Former Egypt coach Hassan Shehata claims he was approached by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to take over the recently vacant Black Stars post.

The Ghana job has since been handed to Kwasi Appiah who began his official duties on May 1 but Shehata in an interview with Kingfut.com said the handlers of the Ghana national team as well as Nigeria approached him about taking over but the negotiations broke down.

A car fit for a champion? On Saturday night, Anthony Joshua knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round to retain his IBF title and claim the vacant WBA and IBO belts.

But it turns out the 27-year-old received another luxury item recently. Shortly before his title fight, SVO delivered a £150,000 bespoke Range Rover to Joshua.

Ghanaian midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was an unused substitute as Juventus defeated Monaco 2-0 in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League at the Stade Louis II on Wednesday.

Gonzalo Higuain scored twice from Dani Alves passes to put Juventus in control of their Champions League semifinal with Monaco ahead of next week's second leg in Turin.

Three-time world bantamweight champion, Joseph "Kingkong" Agbeko will step into the ring for the first this year as the headline act for a bill titled; Legacy Boxing Night slated for June 9 at the Bukom Boxing Arena.

Agbeko, 37, will take on Kenyan boxer Nick Otieno, a onetime UBO World, IBF International and WBC International Bantamweight Champion, and the current WBA Pan African Champion in a 12-round bout.

A Board member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, has praised the Phobians for their magnificent performance which resulted in their 3-1 victory over rivals, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, last Monday.

He said team spirit and the never-say-die attitude displayed by the Phobians spoke volume of the significant transformation the team had undergone and was positive about the club’s chances in the league if they maintained the same tempo.

Accra Hearts of Oak’s deputy coach, Henry Lamptey Wellington, is confident that his side can beat Kotoko again in the return leg of their 60th Independence anniversary celebration match at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on May 28.

Back to back victories over Kotoko within a space of two months have buoyed the confidence of the Phobians and given them legitimate bragging rights, especially after last Monday’s emphatic 3-1 win at the Accra Sports Stadium watched by a sizeable crowd, including President Nana Akufo-Addo and his vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has tweeted his support for Sulley Muntari who stormed off a pitch on Sunday after he was racially abused by fans during a Serie A match between Cagliari and Pescara.

Pescara midfielder Muntari was banned for one game after he walked off the pitch at Cagliari on Sunday, having been booked for complaining to the referee about racist abuse in the crowd.

Asamoah Gyan's record 31-goal haul in an Arabian Gulf League season is under threat from Al Jazira striker Al Ahmed Mabkhout. 

Al Jazira is currently on 62 points and wins in both the games will see them overhaul Al Ahli's record haul of 66 points, set last season.

Ghana's table tennis icon, Courage Nanevie, has presented a quantity of tennis equipment to the Ghana Table Tennis Federation (GTTF).

The items, worth thousands of cedis, include a robot machine, a set of 100 balls for multi balls training, four packs of three-star zhuxafa balls, two cans of water based glue, a modern random balls picker, a multi ball pan and a dozen of batteries to operate the robot machine.

The Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) has distributed assorted protective equipment to the various regional associations to help in the development of the sport across the country.

Equipment such as hand, chin, fore-arm and trunk protectors, as well as head gear were donated to nine regional executive members at a short ceremony held at the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) secretariat in Accra.

Caretaker coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Frimpong Manso, faces a tough task in restoring confidence in the team and returning them to winning ways against Accra Great Olympics when the Premier League resumes on Saturday.

Fifth-placed Kotoko have not won a league match since losing 0-1 to Hearts on March 19 in Accra and their visits to the nation’s capital have not been favourable this year.

The penultimate matches to end the first round of this season’s Ghana Premier League (GPL) have some mouth-watering pair-ups with the league leaders’ WAFA’s away game to former champions, Hearts of Oak at the Accra Stadium topping the list.

Due to the Africa Rugby Challenge at the Accra Sports Stadium, the Hearts, WAFA game has been shifted from Sunday to Monday, but it is still attractive enough to top the week 14 fixtures.

Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey was an unused substitute as Atletico Madrid were battered 3-0 by Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored another Champions League hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed Atletico Madrid in the semi-final first leg to close in on a third final in four years.

Ghana's participation in this year's IPC Desert Challenge received a major boost following a timely sponsorship of an athlete by the Indian Women Association (IWA) last week.

The Indian women’s wing has presented a return ticket to one of the two athletes, Botsyo Nkegbe, who is expected to participate in the wheelchair racing competition with Maclean Atsu Dzidzienyo.

Five bodybuilders will represent the nation at this year's Arnold Classic Africa Bodybuilding Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Friday to Sunday.

Heavyweight champion and current Man Ghana, Cyril Kofi Adjah, middleweight Godwin Frimpong and William Osei Kankam and lightweight Michael Adu Parnell will be joined by female bodybuilder Barbie Bamfo, a bikini athlete, for the event.