Articles from the ‘Other Sports’ category

National Dragon Boat Competition held at Ada Foah

Posted by admin on March 15, 2010 at 5:45 pm in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – Estuary Stars emerged winners of the first-ever National Dragon Boat Championship competition which ended at Ada Foah at the week-end.
Fourteen teams made up of 10 in the male and four in the female categories participated in the competition which included Akplabanya, Azizanya, Ga Mashie, Ayigbo, Keta, Lions Heart, Ada Ladies and Alorkpem.
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Keep Fit Clubs urged to devote time for cleanups exercises

Posted by admin on March 13, 2010 at 9:53 am in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – The Chief of Anum Boso and President of the Greater Accra Region Keep Fit Clubs Associations, Nana Adu Mankatah II, has called on members to spend some of their times in cleanup exercises to keep their environment and communities clean.
Nana Mankatah said clean up exercise to clear choked gutters of [...]

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CAF is opened for negotiations – Adamu

Posted by admin on March 12, 2010 at 9:10 am in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) says it is open to negotiations with Togo over the ban imposed on the West African country for withdrawing from the recent Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.    Dr Amos Adamu, a member of the CAF Executive Committee said at a press conference [...]

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Volta Region Sports Council to link sports with Festivals

Posted by admin on at 9:10 am in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – The Volta Regional Sports Council is to link various sports disciplines, especially the lesser known ones to traditional cultural festivals and other major events in the Region.    The initiative is to encourage the youth to be actively involved in sports and their cultural aspects of their lives and to [...]

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Olympic Medallist interacts with School Children at Dodowa

Posted by admin on March 9, 2010 at 4:57 pm in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – Four-time Olympic Speed Skating Medallist, Johann Olav Koss has called on Ghanaians to offer the necessary support to children to enable them develop their talents in both academic and sports. Mr Koss expressed regret that children who are the future leaders were sometimes neglected and made to suffer all forms [...]

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Glo-Caf Awards Accreditation Ends on March 5

Posted by admin on March 2, 2010 at 12:03 pm in Other Sports, Sports

by: Kofi Owusu Aduonum
Accreditation of Journalists for the 2009 Glo-CAF Awards ceremony has commenced.
The forms have been posted on the official websites of Globacom Limited and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Officials of CAF and Globacom have said that only accredited Journalists would be admitted into the venue to cover the event. A statement from [...]

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Cross country competition ends in Sunyani

Posted by admin on at 11:49 am in Other Sports, Sports

 
STORY: FROM MICHAEL SARPONG MFUM, SUNYANI
The 27th edition of the national cross country competition organised by the National Sports Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports has ended in Sunyani, the Brong Ahafo regional capital.
Participants were drawn from the security agencies including, the Custom Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), Ghana Fire Service, Ghana [...]

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Eight records broken in the Schools and Colleges Athletic competition

Posted by admin on February 27, 2010 at 1:35 pm in Other Sports, Sports

GNA – Eight Regional athletic records, five in the women’s division and three in the men’s event were broken at the end of the two-day Ashanti Region Schools and Colleges Super-Zonal Athletics competition held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday.
William Akuka Awunime of Prempeh College produced an outstanding performance to set new [...]

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