Basketball star Abdul Mutalib Alhassan and multi-sport athlete Rabiatu Ofoli scooped the topmost sports personality awards in the respective male and female categories at the third edition of the Accra Technical University (ATU) Sports Awards held last Friday in Accra.

The awards were in recognition of the roles played the duo over the 2016-2017 Technical University sports calendar as they led the ATU to the first place at the 11th edition of the Ghana Polytechnic and Technical Universities Sports Association (GHAPSA) games held at Bolgatanga.

Generally, it is believed that footballers plying their trade in Ghana are mostly not educated but that is not entirely true as we look at players who have Diplomas and are undergraduates yet opted to play in Ghana's top flight.

There are some highly educated Ghana Premier League players who have also combined education with their playing careers.

Below is a list of 11 of them;

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan says even though he has lately been considering retirement, having achieved enough in football, his passion for the game was motivating him not to retire now.

Asked if he was preparing himself mentally for retirement, when he appeared on the Delay television Show on Sunday evening, he said: “Not now.”

Today June 18 is Father's Day and what better occasion to celebrate some of the fathers who make the nation proud on the soccer pitch.

Footballers across the world are very protective of their kids, rarely putting them under the spotlight.

Former Chelsea enforcer Michael Essien says Romelu Lukaku had a “good” relationship with Jose Mourinho and can see the pair working together again.

The Everton striker is in demand, with Chelsea and Manchester United both eyeing a swoop for the Belgian striker.

The Director of Sports at the University of Ghana, Dr Bella Bello Bitugu, says the Legon Sports Fund is a ‘one of its kind’ trust that would revolutionise sports in the country.

He contended that the primary aim of the fund was to act as an innovative buffer where a secured source of income could be generated as against reliance on central government.

African football legend, Abedi Ayew Pele, has disclosed that his former club, Marseille, have no interest in resigning his sons, Andre and Jordan Ayew, despite their new-found wealth.

American billionaire businessman, Frank McCourt, acquired French Ligue 1 club, Marseille, last year and the club has been linked with several French internationals, as well as its former players, including Andre, who is coming off a difficult debut season with West Ham United in the English Premier League.

Richard Williams, tennis champs Serena and Venus Williams' 75-year-old father, has filed for divorce from his much younger wife in West Palm Beach, Florida.

In his petition, the 75-year-old tennis coach often credited for training his daughters in their younger years and laying the foundations that eventually made them into tennis superstars, believes his 38-year-old wife of seven years, Lakeisha Williams, is an alcoholic.

Former Ghana and Anderlecht star Nii Odartey Lamptey says he is ready to start his life again after securing a divorce from his estranged wife Gloria Lamptey.

Lamptey on Wednesday (June 14, 2017) was granted a divorce from Gloria after a protracted legal battle (three years) over how their assets would be shared.

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has asked the public to desist from stoking an imaginary divide amongst players of the national team.

He said pitching one player against the other was not healthy and good for the team.

A video clip has surfaced on social media on which the Swedish wife of convicted Ghanaian footballer, Kwame Bonsu can be heard saying she only married him for his money.

The secretly recorded video was first shared on Instagram by former Ghana international, Yussif Chibsah and offers an insight into the stormy relationship between the convicted Ghanaian footballer, Kwame Bonsu and his ex-wife, Marie Magnusson.

By Bernard Neequaye

The 2016 MTN FA Cup champions, Bechem United, face a daunting task in their effort to retain the title, having been handed a very threatening Round of 16 away  tie against Berekum  Chelsea on Sunday.

Last year, Bechem defied all odds to get to the final, but this season with most Ghana Premier League (GPL) clubs keen on winning a trophy, Bechem may not realised their dream of claiming a back-to-back title, unless they are able to at least stop Chelsea on Sunday.

You know that moment when you're competing in the long lump, land in the sand and then your hairpiece falls out...

No? Well Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor does.

With one more week to end round one, League Leaders Tesano Spinners look set to keep their position on top of the ladder as they come up against Team Baboo tomorrow at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium.

The Stanbic Bank/Graphic Sports-sponsored league will also witness second-placed SmartLine@Emefs engaging the Ghana Fire Service ping-pong team in one of this weekend’s top liners.

Former Ghanaian international footballer, Nii Odartey Lamptey, says the court ruling that brought a finality to his protracted divorce from Gloria Appiah, his wife of 23 years, ends a tortuous chapter in his life and opens up a fresh beginning, especially as the verdict ensured all his major properties to him.

He says the favourable ruling which brought a closure to the case would enable him to redirect his energies into relaunching his football academy project.