Month: August 2026

Ghana’s back-to-back Accra Basketball League champions, Braves Ladies, finished fourth at the 2026 West Africa Women Basketball Championship organised by the Louis Edem Foundation. The Ghanaian side enjoyed an impressive start to the competition, winning four of their opening five games before their campaign ended with consecutive defeats in the semi-finals and third-place playoff. Braves […]

Ghana’s U-18 Girls Hockey5 team finished fourth at the maiden edition of the Hockey5 Africa Youth Championship in Kenya after suffering a narrow 4-3 defeat to Nigeria in the bronze medal match. The young Ghanaian side made an impressive start to the tournament, recording a convincing 9-2 victory over Uganda in their opening game to […]

Ghana’s Godfred Opoku has narrowly missed out on a podium finish in the men’s 400m at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, finishing fourth in the final with an impressive 45.46 seconds. Opoku produced a consistent run throughout the championship, improving his time at every stage on his way to the final. The […]

Ghanaian midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi has completed a sensational move to newly promoted English Premier League side Coventry City from Danish club FC Nordsjælland. The 20-year-old has joined the Sky Blues in a club-record deal worth €27 million upfront, with a further €3 million in potential add-ons, taking the overall package to €30 million. The transfer […]

Police Ladies have been crowned the maiden champions of the Women’s Democracy Cup after edging Army Ladies 1-0 in a hard-fought final at the LA McDan Park on Friday, August 7, 2026. The historic encounter marked the introduction of the women’s edition of the Democracy Cup, which was instituted by the Parliament of Ghana in […]

West Africa has maintained a strong presence at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with four of the region’s eight representatives advancing to the quarter-finals of the tournament. The region entered the competition with defending champions Nigeria, 2024 bronze medallists Ghana, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and debutants Cape Verde all […]

Ghanaian teenage sensation Godfred Opoku has booked his place in the final of the men’s 400m at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, after producing another impressive performance on the global stage. Opoku first announced his intentions in the opening round, delivering a strong run in Heat 1 to clock 46.05 seconds, […]

The Black Queens of Ghana have secured a place in the quarter-finals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after finishing the group stage with four points. Ghana’s journey to the last eight mirrored their qualification campaign at the previous edition, where they also progressed with four points. The Black Queens opened their […]

Ghana’s U-18 Girls Hockey Team announced themselves in style at the maiden Hockey5 Africa Youth Cup in Kenya with a commanding 9-2 victory over Uganda in their opening match. The emphatic win gives the young Ghanaians the perfect start to their quest for a place at the inaugural FIH Hockey5 Youth World Cup, with only […]