Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have presented educational materials to basic schools in their constituencies ahead of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which takes off today, June 5, 2017.
Organisers of the MTN FA Cup say the venue for this year’s final is undecided and appealed to people who are strongly lobbying for the event to be held in their region to desist from the act as the choice of venue will be made in the best interest of the competition.
The chairman of the MTN FA Cup Committee (FACC), Kurt E.S. Okraku, sounded the caution yesterday at the Round of 16 draw held at the M Plaza Hotel in Accra.
Accra Hearts of Oak will have to produce their best performance yet this season to survive the threat of West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) at their Sogakope backyard in a titanic 17th week Ghana Premier League fixture on Sunday.
The Phobians have been enjoying a good run in recent times but their 1-1 drawn game against Liberty Professionals at home last Sunday did not go down well with their supporters.
Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was unable to complete a treble of trophies on Saturday night as his Juventus side were thrashed 4-1 by Real Madrid in Cardiff.
Asamoah was on track for a third trophy after wrapping up the Italian Serie A and Coppa Italia Cup titles but Madrid put paid to his dreams with an impressive display as he was left on the bench for the entire duration of the game.
Sapholda Ventures Limited, a freight forwarding company based in Tema have been unveiled as the headline sponsors of the Greater Accra Hockey League.
The deal announced on Saturday at the national hockey stadium will see Ghana's flagship hockey competition, the Greater Accra Hockey League re-named the Sapholda Hockey League.
Ghana international goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey is set to end a miserable spell at Danish club, Brondby by rejoining his boyhood Norwegian club Valeranga.
Kwarasey joined Brondby from another Norwegian club Rosenborg in January this year but found it difficult to displace the first choice goalie and making only two appearances.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has appealed to the Italian government to address unacceptable and primitive incidents of racism targeted at Ghanaian footballers in Italy in order to preserve the cordial relationship between the two countries.
According to Mr Asiamah, all African players reserved the right to ply their trade without being abused by "backward-thinking football club supporters who think God created them superior to others".
The Black Stars opened a non-residential training camp on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium but it is the cars of some of the players that has caught the attention of fans rather than their skills on the pitch.
Case in point being, English Premier League siblings Andre Dede Ayew and Jordan Ayew who pulled up together in a customised Bentley Continental GT for Thursday's training session.
Five-time SWAG Awards winner and ping-pong ace, Derek Abrefa, says his focus is to be among the top players of the sport in the world.
The 25-year-old national top seed told the Graphic Sports in an exclusive interview yesterday that being awarded the fifth time as the best table tennis player in the country would only spur him on to achieve greater heights.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jnr, the undefeated pound-for-pound American boxing legend, would arrive in Ghana on June 15 for a two-day visit as part of his historic tour of Africa, which he terms as the “Motherland”.
The tour, dubbed: “Undisputed Tour’, would see the Champion paying courtesy calls on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Accra; and the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, in the Garden City of Kumasi.
The deputy captain of the Black Stars, Andre Ayew, has stressed the importance of starting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on a winning note when they face Ethiopia on June 11 in Kumasi.
According to West Ham United’s record signing, the failure to start the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers with a win was proving costly as the team was struggling to recover after a goalless draw at home to Uganda in the opener.
Southern zone defending champions, Hasaacas Ladies are in a race against time to return to winning ways as the National Women’s League (NWL) resumes this weekend with Match Day Five fixtures after the competition went on a short break for the Sanford Women’s FA Cup matches last weekend.
Hasaacas Ladies will host Soccer Intellectuals in a match whose outcome could have a great impact on how the two sides fare at the end of this season.
It looks like Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Great Olympics have hit the road to revival on the resumption of the second round of the Ghana Premier League (GPL).
However, that revival will face a stern test when the two sides come up against each other in a crunch game at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday when the Match Day 17 fixtures of the competition are honoured.
Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.
The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.
Defending champions Bechem United have been handed a tough Round of 16 tie after being drawn against Berekum Chelsea in the MTN FA Cup competition.
At the draw held in Accra yesterday, former champions, Medeama, were also pitted against Elmina Sharks for the round which takes place on the weekend of June 16 to June 18.
