Teenage cycling sensation Frank Akuffo won a sprint finish to clinch the 84-kilometre Cowbell Cycling Challenge which was held on Monday in Accra.
Akuffo, 19, along with his Velo Stars teammate Isaac Sackey led a chasing 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.
The second round of the Stanbic Bank-Graphic Sports table tennis league will resume this weekend with teams striving to continue from where they left off in both the men and women’s events.
League leaders Tesano Spinners with key players Ajulo Gbenga, Favour Ayobame and Ayodele will prove their worth as a team to watch when they clash with Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) on the opening day of the second round.
The 2017 Ga Homowo Traditional Wrestling competition will come off in Tema and La on August 5 and August 26 respectively.
The competition was launched last Friday at James Town, a surburb of Accra, by a traditional leader of the area, Nii Teiko Abobonua I, who commended the Greater Accra.
Twenty-five under-17 players have been invited to the Black Starlets’ camp to begin preparation towards this year’s FIFA Under-17 World Championship in India from October 6 to 28.
Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin’s latest call up has 12 new players with most of the squad that played at the African Championship in Gabon last May, and who helped the team qualify for the World Cup, missing.
Undefeated boxers, Briamah "Bukom Banku" Kamoko and Bastie Samir have promised fireworks on September 30 when they face off in the ring in a non-title cruiserweight bout at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Banku and Samir have dared each other in the past three years after the latter called for a possible fight between the undefeated puglists.
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are ready to spark a bidding war for Kylian Mbappe and make the Monaco teenager the world’s most expensive player,
according to reports which also indicate that Arsenal are joining the fray with a mega £125million world record bid.
The 18-year-old France international is considered the hottest prospect in world football and one of the best players for a generation.
urope’s biggest clubs are falling over themselves to try to sign him — but so far no one has made any official contact.
An extra-time penalty from Adrien Silva gave Portugal a 2-1 win over Mexico and third place in the 2017 Confederations Cup yesterday.
Portugal, who missed a spot kick given thanks to the video assistant referees 16 minutes into the match, were awarded a second penalty after 104 minutes when Miguel Layun handled the ball.
Ghana’s armwrestling team, Golden Arms, claimed a total of 21 medals to finish second behind hosts Nigeira at the just-ended African Armwrestling Championship in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nigeria claimed the gold trophy as the top team after hauling a total of 46 medals, comprising 19 gold, 16 silver and 11 bronze.
The quadrennial congress of the Referees Association of Ghana (RFA) is scheduled for the Central regional capital of Cape Coast at the end of November this year. For various reasons, many referees look forward with great interest when the Congress is due, only to end up in bitterness and regret afterwards.
Welsh teenager Ethan Ampadu has joined Premier League champions Chelsea from League Two club Exeter City.
The 16-year-old defender has played for Wales at under-16 and under-19 level.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson, the reigning double Olympic sprint champion, put on the afterburners in the final 20 metres to rack up a convincing victory at Saturday's Diamond League meet in Paris.
Thompson clocked 10.91 seconds to finish ahead of Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou (10.96sec), with Nigerian Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor claiming third (11.09).
Novak Djokovic proved his form for Wimbledon by beating Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 to win the Aegon International.
The three-time Wimbledon winner has had a below-par season but did not drop a set in his first Eastbourne appearance.
This year's President Cup match between rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak to honour the sitting President and also to cleberate Ghana's 57 years as a Republican state was rained off at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi yesterday after 65 minutes of play.
The match is to be replayed on ......, according to GHALCA, organisers of the annual match.
Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan feels the Black Star's chaotic preparations for their international friendly against the USA negatively affected them as Ghana lost 1-2 to Bruce arena’s side at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at East Hartford’s East Hartford’s Rentschler Field.
Gyan, a veteran of two previous meetings with the USA in the FIFA World Cup, claimed the game in Connecticut was “more than a friendly” but Ghana's preparations had not reflected that.
Bitter rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak are facing-off for the President's Cup trophy at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
The Porcupine Warriors have taken the lead through a penalty kick converted by striker Sadick Adams.
