his executive committee members to resign en bloc to avoid sinking Ghana football further into the deep seas.

Ghanaian youngster, Nana Opoku Ampomah, had every reason to be on cloud nine as he registered his name on the score sheet for his Belgian side, Waasland-Beveren in their 3-1 over Standard Liege in the Belgian Jupiler League.

Ampomah, who made his international debut for the Black Stars during their final World Cup qualifiers against Egypt last month, scored in what proved to cushion his side on the day in the 72nd minute.

Aduana Stars skipper, Godfred Saka, has open up himself to a possible move to Kumasi Asante Kotoko and says a switch to the Porcupine Warriors offers him exciting opportunities which he would not hesitate to grab.

Saka, who returned to Ghana last week after a failed move to Nigerian giants Enyimba, has put interested clubs on alert after declaring he would not renew his contract with Aduana. However, he revealed that he was yet to engage in talks with officials of Kotoko despite media reports strongly linking him with a move to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Ben Nunoo Mensah, has made a passionate appeal to the Ministry of Youth and Sports to act fast to save the career of Ghana’s sole Youth Olympics gold medalist, Martha Bissah, in the supreme interests of Ghana athletics.

The GOC boss said Martha had a lot of potential which could be beneficial to the country and therefore the ministry must not allow individual interests to destroy the young athlete’s future.

The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), has imposed a fine of US$6000 on the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), for fielding an unqualified player in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Algeria.

In addition to the fine, FIFA also annulled the 1:1 score line in the said game between Algeria and Nigeria on November 10, 2017 and subsequently awarded a 3:0 score line instead, in favor of Algeria.

Britain's Tyson Fury is free to resume his boxing career after accepting a backdated two-year doping ban.

The former world heavyweight champion tested positive for a banned steroid in February 2015, but blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar.