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Players of the Ghana national rugby team have refuted allegations made against the association’s President, Herbert Mensah and called on him to continue as president of the Ghana Rugby Football Union in the wake of a petition for his removal from office. A group calling itself Ghana Rugby Union Players Association (GRUPA) sent a petition to the Ghana Rugby board, ...

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has handed over a newly constructed artificial turf facility at Beposo in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region to be used by the people. The facility which was constructed by BLAG Ghana is an 11-a-side football pitch with floodlights which is expected to serve the people of Beposo and its environs. GNPC ...

Bookmaking giants, Betway has donated sports equipment to local football and basketball teams in the Ashanti Region through its Betway Up programme The donation was done after a Betway Up training program, where teams were taken through sessions on sports science, coaching and practical training. The equipments donated included soccer balls, basketballs, training bibs, shin guards and training cones. Representatives ...

Executive Council Member Frederick Acheampong has retained his position as Chairman of the Black Meteors Management Committee. The former AshantiGold CEO, will lead Ghana’s African Games campaign and also ensure that the national Olympic team qualifies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. Executive Council member, Samuel Anim Addo has also been named on the Committee as Vice Chairman. ...

Interplast boss (3rd L) with the finalists, Aboagye Duah (R) and Peter Annan, Tournament Coordinator Atomic Tennis Club’s Samuel Antwi stunned Winneba-based Japheth Bagerbaseh to win the second edition of Interplast Top 16 tournament. Antwi played magnificently in a 6-4, 6-0 victory at Accra Tennis Club on Saturday. 2015 Davis Cup Star, Japheth, had been a strong favourite to finally ...

All six Premier League teams involved in the European Super League have now withdrawn from the competition. Manchester City were the first club to pull out after Chelsea had signalled their intent to do so by preparing documentation to withdraw. The other four sides – Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham – have all now followed suit. The Super League ...

Great Olympics Board member Fred Pappoe has urged the Ghana Football Association Disciplinary Committee to be transparent, fair, and swift with decisions in order to curb violence and hooliganism arising at the various match venues in the ongoing football season. Ghana football has been hit with a series of violence and hooliganism in recent times with the FA president Kurt ...

Ghanaian forward Joseph Esso promises new club MC Alger of more goals as he can’t get started after sealing his transfer from Dreams FC. Esso completed his switch to the Algerian giants after passing medicals and completing all other documentations. The 24-year-old has been handed the number 10 shirt at the club and is expected to make his debut in ...

The European Super League was created “to save football”, says Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. Real are one of the 12 European clubs who have signed up to the breakaway league and intend to establish a new midweek competition. Perez said the move had been made because young people are “no longer interested in football” because of “a lot of ...

The European Super League (ESL) is a “disgraceful, self-serving” plan and a “spit in the face of football lovers”, says Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin. He also said players who play for teams involved in the closed league would be “banned from the World Cup and Euros”. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham are among 12 clubs who have ...