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.

Organisers of the MTN FA Cup say the venue for this year’s final is undecided and appealed to people who are strongly lobbying for the event to be held in their region to desist from the act as the choice of venue will be made in the best interest of the competition.

The chairman of the MTN FA Cup Committee (FACC), Kurt E.S. Okraku, sounded the caution yesterday at the Round of 16 draw held at the M Plaza Hotel in Accra.

Accra Hearts of Oak will have to produce their best performance yet this season to survive the threat of West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) at their Sogakope backyard in a titanic 17th week Ghana Premier League fixture on Sunday.

The Phobians have been enjoying a good run in recent times but their 1-1 drawn game against Liberty Professionals at home last Sunday did not go down well with their supporters.

Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was unable to complete a treble of trophies on Saturday night as his Juventus side were thrashed 4-1 by Real Madrid in Cardiff.

Asamoah was on track for a third trophy after wrapping up the Italian Serie A and Coppa Italia Cup titles but Madrid put paid to his dreams with an impressive display as he was left on the bench for the entire duration of the game.

Sapholda Ventures Limited, a freight forwarding company based in Tema have been unveiled as the headline sponsors of the Greater Accra Hockey League.

The deal announced on Saturday at the national hockey stadium will see Ghana's flagship hockey competition, the Greater Accra Hockey League re-named the Sapholda Hockey League.

Ghana international goalkeeper Adam Larsen Kwarasey is set to end a miserable spell at Danish club, Brondby by rejoining his boyhood Norwegian club Valeranga.

Kwarasey joined Brondby from another Norwegian club Rosenborg in January this year but found it difficult to displace the first choice goalie and making only two appearances.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has appealed to the Italian government to address unacceptable and primitive incidents of racism targeted at Ghanaian footballers in Italy in order to preserve the cordial relationship between the two countries.

According to Mr Asiamah, all African players reserved the right to ply their trade without being abused by "backward-thinking football club supporters who think God created them superior to others".

The Black Stars opened a non-residential training camp on Wednesday at the Accra Sports Stadium but it is the cars of some of the players that has caught the attention of fans rather than their skills on the pitch.

Case in point being, English Premier League siblings Andre Dede Ayew and Jordan Ayew who pulled up together in a customised Bentley Continental GT for Thursday's training session.

Five-time SWAG Awards winner and ping-pong ace, Derek Abrefa, says his focus is to be among the top players of the sport in the world.

The 25-year-old national top seed told the Graphic Sports in an exclusive interview yesterday that being awarded the fifth time as the best table tennis player in the country would only spur him on to achieve greater heights.