Middle distance runner Alex Amankwah became the fourth Ghanaian athlete to qualify for the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championship in London after setting a National Record of 1minute:44.80 seconds to win the Georgia Meet of Champions on Friday night in the USA.
Amankwah, 25, dipped below the 1:45.90seconds entry standard to claim his ticket for the Championship.
History was made in the English Premier League on Sunday as brothers Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew scored in the same minute at different grounds on the final day of the season.
Both notched a goal in the 72nd minute of their respective matches.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko needed a second half goal from Baba Mahama in their match at Agona Swedru to advance to the MTN FA Cup Round of 16 at the expense of second tier side, Proud United.
Wassaman FC knocked out Kumasi King Faisal from the ongoing MTN FA Cup to qualify for the next stage with a 2-1 victory in a drama filled game played at the Baba Yara sports Stadium yesterday.
Faisal had two of their players sent off after the skipper Godfred Appiah handled the ball the post, while Godfred Sarpong was also shown the red card for a second bookable offence in an off-the-ball incident.
Accra Hearts of Oak advanced to the next stage of the MTN FA Cup competition when they defeated Akim Oda-based Kotoku Royals 4-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.
Notwithstanding some controversial decisions by referee Dan Dogbetor, Royals played a good game and could have scored at least two goals but lacked the finesse to convert their numerous chances into goals and, therefore, bowed out to their more experienced opponents who scored two goals in each half to progress to the Round of 16.
It may be early days but it seems Ghana have unearthed another scoring sensation with the stellar display of Eric Ayiah so far at the Total U-17 African Cup of Nations Gabon 2017.
Beleaguered Asante Kotoko will shift their focus to the MTN FA Cup tomorrow as they come up against Division One side, Proud United, in a Round of 32 away fixture at Agona Swedru.
Chelsea will be crowned champions of the English Premier League on Sunday after they play already relegated Sunderland in their final match of the season.
The runaway league leaders wrapped up the race for the title last week after a 1-0 win at West Bromwich Albion.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has settled the bills of former national welterweight champion, Isaac Aryee, who recently underwent an emergency surgery on a broken neck at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Kwasi Appiah took charge of his first game last Wednesday when his local Black Stars side thrashed lower division side, Accra Lions 5-0 in a trial match at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence at Prampram.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that when Jordan Ayew joined Swansea City there was absolutely nothing in the way of fanfare to herald his arrival.
The Ghanaian sealed his move to the Liberty Stadium on transfer deadline day, with Neil Taylor plus £5million — heading in the opposite direction to Aston Villa
Work is to resume by the end of July this year on the abandoned Amasaman Community Sports Complex in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region.
To pave the way for the resumption of work on the abandoned project, the Ghana OIympic Committee (GOC) is already working in earnest to ensure all the requisite documents on the project site are ready.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has given the assurance that the ministry would help to properly secure the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) land on which OlympiAfrica was putting up a community sports facility at Amasaman in the name of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).
He said the project, when completed, would be for the benefit of the entire country and therefore even though the land origionally belonged to the MOFA, he would liaise with the GOC to secure the land properly.
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, will be the Special Guest of Honour at the 42nd Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards Night to be held in Accra.
The MTN-SWAG Awards, scheduled for Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the Banquet Hall of the State House, would attract the crème de la crème of Ghana sports and corporate heavyweights.
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has renewed its relationship with the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) by supporting the 42nd MTN-SWAG Awards with GH¢30,000.
The package, which includes cash and products, is to ensure the successful organisation of the longest running sports awards scheme in Ghana.
