The first round matches of this year’s Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League took off on June 24 at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium.
The matches, which attracted many fans saw some media houses also engaging each other, as part of the curtain raisers to the keenly contested tennis league.
Jordan Ayew will report for the start of pre-season training with the rest of his Swansea City team-mates on Monday after being withdrawn from the Ghana squad for their upcoming friendlies.
Forward Ayew enjoyed a strong finish to last season after moving to the Liberty in January, scoring his first goal for the club in the final-day victory over West Brom.
League leaders, Tesano Spinners who have 48 points, consolidated their position as champions of round one with emphatic wins over Navy(3-0) and Kings Royal
Academy(3-1), while defending champions Immigration came home victors after trouncing third placed SmartLine@Emefs 3-1 in a pulsating encounter.
The first round matches of the Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports Table Tennis League came to an end last Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium with the leaders, Tesano Spinners, holding on to their lead with 48 points on top of the summit.
The President of Olympic Committee, Ben Nunoo Mensah, has urged the Ghana Education Service to make the Olympic Day celebration a part of school activities.
This, he says will enable the GOC teach youngsters the importance of adopting healthy lifestyles, as well as representing the nation at the highest level of sports.
The mortal remains of the late Herbert Obuobi Addo were interred at the Aburi Methodist Cemetery last Saturday after a funeral ceremony that saw many pay their last respect to the one-time national soccer coach.
Accra Hearts of Oak impressively overcame what was expected to be a tough game yesterday with an emphatic 2-0 win against Elmina Sharks at the Nduom Stadium at Elmina with Thomas Abbey and Kwame Kizito netting within a spate of three minutes.
Yakubu Mohammed described as ‘great relief’ his goal that helped Kumasi Asante Kotoko record a 2-1 victory over Wa All Stars in their Ghana Premier League encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium last Saturday, as the team finally ended their winless streak at home.
Mohammed has had a frustrating season for the Porcupine Warriors, failing to meet the expectation in scoring the needed goals, but against Wa All Stars, he finally broke the jinx in memorable manner, scoring the winner which would also be Kotko’s 200th home goal in the GPL.
Chicago Fire winger, David Accam is being targeted by Bursaspor as an alternative for pricey Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan.
Turkish side, Bursaspor were unable to lure Black Stars record scorer Gyan with a €1.6m a year offer.
At times over the past two seasons, the Chicago Fire offense was the David Accam show and not much more.
This season, with new teammates sharing the scoring load and spotlight, Accam has only flourished further, and on Saturday night, the Ghanaian put on his finest show yet.
US middle-distance runner, Alysia Montano competed in the USATF Outdoor Championships at five months pregnant on Friday.
Though Montano finished seventh in her 800-meter heat, she ended the race with a smile, greeting her daughter Linnea, 2, who was wearing a "Strong Like Mom" T-shirt.
Ghana defender Samuel Inkoom has been banned by FIFA for one year after he was found guilty of cheating an agent in a transfer deal back in 2014.
The 28-year-old has been ordered to pay creditor Curtis Willet $65,000 or in default serve a one-year ban.
The Chief Executive Officer of Bahmed Travel and Tours, Alhaji Ahmed Bandoh has questioned the rationale behind the senior national team (Black Stars) playing a "meaningless" friendly with Mexico on May 28 in Texas.
According to the former Kumasi Asante Kotoko board member, the Stars team would derive no benefit from playing an alternative Mexico side because their first team is currently involved in the ongoing FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
The final round matches of the ongoing table tennis league will be staged at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium tomorrow as Tesano Spinners maintain a firm grip at the top.
Tomorrow’s games will be spiced with a special media challenge tournament aimed at promoting the game in the country.The top liner of the day will be a cracker between third-placed SmartLine@Emefs and second-placed Immigration in one of the first matches of the day.
After a week’s break to make way for the surprise-filled MTN FA Cup, the various league centres will be full of action this weekend as Asante Kotoko return to the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi so fight for maximum points against champions Wa All Stars.
Out of the nine league matches Kotoko have so played at their favourite home ground which used to be a Waterloo for many visiting teams, they have won only four and drawn five, including the recent match against Accra Great Olympics.
