August 26, 2018//-Ghanaian boxing sensation Isaac Dogboe made light work of his Japanese opponent Hidenori Otake in his first WBO Super Bantamweight title defence, finishing off the veteran after just a minute and 30 seconds into the first round.
Category: Athletics
Talks at GS: Ibtihaj Muhammad on Making History in Hijab
August 21, 2018//-Growing up in a working-class, Muslim-American family in suburban New Jersey, professional fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad played several sports as a way to stay busy after school, but when she discovered fencing at age 12, something clicked.
Keerapa Active: Empowering Athletes in Africa
Accra, Ghana, 6 August 6, 2018//- Building on its already established track record of supporting Ghanaian footballers and relying on $50,000 that is now mostly secured for the project, Keerapa Active needs to match these funds with another $50,000 to offer Ghana’s aspiring football players who want to become professionals, the accessible and high-standard sports facility that […]
Ghana’s Richard Commey Stops Mexican Boxer in Round 2
August 5, 2018//-Ghana’s Richard Commey proved too strong for Yardley Cruz as he recorded a convincing win over Mexico’s Yardley Cruz.
Ghana: Isaac Dogboe Adjudged SWAG Sports Personality of the Year
Accra, May 5, 2018//-WBO super bantamweight/junior featherweight champion Isaac Dogboe was adjudged Sports Personality of the Year by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) at their 43rd Awards Night.
Visa Scandal: Ghana Suspends Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports; NSA Boss
Accra, April 12, 2018//-Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 12 April, 2018, suspended from office, with immediate effect, the Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide; and the acting Director General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Robert Sarfo Mensah.
Visa Racketeering: Opposition Party Calls for Probe into ‘Another National Security Cover-up’
April 10, 2018//-Two staff of the National Sports Authority who have been implicated in the recent visa racketeering have been suspended by the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) from holding themselves as officials of Ghana’s contingent.
2018 Winter Olympics: Ghanaians Proud of Akwasi Frimpong
Accra, February 16, 2018//-Ghanaians who watched Akwasi Frimpong in his Olympic debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang in South Korea on TV say they are proud of him.
MultiChoice Ghana Congratulates Bastie Samir
Accra, October 23, 2017//-The highly anticipated Make or Break bout lived up to its billing over the weekend leading to the end of the reign of Briamah Kamoko aka Bukom Banku.
LeBron James Calls President Trump a ‘bum’ after Curry comments
September 2017//-Basketball star LeBron James described US President Donald Trump as a “bum” over comments he made about fellow player Steph Curry.