2020 Australian Open Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 20 January to 2 February Coverage: Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and online; Live text on selected matches on the BBC Sport website and app. American 15-year-old Coco Gauff proved last year’s victory over Venus Williams was no fluke when she beat the seven-time Grand Slam champion once again to reach the Australian Open …

GFA WARNED …Risks Losing Integrity Post-Anas #12 Over Inaction On PSC Decision Accra based Colts football club, Phobia Babies SC, has warned that the Ghana Football Association risks “a major setback in its modest attempts to restore the integrity of the sport post the Anas #12 expose.” The GFA is yet to enforce the Player’ Status Committee’s (PSC) ruling of …

The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Hon Carlos Ahenkorah with funding from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) with some corporate bodies are constructing two State of the Arts AstroTurf pitches in his constituency. This has come to the youth and people of Tema West as good news as they have expressed their readiness to vote massively for their …

It was all excitement on Saturday when the Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development hosted the Black Stars team at the newly constructed state-of-the-art Astro Turf Sports Complex (Zurak Park) in Madina, for training. The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina constituency, Hon. Abuabakar Boniface and the Minister for Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Hon. Dr. Mustapha Abdul …

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Perry Curtis Okudzeto and of Inner City and Zongo Development Minister, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, say they are impressed with work done so far on the Madina mini-stadia. The first phase of the facility which is being constructed by the Inner-City & Zongo Development Ministry with technical assistance from the Sports Ministry project is almost completed with finishing touches …

The Secretary General of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Richard Akpokavie, claims the Ghana Immigration Service and Australian Border Control were “uncooperative” in providing crucial information about those who were deported from the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, for attempting to enter Australia by false pretenses, according to a report by the GOC’s Sub-committee that investigated the immigration and visa …

…GOC Prez. Accused Of Personally Adding Names For Visas But He Fights Accuser The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) was accused of direct involvement in the visa fraud that engulfed Ghana’s participation at the 21st Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018, a report by the GOC’s sub-committee that investigated the immigration and visa issues at the Games said. Under …

June 6 is gradually gaining notoriety as a day that leaves sour tastes in the mouth of many a football executive. Exactly a year yesterday when chief of undercover investigations, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, shook the foundation of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) with investigative documentary, Number 12, African Football Confederation (CAF) President, Ahmad Ahmad, was arrested in the morning in …

 …They Also Abused Media Accreditation For Commonwealth Games -Nunoo Mensah There was massive abuse of the media accreditation by individual press houses during the 2018 Commonwealth Games leading to the arrest and detention of some ‘fake journalists’ in the infamous Australia Visa Scandal, according to a report authored by the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee Ben Nunoo Mensah. Marked …

…2018 Australian Commonwealth Games Visa Scandal Report Reveals A report issued by the sub-committee of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) that investigated the 2018 Australian Commonwealth Games visa scandal has given a damning verdict on the role played by top sports officials in the visa scandal. The Committee finds that visa racketeering through fraudulent representation for either “financial gain or …