Akosua Puni Essien, the owner of Italian Club, FC Como has apologised for her failure to pay the players and staff of the team their outstanding salaries for the 2016-2017 season.

Akosua, the wife of former Chelsea star Michael Essien saved the Italian third division Lega Pro side from bankruptcy when she bought it for €237,000 at an auction in March. The figure was €10,000 more than the starting price.

With round one matches ending this weekend at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium, a special media challenge tournament for sports journalists covering the league would be staged alongside the main league.

Ghana's Black Stars will travel to the USA for their double international friendly without the Ayew Brothers, Andre Dede and Jordan, who have asked to be excused from the games.

The two players were part of the Stars team that won 5-0 against Ethiopia in their 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier in Kumasi a fortnight ago, but their respective clubs, Aston Villa and Swansea, have asked that they be excused so they can have some rest before they report back to England.

The proposed renovation of the Accra Stadium this month has been put on hold after pleas from stakeholders to allow the Ghana Premier League (GPL) season to end before the project begins.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah, had earlier announced that a much-needed facelift of the massively corroded edifice would commence this June.

The national arm wrestling team, the Golden Arms, have inched a step closer to realising their dream of making their first appearance at the African Armwrestling Championship after receiving cash and products worth GH¢ 8,000 from local beverage company, TT Brothers.

The Ghana Arm Wrestling Federation (GAF) is in a race with time to raise funds to finance a 15-member Golden Arms contingent for the championship scheduled for June 28-July 5 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Miami FC midfielder Kwadwo Poku will join the Black Stars team for their upcoming friendly matches against USA and Mexico.

Poku will join the team’s camp when they arrive in the United States over the weekend.

Former Ghanaian international footballer, Nii Odartey Lamptey says he regrets not listening to his mother when she advised against his marriage to ex-wife Gloria Lamptey.

Odartey Lamptey recently brought a finality to a protracted and bitter divorce from Gloria Appiah, his wife of 23 years.

Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo, has revealed how he was abandoned by his girlfriend when he had nothing.

The player, now plying his trade in the Chinese Super League, took to Instagram to write about what he encountered on the path of love while striving hard to succeed.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have announced the signing of Ghanaian international Phil Ofosu-Ayeh on a three-year-deal.

The 25-year-old will join the English Championship side on Saturday, 1st July as a free agent after his contract with his current club, Eintracht Braunschweig, expires at the end of June.

The football family will this weekend converge to bid their final farewell to Coach Herbert Obuobi Addo, who died on March 24 after a short illness.

The body will be laid in state at his residence, Addo Farms, Oyarifa on Saturday, from 4:30am to 6:00am with the burial service being held at the same venue.

The Ghana Premier League (GPL) returns on Sunday with a lot of action as the Match Day 19 fixtures are honoured after a break to allow the MTN FA Cup last weekend.

This weekend’s interesting ties have the Great Olympics versus Liberty Professionals in a regional derby at the Accra Stadium topping the bill, given the desperate need for the two sides to improve their lot in the GPL standings.

Major (rtd) Yaw Larson, a former Chairman of Kumasi Asante Kotoko and the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), is reported dead in Accra after a short illness.

Major Larson, 77 years, died last Sunday at the 37 Military Hospital, where he had been on admission for a while.

Black Stars team manager Stephen Appiah and two other sports personalities- powerlifter Charles Narh Teye and para-cyclist Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah-have been honoured at the 2017 Allianz Awards for using their careers to inspire young people.

Appiah, who led Ghana to two FIFA World Cups in 2006 and 2010, was honoured for using his grass- to grace story to inspire countless young people, and was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Teye and Ofosu Yeboah were honoured for similar feats despite being physically challenged, at the event held at the National Theatre in Accra.

The managers of free agent Asamoah Gyan says he is yet to receive a formal offer from Bursaspor despite the Turkish side indicating that they are ready to offer $200,000 for the Ghana captain.

Bursaspor President, Ali Ay has confirmed to the media that the club have been in talks with representatives of Shanghai SIPG player’s for a permanent move when his loan deal with UAE's Al Ahli expires.

Defending Champions Immigration have stepped up the chase on Table Tennis League leaders Tesano Spinners after leapfrogging SmartLine@Emefs into second place following 3-0 wins over Western Table Tennis Club and Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) last Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium.

In thrilling fixtures staged in the presence of some veterans of the game, including Ghana Table Tennis Federation president, Mawuko Afadzinu, the Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports-sponsored competition came alive with exciting performances as Immigration raised the level of their game to record impressive victories.