Melbourne Victory’s attempt to sign former Chelsea superstar Michael Essien under the guest marquee rule appears to have been scuppered, with a number of legal issues holding the move back.

Twenty-five-old Malik Yakubu,  from the Ashanti Region, was yesterday crowned winner of the 29th edition of the Accra Milo Marathon.

Accra Hearts of Oak and rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko yesterday drew 2-2 in a peace match organised by the United Nations Association of Ghana (UNA-Ghana)  at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Ghana midfielder Afriyie Acquah was red-carded for a two-footed lunge in Torino’s 0-0 draw at newly-promoted Serie A side Pescara on Wednesday night.

Kevin-Prince Boateng was shown a red card in UD Las Palmas 4-1 defeat to Real Sociedad on Wednesday night in a Spanish La Liga fixture.

Ghana's Under-17 female football team, the Black Maidens remain optimistic about having a good tournament at the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup (WWC) in Jordan, despite their low level preparation.

In their quest of sharpening the skills of athletes selected to participate in the Special Olympics Winter Games scheduled for Austria in March 2017, Special Olympics Ghana has taken delivery of a number of sports equipment that would be used to enhance the training of their athletes.

Anthony Boakye of the River Park Cycling Club in  Brong Ahafo emerged the overall winner of this year’s Cowbell Cycling Challenge  which ended in Kumasi last Saturday.

Yusif Basigi has rejected claims that his multi task as head coach of Hasaacas Ladies and Ghana's senior female national team, the Black Queens, is the cause of the relegation of Sekondi Hasaacas, which he also handles.

Organisers have announced that gates will open for free during the final of the Sanford Women’s FA Cup to be played between Police Ladies and Fabulous Ladies at the Cape Coast Stadium on Saturday.

Four matches were played in the second week of the ongoing Waatco (Balaji Group of Companies) Diwali Cup T20 Cricket tournament, organised by The Indian Association of Ghana and the Ghana Cricket Association last Sunday at the Achimota Cricket Oval in Accra.

Topscorer of the just-ended Premier League, Latif Blessing, says he will continue to play for Liberty Professionals in next season’s campaign if he is unable to secure himself a concrete deal from any club.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will invest massively in sports through the development of  infrastructure and talent development to position sports  as a viable business venture to keep the youth employed.

Having left for the 2016 Paralympics without any fanfare and on the heels of another disappointing Olympic Games show, the physically-challenged athletes of Nigeria lifted spirits high in Rio where they won 12 medals to finish as Africa’s best at the Games.

The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on last Sunday night.