Ghana Taekwondo Federation has postponed this year’s National Junior Championship to the 3rd week in due to their inability to secure a venue. Finding a venue for the competition has been a bane for the federation following the refusal of the national sports authority to permit them usage of the national sports hall at the … Read more
Some sportsmen and women want Youth And Sports Minister Isaac Asiamah to immediately intervene to salvage the National Sports College in Winneba in the Central Region from collapse. This comes in the wake of the environmental and sanitation hazards some portions of the College is. Winneba residents including students and sports heroes expressed worry about … Read more
The Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, was left red-faced as at the late start of the Ghana Olympic Committee’s Elective Congress on Tuesday at the Alisa Hotel. The Minister arrived at the venue for the event at the advertised time of 9am but after waiting for about 30 minutes, he decided to leave. He was slated … Read more
A member of the committee searching for the next Ghana coach Dr Emmanuel Owusu Ansah has revealed the Sports Ministry prefers a local man. The former National Sports Authority chief has been appointed as a government representative on the six-member committee set up by the Ghana Football Association. He joins join Ghana FA president Kwesi … Read more
The forum, according to the federation’s president, Gideon Quartey, will seek to address some of the challenges in the development and promotion of the sport as well as technical and officiating challenges. It is opened to recognised boxing coaches from every part of the country as well as referees and judges. According to Mr. Quartey, … Read more
Head of the Ghana Rugby Football Association, Herbert Mensah, has bemoaned the lukewarm posture by government, the National Sports Authority (NSA), as well as the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) towards so-called lesser-known sports in Ghana, especially rugby. He made this assertion in an interview on GBC 24’s New Sports days ago: “the NSA, government, GOC … Read more
Head of the Ghana Rugby Football Association Mr Herbert Mensah has bemoaned the lukewarm posture by government and other key arms as the National Sports Authority (NSA), as well as the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) toward lesser-known sports in Ghana, especially rugby. He made this submission in an interview on GBC 24’s New Sports. “The … Read more
Head of the Ghana Rugby Football Association Mr Herbert Mensah has bemoaned the lukewarm posture by government and other key arms such as the National Sports Authority (NSA), as well as the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) toward lesser-known sports in Ghana, especially rugby. He made this submission in an interview on GBC 24’s New Sports: … Read more
The Sports fraternity is excited after maiden budget presentation of His Excellency President Nana Akufo Addo in parliament. The new Government has allocated a whopping GH?45.8 million to the Youth and Sports Ministry for the fiscal year. The amount is a 218% increment in what was allocated for sports last year by the immediate past … Read more
The sports industry received a shot in the arm yesterday when the government voted GH¢45.8 million as budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the 2017 fiscal year, as was announced in Parliament yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. The government’s expenditure allocation to the ministry represented a 218 per … Read more
The immediate past Minister of Sports, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, has exclusively revealed to Joysports poor record-keeping at the ministry is responsible for the huge debt the National Sports Authority (NSA) is saddled in. The NSA has gone bankrupt with a debt in excess of GHc2 million in default of electricity bills, as well as owing Meridian … Read more
Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon Isaac Asiamah has described FC Barcelona’s exploratory business visit to his country as “a great development”. A five man delegation from the Spanish football giants concluded a successful three day trip looking at future partnerships and investments in the West African state. Minister Asiamah welcomed the Barcelona delegation … Read more
Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon Isaac Asiamah has described FC Barcelona’s exploratory business visit to his country as “a great development”. A five man delegation from the Spanish football giants concluded a successful three day trip looking at future partnerships and investments in the West African state. Minister Asiamah welcomed the Barcelona delegation … Read more
Two members of a procurement committee formed during the All Africa Games in 2015 have called for the sanction and surcharge of the former Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Vincent Oppong Asamoah, and five others, for wilfully violating the Procurement Act, 2002 and incurring a judgment debt of $380,000 and GHC45,000 being awarded to … Read more
Coach Hene (KANTINKA), as he was affectionately called by a cross section of the football population was the fortunate Coach to have coached all the National teams in Ghana. He was noted to have coached most clubs in Ghana with his initial Association with the then National Sports Council (National Sports Authority) – Notable are … Read more
Officials of the National Sports Authority (NSA) have disclosed that the organisation is in serious financial distress and is much more insolvent than previously thought, with huge debts sitting on its books in excess of GH¢25 million. According to its chief accountant, Rev Solomon Otoo, the NSA is suffocating under a huge debt of GH¢27 … 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
When death knocks at your door once, you may take it in stride, but when it visits and visits again, then you are left struck with fear and worry. That is how the Ghana Football Association (GFA) feels after losing some of its great technical brains in such rapid succession — ‘Sir’ Jones Cecil Attuquayefio, … 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
President Nana Akufo-Addo recounted his fondest memories as an MP for 12 years when he presented his first state of the Nation’s address in Parliament but he left many sports enthusiasts groping in the dark. The address touched on many facets of Ghana’s development including the work of parliament, the electoral commission, the transition period … Read more