Articles from the ‘Sports’ category
Posted by GNA on December 11, 2007 at 10:23 am in Sports
Prof. Dominic Fobih, Minister of Education, Science and Sports (MoESS) has assured the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of Government’s support towards hosting a successful tournament next year. “Government attaches seriousness to the 26th MTN Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008 and will ensure the hosting of the tournament becomes a success.†Prof. Fobih gave [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 10:22 am in Sports
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is counting on Ghana to deliver a fabulous African Cup of Nations come January 20 – February 10, 2008. Slim Aloulou, leader of the continental body’s inspection team who assessed facilities in Ghana, says CAF was depending on the country to stage a fine competition and maintain the standards. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 10:16 am in Sports
tribalfootball.com Michael Essien is urging Chelsea to offer terms to Ghana trialist Gideon Baah. The 16-year-old is in his second week on of trials at Stamford Bridge after beating off competition from 32,000 applicants in a football reality show. “Everybody is happy with how Gideon played in the first week with the Chelsea academy,” Essien [...]
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Posted by Contributor on December 10, 2007 at 3:54 pm in Sports
The fairytale story of Ghanaian midfielder Gideon Baah continues after the youngster impressed in his first week of trials with English giants Chelsea. The 16-year-old won a football reality show, Metro MTN Sports Academy, in Ghana last month which won him the chance at Stamford Bridge. Baah managed to beat off competition from 32,000 other [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 3:38 pm in Football
Abura-Dunkwa Royals on Saturday emerged the Central Region Under-17 Colts champions when they beat Breman Rocks 1-0 in the finals of their Middle League contest at the Robert Mensah stadium, Cape Coast. Royals’ midfielder, Philip Essel, powered his side to victory when he slotted home the only goal of the match in the 41st minute. [...]
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Posted by GNA on at 3:37 pm in Sports
Unique Star Foods Limited, distributors of Vega Food Products has pledged its support for the development lesser known sports in the country as part of their social responsibility. Mr Dipti Prassana Mohanty, Country Director of the company who said this on Monday during an interaction with the media to explain the company’s plans for the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:28 am in Sports
Source: Ghanafa.org Ghana would host FIFA’s Sepp Blatter next month as the sport governing body’s President arrives for different missions however it’s all football related. Aside his African Cup of Nations duties, Sepp Blatter would be the guest of the Ghana Football Association also, when he commission’s projects funded by FIFA to improve the games [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 9:27 am in Sports
Source: Ghanafa.org As 2007 draws to a close, the Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association concludes its sitting for the year, looking at where they fell short in a rather successful 12 months in both sporting and in financial terms and plan for the challenges ahead. President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi [...]
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