Nigerian schoolgirl weightlifter Augustina Nwakolo scooped the first gold medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, dashing hosts India’s hopes of claiming it for themselves. The 17-year-old jumped into the arms of her coach to celebrate her victory in the women’s 48kg category, which she nailed with Games records in both the snatch and clean and [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s contingent for the upcoming Commonwealth games in New Delhi, India will leave Accra later today for the games Village. The nineteenth edition of the Commonwealth games starts on October 3 to October 14. Ghana will compete in six disciplines, including athletics, boxing, table tennis, badminton, and paralympics. Officials of the various teams are confident [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – A 30 million pounds sterling project has been hanging in the balance for the past two years due to the unending feud at the front of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC). The project; ‘International Inspiration Programme’, which is an initiative of United Kingdom (UK) Sports, British Council and the United Nations Children’s Fund [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – Minister of Youth and Sports, Ms Akua Sena Dansua has urged to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to institute investigations into activities of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC). In a letter dated September 9, 2010, addressed to the IOC and signed by the Minister, it stated that “there are issues of accountability regarding [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – Ghana will participate in six disciplines at the Commonwealth Games slated for October 4-13 in India. The 19th edition of the quadrennial games will see Ghanaian athletes vying for honours in Athletics, Paralympics, Weightlifting, Table Tennis, Badminton and Boxing. Francis Adjetey Sowah, Chairman of the Association for Sports of the Disabled (ASFOD) told [...]
Read the rest of this story »There is no gainsaying the fact that the creation of the U-23 ECOWAS Games currently on-going in Abuja, Nigeria, is a brilliant initiative, taking into account the benefits member states stand to gain. The bi-annual gathering (two years) represent an important moment to solidarise, support, interact and share in the common values of ECOWAS citizens. [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s participation in next week’s 2010 DCI World Para-cycling Championship in Canada is in doubt as authorities are yet to secure visas and finalise travel arrangements for the para-cyclists who are representing Ghana in the competition. The nine-member team is originally scheduled to depart Accra for Canada Saturday August 14, arriving on August 15, two [...]
Read the rest of this story »It was easy in retrospect in the 1912 Olympic Stadium late on Friday night to say you had seen it coming, that the defeat which struck down the mighty Lightning Bolt had not arrived entirely out of the blue. The amateur psychologists, the budding Freuds among us, might have read the runes in the Jamaican’s [...]
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