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.

Ghana’s para-taekwondo team returned home last Wednesday with a bronze medal at the just-ended Second African Para-Taekwondo Open Championships held in Kigali, Rwanda.

It’s been a troubled start for Ashantigold as nothing seems to be working for the 2015/16 Premier League Champions whose head coach Bashir Hayford jumped ship last week before being pushed out after a poor run of results.

The Senior Staff Association (SSA) of the National Sports Authority (NSA) has sent an SOS to the sector minister, Isaac Asiamah, to as a matter of urgency institute measures to enable the NSA rise from the doldrums.

Abraham Osei Bonsu is adamant in his claim that he won last Saturday's national super featherweight title fight against Wahab Oluwaseum and is, therefore, demanding a rematch to set the record straight.

Former boxing great Azumah Nelson has called on the various sports federations to ensure athletes train adequately to prepare for next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia.

Ghana’s football community will this weekend pay a fitting farewell to one of the most influential figures in the sport over the last three decades, as the mortal remains of Coach Sam Arday are laid to rest today at the Osu Cemetery after burial service at the St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Osu.

Former Presidents Jerry Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor, Ghana football chief Kwasi Nyantakyi, retired legends of the game, administrators and coaches have all paid glowing tribute to the man famously known as the ‘Multi-System Man’ for his exploits at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Ecuador 22 years ago.

Obuasi Ashgold are unlucky to be hosting Accra Hearts of Oak in their most vulnerable state when they are struggling to keep their head above water, while the Phobians seem to be rediscovering their form.

 What could easily set the anxiety alarm in the Phobians’ camp some time ago, has been reduced to a discussion of whether Ashgold can survive in their own backyard tomorrow afternoon, as the Soccer Miners are yet to show any glimpse of hope after 10 weeks of action.

While Ashgold has been struggling, Hearts are picking up in form and the results of last Wednesday’s midweek action are enough evidence and a predicting to sound the alarm bells for Ashgold.

The Head Coach of Inter Allies FC, Prince Owusu has urged football administrators to desist from recruiting players before they employ substantive coaches.

Cameroun national team coach Hugo Broos has denied availing himself for the Ghana national team job. The Belgian, who led the Indomitable Lions to Nations Cup victory in Gabon a few months ago, was confirmed as one of three coaches who were interviewed by the Ghana Football Association (FA) search committee last week.

Tarkwa-based Medeama yesterday put up a fighting spirit, coming from behind to beat Kumasi Asante Kotoko 2-1 in their Ghana Premier League (GPL) encounter at the Tarkwa T and A Park.