Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, and three other key players have been ruled out of Coach Kwasi Appiah’s squad for Saturday’s crucial FIFA World Cup Group E qualifier against The Cranes of Uganda at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala.

The assistant coach of the Stars, Ibrahim Tanko, yesterday confirmed the unavailability of Gyan, Thomas Agyepong, and the US-based duo of Harrison Afful and Jonathan Mensah for the Uganda game due to injury.

Legendary Ghanaian boxer, Azumah Nelson has been presented with the World Boxing Council (WBC) Champion Award at the 55th WBC Convention currently ongoing in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Nelson, widely considered the greatest African boxer of all time, was for the second time since his retirement honoured by the WBC sanctioning body. He held the WBC featherweight title once and the WBC super featherweight title twice during his heydey.

The Ghana and United States football teams have arrived in India to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, beginning on October 6.

The US team landed at the Indira Gandhi International airport at around 10pm last night while the Ghana side arrived here at 3pm today. Both teams straightaway proceeded to their team hotels.

Black Stars coach James Kwasi Appiah says they will give their World Cup qualifying game against Uganda “their all” and has promised that his side would “fight to the end” of the qualifying series as they seek to redeem their campaign.

The Stars face a tricky game against Uganda in Kampala on Saturday, badly needing a win to bridge the gap between them and the Group E leaders, Egypt, as well as brighten their chances of sneaking through to Russia.

Uganda, one of Ghana's opponents in the race for a ticket to the 2018 FIFA World Cup have lined up a friendly against the Madagascar on Wednesday, October 4 ahead of a crucial tie against the Black Stars three days later (October 7).

Injury has forced Abdallah El Said and Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim 'Kahraba' out of the latest Egypt squad.

The Pharaoh's host Congo Brazzaville in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Sunday.

Patrick Razak and Kwame Kizito extended their recent fine form exhibited in the just-ended WAFU Cup to the domestic competition as they powered Accra Hearts of Oak into the final of the MTN FA Cup after defeating Wa All Stars 2-1 in the semi-final clash played at the Len Clay Stadium at Obuasi yesterday.

Razak, who earned Ghana two penalties in the WAFU Cup final against Nigeria was on the score sheet just as Kizito — who scored two goals for the Black Stars B — to ensure the Phobians reached the MTN FA Cup final for the first time since the competition returned in 2011.

The city of Ismailia in Egypt will be the battle grounds for six Africa countries to determine which of them is crowned 2017 African hockey champions.

Between October 22 and 29, Ghana go into battle with hosts Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia for the sole ticket to represent the continent in the 2018 Hockey World Cup being hosted in Bhubaneswar, India.

FIFA has ordered the Federation of Congolese Football Association (FECOFA) to deduct six points from the accumulated points of league leaders, TP Mazembe, for refusing, neglecting and failing to comply with the body’s Players Status decision concerning Ghanaian player, Richard Kissi Boateng.

Daniel Asomani became the star of last Saturday’s 2017 ECOBANK Cup golf competition when he returned a net score of 66 to win the competition at the Achimota golf course.

Playing with a handicap of nine, Asomani maintained his composure despite the difficult obstacles on the course until he got to the greens where he delivered a beautiful putt into the hole.

Accra Hearts of Oak booked their place at this year's MTN FA Cup final after beating Wa All Stars by 2-1 at the Len Clay Stadium in Obuasi.

Hearts’ goals were scored in each half through forwards Patrick Razak and Kwame Kizito, respectively, while Wa All Stars pulled one back late into the game through substitute, Samuel Atta Mensah.

Phillip Tekoe's Ikaida is set to make the headlines again next week at the second day of the 2017 Homowo Festival Race Meetings, which will come off today at the Accra Turf Club.

The six-year-old colt will bid to give jockey Benjamin Kotey, a record second successive win in two weeks in the competition, which is under the distinguished patronage of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Premier League giants, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will hope to meet for the fifth time this season when they engage Wa All Stars and Medeama in the semi-finals of the MTN FA Cup, at the Len Clay Stadium at Obuasi tomorrow.

Having failed to win the competition since its re-introduction in 2011, Hearts are keen on defeating All Stars in an expected tough encounter, as they look to stand a chance of winning their first trophy in the competition since 2000.

A 5-0 lead in any match is a good enough result for any side not to worry about a second leg encounter. 

However, that is not the case for the Black Princesses as they host Algeria in their 2018 Under-20 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifier.

The Obuasi Len Clay Stadium may be the final destination for any of the four teams left to challenge for the MTN FA Cup as a double header semi-final matches are scheduled for the venue.

At 3:00pm on Sunday, Hearts of Oak will face Wa All Stars, with Asante Kotoko playing Medeama FC in the second game at 6:00pm.