The total prize money for the 2017 McDan West African Open Tennis Championship has been doubled from the previous tournament, organisers have announced. The winners of this year's tournament will split $10,000 compared to the $5,000, they shared in 2016. 

The organisers expect that the prize money will be enough to bait the finest tennis players on the African continent to come to Ghana from April 24 to 29 when the tournament takes place at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The tennis courts at the Accra Sports Stadium are due for major face-lift following the decision of the Executive Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr Daniel Mckorley, to renovate it at a cost of GHC50,000.

The courts are currently in a state of disrepair with only a few days to the start of Ghana's flagship tennis tournament, the McDan Open on April 24, which is being put together by the McDan Group in collaboration with the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF)

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) will by the close of next month embark on a rigorous fund-raising exercise aimed at mobilising enough funds to support federations and athletes who will be competing in the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia next year.

The GOC is, therefore, setting up a working structure in the form of a board by close of next week to be supported by nine sub-committees which will become the working arm of the board.

Former Ghana Premier League Champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, has sacked 52-year-old Croatian trainer Zdravko Logarusic, after 11 matches in the ongoing campaign. 

The board arrived at the decision after a stormy late night meeting in Kumasi last Sunday after the Logarusic's second home drawn game at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi against Ebusua Dwarfs. 

Former Premier League Champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, have sacked 52-year-old Croatian trainer Zdravko Lugarusic, after 11 matches in the ongoing league. 

Two goals from Daniel Lomotey against Elmina Sharks at the Nduom Stadium yesterday, helped WAFA to solidify their lead on the Ghana Premier League (GPL) table.

The 2-1 victory against Sharks further enhanced WAFA’s away credentials this season,  earning  their third successive away wins having beaten Wa All Stars and Bechem United in their homes earlier.

The Ghana Premier League (GPL) matches between Great Olympics and Aduana Stars in the Accra Sports Stadium and Tema Youth versus Wa All Stars at the Tema Stadium respectively, will be played this afternoon, after both matches were rained off  Sunday.

Angry Asante Kotoko fans yesterday vented their spleen on their team after watching them draw another game at home, following the team’s goalless result against visiting Ebusua Dwarfs in the Ghana Premier League (GPL).

It took the intervention of security personnel on duty at the Baba Yara Stadium to avert what could have been physical attacks on the team, as fans beseiged the main gate in intending to attack the players.

TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo continued the defence of their African Confederation Cup crown with a 2-0 win over Algerian side JS Kabylie on Sunday.

WAFA continued their sensational form in the Premier League with a third successive away win at Elmina Sharks to open a four-point lead on the top of the Premier League table.

Once a formidable force in the Ghana Premier League, 2015 champions Ashantigold have seen their stock plummet this season after a poor run of results and the sudden departure of their head coach, Bashir hayford.

The United States national football team is lining up a friendly against the Black Stars of Ghana as part of preparations for their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign which begins on July 8.

According to sources, the game will take place on July 1 at the Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut.

Ghana’s junior swimming team last Saturday arrived from Cairo, Egypt, where they participated in the African Junior Swimming Championship with no medals but qualification to the World Junior Swimming Championship to be staged in Indianapolis, USA, from August 23 to 28.

The qualification was as a result of the team’s performance which saw them chalk significant improvements in their various events.

Juvenile tennis players selected from clubs in Tema, Sakumono and the Ashaiman commuinties are gearing up for a show down in the third day of the 2017 Baj Freight Junior Tennis League, which will come off Saturday at the Sakumono Tennis Club.

The players, according to the organisers, will compete to build up more points in categories such as Under-16, U-14, U-12, U-10 and U-8 events for both boys and girls, as they seek to win the ultimate for their respective clubs and communities.

Accra Hearts of Oak defender, Inusah Musah, is set to be on the sidelines with a leg injury and will be a doubt for the Phobians when they travel to the Obuasi Len Clay Stadium to face Ashantigold in their week 11crunch fixture tomorrow.