April 25th 1996: Accra Hearts of Oak ban two players indefinitely. They are skipper Nii Dowuona who has been stripped of his captainship and Nuhu Mohammed. Assistant coach Lante France has been dismissed because his services are no longer required “at this stage”. Chairman Commodore Mensah said the decisions were taken “after a review of the team’s performance so far”.

April 22nd 1997: 35 year old Carl Lewis making the final Southern California appearance of his golden career anchored the winning Santa Monica Track Club. The nine- time Olympic gold medalist Lewis, Floyd Heard, Leroy Burrell and Mette Marsh were timed 38.50 secs with a team from Nigeria second in 39.01 secs.

April 27th 1998: Ghana international football star C.K.Akunnor signs two million pounds sterling (£2m) contract with English club Crystal Palace. He is moving from Fortuna Cologne after five years.

April 29th 1998: The French organizers of the World Cup finals are to distribute World Cup condoms throughout the tournament which starts on June 10.

April 22nd 2000: Manchester United win sixth premier league cup in eight years

April 26th 2000: World heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis of Britain is so fed up with boxing’s rulers that he is considering abdicating his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles.