The "Ghana: 60 Years On" Planning Committee has announced a GH₵50,000 cash prize for the winner of a two-leg match involving rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.

Initially, the two teams were expected to receive only GH₵50,000 each as appearance fees for the "Ghana: 60 Years On" President's Cup slated for May 1 and May 28 at the Accra Sports Stadium and Kumasi Sports Stadium respectively.

Top-seed Thomas Yaka Kofi Setodji yesterday made an impressive start to the 2017 McDan Open Championship, outclassing his Ghanaian counterpart Kwabena Ofosu Bamfo 6-1, 6-1 to progress to the last 16 stage of the tournament.

The power of the serves and the returns of the 20-year old Togolese were too hot for Bamfo, which sent him cruising to victory at the Accra Sports Stadium court for the first match of the main draw against Bamfo, a brother of former McDan Open champion, George Darko.

Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has announced a sponsorship agreement with the organisers of the nation's flagship tennis tournament, the McDan West African Tennis Open Championship which gets underway today at the Accra sports stadium.

Sprinter Janet Amponsah has given a ray of hope to Ghana athletics after picking the first ticket for this year’s international Athletics Associations Federations (iAAF) Championships to be staged in london in August.

Former Black stars skipper, Abedi "Pele" Ayew, says Black stars coach, James Kwasi Appiah needs the support of everyone to succeed at the job on his second coming.

Nasco Electronics has announced a four-year partnership with the Ghana Football Association (GFA). As part of the deal, the South Korean-based electronic manufacturers will sponsor awards that will be handed out to players, coaches, administrators and clubs over the course of the season.

The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has received a gift of furniture from Mobility International to replace the old ones and fittings at the GOC secretariat in Accra.

Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien is off the mark for Persib Bandung after securing a work permit to play in Indonesia.

Essien escaped a jail sentence after he was banned last week for making his debut in the Indonesian league despite not possessing the requisite immigration documents.

Incoming Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah, says he is going to roll up his sleeves, get his hands dirty and help make the senior national team great again.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will unveil a new headline sponsor for the Ghana Premier League on Monday at its secretariat in Accra.

The new organisation will replace First Capital Plus bank who suspended their contract ahead of the 2015-16 season.

Paa Kwesi Fabin, coach of Ghana’s Under-17 male football team, the Black Starlets, believes the players he has selected for this year’s African Youth Championship will be able to at least deliver a World Cup ticket as they have already been given an orientation on the task ahead.

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.