A public vote will determine the coach who will train with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 28, 2018/ -- A panel of judges from Arsenal Football Club (www.Arsenal.com) and its official online money transfer partner, WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), have selected six coaches from across Africa as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme. These final six coaches will now compete in a public vote on FutureStars.WorldRemit.com for the chance to attend an exclusive training programme with Arsenal Soccer Schools in London - fully sponsored by WorldRemit.
The finalists facing a public vote are:

Adegun Shola John from Lagos, Nigeria

Ahmed Ali from Hargeisa, Somaliland

Hamisi Mohamed from Nairobi, Kenya

Innocents Yeboah-Num from Abease, Ghana

Tersia Davids from Cape Town, South Africa

Titus Tongesai Sanangurai from Harare, Zimbabwe

NEW YORK (Tuesday, September 25, 2018) – Philadelphia Union forward Jay Simpson was voted the Alcatel Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for the 30th week of the 2018 MLS season.
 
In his first start of the season, Simpson scored a brace to lead Philadelphia to a 2-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City at Talen Energy Stadium on Sunday. The Union have a 6-1-1 record in its previous eight matches and sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings with 46 points (14-12-4 overall record).
 
With the match scoreless well into the second half, Simpson scored on a tremendous one-time volley to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead in the 71st minute. Alejandro Bedoya sent a pass into the middle of the box with a header, where Simpson capitalized with a right-footed strike to beat SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia to the left side of goal (Watch Goal).

The President of the Netball Association of Ghana, Reverend Emmanuel Nikoi in an exclusive interview told the the media, he is working so hard to boost the image of netball in Ghana. "Netball is a beautiful match just like any of the sport activities within the sports fraternity but,we usually do not get the funds to organize matches and to push netball forward " he mentioned. 
Reverend Nikoi indicated that, as a way of making known about the existence of netball and to develop and encourage the interest of up and coming sports personalities, he has joined forces with the Executive Director of Women in Sports, madam Gloria Commodore to show a demonstration match between two different teams comes Saturday 29th September, 2018 during the Women in Sports Achievers Awards at the Accra Sports Stadium. 
The netball demonstration takes place between the Shalom Netball Club from Odumasi Krobo in the Eastern Region and Hunters Netball Club from Winneba in the Central Region. Shalom netball club is one of the leading clubs and it's currently places second on the league table. Hunters won against Shalom in the just ended international women match organized by women commission of Ghana Universities Sports Association, GUSA. "It promises to be an interesting demonstration between these two teams" Rev. Nikoi assured.
Netball is a ball sports played by two teams of seven players. It is a quick passing game.

The Technical Team of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF) has nominated Ms. Sandra Mensimah Owusu as Ghana’s sole representative in weightlifting for the upcoming 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
The 16-year old lady would compete in the women’s 58kg bodyweight category at the games which is scheduled to take place at Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 6, 2018 to October 18, 2018.
She joins four other athletes from Ghana to make a contingent of five athletes from four sporting disciplines that would represent Ghana at the Games.
Ghana would compete in athletics, beach volleyball, swimming and weightlifting.
Four countries, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Ghana would have one female lifter each representing the continent while Egypt, Algeria, Libya and South Africa also gets one male lifter each to represent the continent.
Sandra, who joined the GWF athletes’ brigade last two years, had her first shot at an international competition in March this year when she and her colleagues participated in the Africa Junior and Youth Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has approached the National Basketball Association (NBA) in a tentative effort to add the club’s basketball team to the NBA’s Eastern Conference, according to Spanish news outlet El Confidencial.
Real Madrid Baloncesto, who play in both Liga ACB and the EuroLeague, are the most successful basketball team in Spanish and European history, with a record 10 EuroLeague titles and 34 Spanish League championships.
They have been linked with a move to the NBA since former president Ramon Calderon first raised the possibility in 2006. However, no progress has ever materialised on the matter, with a lack of practical solutions to the travel distances causing an impasse in the plan.
Perez has mentioned on multiple occasions that he remains in contact with NBA bosses regarding the possibility of an expansion, with his latest discussions said to revolve around the possibility of the creation of a European extension to the league.
Perez said: “The NBA wants to create a European confederation, but Real Madrid is the only club that wants to enter.

