As part of its 5th year anniversary, Liquid Sports Ghana has announced the second edition of the annual Ghana athletics award dubbed ‘Liquid Sports Ghana Athlete of the Year’ to honour and give recognition to deserving Ghanaian athletes. Four categories of awards including best national male and female athletes, and best locally based female and … Read more
By Ohene Bampoe Lucifer’s fall from heaven is considered the greatest in the history of creation but Issa Hayatou’s defeat in the just ended Confederation of Africa Football elections will go down in the history of the beautiful game as the greatest fall of a mortal turn god. Hayatou is the fifth president of the … Read more
A high powered delegation from the Ghana’s Fastest Human team has called on President Akufo Addo to throw more light on how the program can take the country’s athletics to the next level. The Ghana’s Fastest Human Sprinting Program was introduced to the President during a courtesy call paid on him by the Organizers. They … Read more
Issa Hayatou, born a prince and emperor of African football for three decades, has been at the centre of scandal — but never wounded — for much of his life. The 70-year-old Cameroonian, seeking an eighth term as head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in an election on Thursday, defied his royal roots … Read more
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, has refused to grant the Ghana Special Olympic team visas, to enable to them participate in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Ghana’s 20-man contingent who were scheduled to depart the shores of the country on Monday, March 13, were left in a limbo concerning their participation. … Read more
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, has refused to grant the Ghana Special Olympic team visas, to enable to them participate in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. Ghana’s 20-man contingent who were scheduled to depart the shores of the country on Monday, March 13, were left in a limbo concerning their participation. … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has pledged the support of his government towards the revival of boxing and other sporting disciplines in the country, during his tenure of office. According to President Akufo-Addo, this commitment is evidenced in the 100% increase in the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Youth and … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has pledged the support of his government towards the revival of boxing and other sporting disciplines in the country, during his tenure of office. According to President Akufo-Addo, this commitment is evidenced in the 100% increase in the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Youth and … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has pledged his government’s resolve to support the revivial of boxing and other sporting disciplines in the country. According him, the 100 percent increase in the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Youth and Sports proves his government’s commitment in seeing the dream come true. President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says boxing under his tenure will receive maximum attention in order to put sporting disciplines other than football back on the radar. According to him, Ghana boasts of enormous talents in other disciplines and not only in football. “Unfortunately, in the last few years, it has been made to seem … Read more
IAAF president Lord Coe says that the Russian authorities have “grasped the enormity of the challenge” as they tackle doping in the country. The IAAF has banned Russian athletes from all competition in the wake of allegations of state-sponsored doping. “The tough decision we made is starting to bear fruit,” he said. The World Anti-Doping … Read more
Ghana Athletics Federation (GAF) President, Prof. Francis Dodoo, says he is optimistic 800m runner Martha Bissah will run faster than her current time. The budding athlete earned the Most Outstanding Track Athlete honours at the MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships last Saturday, winning two more gold medals in addition to two from earlier in … Read more
Managers of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have appealed to government to release funds for the maintenance of the facility to halt its fast deterioration. Principal Facility Manager of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Mr. Kofi Addae, described the current state of affairs as deeply troubling. This has come … Read more
Managers of the Baba Yara Sports Stadium have appealed to government to release funds for the maintenance of the facility to halt its fast deterioration. Mr. Kofi Addae, Principal Facility Manager of the National Sports Authority (NSA), described the current state of affairs as deeply troubling. This has come about because the Authority has over … Read more
Rio Olympic champions Shaunae Miller of Bahamas, Omar McLeod of Jamaica, Derek Drouin of Canada and Katerine Stefanidi of Greece won titles Saturday at the 110th Millrose Games indoor athletics meet. Miller, who dove across the line to edge American Allyson Felix for 400-meter gold last year in Rio, won the 300m in 35.71 seconds, … Read more
Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt secured a classy win for his All-Stars team with two impressive runs on the final night of the inaugural Nitro Athletics, saying the new format was exactly what track and field needs. After restricting himself to a leg of the mixed 4x100m relay on each of the first two nights … Read more
Ghana’s defeat to Cameroon at the semi-finals of the 2017 AFCON was anticipated due to the difficulty in converting opportunities into goals, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma South, Fritz Baffour, has said. “I was not surprised at all that we lost to Cameroon; it was obvious that our firepower upfront was sloppy, … Read more
England will provide one of five teams competing against Usain Bolt’s All-Stars in a new athletics event IAAF president Lord Coe says will “revolutionise” the sport. Jamaica’s Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, will be the star attraction at the first Nitro Athletics event in Melbourne on Saturday. It includes both traditional and new events, … Read more
After weeks of speculation, President Nana Akuffo-Addo, has finally nominated Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponua, Isaac Asiamah, for the position of Minister for Youth and Sports. Asiamah was widely tipped for the position because of his work on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth and Sports in the last few years. Addressing the media … Read more
After weeks of speculation, President Nana Akuffo-Addo, has finally nominated Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponua Nwabiegya, Isaac Asiamah, for the position of Minister for Youth and Sports. Asiamah was widely tipped for the position because of his work on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth and Sports in the last few years. Addressing the … Read more