Ghana hero Emmanuel Toku was named Man of the Match in their semi-final win over Niger at the 2017 African U17 Championship yesterday.

Two-time winners, Ghana progressed into the Final of the Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Gabon 2017 following a dramatic 6-5 penalty shootout win over Niger at Stade de Port Gentil on Wednesday.

The match did not produce a goal in regulation time but it was the Black Starlets that got lucky in the end when Emmanuel Toku scored the decisive kick- after Niger’s Djibrilla Mossi saw his kick ricocheted off the bar.

Black Starlets offensive midfielder  Emmanuel Toku,  became the hero of the day as he courageously powered Ghana into the final of  the ongoing U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, with his incisive penalty kick that was to decide the winners between his side and Niger in their crunch semi-final encounter yesterday.

After failing to score in regulation time, and with  both Ghana and Niger at par during the penalty shoot out, it was Toku’s kick that gave his side a 6-5 win to qualify the team to Sunday’s final against defending champions, Mali.

Moments after his shot hit the back of the net after  Niger’s  goalkeeper, Abdoulaye Boubacar Adamu failed to make a touch,  both the players and officials of the Starlets poured on Toku in celebration.

It was indeed, a great joy and relief, given that  moments before, skipper Eric Ayiah  who is the tournament top scorer,  had failed to convert his kick when the Starlets were leading 3-2 in the shootout.

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After a-two week break, the Ghana Premier League (GPL) resumes this weekend, with action at all centres and the exictement with which it ended the first round, likely to continue from where it left off.

The Black Starlets of Ghana have qualified for the finals of the 2017 CAF U-17 Nations Cup after edging Niger 6-5 on penalties today at the Stade de Port Gentil in Gabon.

Newcastle United have confirmed the permanent signing of Christian Atsu from Chelsea.

The 25-year-old Ghana international spent last season on loan at St. James' Park, making 32 league appearances and scoring five goals as Rafa Benítez's side lifted the Sky Bet Championship title.

Kwesi Appiah will take charge of his first international friendly since his return when he leads the local-based Black Stars to face their Beninese counterparts on tomorrow at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The game will be Appiah's second of his latest stint as Black Stars coach which started on May 1.

Defending champions, Immigration Service will seek to return to winning ways on Saturday as they come up against struggling Team Baboo in a week four clash of the ongoing national table tennis league at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.

After being brought down to earth by Tesano Spinners in a top-of-the-table encounter last Saturday, the Immigration lads, made of top national seeds, have quickly come to the realisation that this season could be arduous.

With the elevation of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) as a full member of the World Rugby Federation, officials are now aiming at qualifying to the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, next year.

The task, according to the Tournament Commissioner of the GRFU, Steve Noi, is daunting as more effort and resources are needed to make the dream a reality.

Ghana’s national U-17 male football team, Black Starlets, have their sights set on a final berth,  as they face Le Mena Cadets of Niger this afternoon in the first semi-final game of the ongoing Africa U-17 Championship in Gabon at the Stade de Port Gentil later today.

The sterling performance at the group stage have placed the Starlets in the favourites bracket to go through to the next stage of the competition, though they admit it will not be an easy fight.

Ghanaian bodybuilding sensation, Thomas Tusore, says he is focused on beating top seed, Philip Ricardo Jr, to win the title at this year's INBA/PNBA World Championship slated for May 31 to June 2 in Italy.

Tusore noted that he was keen on becoming a world champion and build upon his career in the near future but admitted that Ricardo Jr was better than him when he met him in Budapest, Hungary, last year.

The annual Milo U-13 Champions League began last Saturday with Bagabaga Annex, Mother Theresa Primary and Funsi RC Basic school qualifying to represent the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions at the national finals in June.

The three-day event started with a soccer clinic for both players of all 12 competing schools and was facilitated by tournament icon and former Black Stars skipper, Stephen Appiah, and national coaches drawn from the Regional Football Associations (RFAs).

One of two outside broadcast vans which is part of a 10-year agreement between StarTimes Communications Group and the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is ready for delivery to Ghana.

The StarTimes –Ghana Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hao Lei, who spoke to Graphic Online in Beijing, China, said what was left was the finalising of some documentation regarding tax waivers and other issues concerning the agreement that had to be cleared before the OB van could be finally shipped to Ghana.

Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah admits it will be an 'extra special' occasion for him on Wednesday when the club take on his former side Ajax in the Europa League final.

The 19-year-old, who was born in Amsterdam, left Ajax's academy to join United in 2014.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has directed all managers of the various national sports infrastructure to produce a maintenance manual which will be used to plan the renovation of such facilities on a regular basis.

The minister made this known last Friday after completing an inspection tour of the National Sports College in Winneba.