A Swedish court on Friday sentenced Ghanaian football player in Sweden’s second division to two years in prison for raping and beating his wife.
After serving his sentence, 22-year-old Kwame Bonsu, who played for the Gefle IF club, will be expelled from the Scandinavian country where he has lived in since 2013, the Gavle District Court said.
A paralympic athlete, Mr Maclean Atsu Dzidzienyo has dedicated two medals to management and staff of CAL bank at a ceremony in Accra. The gesture was to show appreciation to the bank for supporting him to participate in the IPC Desert Challenge Games in Arizona, USA this year.
According to Mr Dzidzienyo, he managed to compete in three of the track events - the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 meters men’s T53 category and qualified to compete in the world Paralympic championship in London.
The president of the Ghana Shooting Sports Federation (GSSF), Cillian Walsh, has been elected to serve on the Board of the Africa Shooting Sports Federation (ASSF) at a General Meeting in Cairo, Egypt, last month.
Walsh's inclusion in the ASSF internal body reflects his strong organisational abilities and understanding of sports administration despite his disqualification from the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections held recently on nationality grounds.
Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, has said the introduction of new players into the team was part of his succession plan for the Stars for the next 10 years.
The plan, structured into short, medium to long term has a space for the silver-winning Africa Under-17 national team, the Black Starlets, who would be the lynchpin around which the long term plan would be built.
Sulley Muntari has confessed he has missed playing for Ghana at the international level three years after being suspended from the Black Stars.
The midfielder and his counterpart Kevin-Prince Boateng fell out with Coach Kwasi Appiah at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They were handed indefinite suspensions for allegedly physically attacking Black Stars management members, including Moses Armah (Mospacka).
The ongoing table tennis league continues with some thrilling week six fixtures at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium tomorrow.
Table toppers, Tesano Spinners, will seek to maintain their lead when they face Synergy in a first round match, with three rounds of matches to play.
The General Secretary of the Professional Football Association of Ghana (PFAG), Tony Baffoe, has advocated medical care insurances for the various clubs and players in the country.
Ghanaian undefeated boxer Isaac "Royal Storm" Dogboe says he expects a tough bout against Argentine's Javier Chacon when they lock horns in a WBO International Super Bantamweight Championship at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra on June 22.
Dogboe, who holds a record 16 wins from 16 fights, is expected to slug it out with the Argentinian (25 wins, 3 loss and a draw in 29 fights) in a Final Eliminator towards a world title shot.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has directed that an audit should be conducted to ascertain the state of $3 million worth of equipment initially acquired for the construction of the University of Ghana stadium.
Construction of the multi-million dollar stadium was started in 2004 by CONSAR Limited under the administration of former President John Agyekum Kuffuor.
A former vice chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Nana Yaw Owusu, has assured the Black Stars of massive support to defeat the Walias of Ethiopia when they clash on Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
He said Kumasi had always been a favourable ground for the Stars and as such he was confident the fans would turn out in their numbers to give the team the needed support for victory.
American boxing icon, Floyd "Money" Mayweather will be in Ghana from June 15-16 as part of his "Undefeated Tour" of Africa.
The tough-talking American is expected to touch down in Ghana from Nigeria on June 15 and he will be whisked away to the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs at Dodowa in Accra for an interaction with the traditional leaders of the region.
The Black Stars gave football fans in Kumasi something to cheer about ahead of Sunday's 2019 AFCON qualifier against Ethiopia when they thrashed division one side Asokwa Deportivo 6-1 in their first practice match at the Baba Yara Stadium yesterday.
Jordan Ayew and Frank Acheampong scored for the Stars in the first half as Coach Kwasi Appiah paraded two sets of teams.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa says he has been told by manager Antonio Conte that he is no longer in the club's plans.
The 28-year-old scored 20 goals in 35 Premier League games to help the Blues win the title but now appears set to leave Stamford Bridge.
Former Black Stars striker, Augustine Ahinful, says the team must entertain supporters by winning convincingly against the Walias of Ethiopia on Sunday in order to recover the lost passion among Ghanaians.
Ahinful explained that the team must be possessive on the day in order to prevent the Ethiopians from playing if they want to win Sunday's 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
Surprise package, Kings Royal Academy (KRA), who shocked all to move up to the second position behind league leaders, Tesano Spinners, will be the focus of attention when they play Navy in the second match of the sixth week fixtures of the ongoing table tennis league at the D.G.Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium this weekend.
The Labadi-based club, owned by legal practitioner, Christopher King, managed to upstage title contenders Immigration and SmartLine@Emefs to leapfrog to the second position with 26 points, albeit playing a game more than Immigration and Emefs.
