The Chairman of the Ghana Weight Lifting Association and a Presidential aide, Nii Lantey Vanderpuiye says he will be the last person to do anything to disrupt sporting activities in the country. He made this comment in reaction to suggestions that he has been at the centre of the problems at the Ghana Olympic Committee. [...]
Read the rest of this story »The out-going Minister of Youth and Sports, Ms Akua Sena Dansua has said one of her greatest achievements at the ministry was her ability to clamp down on visa racketeering, which was rife on her arrival at the ministry. Speaking to the media in an interview, the Minister said she had a prior knowledge of [...]
Read the rest of this story »The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Ghanaian national committee on Thursday after the government failed to take agreed steps to ensure no political interference in the body. An IOC official said Ghana became the second country to be banned following Kuwait last year, after efforts to ensure the Ghanaian Olympic Committee was protected from [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s failure to adhere to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) suggestions to solve the GOC impasse by writing to the IOC has angered them. And indications are that the IOC has cautioned that it will report Ghana to the international body at the next Executive Board Meeting for appropriate measures next week. A letter signed [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – Black Stars duo, Asamoah Gyan and Richard Kingson and bantamweight champion, Joseph Agbeko will vie for the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Personality of the Year 2010 award. The winner of the flagship award will be made public at the 2010 MTN-SWAG Awards slated for May 2011. The nominees were unveiled by [...]
Read the rest of this story »Professor Francis Dodoo, President of the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) says his outfit is seeking collaboration from Cuba and France with coaching experience to enhance the technical capacity of the discipline. He told GNA Sports that “we are in constant discussion with the federations in Cuba and France because they have great track record in [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s budding and young talented basketball players will be on display when the much-awaited grand finale of the 2010 Sprite Ball Championship takes centre stage from on December 22-23rd at the El-Wak stadium. 40 Schools from eight regions will battle for the prestigious title in competition which continues to draw massive inches in the Ghanaian [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Supreme Council of Sports in Africa (SCSA) has affirmed its recognition of the Confederation of Africa Netball Associations (CANA) as the only body in charge of the development and organization of netball programmes in the continent. The decision was rubberstamped by Secretary General of SCSA, Sonstone Y. Khashiba at a meeting in Manzini, Swaziland [...]
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