The Football Association (FA) has agreed to pay up to UK£3 million to end its image rights contract, according to a report in British newspapers.
FA executives have worked on terminating the deal with the 1966 Entertainment agency, with an agreement said to be close to finalisation – possibly during the upcoming international break in October.
The FA’s belief is that by taking the players’ image rights in-house, the organisation will be able to generate greater commercial revenue, while also saving money in the long-term.
It will also mean that sponsorship opportunities involving England players will become more streamlined, with the necessity to pass through a third party removed.

Match tickets prices for games in the Bundesliga, Germany’s top soccer league, have dropped for the first time in five years, according to a recent study.
Analysis from German media company Sponsors has revealed a decrease in the average price of the cheapest season and matchday Bundesliga tickets to below 2015/16 levels.
The most expensive prices for both season tickets and matchday tickets have also fallen – marking the first time that a fall in all four categories has occurred since 2013/14, when Sponsors began analysing prices.
On average, the cheapest Bundesliga ticket will cost €15.20 – down from €15.80 last year – while the most expensive ticket price has dropped for the first time since the study began, dropping to €70.60 from last year’s peak of €72.90.
Meanwhile, season tickets saw quite a drastic decrease across the league; the cheapest average ticket dropping to €178.60 from €190.10, while the most expensive season ticket dropped even more – averaging at €700.30 following a five-year high of €727.80 in 2017/18.
The study showed that the cheapest matchday ticket could be bought at newly promoted Fortuna Dusseldorf for just €8, while their €112 season ticket is also the cheapest in the league.

Kevin Durant’s Thirty Five Media is partnering with ESPN to create The Boardroom, a new sports business show for the ESPN+ streaming service.
ESPN’s Jay Williams will host the six-episode series with Jordan Schultz as a correspondent. The Golden State Warriors star and his business partner, Rich Kleiman, will make regular appearances and also serve as the show’s executive producers.
The Boardroom will be available exclusively on Disney’s ESPN+ sometime next year. The direct to consumer service, which debuted in April, has attracted more than one million subscribers with its lineup of Major League Baseball, college sports, boxing, soccer and UFC matches. The programming is complementary to ESPN’s cable lineup.
The new show will bring fans behind the scenes of the modern boardroom, showcasing the evolution of sports business, as told from the perspective of athletes, sports executives and tech moguls. Each episode will focus on a broad theme, focusing on topics such as team ownership, player development and the business of social media.
“We’re excited to partner with ESPN for this series,” Durant said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to bringing fans insights from some of the greatest minds in in the sports business world and show how athletes and thought leaders are changing the game.”

Young budding musician Una Dayona and other rising stars in the entertainment industry have commended the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA), the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF) and the Trust Sports Emporium for coming up with the Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League and Championship Fight Nights at the Bukom Boxing Arena from October 12, 2018.
Doyona who performed at the launch of ‘BoxBiz’ said some of them been exposure and they thank the organisers of the event, especially Moses Foh Amoaning, the Technical Consultant  and Sammy Heywood Okine aka General One, the Deputy Communications Director of the GBA for their inspiration.
Moses Foh Amoaning, a former GBA president said the whole idea of the boxing league is to sustain a regular scientific source of producing champions in both the amateur and professional ranks.
He said pupils who have talent for boxing are going to be groomed and educated to rise into well trained and exposed amateurs who will compete for the nation at international competitions like the Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
According to Foh Amoaning, the boxers would be given some allowances and embark on international tours when necessary.

Buenos Aires 2018 will mark a historic milestone for the Olympic Movement on Sunday, September 30, for the Torch Tour that will travel through the streets of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.  

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, will be the guest of honour at the relay that will also have the presence of the head of the Organising Committee for the third Summer Youth Olympic Games, Gerardo Werthein.  

