Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) president, Ben Nunoo Mensah, has proposed that Africa should benefit financially when its athletes switch nationality to compete for other countries, particularly countries in Europe and Asia.

He revealed that the GOC had begun discussions with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) on the possibility of charging fees as part of the process for any such nationality switch.

Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send them top of La Liga with an injury-time winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

Barca, whose win put them top because of a better head-to-head record, have five games left, Real have six to play.

N'Golo Kante has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award for 2016-17.

The Chelsea midfielder, 26, beat Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez in the vote by his fellow players.

Incoming Black Stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah, is confident that his second stint at the helm of the senior national team will be a success if he is supported by all Ghanaians.

Premier League giants Kumasi Asante Kotoko will have a chance to revive their season on Sunday when they travel to the Bekwai Park to face lower tier side, Bekwai Youth Academy, in an MTN FA Cup round of 64 clash.

The countdown to the second coming of Coach Kwasi Appiah ends today as the new Black Stars trainer arrives from the UK to begin his two-year mandate.

Incoming Black Stars coach James Kwasi Appiah is confident that his second stint at the helm of the senior national team will be a success if he is supported by all Ghanaians.

Appiah will officially take up the post on May 1 after he puts pen to paper on a two-year contract with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in the coming days after already agreeing to personal terms.

Holders Real Madrid will face rivals Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League - a repeat of last year's final.

The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, last Tuesday inaugurated a 16-member Local Organizing Committee (LOC) with the responsibility of planning and executing events and activities for the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games to be held in January next year.

Mr Nyantakyi inaugurated the committee during the official launch ceremony which was held at the University for Development Studies’ (UDS) International Conference Centre in Tamale last Tuesday.

A former treasurer and vice-president of the Ghana Badminton Association, Evans Yeboah, says the nation will host an international badminton competition on July 20 for the first time in the country’s history.

A 16-member Local Organising Committee (LOC) has been inaugurated by the University for Development Studies (UDS) with the responsiblity of planning next January’s Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games in Tamale.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has tasked the National Sports Authority (NSA) to manage the country’s sporting facilities in a manner that would ensure value for money, particularly when they rent out the stadia for non-sporting purposes.

Chelsea and Tottenham have both had four of their players named in the Professional Footballers' Association Premier League team of the year.

Defenders Gary Cahill and David Luiz and midfielders N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard are Chelsea's representatives.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would be the special guest of honour when the next edition of the  GNPC Ghana’s Fastest Human is launched at Adidas House in Accra next Tuesday.

The semi-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League took shape on Wednesday after Juventus and AS Monaco defeated respective quarter-final opponents Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund to advance in the competition.

Juve travelled to the Camp Nou and finished the work they started in Turin last week, drawing 0-0 to seal a 3-0 aggregate win, while Monaco trio Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao and Valere Germain completed a 3-1 triumph.