Southern zone defending champions, Hasaacas Ladies are in a race against time to return to winning ways as the  National Women’s League (NWL) resumes this weekend with Match Day Five fixtures after the competition went on a short break for the Sanford Women’s FA Cup matches last weekend.

Hasaacas Ladies will host Soccer Intellectuals in a match whose outcome could have a great impact on how the two sides fare at the end of this season.

It looks like Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Great Olympics have hit the road to revival on the resumption of the second round of the Ghana Premier League (GPL).

However, that revival will face a stern test when the two sides come up against each other in a crunch game at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday when the Match Day 17 fixtures of the competition are honoured.

Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.

The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.

Defending champions Bechem United have been handed a tough Round of 16 tie after being drawn against Berekum Chelsea in the MTN FA Cup competition.

At the draw held in Accra yesterday, former champions, Medeama, were also pitted against Elmina Sharks for the round which takes place on the weekend of June 16 to June 18.

Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah held his first training session with the senior national team yesterday with sixteen players at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The session was Appiah’s first with the Black Stars ahead of his first competitive game, an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia scheduled for Sunday, June 11 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

Maxime Hamou, an up-and-coming tennis player, has been removed from the French Open and could face further punishment after repeatedly kissing and almost choke-holding a female reporter, who interviewed him live following his first-round loss Monday.

“The management of the tournament has decided to revoke Maxime Hamou’s accreditation following his reprehensible behavior with a journalist yesterday,” the French Tennis Federation said in a statement. The federation said it will review the incident before deciding on further sanctions.

League Leaders, Tesano Spinners would seek to solidify their status on the summit of the table tennis league table in this weekend’s fixtures as rivals Immigration gets a bye in the first round of matches to be played on Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Spinners will meet Western Table Tennis Club in the first match of the day in a clash the lads from Nigerians are expected to win with ease against a struggling Western side.

The Badminton Association of Ghana has commended the President of the association, Mr Evans KojoYeboah, on his election as a council member of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) at their just ended Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Mr Yeboah was one of 15 members from other African countries elected to manage the affairs of African badminton for the next five years.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has underscored the importance of golf to the country, hence the need to give it utmost attention.

He wondered why Ghana had paid little attention to the sport in spite of the huge advantage the country stands to gain if it is promoted.

A former Communications Director for the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Suleiman Habuba, has advised sports journalists to come out of their ‘local’ shelves and position themselves for a global world, as information technology has made the profession more open.

Habuba, now a consultant and also into oil and gas, also advised sports journalists in Africa to use their medium to enhance the image of sports on the continent instead of being carried away by what happens in the western world.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has agreed a new two-year contract, extending his 21-year reign at the club.

Wenger and club owner Stan Kroenke met on Monday to determine the Frenchman's future, with the decision relayed to directors at a Tuesday board meeting.

Alhaji Sulley Muniru Muntari, the father of brothers Sulley Muntari and Muniru Sulley has died after a long battle with illness.

Golf star Tiger Woods was arrested on a drink-driving charge in Florida early on Monday morning, police say.

Police recorded the arrest at 07:18 local time (11:18 GMT). The golfer was released a few hours later, records from Palm Beach County police show.

League leaders Tesano Spinners withstood a late charge from Fire Service to beat them 3-2 in the second match of this week’s fixture of the ongoing national Table Tennis League played last Saturday at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Stadium.

Earlier Spinners defeated Koforidua Eastern Loopers 3-0. The two victories keep the leaders atop the ladder as the league continues with thrilling fixtures this weekend.

Ghanaian football icon Anthony Baffoe was last Saturday crowned the 2016 SWAG Sports Personality of the Year at the 42nd MTN SWAG Awards held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who was the Special Guest of Honour, decorated Baffoe -- FIFA and CAF General Coordinator and the General Secretary of the Professionals Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) -- with SWAG’s flagship award.