League leaders, Tesano Spinners, will engage struggling Western Table Tennis Club on Saturday as they seek to maintain their form in the ongoing Stanbic Bank-Graphic Sports Table Tennis League.

In the other first matches of the fifth week showdown, Police will meet Synergy Table Tennis Club, Ashaiman Club, Army face off with Fire Service, Team Baboo clash with Navy and Immigration get a bye.

Former national U-17 star, Anthony Obodai is urging all stakeholders of football in the country to organise more youth football competitions in order to develop more talented footballers for the senior national team

According to Obodai, although it is the dream of every young footballer to play for the national U-17 team(Black Starlets) but this was not possible because of the limited number of spaces.

The outgoing hardworking Western Regional Sports Director, Kwame Amponfi Jnr, has handed over the baton to Jeffrey K. Manzan Owusu from Greater Accra to continue from where he left off on August 14.

Mr Amponfi Jnr, who earned the praises of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, for the good maintenance of the Sekondi Sports Stadium during a recent inspection tour, has taken a breather in order to enjoy his accumulated statutory leave.

If there is anything constant in this season’s National Women’s League (NWL), it is goals which rained during the 12th week fixtures, with last season’s top scorer, Princella Adubea, leading the harvest.

Adubea scored five of the 10 goals to power defending champions, Ampem Darkoa, to a 10-2 mauling of Real Upper Ladies in their thriller on a weekend that recorded 33 goals.

Adubea, who won last season’s top scorer award with 16 goals, could surpass that target after scoring nine goals in just two successive matches. Last week, she scored four goals in Ampem Darkoa’s 5-0 win against Prisons Ladies.

It was a good weekend for Ghanaian internationals, Jordan Ayew and Thomas Partey, as they opened their accounts in Europe for their clubs ahead of Sunday’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Congo in Kumasi and the return clash in Brazzaville next week.

Jordan scored for Swansea in their 2-0 win against Crystal Palace at the Selhurst Park in the English Premier League, while Partey netted the fifth goal as Atletico thrashed Las Palmas 5-1 in the Spanish La Liga.

Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, is brooding over the absence of his new-found striker, Raphael Dwamena, but has assured Ghanaians of victory in the double-header against Congo at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Friday and in Brazzaville next Wednesday.

Dwamena was named in Coach Appiah’s 23-man squad but had to be excused because of a conflicting medical report threatening his prospects of playing in the English Premiership.

The GFA Executive has approved the Match Review Panel’s recommendation in respect of the MTN FA Cup quarterfinal match between Asante Kotoko and W. NEA Salamina.

Staff of Obonu TV, a subsidiary of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), joined keep fit clubs within the Ga-Adangbe communities for the annual Homowo Health Walk last Saturday in Accra.

The walk began from Mantse Agbonaa in Accra through to the James Town Police Station and some principal streets and ended at the forecourt of GBC.