The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has reiterated the government’s desire to make school sports the hub for the identification and development of sporting talents.

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, is putting his best foot forward as a true friend of Africa and has pledged to ensure that African football is the biggest beneficiary of his leadership of the sport’s world governing body.

Accra Hearts of Oak coach Frank Nuttall must brace up for a tough challenge on Sunday as his side comes face to face with Aduana Stars. The Ghana Premier League’s topmost fixture will be at the Nana Agyemang Badu Park at Dormaa-Ahenkro as the home side seeks to maintain its position on top of the league log.

The sports industry received a shot in the arm yesterday when the government voted GH¢45.8 million as budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the 2017 fiscal year, as was announced in Parliament yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta.

An intruder broke into Floyd Mayweather's Las Vegas mansion over the weekend and got away with several high-dollar items, law enforcement said.

The boxing champion was in Los Angeles celebrating his 40th birthday at the time of the robbery.

The son of football legend Pele has been released by a Brazilian court after he was arrested six days ago on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.

Pele's son, Edson Cholbi do Nascimento (nicknamed Edinho) was released by the high court temporarily till his final appeal is assessed.

Accra Basketball League Administrator Benjamin Baafi’s death has come as a big shock to the basketball fraternity following his demise in the late hours of Wednesday, March 1.

He died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra after battling illness for several months.

Ghanaian basketball star Ben Bentil made history on Thursday morning (March 2, 2017), becoming the first player born in the country to play in the NBA on his debut with the Dallas Mavericks.

It was a bitter-sweet experience Bentil, 21, as the Dallas Mavericks forward saw his side lose the regular season game 95-100 to the Atlanta Hawks.

Some fans of champion club, Accra Hearts of Oak are up in arms against the female supporters wing of the team, accusing them of jinxing the players by having sexual relations with them.

According to a section of the Hearts fans, the female supporters wing - Hearts Ladies - have brought bad luck to the team as a result of this practice which has negatively affected performances on the pitch.

Maxwell Konadu has assumed the role of caretaker coach of the Black Stars as Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, leads a six-man team to search for a substantive coach for the senior national team to replace Avram Grant whose two-year contract with Ghana ended last month.

Mr Ben Nunoo-Mensah, President of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF), has launched an ambitious campaign to lead the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) when it goes to the polls on March 15.

Former Black Stars forward, Augustine Arhinful, has advised people with interest in sports-related exercises to seek medical advice before indulging in such fitness workout.

Arhinful, who was speaking at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of the plush Olivans Fitness Club and Laundry, situated at Agbogba in Accra, also urged participants to take their fitness exercises serious.

Eight corporate institutions have registered to participate in Saturday’s corporate tennis festival organised by the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF) to commemorate Ghana’s 60th Independence anniversary.

Ghana's champions, Wa All Stars, looked a far cry of the team that achieved the unlikely last season as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Premier League debutantes, Elmina Sharks, at the Wa Stadium yesterday.

The International Floorball Team (IFT) has presented a cheque for GH¢4,000 to the Board of Special Olympics Ghana to help  prepare the Special Olympics athletes towards the 2017 Austria World Special Olympics Winter Games.