I have spent over 40 years rehabilitating quadriceps and hamstring injuries that modern sports medicine often leaves behind. 

I have watched athletes cycle through surgery, rest, relapse and despair. When I read about Mohammed Kudus—his setback against Tottenham, the fears of surgery, the ticking clock toward the 2026 World Cup—I did not see a career in crisis. I saw a blockage of Qi and blood that my ancestors knew how to move.

Let me be clear: the world looks at a torn hamstring or a strained quadriceps tendon and sees a mechanical failure. I look at Mohammed Kudus and see “dead blood” (stasis) and “noxious blood” that has never been fully cleared. 

Two weeks after the firing of Otto Addo, the Ghana Football Association have moved swiftly to replace him, appointing experienced Mozambican-Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz as his replacement.

In the end, Otto's sacking came down to a lack of goals, but for Ghana, Queiroz's appointment with two months to go till the FIFA World Cup, is more about keeping them out, not putting them in.

There's a cruel symmetry to two unravelling crises thousands of kilometres apart, where Accra and London are bound by instability, underachievement and despair.

In Ghana, the Black Stars are trying to drag themselves out of one of the bleakest spells in recent memory, while in England, Tottenham Hotspur are staring into a season that has veered from dysfunction to impending disaster.

Both have sacked their coaches -- two in Spurs' case; both have invested resources only to lurch from tactical confusion to emotional drift and back again, and both of these fabled institutions, these fallen giants, are clinging to the idea that a reset can save them.

Ghana’s Sports and Recreation Minister, Kofi Iddie Adams, has pledged full government support to fast-rising boxer Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey, delivering a major boost to the young champion’s growing ambition of winning a world title.

The endorsement follows Allotey’s emphatic seventh-round stoppage of Namibia’s Jonas Erastus on April 10, a victory that secured his fifth professional title in just 21 months and further cemented his status as one of Ghana’s most exciting boxing prospects.

Ghana's Black Maidens delivered a dominant performance to defeat Togo U-17 women’s national team 6-0, sealing an emphatic 8-0 aggregate victory to advance to the next round of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

The Maidens, who took a 2-0 lead from the first leg into last Saturday's match, wasted no time asserting their authority, taking the lead in the 7th minute through Juliana Gyekyewaa, who finished confidently to set the tone for the game.

Ampem Darkoa Ladies produced a stirring second-half comeback to defeat Hasaacas Ladies 2-1 and lift the 2025/26 Malta Guinness Women’s Premier League title at the Swedru Sports Stadium, drawing level with their rivals on a record five championships.

Trailing at the break, the Northern Zone champions flipped the script with a dominant display after the interval, underlining their growing authority in Ghanaian women’s football and sealing a return to the continental stage in next season’s CAF Women’s Champions League.

SuperSport has announced plans to broadcast all 104 matches of the expanded FIFA World Cup 2026™, marking what it describes as the most extensive and accessible coverage of the global football showpiece for viewers across Africa.

World Athletics has rejected the application to transfer Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili's national allegiance to Turkiye.

The ruling on Thursday said that the move was part of a government-funded recruitment campaign that threatened the integrity of international competition, and the development of homegrown athletic talent.

The World Athletics Nationality Review Panel ruled unanimously that approving the transfer would impinge upon and compromise the imperatives established in the World Athletics Transfer of Allegiance Regulations.

Two men were disqualified from one of South Africa’s flagship marathon races after they finished in the top 10 of the women’s race in an example of cheating that has overshadowed the performance of honest runners.

Their attempt at swapping bibs, which bear the identification numbers worn by racers, resulted in two women runners initially finishing outside the top 10 in the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on April 12.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the pricing of World Cup match tickets for this summer’s tournament by insisting that global soccer’s world governing body is a non-profit organisation and citing what he described as a “special market” compared to concerts or NFL matches.

Speaking at the Semafor World Economy 2026 Annual Convening on Friday, Infantino reiterated that FIFA is a not-for-profit organisation, explained that it only has the opportunity to draw revenue on a quadrennial basis, and insisted that it is trying to find the “right balance” in order to distribute money between its 211 member nations.

Pep Guardiola said an Arsenal victory at Manchester City on Sunday, April 19, would end the Premier League title race but that his side would have a lot more work to do even if they beat the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta’s men hold a six-point lead at the top of the table, but City have home advantage and a game in hand on the leaders.

Manchester City’s Egyptian striker #07 Omar Marmoush (C) celebrates scoring the team’s first goal with teammates during the English FA Cup third round football match between Manchester City and Salford City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northwest England, on February 14, 2026. 

A heavyweight semi-final clash headlines the 2025/26 MTN FA Cup this weekend, as two-time champions Medeama SC face former winners Dreams FC at the Swedru Sports Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

With both sides carrying strong cup pedigrees and continental ambitions, the tie promises a fiercely contested battle for a place in the final, one that could define their seasons.

Ghana’s corporate community has begun rallying strongly behind the Black Stars ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with KGL Group stepping forward with a significant GH¢5 million contribution to the national team’s World Cup Fund — the first tranche of its pledged GH¢10 million support.

The contribution, presented yesterday, forms part of a growing wave of financial backing aimed at strengthening Ghana’s preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

KGL’s gesture set the tone for the day, as several other organisations honoured their commitments.

The official fixture list from the Ghana Football Association lists this game for Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 15:00, with Basake Holy Stars hosting Aduana FC at the Swedru Stadium. At the start of April, the domestic football league 2026 table still has a tight upper half: Aduana are in the top-five conversation after 27 matches, while Basake sit just below that cluster and have turned home fixtures into their leverage point. Readers checking Black Stars updates and even searching for Ghana national football team standings still keep one eye on this league because the title chase and the top-six race are starting to compress. That is the frame for this match: Aduana are trying to stay relevant near the front, Basake are trying to turn a good home sequence into something heavier.

Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta's relationship has cut across a range of strands over the years - and evolved along with their managerial styles.

The pair go head to head at Etihad Stadium on Sunday in a match many have billed as a Premier League title decider. A win for Guardiola and second-placed Manchester City would cut the lead of Arteta's Arsenal side to just three points, with a game in hand.