Ghana defender, Baba Rahman is on the verge of a return to German football by joining Schalke 04. 

(CNN)If the pressure on Zlatan Ibrahimovic to help lift Manchester United back to the pinnacle of world football wasn't great enough, he's now got Usain Bolt on his case.

The 34-year-old took part in his first training session with his new teammates Thursday and he's already received a warm welcome from the six-time Olympic champion -- a passionate United fan.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games.

Last week the IOC said individual sports' governing bodies must decide if Russian competitors are clean amid claims of state-sponsored doping.

The president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, officially opened the FIFA Pitch Maintenance course for groundsmen on Thursday, July 28 at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram.

The fates of Premier League clubs, Liberty Professionals and Bechem United, in this year’s MTN FA Cup lie in the hands of their determined Division One opponents as they battle for places in the grand final at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi today.

Ghana’s contingent to this year’s Olympic Games has been handed a modest target by the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) which want to remain cautious in their expectation of the team’s achievement at the Rio Games in Brazil.

Fourteen new horses from eight different stables will line up in the Maidens Division of the 2016 Ramadan Race Meeting tomorrow at the Accra Turf Club (ATC), near the University Farms at Ashale Botwe.

Veteran jockey Joseph Lamptey will continue his revival as he inches closer to the national champion jockey title when  horse racing activities bounce back at the Accra Turf Club (ATC) tomorrow.

Modern football is arguably centered around speed with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette all striking fear into opposing defenders in their respective leagues.

An Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by  Justice Sophia Rosetta Bernasko Essah has awarded a GH¢500,000 in damages against Dr Andrew Owusu,  an athletics coach of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) for defaming a former president of the association, George Haldane Lutterodt.

Nigeria and Africa football legend Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, who died suddenly in Benin City on Wednesday, June 8 at the age of 54, is to be buried today.

Keshi is to be buried at his hometown of Illah, and it follows two days so funeral rights in Edo and Delta States.

Newly-Promoted Italian Serie A side, Cagliari are hoping to secure the services of Ghanaian international, Christian Atsu on loan.

FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura says the years she spent working in war zones for the United Nations have prepared her for her new job.

West Ham are set to complete the signing of Swansea City star Andre Ayew for £16million — a year after they could have landed him for free.

Andre Ayew scored in successive pre season games after netting the opener in Swansea City’s 3-0 win over Swindon Town on Wednesday night.