The relay will mark the southernmost point that the “sacred fire” has ever been. On August 5 it started its journey through Argentina to promote the Olympic values of respect, friendship and excellence, and has covered more than 14,000 kilometres.  ​

• Sites in Merseyside, Ballymena, Edinburgh and Ystrad win £25,000 awards

The London Marathon Charitable Trust has announced the four winning sites which will receive a major grant of £25,000 as part of its first national funding initiative, Active Spaces.
The winning sites were chosen based on the ability to deliver the most significant impact in line with the Active Spaces programme vision: to safeguard green spaces for future generations and engage more inactive people in physical activity. Delivered in partnership with the Fields in Trust charity, Active Spaces is an ongoing programme to secure 50 new Fields in Trust protected sites across the UK and deliver improved park facilities and infrastructure.
Spearheading this initiative, four outstanding sites – one from each home nation (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) – were selected to receive a major grant of £25,000 to deliver its activation.
The winners are:

• England– Halewood Park: Knowsley Council on Merseyside are initiating a total redevelopment of this well used park including new cycle / walking / exercise routes, seating, safe woodland areas, diversifying wildlife habitats and creating an accessible entrance way. The project will enhance a vibrant green space which will encourage good health and physical activity.
• Northern Ireland – Ballymena People’s Park: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council will improve already popular walking trails within the park and create a trim trail, with the addition of outdoor fitness equipment manufactured from natural timber, to ensure Peoples Park retains its scenic environment along the paths and trails amongst the most beautiful areas of the park.

MIES, Switzerland - The FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, was updated following the fourth window of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers and several teams near the top will consider themselves lucky not to have fallen down the order.

Click here to view the full FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike.
The USA (767.1 points) and Spain (704.1) remain first and second, while France (647.2) held on to third place as their closest rivals, Serbia (644.2), matched them by splitting their games (1 win and 1 loss) to start the Second Round of the European Qualifiers.
There is an intriguing battle for fifth place between the current holders Argentina (625.0) who have Lithuania (620.2) hot on their tail.
Meanwhile, 10th-place Australia (483.7) are feeling the pressure from Brazil (482.9).
With all of these small gaps, the top 10 could look a lot different following the fifth window in late November-early December.

The show business and entertainment extravaganza aspect of the Bukom Fist of Fury Boxing League and Championship Fight Nights was launched at an impressive ceremony at the M J Grand Hotel at East Legon in Accra on Friday night.
Moses Foh Amoaning, former Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) president who launched the programmed alongside George Lamptey, president of the Ghana Boxing Federation (GBF), D. K Poison, Ghana’s first world boxing champion, Lord Acquaye, treasurer of the GBA, Amanzsba Nat Brew and Steve Ashie, president of the Ghana Boxing Supporters Union (GBSU) said the concept is coming at the right time to find and groom the nation’s next generations of champions.
According to Moses Foh Amoaning, boxing is a show business, and all the pump and pageantry must be brought on board to give fans something to see and talk about.
He said, the league is going to be spiced with entertainment, food and fashion by well trained cooks, designers, models and underground musicians.
D. K. Poison urged Ghanaians to come to the arena to watch the future champions and endorsed the concept.

Naomi Osaka has won 10 of her last 11 matches, including the US Open title and reaching the final at the Toray Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo) on Sunday to improve her standing on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard to No.3.

Karolina Pliskova returns to the Top 8 on the Leaderboard after lifting the trophy in Tokyo - her second title of the season. The Czech star is bidding for her third consecutive singles qualification at the WTA Finals.

Tokyo represents lap number 46 out of 56 total (a reference to qualifying tournaments leading into the WTA Finals)

The Sakumono Celebrity Golf Course will be set ablaze this Friday, September 28, when it takes it turn to host the 2018 MTN Invitational Tournament.
Tee off is at 1pm, and over 100 golfers from all the country have been strictly invited to participate in the event
In an interview, Mr Emmanuel Gyasi, the Business Segment Manager, MTN said that his company uses the golf tournaments to engage, forster and deepen their already strong relationship with their high value customers and key stakeholders


''Our efforts have been rewarded and golfers from all over the country and every sector of the economy have always waited with bated breath for our Invitational Tournaments ''
He further said the enthusiasm shown by participants truly exhibits their acceptance of the role these event play in the business sector.

