Ghana’s President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo will be the Special Guest of Honour at the 42nd Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards Night to be held in Accra. The MTN-SWAG Awards, scheduled for Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the Banquet Hall of the State House, would attract the crème de la crème … Read more
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah laying a wreath at the May 9 Memorial A memorial service has been held at the Accra Sports Stadium in honour of the 127 football fans who lost their lives 16 years ago in the aftermath of a football match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi … Read more
The newly appointed National Sports Authority (NSA) Director General Mr Robert Sarfo Mensah has been sworn in to begin his new role. Mr Sarfo Mensah, a former Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, was appointed by President Nana Akuffo Addo in April to replace the former Director, Mr Joe Kpenge. In the short handing over … Read more
Work on a multi-purpose court project has stalled because of the difficulty with funding. Work on a multi-purpose court project started at the Heroes Park in Kumasi by the National Sports Authority (NSA) has stalled because of the difficulty with funding. The sporting facility, the first of its kind in the country, could be used … Read more
On Easter Monday, April 17 this year, Angel Group of Companies organised a mega concert at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. After the event, which had artistes like Shatta Wale, Bisa Kdei, Ofori Amponsah and other heavyweight musicians in the country rock thousands of Ghanaians, pictures of drunken event goers went viral on social media … Read more
Newly appointed boss of the National Sports Authority, Hon. Robert Sarfo Mensah has asserted that the major challenges at the Authority are mismanagement and lack of funds and he’ll put in appropriate measures to address them in his new role. According to the former Member of Parliament for Asunafo North, his major preoccupation will be … Read more
President Akuffo Addo has appointed Hon. Robert Sarfo Mensah to replace Joe Kpenge at NSA. Mr Joe Kpenge has been fired as Director General of the National Sports Authority. Robert Sarfo Mensah, former MP for Asunafo North takes over with immediate effect. Joe Kpenge who was appointed in 2013 by former President John Dramani Mahama. … Read more
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Isaac Asiamah, has tasked the National Sports Authority (NSA) to manage the country’s sporting facilities in a manner that would ensure value for money, particularly when they rent out the stadia for non-sporting purposes. During an inspection tour of the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi last Tuesday, Mr … Read more
Some young revellers were seen lying on the floor, drunk after the Adonko Aseda Bash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi last Monday. Graphic Showbiz reports that “twenty-four hours after the ‘all night’ concert, which attracted Oseikrom big guns as well as Dancehall King Shatta Wale and Bisa Kdei, the revellers, most of whom … Read more
Hundreds of revellers on Easter Monday had their senses knocked off by uncontrolled ‘dosage’ of the popular Adonko Bitters during the annual Adonko Aseda Bash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. Twenty-four hours after the ‘all night’ concert, which attracted Oseikrom big guns as well as Dancehall King Shatta Wale and Bisa Kdei, the … Read more
Hundreds of revellers on Easter Monday had their senses knocked off by uncontrolled ‘dosage’ of the popular Adonko Bitters during the annual Adonko Aseda Bash at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. Twenty-four hours after the ‘all night’ concert, which attracted Oseikrom big guns as well as Dancehall King Shatta Wale and Bisa Kdei, the … Read more
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), has directed the National Sports Authority (NSA) to stop the organization of non-sporting activities on the Baba Yara Sports Stadium pitch. The measure is to stem further deterioration of the pitch, which had in recent times, been used in organizing entertainment and church-related activities. Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, … Read more
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), has directed the National Sports Authority (NSA) to stop the organization of non-sporting activities on the Baba Yara Sports Stadium pitch. The measure is to stem further deterioration of the pitch, which had in recent times, been used in organizing entertainment and church-related activities. Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, … Read more
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), has directed the National Sports Authority (NSA) to stop the organization of non-sporting activities on the Baba Yara Sports Stadium pitch. The measure is to stem further deterioration of the pitch, which had in recent times, been used in organizing entertainment and church-related activities. Mr. Isaac Kwame Asiamah, … Read more
Ghanaian shipping and logistics giant, McDan Company Limited, has donated GH¢50,000 for the refurbishment of the tennis courts at the Accra Sports Stadium ahead of the annual McDan Open championship on April 24,2017. A visit by the Executive Chairman of McDan Shipping, Dr. Daniel McKorley, accompanied by the Director of Technical at the National Sports … Read more
Ghana’s two biggest political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) used national facilities, including the Accra stadium and Cape Coast stadium for their political party activities without paying a dime to the state. According to SportsObama.com investigations, the NDC’s use of the newly built Cape Coast stadium for … Read more
The death of former Black Stars and Hearts of Oak coach Herbert Addo is a big blow not only to the football family but to the entire sports industry in Ghana in general. Ghanasoccernet takes a closer look at the legendary coach who had stints with almost all the Ghanaian national teams as well as … Read more
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has come under strong criticisms from a renowned football administrator, Dominic Asabia, for the woes confronting the Bolga All Stars and the sudden ‘change’ of the Bolgatanga Stadium into a ‘donkey market’. In what baffled observers and upset residents of the Upper East region also have described as a huge … Read more
The University for Development Studies (UDS) is indebted to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in excess of GHC200, 000 covering over two-year unsettled bills. Disclosing this on Onua FM morning show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’, the Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of GWCL, Nii Abbey said all attempts to reach a common ground with the … Read more
Deputy Minster-nominee for Youth and Sports Ministry, Pius Enam Hadzide, has slammed calls by a section of the public that he is not fit to take up the role because of the enormous responsibilities in the sector. Mr. Hadzide, who lost the Ketu North Member of Parliamentary seat to NDC’s James Klutse Avedzi in the … Read more