The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, and the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly, Chief Executive, Mr Ernest Arthur, have pledged their readiness to support the development and promotion of boxing in the Cape Coast Metropolis and the region in general.

The promise was made during an interaction between the two officials and the Central Regional President of the Ghana Boxing Authority, Mr Twintoh Walker, on the way forward for boxing in the region.

Ghana’s Black Stars B will descend on the Stade du 4 Août (August 4 Stadium) in Ouagadougou this afternoon with a mission to fight for a favourable result against neighbouring Burkina Faso and ease the pressure on them in the return leg at the Baba Yara Stadium next Sunday.

The 32-man contingent, led by the Management Committee chairman of the Black Stars B, Nii Komiete Doku, checked in at the Palace Hotel in Ouagadougou on Wednesday night with the sole aim of brightening their qualification chances towards the Kenya 2018 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) after missing the boat to the last event in Rwanda last year.

The fourth edition of the Greater Accra Taekwondo Championships will be staged today at the All Saints Anglican Church in Adabraka at 8a.m.

Over 200 taekwondo practitioners from the Greater Accra Region are expected to participate in the competition which serves as the criteria for the selection of athletes to represent Greater Accra in the upcoming National Sports Festival.

The 2016 Masters Golf Championship tees off at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi next Saturday, August 19.

The two-day 36-hole tournament reserved for 2016 winners of competitions at the Club and those sanctioned by GGA, has Latex Foam as the title sponsor.

Substitute Olivier Giroud headed in a dramatic late winner as Arsenal fought back to beat Leicester City in a thrilling start to the 2017-18 Premier League season.

StarTimes, official Broadcaster of the Ghana Premier League, met the leadership of the National Sports Authority on Friday.

The StarTimes delegation held a fruitful discussion with the NSA boss Hon. Robert Sarfo Mensah concerning the development of sports in the country.

A few weeks ago, I came across Abukari Gariba drenched in sweat, trekking to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium from his Akwatialine-based residence.

Gariba, who is now 77 years old, was on his way to watch a football match involving his former club Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kum

An amount of $2 million provided by mining giant, AngloGold Ashanti, for the construction of multi-purpose courts in selected areas in the country to aid sports development seems to have found itself somewhere else.

The money was made available in late 2007 and the donors expected that with the cash provided before the start of the project, the facilities would be constructed in record time. If for nothing at all, the provision of the courts would have encouraged the sponsor to provide more support, and perhaps, also attract others to come on board to sponsor the NSA.

Ghana’s Black Stars B squad storm Ouagadougou tomorrow in search of one of the three West Zone B spots for the Total 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Kenya against Burkina Faso with an unblemished preparatory record.

The Ghanaian side, mainly prepared for this major assignment by assistant coach Maxwell Konadu under the supervision of head coach, Kwasi Appiah, are two legs away from the Kenya Championship, just like Benin, Nigeria, Niger and Cote d’Ivoire who are chasing the two other slots for the zone.

THE National Sports Authority (NSA) says it has been asked to recover an amount of GH¢138,000 and not the the entire $2million provided by Anglogold Ashanti for the construction of multi-purpose courts in selected areas in the country.

According to the NSA Chief Executive, Robert Sarfo Mensah, steps are being taken to act on the recommendations of an Auditor-General’s report for them to retrieve the excess money paid over the certified contract sums for the construction of the multi-purpose courts.

THEY both have lost the plot to return to the Ghana Premier League (GPL) next season, but there will be a lot to fight for when former GPL sides, King Faisal and sekondi Hasaacas clash in Kumasi for their Match Day 26 fixture of the Division One League (DOL).

Faisal, relegated over three seasons ago, were hoping to make a return next season, just as Hasaacas who dropped last season. Unfortunately, for both of them, Karela FC proved the stronger side and beat them to it, and now,they are left to scramble for good positions on the league table.

The Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Robert Sarfo Mensah, has hinted that about $15 million is needed to renovate the Accra Sports Stadium.

This, he said, was because the stadium had been left to rot since its refurbishment for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2008, hence the need for a lot more resources to bring it back into shape.

Greater Accra regional side, Army Ladies, have vowed to charge at Police Ladies and stop them in their quest to successfully defend the Sanford Women’s FA Cup title.

The two sides clash tomorrow in one of the four quarter-final matches lined up as the competition heats up.

The journey to next year’s Championship of African Nations (CHAN) competition to be staged in Kenya for Ghana’s Black Stars B, begins tomorrow with an away qualifier against  Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou.

Having missed out on the last edition, the Stars B are determined to return to the competition and are thus poised to begin their qualifying campaign on an impressive note despite this cagey encounter.

The Cape Coast Municipality will bubble with action next week when the much anticipated National Inter Regional Sports Festival hits Cape Coast next Wednesday.

The nine-day festival, organised for second cycle schools, will see the various regions converging on the Cape Coast municipality between August 16 and 24 to fight for honours.