As the search for the next coach for the senior male national team moves into gear, the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) has emphasised that it prefers an indigenous coach for the Black Stars.

A possible shake up at the apex of the Ghana Premier League (GPL) log beckons as leaders Aduana Stars travel south to the El Wak Stadium to face Inter Allies on Sunday.

Ghana boxing legend, Azumah Nelson, has charged young sportsmen and sportswomen in the country to focus on serving the nation with dedication in their chosen sporting careers rather than seeking money and fame which have the tendency to ruin their vocations.

A local derby involving two age old rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak and Accra Great Olympics, is set to light up the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday when they clash on Match Day Six of the Ghana Premier League (GPL).

The Burma Camp Tennis Club (BCTC) were last Saturday crowned champions of the sixth edition of the international tennis friendly after defeating  Abuja-based Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Tennis Club.

The three-man Electoral Commission of the Ghana Olympic Committee has cleared thirty-four out of the thirty-six applicants who filed their nominations to contest various positions at the GOC.

Whilst Cillian George Walsh from the Ghana Shooting Sports had his nomination rejected on the basis of his nationality, that of Jerry Ahmed Shaib from the Ghana Special Olympics Association is on hold following an error on his nomination form.

Walsh filed to contest the position of Vice President whilst Shaib filed to be part of the three other members on the committee.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will sit tomorrow to adjudicate on a number of cases that have come before it.

Thirty six people successfully filed their nominations to contest the 12 positions in the Ghana Olympic Committee as nominations closed last Tuesday  for the March 15, general election.

The Black Stars of Ghana have moved two places up to 43rd place on the latest world football rankings released by FIFA on Thursday March 9.

Ghana moved up nine places last month (February) after placing fourth at the 2017 AFCON and their surge up the rankings continued despite not playing a match in the period under review.

The skipper of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan was on the score sheet for Al Ahli in their 2-0 win over Al Dhafra in the Arabian Gulf League on Wednesday.

Gyan scored the first goal of the game when he converted from the penalty spot after he was brought down by the Al Dhafra defender Al Adoua in the 44th minute.

Jamaica's reigning 100m world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will miss this summer's World Athletics Championships in London because she is pregnant.

Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit and knock out Paris St-Germain to reach the quarter-finals for the 10th successive season.

The Spanish champions were 5-3 down on aggregate in the 88th minute, but scored three goals in the final seven minutes in one of the greatest European ties of all time.

Neymar's free-kick and penalty followed by Sergi Roberto's 95th-minute winner sealed victory on an incredible night at the Nou Camp.

The filing of nominations for the upcoming Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) elections which were opened from February 21 to March 7, 2017 has been closed. It was closed at 5pm on Tuesday March 7.

A statement issued by the GOC Electoral Commission indicated that a total of people have filed for the 18 vacant positions at the GOC by the time the nominations were closed.

Ghana striker, Kwesi Appiah has joined Norwegian side Viking FK for trials ahead of a loan move from English Premier League side Crystal Palace. The 26-year-old joined his new teammates at the La Manga Club in Spain on Wednesday afternoon.

Ghanaian defender, Gideon Baah has been ruled-out of the 2017 American Major League Soccer (MLS) season after he was placed on New York Red Bulls' season-ending injury list.

The MLS published a full and detailed lists of its teams' rosters, providing a near-unprecedented insight into the precise construction of each squad in the league.