GHANA’S female Under-20 side, the Black Princesses, have progressed to the final round of the 2026 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifiers following a crucial 1-0 win against South Africa last Saturday.

A 63rd-minute strike from Priscilla Mensah handed the Princesses that important result in the second leg of their tie at the Nelspruit-Mbomela Stadium, making them 3-2 winners on aggregate, after the first leg in Accra had ended 2-2.

League leaders Medeama SC missed the chance to strengthen their grip at the top of the Ghana Premier League after being held to a dramatic 1-1 draw by Aduana FC at the TnA Stadium in Tarkwa.

The match, which stretched across two days due to inclement weather, delivered late drama as Medeama captain Yussif Mubarik missed a decisive penalty in the closing moments that could have secured all three points for the hosts.

Accra Hearts of Oak have many iconic feats to their name, and on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium, they added another, courtesy of a vintage showing that fetched a 1- 0 victory over Asante Kotoko.

Playing with 10 men for more than an hour, the Phobians lived every letter of their "Never Say Die" motto, repelling wave after wave of pressure to secure all three points in the Ghana Premier League clash.

It was some revenge on the Porcupine Warriors, who had won the reverse encounter in Accra by a similar margin, but yesterday's victory was devoid of all the controversies that attended Kotoko's victory back in November.

The Director of Communications for the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Nathaniel Kwesi Somuah, says the World Table Tennis Championships in London in April 2026 will serve as “fertile ground” for Ghana to elevate the sport to the next level.

According to him, Ghana will be seeking opportunities for players and coaches, while also exploring equipment sponsorship deals.

The Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will stage another edition of the Sheroes Women’s Table Tennis Tournament this Saturday, February 14, at the DG Hathiramani Sports Hall, as Ghana’s top female players gather for competitive action and national assessment.

The upcoming tournament follows an intense previous edition that produced high-quality matches and dramatic finishes, underlining the growing competitiveness of women’s table tennis in the country.

With another opportunity on the table, players will once again be aiming to make a strong statement on court.

Bragging rights, momentum, and a potentially decisive swing in the Ghana Premier League title race will all be at stake when Asante Kotoko host arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak in tomorrow’s Super Clash at the Baba Yara Stadium.

It is the fixture that stops — and splits — this football-crazy nation, and at stake is far more than bragging rights. Just one point separates the two traditional giants. Hearts sit third on the log on 36 points, Kotoko fifth on 35.

With the table tightening and leaders Medeama SC within touching distance, a win in Kumasi could ignite a genuine surge towards the summit, while defeat could prove costly to either side in a campaign where margins are painfully fine.

Ghana’s fiercest football rivalry roars back into life this weekend as Asante Kotoko SC welcome sworn adversaries Accra Hearts of Oak to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium for another chapter of the Super Clash, a fixture steeped in history, splits domestic football loyalty and title-defining consequence.

Only one point separates the two heavyweights on the league log, but in reality, far more is at stake tomorrow in Kumasi.

For Kotoko, the stakes are very high, with more than three points at stake. They arrive bruised after back-to-back defeats in all competitions, the most painful of which was their MTN FA Cup exit at home to Aduana FC on penalties in the Round of 16.

The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will take place in June and July next year, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Patrice Motsepe has announced.

Fourteen second-cycle institutions are locked in a four-day battle for medals, pride and regional supremacy as the 50th Volta Region Central Zone Inter-School Sports Festival burst into life in Ho last Wednesday.

The competition has drawn together some of the region’s most competitive schools to contest for honours in football, handball, volleyball, table tennis, basketball, netball and athletics.

Opening the golden jubilee edition of the festival, the Ho Municipal Director of Education, Dr Esther Yeboah-Adzimah, rejected the notion that sports was a distraction from academic activities, insisting instead that it rather reinforced the values cultivated in the classroom.

Black Stars team doctor, Prince Pambo, has travelled to France to personally check on two injured members of the squad, Francis Abu and Mohammed Salisu, reinforcing both medical oversight and team solidarity as Ghana fine-tune preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Last Wednesday, Dr Pambo met Abu in Toulouse, where the 25-year-old midfielder is recovering from the fractured leg he sustained during Ghana’s international friendly against Japan in Nagoya last November.

Abu has been in rehabilitation for three months and is making steady progress. He is currently undertaking structured gym-based drills and is working towards a return to individual field sessions before rejoining full group training. 

Two razor-close bouts delivered high drama as Issah Okine and Precious Akai Nettey secured split-decision victories to book their places in the finals of the 2026 National Individual Amateur Boxing Championships set for February 27 at the Bukom Boxing Arena, Accra.

In front of an expectant crowd at The Gym in Accra yesterday, Okine of Wisdom Boxing Gym edged Rafael Lokko of The Gym by a tight 2-1 split decision in a bout that swung with every exchange. The judges returned the same narrow verdict in favour of Nettey, who overcame his stablemate Robert Tagoe at the famed Attoh Quarshie Gym at Jamestown, in another evenly balanced contest.

Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup have surged on FIFA’s official resale platform, with seats for many matches listed at several times their face value, even though most tickets were only recently distributed following the end of the main sales phase in January.

Weeks after FIFA President Gianni Infantino warned that tickets appearing on resale sites were likely to carry exorbitant price tags, those concerns have materialized — on world football’s own platform.

As of Wednesday, a Category 3 seat — located in the upper tier of the stands — for the tournament’s opening match between Mexico and South Africa at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium on June 11 was listed at $5,324, compared with its original price of $895.

An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending the 7-foot center’s collegiate eligibility and his season with the Crimson Tide.

County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet cited that Bediako “failed to demonstrate that he is entitled to the injunctive relief that he seeks,” according to court documents.

Bediako was playing under a temporary restraining order that allowed the former NBA G League player to join Alabama in the middle of the season despite questions regarding his collegiate eligibility.

Thomas Partey, the former Arsenal midfielder, has been charged with two new counts of rape.

Nottingham Forest have opened talks with former Wolves boss Vitor Pereira after Sean Dyche was sacked following just 114 days in charge.