Category: Sports

The date for the highly anticipated 2024 National Paralympic Committee (NPC) elections has been scheduled for Friday, October 4, 2024.

The NPC revealed this information on Saturday, April 20 at their ‘Extraordinary General Assembly’ held at the Airport West View Hotel in Accra.

The NPC members also agreed on their membership annual affiliation fees of GHC 1,000.

Other issues that were discussed included approval of Annual Membership Fees, Approval of new Para Sports Associations, Amendments of Article Two Membership: Sections 1 to 5, among others.

Mr. Samson Deen, President of the NPC commended all federations who attended and urged them to work hard for the development of the sports.

Mr. Evans Opoku Bobie, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, said government was in support of all sports in the country.

He said, ‘government had a vision of an inclusive society and when it comes to the development of sports promotion and development, government must include everybody’.

He also urged the NPC members to s
ettle their different and work together for the development of para sports in the country.

He said, ‘we are aware of the issues happening in NPC family. We are taking every step to ensure that the issues are resolved amicably and quickly so that our brothers who are disabled would have the peace to compete in all competitions.

He also urged the NPC executives to abide by their decisions taken at Congress and work towards their goals.

Source: Ghana News Agency

It was an impressive sweep of medals by Ghana’s youth athletics team as they won 19 medals at the just ended four-Nation Junior Athletics Championships at the Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.

Team Ghana won 12 gold, five silver and two bronze medals making them one of the top ranked sides at the championships.

Prince Yaw Gyasi Adu won gold for Ghana in the men’s U-18 High Jump event likewise Gloria Amoh who also grabbed gold in the women’s U-18 Long Jump event.

Ghana’s athletics team were dominant on the tracks as they won gold in both the men’s and women’s U-20 4X100m relays.

Ghana U-20 women’s quartet comprising Lois Owusu Asantewaa, Naseera Afuah Quansah, Abdulai Sakina and Christiana Amanda Yeboah came first in the women 4x100m relay finals having clocked an impressive 48.56sec.

The men’s quartet made of Joseph Andoh kwofie, Francis Liberty Fantivie, Isaac Sarfo and Abubakar Hamza also placed first with a time of 41.89sec.

Budding sprint star Naseera Quansah won the women’s 200m
finals with an impressive time of 24.51s in the U-20 event.

Aisha Ibrahim and Latifa Haruna came first and third in the women U-18 400m finals in a time of 56.43sec and 1:00.01, respectively.

Joseph Andoh Kwofie and Sarfo Isaac came 1st and 3rd in the men U-20 100m finals in a time of 10.69sec and 10.83sec, respectively.

Source: Ghana News Agency

 The 2023-24 Ghana Premier League entered week 27 with several intriguing matchups.

After a stormy seven-match winless streak, Asante Kotoko defeated league leaders FC Samartex 1996 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Enoch Morrison’s second-half penalty was enough to give the Porcupine Warriors all three points, pushing them further away from the relegation zone and leapfrogging arch-rivals Hearts of Oak in the league standings.

Despite their loss, FC Samartex 1996 maintains its five-point advantage at the top of the table, since Nations FC also dropped points away at Heart of Lions.

Accra Hearts of Oak failed to capitalize on their 3-1 victory against Karela United last week, losing 2-0 to Legon Cities at Dawu Park.

Albert Yeboah scored twice for the Royals, who secured maximum points to move closer to safety.

Nsoatreman FC defeated Bottom-placed Real Tamale United 2-1, reducing their hopes of avoiding relegation this season.

Mohammed Mankuyeli’s first-half strike was enough, as two late second-half goa
ls from Collins Cudjoe clinched all three points for Nsoatreman FC.

Heart of Lions, another team aiming to avoid relegation, defeated Nations FC 3-0 at the Kpando Sports Stadium.

Mohaison Mahmoud, Akwasi Bentil and Nana Kwame Oppong were on the scoresheet for Heart of Lions who are now second from bottom.

Bofoakwa Tano couldn’t capitalize on home advantage as they were held to 1-1 draw by Bechem United at the Sunyani Coronation Park.

Below are some results of week 27:

Asante Kotoko 1-0 FC Samartex 1996

Heart of Lions 3-0 Nations FC

Bibiani Gold Stars FC 1-0 Aduana Stars

Bofoakwa Tano FC 1-1 Bechem United

Real Tamale United 1-2 Nsoatreman FC

Karela United 1-1 Accra Lions FC

Legon Cities 2-0 Hearts of Oak

Great Olympics – Dreams FC (Postponed)

Source: Ghana News Agency

Ghana’s Maclean Atsu Dzidzienyo won silver medal at the 2024 Plock Orlen Polish Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Poland.

Dzidzienyo came second after he lost to his Polish counterpart in the final on 7-5, and 6-0.

However, in the female category, Ghana’s Bridget Nartey from the Koforidua Sports club lost her first single match in the competition, though she came back strongly to win two other matches.

Though she did not win any medal, she had gained International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking points to enhance her chances of qualifying for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

In an interview with the GNA Sports, Dr. Henry Larbi, Coordinator of the Ghana Wheelchair Tennis said it was a great performance from Dzidzienyo after the athlete went on break since 2020.

He said Dzidzienyo had gained another ITF ranking points now and Ghana Tennis Federation would continue to support him in such international tournaments.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Yong Sport Academy captain Nchindo John Bosco, ended the 2024 Elite One playoffs UP as the top scorer with six goals.

His consistency enabled YOSA to get to the verge of winning their first championship title, before the sanction involving deduction of three points by the homologation commission dashed their hopes.

Before the deduction, YOSA were just three points behind leaders Victoria United on 12 points, and had a glimmer of hope with the final playing day still at hand.

John Bosco scored the first hat trick of the playoffs in Yong Sport’s second game against Dynamo of Douala, which ended 3-2.

The club went unbeaten for three games from kickoff, before the 0-1 defeat to Stade Renard on day four.

Nchindo finished ahead of other prolific scorers in the championship playoffs such as Nji Richmond of Victoria United who had five goals, Nathan Doualla with three goals and Debi Ze Manga and Sindjo Brice of Stade Renard with two goals each.

The golden boot of the season is being contested by Jules Armand Ko
oh of Astres FC in the relegation playoffs, and Victoria United’s Nji Richmond. They each count 17 goals scored this season.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

Algerian authorities have prohibited the entry into its territory of the delegation of the Moroccan Club Berkane Sports Renaissance.

Traveling to Algiers, to play the semi-final first leg of the African Football Confederation Cup (CAF) against the club of the Algiers Medina Sports Union (USMA), scheduled for Sunday April 21, the Renaissance sportive from Berkane was banned from entering Algerian territory.

The Algerian authorities must have had difficulty appreciating that the Moroccan players wore outfits bearing the map of the Kingdom, with its Sahara.

The players and the delegation accompanying them were therefore detained at Houari Boumédiène international airport in Algiers.

Algerian authorities blocked Berkane’s team at the airport for hours, even seizing their football equipment and uniforms.

The delegation had obtained authorization to travel to Algiers on a Spanish plane, thus circumventing the access restrictions imposed by Algeria on Moroccan flights.

Once again, this incident highlights Alge
ria’s persistent tensions towards Morocco, in particular Algeria’s ban on Moroccan flights since September 2021, which creates recurring problems during sporting events and other meetings between the two countries.

Source: Ghana News Agency