McDan Group of Companies and TT Brothers have pledged their support for the inaugural peace match between old stars of Accra Great Olympics and Accra Hearts of Oak fixed for Sunday, November 8 at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The game was initially scheduled for February this year to inaugurate the Old Players Association of Great Olympics, but had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

But with the new date and elections coming up, organisers decided to use the occasion to merge the two activities, with the message of peaceful election as its main focus.

Cyclists in Accra are getting ready for the second 2020 Bicycle Show dubbed ‘Okor Okpe’ Festival will climax at Ussher Fort at Ussher Town at 7 am on November 15.

Chief organizer of the event, Von Nii Otto Cofie of Tune Africa said the programme is recreational and invites all political and social leaders to come along on their bicycles to have fun and entertainment.

“I had to dig deep, man,” López says. “I’m thankful. I’m grateful. And each and every day, I take that in. I thank God first because I couldn’t do it without him.”

Asked why he came out firing in the 12th round after his father told him that he was well ahead on the scorecards, he says: “I’m a fighter. I gotta dig in deep. I knew he was coming. I didn’t know if they had him up on the scorecards or not, and I love to fight. I can bang, too. I don’t care, man. I’ll take one to give one. That’s what a true champion does. I find a way to win.”

Teofimo Lopez, Vasiliy Lomachenko - Vasily Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) doesn't agree with the scores handed down by the judges in his 12 round unanimous decision defeat to IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in their unification match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vasily Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) doesn’t agree with the scores handed down by the judges in his 12 round unanimous decision defeat to IBF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in their unification match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lomachenko, 32, says he thinks he was winning the fight after giving away a lot of rounds in the first half of the fight. The judges overwhelmingly gave it to Teofim by the scores: 116-112, 119-109 and, 117-111. The 116-112.

Legends of Ghana football - Stephen Appiah, Godwin Attram, Afo Dodoo and Richard Kingston have been appointed as Ambassadors for the inaugural peace match between retired players of Accra Hearts of Oak and Accra Great Olympics on Sunday, November 8 at the Accra Sports Stadium.

Three times Africa Footballer of the year, Abedi Pele Ayew will also represent as Special Guest at the Oly / Hearts Old Stars Peace Match which is to create awareness of peace, love and unity in Ghana as the nation prepares for elections in December.

Abedi Pele who trained with Great Olympics before joining RTU and other top sports stars have been invited to contribute towards the match. The Maestro was also a crowd puller and very hot to handle anytime he played against both teams.

Some companies and individuals have also pledged support for the event.

The brash Brooklyn native built an early lead, fended off Vasiliy Lomachenko’s comeback in the second half of their 12-round lightweight title unification fight Saturday night, and upset Lomachenko by unanimous decision. The scores were wider than the action indicated, though, as judges Tim Cheatham (116-112), Julie Lederman (119-109), and Steve Weisfeld (117-111) had it for Lopez by big margins.

Cheatham, Lederman and Weisfeld scored eight, 11 and nine rounds, respectively, for Lopez. Lederman scored only the 11th round for Lomachenko.

The scoring notwithstanding, in just his 16th professional fight, Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) became boxing’s first fully unified lightweight champion in the sport’s four-belt era. He retained his IBF belt and won the WBA “super”, WBC “franchise” and WBO titles from Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs).

The 23-year-old Lopez also snapped the 32-year-old Lomachenko’s 13-fight winning streak and out-boxed an opponent who was commonly considered one of the top three fighters, pound-for-pound, in the sport. Before Saturday night, Ukraine’s Lomachenko, who was a 4-1 favorite, hadn’t lost since Mexico’s Orlando Salido upset him by split decision in their 12-round featherweight title fight in March 2014 at Alamodome in San Antonio.

Having the physical tools is one thing, but to go where no woman has gone before – and set a world record – you need a whole lot of determination to go with it.

That’s an area in which Peres Jepchirchir has never been lacking.

Her courage, class and composure were all on full display on Saturday as the 27-year-old claimed her second global title at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020, her time of 1:05:16 in cold, windy conditions a world record (pending ratification) in a women-only race.

It came as no surprise to those watching. Jepchirchir, after all, had run 1:05:34 in Prague last month in what was a largely solo run and for her manager, Gianni Demadonna, the photos from that race were a window into her mindset.

“She was alone in front, but you could see the determination in her face,” he says. “She’s not only really motivated, but she has a tough mind.”

Despite the cold weather and sea breeze blowing in from the Baltic on Saturday, Jepchirchir spoke in confident terms about a fast time and even told her manager before the race she was “in as good shape, if not better” than she was in Prague last month.

In an arena where endurance is king, speed also proved a precious commodity. In the end, Peres Jepchirhir needed both to reign supreme in the women’s race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 on Saturday (17), powering to gold in 1:05:16, a world record in a women-only race.

She led home Germany's Melat Yisak Kejeta, who smashed the European women-only record to take silver in 1:05:18, with Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw a close third in 1:05:19.

In a race blighted by falls, where three of the leading contenders saw their chances scuppered through unfortunate incidents, the race boiled down to a clash between those able to stay on their feet through the four laps around the streets of Gdynia.

Former Black Stars captain Stephen Appiah and John Paintsil were among special guests who visited the former first couple, HE Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman to show love and mourn with them on the demise of Madam Victoria Agbotui.

