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.

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) says bantamweight fighter Joseph Agbeko must restore his credibility as a promoter and be forthright in his dealings with the sport’s regulatory body if it is to sanction future bouts promoted by the boxer’s Fresh King Entertainment.

The GBA is also asking that Agbeko’s promotion outfit fulfills all its financial obligations towards it, and others he is allegedly indebted to, in respect of previous promotions it staged in the past four years, to enable him to have a sound career.

The coach of Tesano Spinners, Nathaniel Kwesi Somuah, says his team is on course towards winning this season’s Stanbic Bank-Graphic Sports National Table Tennis League.

League leaders, Spinners, led the pack with 48 points after the first round, followed by Immigration with 46 points and SmartLine@Emefs with 44 points.

Former Great Olympics player-cum-trainer, Godwin Attram, has insisted that management is part of the reason the club is struggling in the ongoing Ghana Premier League.

Sierra Leone is bidding to revitalise women's football in the country with the launch of a first-ever league under the leadership of the nation's first-ever female Football Association President, Isha Johansen.

Kumasi Asante Kotoko lifted the President's Cup back-to-back at the expense of their arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak after beating them 4-1 on penalties in a replay final at the Baba Yara Stadium on Monday.

The two teams drew 0-0 during regulation time but Kotoko converted four of their spot kicks as against one by Hearts to at least avenge for one of the two defeats suffered at the hands of their rivals.