Rampaging fullback Harrison Afful was the only Ghanaian named in the Major League Soccer (MLS) Team of the Week for the fourth round of matches of the season.
The Black Stars defender was among three Columbus Crew players named in the team after a 3-2 home win over the Portland Timbers.
What was supposed to be harmless and genuine quest for information might have landed two top officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in trouble per Papua New Guinean laws on sexual harassment.
Spanish coach Gerard Nus has thanked Ghanaians after finally leaving the country for Spain on Sunday.
Nus finally paid the US$ 1,000 debt incurred for using the mini-bar, laundry and telephone after initial resistance, enabling him to make his exit.
Lionel Messi and his father’s appeal against a 21-month prison sentence will be heard three days before El Clasico, according to Spanish media reports.
The video analyst for Black Stars, Gerard Nus, caused a stir at the Swiss Spirit Hotel and Suites Alisa Accra last Saturday when he refused to settle a debt of about GHc5,000 arising from his seven-week stay at the facility at North Ridge.
Nus had lodged at the hotel since Ghana returned from the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon and refused to return to his native Spain until he received fully all unpaid bonuses owed him by the Ghana Football Association.
The national cricket team defeated Everest Cricket club by six wickets in a special friendly played at their base at Obuasi.
The match, which was a preparatory competition towards the ICC World Cricket League Qualifier- Africa Division One tournament scheduled for Benoni, South Africa, formed part of a 10-day camping to put the team in good shape for the qualifiers.
A contingent of well conditioned athletes from the Technical Services Department of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) last Saturday shrugged off competition from colleagues in the other units to win the 2017 inter-departmental Health Walk and Fun Games held at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra.
The annual competition, dubbed "Samuel Konadu Cup", saw the Technical Services team win eight events out of 20, amassing 35 points against defending champions G-Pak, who could only manage 19 points to place second.
Ghanaian youngster Latif Blessing scored his first competitive goal since moving to the United States for Swope Park Rangers as they thrashed Energy FC 3-1 on Saturday at the Children’s Mercy Victory Field in Swope Soccer Village.
Blessing, 20, is originally a player of Sporting Kansas City but turned out on-loan for their affiliate team Swope Park Rangers in the lower-tier United Soccer League.
A team of Para-Taekwondo athletes will on Monday depart Ghana for the second African Para-Taekwondo Open Championships to be held in Rwanda.The competition, which is slated for April 1 and 2, in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, would bring together phyically challenged people specifically those with amputated arms who would compete against opponents from other participating countries.
A former coach of the Black Stars, Herbert Addo, died yesterday at the 37 Military Hosptial in Accra where he had been receiving medical attention.
G-Pak, winners of the 2016 Inter-departmental Health Walk and Fun Games of the Graphic Communications Group Limited, have vowed to retain the title tomorrow at the El-Wak Sports Stadium, promising to line up well conditioned athletes to execute what they described as “the simple job”.
