A Ghanaian professional basketball star in the National Basketball Association (NBA) will conduct two separate clinics for young players in Accra and Takoradi and Accra today and next week at the Takoradi Technical University and the University of Ghana courts respectively.

Ben Bentil, who plays for Boston Celtic in the NBA, is in the country to promote basketball through his NGO named Bentil Skills Camp, by providing the youth aged between 14 and 21 with elite training and modern techniques in the sport.

Turkish Süper Lig side Antalyaspor have set their sets on signing Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan who will become a free agent when his current contract expires in July.

Gyan, 31, is on loan at UAE club Al Ahli Dubai from Chinese Super League campaigners Shanghai SIPG.

Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko face off at the weigh-in ahead of Saturday's heavyweight boxing showdown at Wembley Stadium.

Real Tamale United (RTU) have signed a sponsorship agreement worth GH¢200,000 with Nasona Oil Company Limited in Tamale.

A knockout table tennis championship to usher in the national ping-pong league will be staged at the D.G. Hathiramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium tomorrow.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his quest to help revive other sporting disciplines in the country, aside from football, was as a result of seeing himself grow up as an amateur boxer, footballer and a cricketer.

President Akufo-Addo, who was speaking at the launch of this year's GNPC Ghana's Fastest Human at the Adidas House in Accra last Tuesday, said that motivates him enough to help in reviving the dwindling fortunes of the various sporting disciplines in the country.

Team Ghana will open their Africa Rugby Challenge tournament West 1 against Benin on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium as they attempt to start on a high note.

Ghana will host Benin and Togo in this year's tournament slated for April 30 to May 7 in Accra, with Niger, Burundi and Lesotho set to host their respective editions at later dates.

Women's top seed and defending champion, Sarah Adegoke, strolled into the semi-finals of the ongoing McDan Open Championship after a 6-2, 6-0 demolition of the Ivorian challenger, Kouadio Amandine, yesterday at the Accra Stadium.

Top seed Thomas Setodji and former champion Jeff Bagerbaseh are poised for a head-on collision in the final of the ongoing McDan West African  Open Championship.

Although the competition was still in the quarter-final stage at the time of going to press yesterday, both players have been the stand-out performers after three days of tennis action at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Ben Nunoo-Mensah, has called on the various federation heads to be transparent in their dealings with stakeholders to help attract corporate sponsorship.

Mr Nunoo-Mensah explained that transparency is the only means of creating a reputable brand out of the various federations that are least financed by government.

Kwasi Appiah's first official assignment as the new Black Stars coach begins on Monday when he embarks on a major scouting mission of the two most successful clubs in the country - Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko - at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Appiah begins his second stint with the Stars on May 1, the same day rivals Hearts and Kotoko clash in the first leg of the Ghana: 60 Years On President's Cup at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Tributes have been paid to former Gabon international Moise Brou Apanga who died on Wednesday from a suspected heart attack.

The 35-year-old collapsed during a training session with his Gabonese club FC 105 Libreville.

Newly-promoted Newcastle United will make a final decision whether to sign Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu in May.

The Magpies can activate a clause and make the Ghana winger’s stay at St James’ Park permanent, but Rafa Benitez will first weigh up whether Atsu is good enough to be part of Newcastle’s Premier League campaign.

Former Ghana and Bayern Munich defender, Samuel Osei Kuffour, will bury his mother, Gloria Abena Ateah Osei Kuffour on Saturday, April 29 in Kumasi. Madam Ateah passed away aged 70, last February after a short illness in Kumasi.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched this year’s edition of Ghana’s Fastest Human athletics programme with a promise to support the GNPC-sponsored competition with eight autographed trophies to be presented to winners at the finals.