The ECB and ICC today announced their strategic plan to use the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 to boost cricket participation and help drive the long-term growth of the game in England and Wales.It will use the iconic global sporting event – the biggest prize in world cricket – to inspire and engage 1 million young people, aged between 5 and 12, during the next year.
A core pillar of this plan is the Cricket World Cup Schools Programme which launched today and will aim to engage over 700,000 school children across England and Wales in conjunction with Chance to Shine.
The launch event was held at Lord’s Cricket Ground – host venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup Final on 14 July 2019 – where current England players David Willey and Heather Knight joined former cricketers Isa Guha and Graeme Swann along with local school children from St. Edwards Primary School.
Together, they took part in a classroom session, using cricket as an educational tool; one key element of the World Cup Schools Programme where teachers can sign up to an online portal full of lesson ideas that take cricket into the classroom.

Following unprecedented levels of demand for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 tickets during the ballot phases, all remaining available tickets will go on General Sale on Thursday 27 September at 10am BST via the Official Ticketing Website.⦁ Remaining tickets will go on general sale on a first-come, first-served basis from 10am BST 27 September via the Official Ticketing Website

⦁ Fans who have been 100% unsuccessful in their ballot applications will have a 34-hour priority window starting today 25 September at 10am BST

⦁ Steve Elworthy: “The response from fans in England and Wales and around the World has been exceptional. There are still plenty of great tickets available in the General Sale and my message to fans is to get in early to make sure they are part of this once-in-a-lifetime tournament.”
Over 2.5 million tickets were applied for over the course of the Cricket Family Ballot and Public Ballot, for 800,000 available tickets, with several fixtures heavily oversubscribed. However, there is still an opportunity to watch the world’s best players in action at next year’s World Cup with a number of great tickets still available.

Boban Tomic, MD of Pens & Plastics Ghana Ltd PPGL, a subsidiary of CFAO has presented a brand new Suzuki Alto 800 to Isaac Anarfi, a trader who won the BIC ‘Shave and Win’ Promo held between June 22 and August 31, 2018.
He said BIC is very much excited to collaborate to organize a successful promotion which is a significant investment.
He hinted that BIC runs a lot of activities and certain periods of the year and the ‘Shave & Win” is one of such programmes to reward loyal customers and show that as a corporate body, they responsible and care.
The excited Isaac Anarfi disclosed that he is blessed because he bought BIC 1 Sensitive Shaving pack at 3 Cedis and 50 Pesewas and won a car worth $7,500.
The event was held in Kumasi on September 14, and the presentation was done at the premises of PPGL in Accra on Monday, September 17, 2018.

The latest two series in the third round of the ICC Women’s Championship delivered closely-fought games and propelled West Indies out of the bottom half of the table as the teams test their competitive edge with the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 less than 50 days away.⦁ India, South Africa and the West Indies are within two points of each other while Sri Lanka won their first two points

⦁ West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor: “Having lost the first game, we had to go back to the drawing board because we know South Africa have evolved and they have been playing well over the last few years”

⦁ South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk: “We did not take the opportunity to go up the ladder. We need to find ways to win ODI series and a draw is not great but probably better than a loss”

⦁ Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu: “Between the two teams, we did not see much of a difference. We won the third game and lost the second game very narrowly”

⦁ India captain Mithali Raj: “We won the series but would have ideally liked a 3-0 score-line to garner maximum points since we had not lost to them in an ODI for five years”

Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali, and Afghanistan’s duo of Asghar Afghan and Rashid Khan have all been fined 15 per cent of their match fees.They have also received one demerit point each for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in separate incidents during their Super-Four match in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Hasan and Asghar were found guilty of breaching Article 2.1.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game”, while Rashid was found to have violated Article 2.1.7, which deals with “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.”

