Ghana Olympics News

The entertainment climate will be taken a notch higher when Rackus Productions, in collaboration with Bull Haus Entertainment and Solid Multimedia draws down the curtains for the maiden edition of the BASS Awards in July 2013. According to the organizers, …

It is quite easy to notice that the blueprint with which this country’s development stands is currently non-existent. This is evident in the fact that our contemporary political leaders and technocrats have neglected basic systems which could help ensure …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has given indications that it would arrest and prosecute persons who smoke publicly, as well as managers of the public places, who refuse to prevent the practice of public smoking at their facilities, in its effort to …

Ghana has initiated moves to review existing sports law and national sports policy to provide a solid policy framework for sports administration in the country, a senior official said on Thursday. Joseph Yammin, deputy minister of Youth and Sports, said …

Ghana Olympic Committee ( GOC) has officially launched the 2014 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland. Ghana’s participation in the Games starts with a call on the media to heavily promote all activities leading to the Games come next year …

Sports News of Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Source: GNA Professor Francis Dodoo, President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) says the 2014 Commonwealth Games will provide the nation the platform to assess the impact of her investments in sports over the last …

Sports News of Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Source: GNA Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, Minister for Youth and Sports has charged the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and the National Sports Authority (NSA) to develop measures to improve upon Ghana's performance at …

Health & Humanitarian Aid Foundation Hosts Annual Gala To Support Humanitarian Work In Ghana Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations …

A Presidential Staffer Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has been elected as the new president of the Ghana Weightlifters Association of Ghana at a short but impressive ceremony at the Media Center of the Accra Sports Stadium. He was elected unopposed as the incumbent …

Feature Article of Tuesday, 30 April 2013 Columnist: Thompson, Kofi By Kofi Thompson One wonders just how the system in Ghana would cope, were the ongoing difficulties being experienced by the owners of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, …

A fan at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. Ghana hosted the tournament with the help of a $100m loan from China. Photograph: Jane Hahn/EPA Barely audible above the din of schoolchildren enjoying their afternoon dip in the pool, Eric Sarpong – an engineer in …

SANTA CLARA - Throwing a 4-pound discus is nothing like taking on a 315-pound guard and a 325-pound tackle while trying to corral a 210-pound tailback. Except that very powerful, very explosive men are the best at both. Which is what gives Lawrence Okoye …

Ghanaian sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong is the fastest woman in Africa today, according to the IAAF records for the 100m in 2013. The USA-based athlete clocked 11.39 seconds in the April 13th Hurricane Alumni Invitational Outdoor Track & Field …

The World Boxing Council (WBC) widely regarded as the premier professional boxing sanctioning body in the world has opposed moves by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) to organize professional boxing under a new name WSB which threatens …

The Ghana Rugby Association (GRA) has launched the Greater Accra 15’s League at the Accra Sports Stadium Sunday. At the launch in Accra yesterday, the president of GRA, Gifty Efua Annan-Myers, entreated Ghanaians to embrace the newly-introduced 15’s …

It is not at every regatta that we see an entry from Ghana at an international rowing event. In fact, the Samsung World Rowing Cup I here in Sydney, Australia is the first ever time a team from Ghana has attended such a regatta. But it looks like it won’t …

Sports News of Thursday, 4 April 2013 Source: Ghanasoccernet Veteran trainer JE Sarpong has launched a blistering attack on assistant coaches in Ghana describing them as ‘gossips’. Sarpong who left Liberty Professional at the start of the season under …

Posted on Thursday, March 28th, 2013 Ghana will not be sending her junior athletes to the maiden African Youth Athletics Championship to be held from 27-31 March in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. The five-day event under the auspices of the Confederation of …

24 March 2013, 13:07 Former IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko has won the IBO title by defeating Luis Melendez. The Ghanaian claimed the vacant title by winning the 12-round fight in Accra on points: 119-111, 117-111 and 117-113. Agbeko took his …

Aziz Zakari of Ghana, right, finishes third behind Jamaica's Asafa Powell as he sets a world record of 9.77 sec for the 100m in 2005. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Alongside Ghana's main athletics stadium lies the huge, broken fuselage of a …