Ghana international goalkeeper, Adambathia Larsen "Adam" Kwarasey has completed a transfer to Norwegian club Vålerenga. The move returns Kwarasey to his boyhood club, after stints with Strømsgodset, Rosenborg, Portland Timbers and Brondby.
The 29-year-old has also been reunited with his former Strømsgodset boss, Ronny Delia at the club
Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan insists his injury worries are behind him and he is ready to lead the senior national team past Ethiopia in their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Gyan, 31, currently on a season-long loan at Al Ahli from Shanghai SIPG, has been plagued by niggling hamstring and ankle injuries over the first four months of the year.
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah has excluded three players from his squad ahead of the trip to Kumasi for Sunday's 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia.
The Black Stars have spent the past four days in non-residential training in Accra and will travel to Kumasi on Monday to continue with preparations for the game.
Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote has died aged 30 after collapsing during training in China, a spokesman for the player has announced.
In his seven years at United the Ivory Coast player made over 150 appearances, including three last season.
Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan arrived in style for his first training session with the Black Stars shortly after touching down from his base in the United Arab Emirates.
Gyan who earns £227,000 a week (£11.8m annually) from Chinese club Shanghai SIPG was chauffeured to the Accra Sports Stadium in a customised Mercedes-Benz bus.
The second round of the 2016 Premier League season is expected to commence in some few weeks time at all the eight match venues. The first round has been hotly contested with most of the teams separated by insignificant points.
We have, therefore, entered a very interesting and exciting second round where almost all the matches will take on extra importance with regard to promotion, relegation or involvement in continental competitions. It is also the period when many decisions are taken, in respect of referee promotion and retention at all levels.
The ongoing Stanbic Bank-sponsored Table Tennis league at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium continues to produce some interesting results and excitement each passing weak.
League leaders Tesano Spinners and their female counterparts retained the top positions of their respective league tables as competition reached the week last Saturday.
We bring to our readers some thrilling scenes at last Saturday’s competition at the sports hall.
A thrilling encounter between league leaders Tesano Spinners and SmartLine@ Emefs was the highlight of the ongoing table tennis league being staged at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday.
The two clubs, both harbouring Nigerian imports, engaged in a game of wits and smashes as bedlam gripped the national hall. In the end, Spinners duo of Rilwan Akanbi and Ahmed Bello’s prowess edged out Emefs 3-2 in the pulsating encounter.
There will be a first-time Grand Slam champion at the French Open. And there's a week left in the tournament to figure out which of the 12 women still in contention will win tennis’ second Grand Slam title.
Venus Williams was the last of the past major title winners in the draw, and she lost in the fourth round to 30th-seeded Timea Bacsinszky 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 at Court Philippe Chatrier yesterday.
The University of Ghana Sports Directorate has launched a sports fund designed to facilitate and support the development of student-athletes who are admitted to the institution.
According to the Director of Sports of the University of Ghana, Dr Bella Bello Bitugu, the fund which has been named the University of Ghana Sports Fund (UG-SF) becomes operational on August 1, 2017 and will also cater for the construction as well as maintenance of existing sports facilities at the University of Ghana campus in Legon.
League Leaders Tesano Spinners edged out SmartLine@Emefs 3-2 in a top-of-the-table, all-Nigerian affair clash at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium last Saturday.
Fast spinner Rilwan Akanbi and Ahmed Bello of Tesano Spinners were a mouthful for fellow Nigerians Favour Ayobame and Ayodele Sunday as they dug deep to come at par with them in the singles before edging them out in the doubles.
Princella Adubea seems to have been gingered up by her SWAG Female Footballer of the Year award as just days after receiving her award, she have tightly laced her scoring boots to net five goals in two games for Ampem Darkoa Ladies.
Last Saturday, Adubea led Ampem Darkoa’s 5-1 demolition of Northern Ladies in their National Women’s League (NWL) Match Day 5 encounter at the Tamale Stadium Annex. Her performance in the NWL comes right on the heels of the 2-1 victory she helped her side attain against rivals, Fabulous Ladies, in their Sanford Women’s FA Cup tie.
Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan is set to offer Ghanaian boxers the opportunity to impress undefeated American boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jnr who visits the country later this month.
Gyan, who owns boxing promotion company Baby Jet Promotions, says he would not allow Mayweather to leave the country during his two-day tour between June 15-16 without watching some Ghanaian pugilists in action.
High-flying WAFA reclaimed the top position of the Premier League table in a grand style after whitewashing Accra Hearts of Oak 5-0 at the Red Bull Arena at Sogakope yesterday.
WAFA leapfrogged Aduana Stars, who lost 2-3 to Berekum Chelsea at the Golden City Park last Saturday.
Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have presented educational materials to basic schools in their constituencies ahead of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), which takes off today, June 5, 2017.
