Yaya Toure, the teetotal Manchester City footballer, has been given one of the biggest ever fines for drink-driving after claiming he unwittingly drank brandy mixed with Coke at a party.

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has congratulated Isaac Dogbe on winning the WBO International super-bantamweight title against Argentine Julian Evaristo Aristule at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, last Saturday.

Ghana will host the most prestigious scrabble event on the continent, the African Scrabble Championship from Thursday to Sunday.

Under-pressure Premier League side, Dreams FC, have thrown in the towel by accepting the decision of the Appeals Committee of the Ghana Football Association to demote them to the Division One League and replace them with Tema Youth.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat rival Lionel Messi to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or award for a fourth time. The 31-year-old is now one behind Barcelona's Messi, who took the honour for a fifth time last year.

Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algeria and Leicester midfielder ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.

Arsenal have been handed a tough draw against Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions league. Arsene Wenger's side have been paired with the Bundesliga champions Bayern despite emerging winners of  group A which also contained Paris Saint Germain (PSG).

Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight trail of destruction continued when he blew away International Boxing, Federation title challenger Eric Molina inside three rounds, paving the  way for him to face Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium on April 29.

Ghana striker David Accam is not interested in staying at MLS side Chicago Fire beyond the 2017-18 season according to the club's general manager Nelson Rodriguez.

Black Stars striker Jordan Ayew is being courted by French Ligue 1 side Saint Etienne over a potential transfer but talks between the two parties have been hampered by the player's unwillingness to miss-out on AFCON 2017 in January.

Black Stars outcast Kevin Prince Boateng has revealed how he blew away all his money on cars, clubs and fake friends in only two years.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will hold its Ordinary Congress on Monday December 12 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram.

Ghana’s Isaac Dogboe last Saturday won the WBO International super-bantamweight title after defeating  Argentina’s Julian Evaristo Aristule at the Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand . The fight was on the undercard of the Joseph Parker versus Andy Ruiz WBO world heavyweight championship.

Fox Sports, a subsidiary of FOX network groups, last Friday signed a $24 million agreement with the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) to revitalise the union and its activities within the sub region.

The 12- year- partnership is expected to lead to massive investment in infrastructure, training and development of youth, as well as female football, seminar and capacity building programmes for referees among others, across the West African sub region.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) yesterday released the top five nominees in other categories for the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards in Cairo, with Ghana taking three spots in two categories.

Sandra Owusu-Ansah of Black Maidens, Princesses and Supreme Ladies, and Eric Ayiah of Ghana U-17, were both nominated for the Player of the Year award.