Appiah aka ‘Tornado’ who was the first captain to lead Ghana to the FIFA World Cup in 2006 said he was touched by the death of the great woman who gave the nation a son that many look up to.

Tennis Foundation Ghana (TFG) on Saturday held a tennis clinic at St, Francis Tennis Academy in Ashaiman. Over 40 junior tennis players took part in the one-day tennis clinic.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing in the appeal arbitration procedures filed by the Italian MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) took place on 15 October 2020.

The panel of arbitrators will now deliberate and finalise the Arbitral Award containing their decision.
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A civil servant with a political science degree, Mr Heinze also had a sports teacher’s certificate and practised basketball, volleyball, athletics and skiing.

He first ventured into sports administration in 1954 as Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). After that, Mr Heinze served in many other organisations, especially in basketball, as he was a referee for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) from 1952 to 1956.

Charles Quartey is celebrating quarter of a centery since he entered the Ghana Air Force as a bright eyed young man.

He served the nation well by flying high the flag of Ghana and the Armed Forces through his exploits at international boxing competitions.

The leading betting company in Ghana, Betway has held a day coaching workshop for women’s coaches and experts in the various sports discipline at Hill Veiw Guest Center (Teiman) Accra.

The workshop spearheaded by the Head coach of the Black Queens Mercy Tagoe, was aimed at capacity building, match day conduct and other essential areas of the game.

Asante Kotoko have announced a new partnership deal with Adonko Next Level Energy Drink as part of the club’s sponsorship deals promised by Nana Yaw Amponsah.

The deal, which was announced on Friday, takes effect from the start of the 2020/2021 football season and will run for three seasons.
“We are pleased to announce a partnership with Adonko Next Level Energy Drink for the next three seasons, beginning with 2020/21”, the club announced in a statement on Friday.

Ghana winger Kamaldeen Sulemana has gifted his Black Stars shirt to Danish club, FC Nordsjælland.

Kamaldeen earned his maiden call-up into Ghana’s senior national team, Black Stars, for the double header friendly games against Mali and Qatar.

Ghanaian international, Rashid Sumaila has applauded his former teammates and management for the good relationship and bond he shared with them.

Sumaila parted ways with Kuwaiti top-flight side Al Qadsia SC after six seasons at the end of the 2019/2020 campaign.

​In a special edition virtual show on 7 December, the World Rugby Awards’ will celebrate the players and teams who have starred over the last decade (2010-19)

Rugby fans around the world will have a say in the World Rugby Awards Special Edition by selecting the best players and tries of the decade (2010-19); Six fans’ choice categories open today with nominees selected from previous World Rugby Award winners; Votes can be cast on World Rugby’s website (https://bit.ly/3lLlwXA) from this Thursday, 15 October until Sunday, 25 October; World Rugby Awards panel to select a men’s and women’s 15s Team of the Decade in the remaining two categories; Final winners will be unveiled during the virtual World Rugby Awards on Monday, 7 December 2020.

In a special edition (https://bit.ly/31alror) virtual show on 7 December, the World Rugby Awards’ will celebrate the players and teams who have starred over the last decade (2010-19).

SEED’s main goals are to maximize school enrolment, retention, and graduation rates - and reduce the gender gap that exists all over Africa

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, October 13, 2020/ -- APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, has been appointed Official Sponsor of the Sports for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Project (www.SEEDProject.org). SEED Project works with under-privileged African youth to provide quality education, high performance sports training, and the leadership tools ‘to make big dreams come true’.

[Watch the video of Senegalese basketball player Aboubacar Cassé: https://vimeo.com/110541313]

SEED was founded in 1998 by Amadou Gallo Fall, a graduate student from Senegal who was granted a basketball scholarship to the United States, and wanted to ensure that young people in Africa had access to the same opportunities. 

Africa has an extremely youthful population. According to UNESCO, 64% of the population in Senegal are under the age of 24, but poor literacy and lack of opportunity means many end up in poverty. 78% percent of those aged 15-19 drop out before completing high school. ​

Premier League side, Arsenal, finally unveiled their new signing Thomas Teye Partey. The Ghana international joined the Gunners on transfer deadline day from Atletico Madrid.

Mikel Arteta’s side triggered Partey’s 45 million pounds release clause to land the midfielder.

Berekum Chelsea has announced that they have appointed Michael Hesse Odamten as their new head coach ahead of the start of the 2020/2021 football season.

Medeama Sporting Club (SC) has signed a mouthwatering sponsorship deal with GoldFields Tarkwa Damang ahead of the start of the 2020/2021 football season.

The Mining company, a subsidiary of GoldFields Limited has been in talks with the Ghana Premier League giants for quite some time now.

The Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) on Tuesday visited former president HE Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman to console them on the demise of Madam Victoria Agbotui.

TFG to introduce Professional Tennis Management Course at Ho Technical University.

Ho Technical University(HTU) will be the first public tertiary institution in Ghana to introduce the Professional Tennis  Management Course. HTU Vice Chancellor, Professor Ben Honyenuga disclosed this when he hosted a delegation from Tennis Foundation  Ghana (TFG) earlier in the week.

The Ghana Football Association has presented 30 Macron training footballs to the eighteen Premier League clubs as they prepare for the commencement of the 2020/21 football season.