Hundreds of football fans yesterday thronged the Nana Agyemang Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro to witness the grand coronation ceremony of Aduana Stars for winning the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League title.

The colourful event, which brought together traditional authorities from the various towns of the Brong-Ahafo Region, saw the league champions defeating regional rivals Berekum Chelsea 2-1 in a ceremonial match before mounting the podium to lift the glittering trophy and the $30,000 cash prize.

Bukom-based mixed martial artist, Isaac Commey, proved too strong forUK-based Theophilus Nelson last Saturday after earning a vital knockout win at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Ghana’s Black Princesses must brace themselves up for a tough encounter when they host Kenya in the first leg of their second round Under-20 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifier at the Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday.

The Kenyans are targeting their first WWC appearance when the Under-20 event takes place in France next year, but that can only happen if they get Ghana out of their way in their second round of the qualifying campaign.

The Nana Agyeman Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro will be the centre of attraction tomorrow as people from far and near will throng the ancient Brong Ahafo town to witness the coronation of the new Ghana Premier League champions, Aduana Stars.

This is the second time Aduana Stars will be crowned GPL lords after they were led by the late Herbert Addo to win the trophy on their debut in the elite league seven years ago.

Coach Yusif Basigi is planning to unleash the Princesses’ lethal attack on Kenya when they clash at the Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday in their 2018 Under-20 Women’s World cup (WWc) qualifier.

Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has set the middle of next year as the deadline to shut the door on the open invitation of new players to the senior national team.

The Chief executive officer of Aduana Stars, Albert Commey, has targeted the group stage of the CaF Champions league when they participate in Africa next year.

The chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GhALCA), Mr Kudjoe Fianoo, has underscored the need for clubs to put in place secured retirement packages for their players.

Patrice Evra was sent off after kicking one of his own team's fans in the head before Marseille's Europa League defeat at Vitoria Guimaraes.

Footage shows the 36-year-old ex-Manchester United defender aiming an acrobatic kick at a supporter at the side of the pitch during the warm-up.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has appealed to government to offer more tax incentives to companies that sponsor sports development in the country in order to attract more sponsorships for the sports sector.

According to the GFA, if government gives more tax incentives to companies that sponsor sports in Ghana, it would encourage more companies to channel part of their resources into sports development in the country.

Former Accra Hearts of Oak striker, Mahatma Otoo, scored a brace for Balikesirspor when they thrashed Adanaspor AS4-1 in the Turkish second-tier league last Saturday.

Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, last Monday scored a last-minute header that earned his side, Kayserispor, a deserved 3-3 stalemate with giants Fernabache in the Turkish Super Liga.

All of a sudden, last week became full of talks about sports and everywhere one turned, the focus was on the wonderful display — by Bastie Samir against unbeaten
Braimah Kamoko, popularly known as Bukom Banku, in the non-title light heavyweight division bout and the possibility of a rematch.

The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) is gearing up for its annual general assembly, consisiting of members of the executive board and affiliate regional associations on November 18 at the Media Centre of the Accra Sports Stadium.

The meeting, which starts at 10a.m, is the fourth annual general assembly of the federation.

The Ghana swim team won 27 medals, comprising gold, nine silver and six bronze at the second edition of the Confederation of African Nations Amateur (CANA) Zone Two Swimming Championships held in Lagos, Nigeria, last weekend.

The three-day event, which brought together participants from nine other West African countries, saw the Ghanaians finishing as the second best country after their Nigerian counterparts, who topped the table with 46 medals, while Senegal won 13 medals to place third.

Former Ghana And Ajax Amsterdam midfielder Yakubu Abubakar has passed on in his native country Ghana after battling some illness.

Yakubu who died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 35 is reported to have been under oxygen support at the Tema Government Hospital before his demise.