[ads1]The National Sports Authority on Tuesday, 22nd September, 2020 held a meeting with heads of the various sports federations of non-contacts sports, in response to the President’s statement to kick start contact sporting activities in the country. The Director-General of The National Sports Authority, Professor Peter Twumasi who chaired the meeting on behalf of the minister of Youth and Sports in his opening remarks, outlined the need for all the federations to present their strategies, challenges and measures needed to be taken care of before the resumption of effective training in a safer environment. He stressed the need for all…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
[ads1] Black Bombers sensation, Shakur Samed has received the coveted award of 2019 Ghana’s Amateur boxer of the Year by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) after a sterling perfomance that placed Ghana in the forefront of Boxing in 2019. Shakur, a member of the Samir family known for producing top quality boxers, beat a host of other prospects in Ghana’s Amateur division, after winning Ghana’s only bronze medal in boxing at the 2019 Africa Games in Morocco.[ads2] The Light – heavyWeight boxer displayed exceptional talents, with instinctive boxing skills at the Africa Games that won him the medal.…
[ads1] The MTN SWAG Awards, organized by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, which seeks to recognise and appreciate athletes for a job well done in the year under review have presented weight lifters Winifred Ntumi and Christian Amoah athletes of the year in their federation. The SWAG Awards, whose headline sponsor is telcos giants MTN is the longest-reigning award scheme in Ghana.[ads2] An innovation by SWAG to properly celebrated individual athletes, SWAG through a special presentation has honoured deserving athletes for their tremendous performance in 2019. Captain of Black Cranes Christian Amoah, decorated with the 2019 SWAG Weightlifter of…
[ads1] The President and Board Chairman of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Mr. Herbert Mensah has said the federation welcomes the return of contact sports in the country. A ban was placed on all contact sports at the onset of the Coronavirus but after six months after, the government has lifted the ban as figures of the virus in the country keep falling. This was communicated by President Akufo-Addo in his seventieth address to the nation on Sunday 20th September 2020.[ads2] Speaking after President Akufo-Addo’s seventieth nationwide address yesterday, the renowned sports administrator cum businessman believes per the figures…
[ads1]The Sports Writers Association of Ghana have awarded Taekwondo duo Henrietta Armah(Female) and Benson Addo ( Male) Taekwondo Athlete of the year respectively. Henrietta Armah, a level 400 University of Professional studies Accra (UPSA) student offering Bsc Accounting was given the accolade for her outstanding performance in the year under review. The Black Belt athlete won gold and silver at 2019 Korea Ambassadors Cup, Taekwondo World Championship in Muju Korea and Nigeria Open respectively.[ads2] Henrietta Armah followed these performances by reaching the Quarter finals at the African Games in Rabat. Male counterpart, Benson Addo, a graduate of Accra Technical University…
[ads1]The Teqball Federation Ghana has inaugurated its Ashanti Regional branch in Asante Akyem Agogo. The Ashanti Regional Branch is the second to be inaugurated after the inception of the Greater Accra Regional branch. The move satisfies calls by active players of the sport to get Regional Representatives in place to promote and develop the game across the country. Speaking at the inauguration which was sponsored by new Radio station based in Asante Akyem Agogo, Adanseɛ 98.9 fm. The President of the Teqball Federation Ghana, Mr Seth Kofi Poku Osei, chronicled how the federation started as a fun game and now…
[ads1]President Akufo-Addo has been hugely backed for another four-year term ahead of the forthcoming elections. The NPP flagbearer has been endorsed by many Ghanaians for another four-year term in office following his massive policies since assuming office as President in 2017.[ads2] President Akufo-Addo is receiving the backings following his major policies like NABCO, Free SHS, Planting for Food and Jobs and One village one dam and host of others. A video available to this web portal shows the beneficiaries of these major policies by President Akufo-Addo praising and endorsing the ECOWAS chairman for another four-year term as President of Ghana.[ads3]…
[ads1]Honorable Issifu Pangabu Mohammed, a former member of Parliament for Ejura on the ticket of the NDC has lauded President Akufo-Addo over the planting for food and jobs initiative. Honorable Pangabu Mohammed who has greatly benefitted from the initiative believes Ghanaians should embrace it particularly his party members.[ads2] In a video, the former legislator who is now a successful farmer kind courtesy the planting for food and jobs initiative by President Akufo-Addo has recounted how he went bankrupt after losing the Ejura parliamentary seat. According to him, he spent his assets in the campaign but unfortunately lost the seat and…
[ads1]Mr. Mukesh Thakwani, the Chief Executive Officer of B5 Plus Limited, a fast-rising steel and iron company situated in Tema has been awarded for his contributions to the growth and development of the manufacturing sector. Mr. Mukesh and his company was recognized for the massive contributions to the growth in the manufacturing sector in Ghana. Mr. Mukesh and the B5 Plus Limited company were conveyed with the awards at the Ghana Development Awards held at the Marriott Hotel in Accra. The awards held every four years is organized by The Business Executive Limited in Accra. The award is organised with…
[ads1] In her world, ‘I can’ certainly sounds better than ‘I can’t’. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary. It was late in the day, exactly a year ago, as she prepared to go home after a normal working day in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, when Gonzalez’s boss brusquely asked her to arrange a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni. The Ugandan president was in town for the Uganda-Tanzania Business Summit, looking to crunch numbers with captains of industry and look for opportunity in the neighbouring East…