HYDERABAD (FIBA 3x3 World Tour 2018) - Novi Sad Al Wahda (SRB) continued to make history after winning their 5th Masters of the season in Hyderabad, India on September 22-23, 2018.
The two-time World Tour winners not only won each and every Masters in which they participated this year, they also finished the Masters season undefeated in 27 games! They did not qualify neither for the Chengdu Masters nor for the Penang Masters and will make their next appearance at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Bloomage Beijing Final on October 27-28, 2018.
The number one team in the world won every game before the limit in Hyderabad and defeated archrivals Liman Tesla Voda (SRB) 21-16 in the final. Tournament MVP Dejan Majstorovic stepped up in the final minute of the game with back-to-back 2-pointers for the win and the USD 30,000 cheque, their 5th in 2018.

Amdiatu Seidu, a 42year old trader was the big winner in the final Special Raffle of the Big Millennium Marathon 2018 which took place at the Black Star Square under the supervision of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA).
She won the brand new Nissan SUV car from Japan Motors, but could not drive and said she is starting driving classes from Monday.
This year’s fourth Millennium Marathon was well participated and the organisers thanked the media for their support and wide publicity.
There were several activities attached to this year’s edition like the Mini Raffle Draws, a Health & Fitness Summit at the British Council Hall, a Healthy Cuisine Fair at the Accra Polo Club, Sports Wear Fashion Extravaganza at Alisa Swiss Hotel, Pasta Party, Bazaar and Wedding at the Independence Square, and an After Beach Party at Zen Garden at Labone.
Runners came from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, USA, France, UK, Morocco, Colombia, China, Spain, Japan, Holland, Kenya, Tanzania, Germany, Russia, Peru, Benin, Australia, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Ethiopia and Congo.
Ismael Arthur and popular young long distance runner Elizabeth Azure from the Upper East Region run faster than anybody to win 21 km races in the male and female categories of the well participated 2018 Millennium Marathon which started and ended at the Black Star Square in Accra on Saturday.

For the first time ever, Tupperware has produced a lunch set with the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates logo.
Tupperware is a global enterprise that sells reusable plastic containers.  The reusable nature of Tupperware means that the plastics footprint on the environment is lessened.
The direct selling model adopted by Tupperware empowers a large number of South Africans (mostly women) by giving them a meaningful way of earning an income.
The Tupperware company engages a lot in corporate citizenship by giving back to the community. There is a volunteer programme in which volunteers receive leadership, teambuilding and other skills development.

It has been just over a week since the realignment to the KZN Cricket Union (KZNCU) Township and Rural Programme with the KZNCU Hub and RPC Development programme and so far, apart from a few teething problems, things have been running smoothly, says programme manager Sanelisizwe Kuzwayo.
“Transition and change are always challenging - and we have to remember that we are working with fifty coaches who had to be reassured that they are still very important to cricket development in KZN,” she said.
“We are confident that as a team, we will adapt to the changes and reach new heights.”
According to Heinrich Strydom, the CEO of KZN Cricket, the success of the township and development programme in KZN is undisputed.
“The value of this incredible programme is clear to see with many players going on to play at the highest levels and many coaches and administrators graduating to higher honours,” he said.
“I have to thank Linda Zondi for his vision in creating this system more than ten years ago, and the current manager, Sane Kuzwayo, who has been incredible in sharing her passion and spreading the love for our beautiful game.

Entries are open for the 5th annual Sanlam Cape Mile brought to you by Sanlam Investments that will take place at the Eikenhof Dam (Elgin, Grabouw) on Sunday, 17 February 2019.
The Western Cape’s most exhilarating open water swim, the Sanlam Cape Mile boasts two exciting distances:  a 1 mile (1.6km) and a refreshing 500m swim.
“We are excited to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Sanlam Cape Mile in 2019,” says Michael Meyer, Managing Director Stillwater Sports.  “We’ve been overwhelmed by the support received since the event’s inception with entry totals growing from 1000 in 2015 to over 2000 in 2018.  We look forward to building on this trend by showcasing just how exciting and rewarding the sport of open water swimming can be.  Our goal has always been to host a fun, safe swim that can be enjoyed by families and friends.”